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Toby Stone shares his journey from serving time in the Florida State Prison System to helping others discover real purpose in life. Toby shares how is father abandoned his mom and two other siblings when he was only three years of age. He could not except the new stepdad that his mom married a few years after his father left. A life of crime cycles started at sixteen, but it was in a prison cell w...

Steven Khoury, Christian Palestinian Arab pastors both First Baptist Church in Bethlehem and Calvary Church in Jerusalem. Pastor Khoury is also vice-president of Holy Land Missions, founded on Biblical principles that promotes helping the needy, giving compassion to all faith backgrounds, and serving through a message of hope. Pastor Khoury is the author of “In the Backyard of Jesus” and "Diplomat...

Iranian born, Dr. Hormoz Shariat founder of Iran Alive. Dr. Shariat grew up in Iran in a Muslim home and became a follower of Jesus after a comparative study of the Bible and Quran. He has a Ph. D. in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Southern California (USC) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Bible and Theology from Jessup University. Alive Iran utilizes Satellite TV to reach the mill...

This July Fourth special presentation, Celebrate America, is part of a live performance featuring patriotic music, dramatic skits, and a heart-felt narrative from 86-year-old, Dan Johnson Sr., author of Making America Good Again- The Last Will and Testament of a Country Preacher. Celebrate America was taken from the live performance under the direction of Bob Geabhart, Worship Pastor at First Asse...

Dirk Smith, Vice President of Eastern European Mission tells the story of EEM reaching people in war torn places like Ukraine with the hope found in God’s Word. What started in 1961 with a small band of missionaries smuggling Bibles into the Soviet Union is now publishing, printing, and distributing Bibles and Bible-based materials in 30+ countries and 20+ languages through a vast network of partn...

Gary & Winnie Whitmore share the ministry of TWR. Together, Gary & Winnie began their missionary service with TWR in 1979 having served on Guam, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the United States. The Whitmore’s share challenges to keeping your calling in focus, what they’ve enjoyed most, and current projects happening throughout the world. For more than 65 years, God has equipped TWR to lead people from...

Chad Holland, Senior Pastor King of Kings Community Jerusalem along with wife Rebecca and their four children left the United States ten years ago to move to Israel becoming Israeli citizens. Chad formerly served as the senior Leader of Brit Hadasha Messianic Jewish Synagogue in Memphis, TN. Chad discusses their ministry in Jerusalem, planting new congregations throughout Israel as well as other p...

Pastor Ben Wilkins of Grace Community Church shares details of their BBQ & Soul event scheduled for Saturday June 22 with special guest Jim VanSteenhouse, THE BEARMAN. Jim was violently attacked by a Grizzley Bear while hunting Moose in Canada.

Businessman and author, Barry Meguiar talks about his “Ignite Your Life” Bible Study “, a free resource that opens the door for every believer to defeat fear associated with the sharing of your faith. Barry is third-generation president of Meguiar’s Inc., which produces one of the top selling car waxes in America. His television show “Car Crazy” aired world-wide for many years on the Discovery Net...

About 1 in 4 children in the U.S. live without a father in the home. Children from single-parent families are twice as likely to suffer from mental health and behavioral problems. Kendall Qualls and Pastor Terrell Monger from the non-profit, Take Charge, will discuss the crisis of fatherlessness in our city.

Susie Lovato, Director of Outreach and Development with Memphis Coalition for Life, shares the multi-facets of their work in our city.

The 2024 Branson Summer Series, Show Four includes co-host Pam Yancey, President/CEO of Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau. Our guests include Kirk Elmquist, President of Branson/Lakes Area Tourism Community Enhancement District, Shelia Dutton, mom of the “Duttons” competing on America's Got Talent, as well as, The Dutton Family Theater, and Kortney Neal from S...

The 2024 Branson Summer Series, Show Three includes co-host Pam Yancey, President/CEO of Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau. Our guests include Jason Hughes from the Hughes Brothers Theater, First Class Maid Jamie from the Titanic Museum Attraction, and Rick McEwen “Kenny Rogers” at Little Opry Theater. This is the third of four shows in our 2024 Branson Summer...

