One80: Testimonies of Transformation

Hear Jade’s testimony of growing up behind the Iron Curtain and during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. She shares how communist atheism, along with Buddhism, Taoism, and traditional folk beliefs, shaped her view of suffering, healing, and the supernatural. These influences eventually led her into fortune-telling and divination.  Yet even in that spiritual darkness, the faithful witness of Chinese...

 From New Age spirituality and yoga to a vibrant life in Christ, Dr. Laurette Willis shares her incredible journey of faith, deliverance, and calling.  Laurette opens up about her family’s struggles, her search for meaning in spiritual experiences around the world, and the pivotal moment when she heard God’s voice calling her home. Be inspired by her honesty about addiction, loss, and the emptines...

What would you do if you were in prison, labeled a security threat, and locked in isolation? For Bert Berrios, it was reading the Bible.  Bert was serving time for murder and was stuck in segregation, with little hope of connection.  Yet, God reached him in the most unlikely of places.   The twist? The man who put him behind bars was the one who guided Bert toward hope and new life. Hear the story...

Marco David is both a Chicago cop and pastor who finds himself leading Bert Berrios to faith in Jesus in prison–after he was one of the men who put him there. Learn how he came into that dual career and how God’s true calling on his life was neither of these.  Hear how Marco came to faith after overhearing another conversation where the gospel was preached. You never know who’s listening as you ar...

What if the road out of faith is the very path God uses to lead you home?  Effie’s journey begins in a sun-soaked Cypriot village and detours through apartheid-era South Africa, where barred windows, schoolyard prejudice, and a harsh home life force hard questions about God’s goodness. How can a good God cause such prejudice? Watch Effie's faith come alive after a friend's prayer to end...

A single question on a crowded lunch line can change a life.  Matthew Karchner grew up steeped in church and Scripture, yet carried a secret that shaped his choices, hardened his heart, and led him into a “counterfeit freedom” that never delivered the peace it promised. From hidden shame to late‑night calls and alcohol‑fueled bravado, his world looked bold on the outside and empty on the inside—un...

What if the moment you’re most ashamed of is the hinge that turns your life toward healing? Tonya Peck's story begins in a home where security and church were sparse. That lens set her chasing safety in all the wrong places, until a youth group showed her a different kind of community, one marked by peace and a relational Christ. Sometimes after Christ comes the fall. See what happened when T...

What do you do when your whole identity revolves around academic performance? Well, for Ava Ward, it wasn’t good. The stress to perform at top level caused anxiety, even panic attacks.  After a particularly dark freshman year of high school, Ava came to the realization that her obsession with good grades had become an idol . At Bear Lake Camp, she realized she had a divided heart and her idolatry...

What happens when a brand‑new believer faces mockery at home, financial strain, and a nation at war—and chooses to study harder, love deeper, and answer with reasons instead of rage? Raviv Dror shares his newfound faith and path through doubt, dialogue, and devotion, exploring how apologetics turned shaky mornings into a steady, lived faith. In Part 2, Raviv explains how apologetics helped him bot...

What happens when a life built on certainty starts to crack? Hear the One80 of Raviv Dror, who grew up in a hardline communist kibbutz where the collective came first, religion, even true Judaism, was scorned, and affection felt scarce. His story carries us from growing up on a faithless kibbutz to a cross-continent love that opens a door he isn’t ready to walk through—until everything else falls...

From collapse to calling. While Kristen Hale's body shut down, her soul woke up. Experience the voice of Jesus calling Kristen at a Mormon healing ceremony. “My work is done here,” Jesus told Kristen Hale as she hobbled to the altar at the Mormon temple’s healing service. Jesus would gently lead her out of Mormonism and heal her–body, mind and Spirit. In part 2, hear how Kristen became paraly...

Leaving the checklist for grace. “My work is done here,” Jesus told Kristen Hale as she hobbled to the altar at the Mormon temple’s healing service. Jesus would gently lead her out of Mormonism and heal her–-body, mind and Spirit. In part 1, learn how Kristen grew up in a devout Mormon home, with a strict bishop father and the heavy weight of performance based love. Listen as she explains some ten...

