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2964 Alexander Thompson Classic Sep 27, 2026

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Alex grows up with alcohol and lives to get drunk in high school. He drops out to join the Navy where he learns to box and gets into numerous brawls. Drunk, he drives through a bridge railing into a muddy inlet but survives. He takes “the pledge”, moves around but can’t quit drinking even after he marries Eileen. She leaves him and he is so drunk he hears voices. A.A. helps him get sober and he goes to church where he hears the gospel and receives Christ. They move to Idaho & Montana where he teaches the Bible. Now in ministry in Florida.

2965 Martha Hoke Sep 27, 2026

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Martha’s father leads her to Christ when she is ten. Like him, she learns to take a stand for her faith and commits to being a missionary as a teenager. She travels as a soloist with an evangelist, then goes to Wheaton College where she meets Don, a pastor. They marry and go to Japan as missionaries in 1952 with their two sons. In spite of much illness, they stay and Don helps found a Christian Bible College. After 22 years they go to Lausanne to help with world evangelism. Their faith never falters even when their oldest son is killed in a plane crash. Still serving the Lord in retirement.

2974 John Knoble – Part 2 Sep 27, 2026

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John feels called by God to give up acting and go to Bible school. Then he applies to a mission group and is accepted for Japan. In language school in Japan he meets Barb and they marry. A son and daughter are born to them. The conclusion of his testimony deals with their means of reaching the Japanese people, their furloughs home to gain support and God’s use of his use of acting to achieve those ends.

3030 Bob Gardner Classic Sep 27, 2026

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Bob is born blind, and his mother dies in childbirth so his deaf but godly grandmother raises him to age 11. Then he goes to a school for the blind. He meets another blind boy and they play and sing country music together. They record a song that sells millions, and Bob goes to California where he squanders his money. He returns to Chicago, teams up with his friend and they do well. He meets Francis in a restaurant, they marry but he doesn’t change. When she becomes ill he prays for her. People invite him to revival then pray for Francis. When she’s well she goes to revival and is saved. He ultimately receives Christ, leaves his singing career and joins the staff at PGM.

3031 David Hicks – Part 1 Sep 27, 2026

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One of twelve children, David’s father sets a proud example of black fighters in World War I. But David doesn’t do well in school and drops out to join the army, and he learned to drink with other soldiers in bars. He becomes paratrooper like his brother and they carouse. When his brother is discharged, David suffers turmoil. He talks with the chaplain, receives Christ and then baits Satan. He goes to jail, but the chaplain restores him and David goes on to give his testimony and study the Bible. The first part ends as he leaves the Army to go to college, called by God to the ministry.

3018 James Fickley Sep 27, 2026

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His father abandons the family when Jim is five, leaving his mother to raise five children. His grandmother sends him to church and he works, but he and his brothers get into trouble, stealing, smoking, fighting. A classmate invites Jim to a Bible club when he’s sixteen, and he prays for salvation. Another classmate dies unexpectedly of a seizure and Jim realizes he must witness more. Unable to graduate, he joins the army, stands up for Jesus against a bully sergeant and breaks his hand. After the army he goes to Bible college, meets his wife and they become teachers.

3010 Bill Rieser Sep 27, 2026

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Bill grows up in New York City. Gifted in basketball, he’s molested at 12 by a gangster and left with rage. His drinking ruins his NBA chances but he finishes college and marries Carolyn. When a back injury ends basketball, he has an affair. Carolyn learns and wants a divorce. After her pastor prays, she has peace and offers Bill forgiveness if he accepts Christ. He does but keeps drinking until his liver rebels. At a men’s gathering, he forgives the molester and finds peace. Now leads a recovery ministry.

3011 David Astwood Sep 27, 2026

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His family’s cult religion doesn’t allow doctors, so David suffers ear infections as a child. Finally, he has surgery to remove tonsils and adenoids, then gets swimming water in his inner ear leaving him with Meniere’s Disease. He suffers ridicule for being off balance, isolates himself and does well in chemistry. In college he idolizes his professor who reduces him to tears. In graduate school he meets a Christian who leads him to Christ. David’s father professes faith in Christ before he dies of cancer. David follows Jeff to seminary but is rejected as a missionary. Now works as a consultant writing standardized tests.

3012 Bill Behrens Sep 27, 2026

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Bill hates parochial school, gets in trouble and fights growing up. He joins the Marines after high school, meets Marly and falls in love. He goes to Vietnam where she stops writing after he proposes. He survives the Tet Offensive, comes home and reconnects with Marly. He becomes a drill instructor, desensitizing him to life. When his tour is up, he goes to college and he and Marly are engaged. But she gets saved and breaks the engagement. He goes to church with her, keeps going back because the church is troubled and he expects a fight. One night he attends a deacon’s meeting where he is saved. He and Marly marry. Now an evangelist.

3014 Jack Ferguson Classic – Part 2 Sep 27, 2026

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Jack travels with an evangelist for three years, then goes to Bible college where he studies Spanish evangelism. In a ministry to Spanish people at his church he meets and marries Gloria. They adopt two girls and have a son and daughter. He leads the Spanish ministry four years then quits. Called to be a missionary to Mexico, he quits his job and they go to Mexico. After ten years they go to Tabasco where flooding destroys half their possessions. He accidentally hits and kills a man on the highway and is jailed but his church helps him. Still ministering to the poor.

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