On this edition of Sponsor Spotlight, we talk with Brent Nowlin of Bluff City Gutters. Locally owned and operated for over 20 years, Bluff City Gutters prides themselves on their promptness, honesty, affordable service, and finding solutions for homeowners needing gutter service. They offer a patented K-Guard system that Brent explains, beats out similar gutter protection systems. Next, we welcome...

The 2024 Branson Summer Series, Show Two, includes co-host Pam Yancey, President/CEO of Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau. Our guests include Elvis from Legends in Concert, Billy Yates, award-winning/Grammy-nominated singer songwriter. Billy wrote “Rocking Chair” and “Choices” for country legend, George Jones. He performs his “Down Home Country Show” at the Gr...

We’re kicking off our 2024 Branson Summer Series, Show One, with co-host Pam Yancey, President/CEO of Branson/Lakes Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau with our guests, Magician, Dustin Tavella, 2021 winner of America's Got Talent, Tony Turner, tenor vocalist with Pierce Arrow quartet, and Shelia Baeten from Pink Jeep Tours. This is the first of four shows in our 2024 Branson...

The mission of the Israeli Defense Force is every ground, aerial and naval operational activity and exercise we conduct is first and foremost carried out for the sake of defending the State of Israel and its civilians. IDF (Israeli Defense Solider) Mati tells his story of defending his homeland, Israel, since the October 7th, 2023, terrorists’ attacks by Hamas. Mati, one of nine siblings, and his...

According to Safe Home's 2024 Crime Rates in US Cities Report, Memphis now sits at 43 murders per 100,000 people. A rate that has now been passed by both Baltimore and Detroit. In concern for the chaotic crime increase in the city, Pastor Virgil Perry of New Testament Baptist Church share’s his heart behind, God’s Forgiveness Events, a series of gospel outreaches in collaboration of churches throu...

Anatole Williams, Executive Director of Heartland Adult Teen Challenge shares the steps that men trapped in addiction must take to find freedom without the chains of addiction. Thirty-two years ago, Anatole found himself living in a drug house trapped in addiction. His mother, a New Orleans Police Officer, never stopped praying or sharing with her son the only sure way of escape. Today, Anatole, a...

Jerry and Kate Angelo, Founders and Directors of Vanguard Marriage and Family Advocates, and the ministry of Marriage Awakening. We’ll discuss keys for making marriage work. We discuss improving a troubled marriage without the cooperation of your spouse, why prayer so important in marriage, and taking your marriage temperature each day to better understand your spouse. Kate is also a bestselling R...

Pastor Greg Davis, former lead pastor at Cornerstone Church in Southaven and author of Standing Strong in the Storm catches up with host Byron Tyler at the NRB 2024 International Christian Media Convention at the Gaylord Opry land Hotel in Nashville, TN. They discuss the surge of life’s unexpected storms. Greg’s family has persevered through a 30-year season of intense storms and life-threatening...

Hostility and violence against churches in America is at an all-time high. Pastor Derrick Anderson, Executive Pastor and Eric Williams, Chief Operating Officer at Brown Baptist Church discuss the Protecting the Flock, Church Safety & Security Seminar planned for church staff and lay members to participate. This seminar provides the latest protection techniques from an expert security panel. Accord...

Dr. Frank Anderson joins us on this National Day of Prayer to discuss the importance of prayer in times of darkness, difficulty and discouraging times. Dr. Anderson is the Stephen Olford Chair of Expository Preaching & Associate Professor of Ministry and Missions at Union University in Jackson, TN. He is also Director at the Center for Racial Reconciliation.

Hitch up your horses and head to the rodeo, as Pastor Lynn Holmes from Houston Levee Cowboy Church gives details on their upcoming rodeo. There’s mutton bustin’ along barrel racing, team roping, steer wrestling, and bucking bulls & broncos. It’s a family fun gathering with their new expanded sitting under a covered arena. Pastor Lynn Holmes also shares how the cowboy church is one of the fastest g...

Troy Miller, President & CEO of National Religious Broadcasters discusses the “AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act of 2023” that’s making its way through Congress. This bill requires the Department of Transportation (DOT) to issue a rule that requires all new motor vehicles to have devices that can access AM broadcast stations installed as standard equipment. (AM broadcast stations are often used to de...