What happens when a lifelong dream collides with an unexpected diagnosis? For David Suarez, the path seemed clear from the age of six: become a cardiovascular surgeon and heal broken hearts. But when David was fast-tracked into Brown University’s prestigious medical school, a sidelining diagnosis and an aha from God showed him that there was more than one way to fix a broken heart.  A shower of su...

She threw the Bible; it opened itself. “But those who hope in the Lord. . . “  Kim Lengling had no hope. Out of desperation she cried out to the God she didn’t believe existed and out of frustration threw a Bible she had never read. But at just the right moment, God intervened with a slight whisper.  Kim was retired from the military, carrying PTSD with her. She thought God had abandoned her, but...

Tweeny Randall’s powerful One80 starts with her growing up in the Sikh culture in Brussels. We slowly hear how the brokenness felt in her family of origin gave root to an identity crisis that made itself known in attention seeking and substance abuse of her own. As an adult Tweeny would continue this misguided lifestyle, but her world shattered with her mother’s illness. Alcohol came in and a stab...

What happens when the life you built on charm, control, and distraction collapses overnight?  Tweeny Randall’s powerful One80 starts with her growing up in the Sikh culture in Brussels. We slowly hear how the brokenness felt in her family of origin gave root to an identity crisis that made itself known in attention seeking and substance abuse of her own. As an adult Tweeny would continue this misg...

Merrill Oster grew up on a farm and eventually was a successful business man in farm futures in 16 countries, among other business endeavors. See how he and his wife prayed their way into a calling that would lead to decades of purpoose. In his golden years now, Merrill has a new venture: equipping retired business leaders to pray and serve their communities for Christ.  Merrill was blown away whe...

Hear Caleb's One80 and the unlikely mentor who walked him back from the bridge.  "And then, at the pinnacle of my life. . . why do I feel so empty?" said University of Minnesota student Caleb Jue, on his rock bottom night.  But God reached out to Caleb and a journey of restoration would come to him. Namely in the form of a Pinnacle Forum leader, Merrill Oster.  These Pinnacle retire...

“I now pronounce you husband and husband” were the words spoken at Lex Renick’s wedding. Lex had a miraculous transformation through Christ out of the trans lifestyle and Straight to the Father, as did her husband. In this moving three-part show, see how Lex seeks God’s heart and finally finds it, as well as the truth of scripture, the love of Jesus, and the freedom in her new identity with Christ...

“ I now pronounce you husband and husband ” were the words spoken at Lex Renick’s wedding. Married as a trans man to a gay man, Lex was transformed through the love of Christ . Both she and her husband went Straight to the Father, living for the Lord with a traveling ministry to the misfit community, spreading a powerful message of love and hope .    See how Lex seeks God’s heart and finds it, as...

“ I now pronounce you husband and husband ” were the words spoken at Lex Renick’s wedding. Married as a trans man to a gay man, Lex was transformed through the love of Christ . Both she and her husband went Straight to the Father, living for the Lord with a traveling ministry to the misfit community, spreading a powerful message of love and hope.    See how Lex seeks God’s heart and finds it, as w...

Hear the heart of a devout Muslim who converted to Christianity .  Asar recounts his early passion for seeking God and how a mysterious Blue Book pointed him towards Christianity. His path includes moments of prayer, visions, and divine revelations, ultimately leading him to openly declare his faith in Jesus Christ. Despite facing threats, Asar remained steadfast, further deepening his faith throu...

See the heart of a devout Muslim who converted to Christianity. Asar was raised in conservative Tehran before embracing Christianity. He recounts his early passion for seeking God while struggling with archaic texts, and how a mysterious Blue Book pointed him towards Christianity. His amazing story includes moments of prayer, visions, and even a Holy Spirit bath, ultimately leading him to openly d...

When Parisienne Edmée Chavannes watched Spike Lee's "Malcolm X" as a teenager, something ignited inside her that would define her worldview for years. Suddenly, white people became "devils" in her eyes. However, after moving to the land of Malcolm X, America, Edmée was shocked to encounter Christians who welcomed her with genuine kindness.  See the transformation that foll...

Timothy was a lazy, phony Christian, cheating husband, absent father and porn addict . Timothy said yes to Jesus at a young age but walked away from a faith with shallow roots . He searched for meaning in life everywhere but God. He self-medicated and covered up who he really was, until he realized he couldn’t stop his fake life on his own .  “ I know this is wrong. I don't want to do this. I...