Welcome to This Is HIS Story , a podcast featuring honest conversations with people whose faith, calling, hardship, and life experiences have become a mission to serve others. Host Todd Turner talks with nonprofit founders, ministry leaders, Bible teachers, counselors, missionaries, advocates, and everyday people who are pouring out God’s grace to hurting people around the world. Each episode explores the moments that shaped their story: the calling they could not ignore, the need they stepped…
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Behind the Voices: Roger Kemp on Faithfulness, Christian Media & God’s Hand
For more than 45 years, Roger Kemp has worked behind the scenes of Christian media, helping some of its most recognizable voices communicate biblical truth with clarity and excellence. Roger began in the shipping department of Ambassador Advertising, duplicating reel-to-reel tapes and sending programs to radio stations. That entry-level position eventually placed him alongside Christian…
From Corporate Success to Kingdom Purpose | Bill Gemaehlich
Can you pursue business success and still live completely on mission for Christ? Bill Gemaehlich has spent decades leading global Christian ministries, serving alongside Chuck Swindoll at Insight for Living, planting a church, mentoring leaders, and traveling the world to advance the Gospel. But his story didn't begin in ministry. It began with a young businessman whose dream was simply to make…
When you write a check for “clean water” or “orphans in Africa,” what actually happens on the other side of the wire? In this episode, Todd Turner sits down with longtime Africa practitioner Jason Miller to talk honestly about the dark side of global generosity: dependency, staged photo ops, buzzword-driven proposals, broken “sustainability” projects, and a charity mindset that quietly damages the…
William Booth: The Untold Story Behind The Salvation Army
William Booth didn’t set out to build a global movement. He walked into the slums of London with a Bible, a stubborn faith, and a burden for people the church had learned to ignore. Out of that simple conviction came The Salvation Army, one of the most influential Christian missions of the last 150 years. In this episode of HIS Story , Todd Turner sits down with Booth for a first-person…
George Müller: Faith, Orphans, and the Miracles of God’s Provision
What happens when someone decides to live entirely by faith? In this episode of This Is HIS Story , Todd Turner shares a compelling conversation with George Müller — the man who cared for more than 10,000 orphans without ever asking for a penny. Through prayer alone, he watched God provide food, shelter, and hope for thousands. Listen as Müller recounts his rebellious youth, his powerful…
Charles Spurgeon: The Prince of Preachers and the Power of Grace
What if you could sit down with Charles Spurgeon himself — the Prince of Preachers ? In this episode of This Is HIS Story , Todd Turner guides you through an imagined interview that captures Spurgeon’s wit, humility, and deep trust in God. Hear how a teenage preacher became one of history’s most influential pastors. Learn about his personal battles with doubt and depression, his bold stand for…
Sara is Founder and CEO of Taproot Charities, a non-profit ministry which provides school fees, supplies, and uniforms to support girls in secondary and college level education in rural Uganda, Africa. After serving in Arua, Uganda on two medical mission trips, and seeing first-hand how the young women in Arua are culturally marginalized and overlooked, Sara felt a special calling to help provide…
Harmony Grillo, victim of exploitation turned UCLA honor student, her goal is to help women and girls entrenched in sexual exploitation find freedom. As a survivor, Harmony is passionate about assisting women in their journeys of healing and transformation. In 2003, she founded Treasures, a faith-based outreach and support group to women in the sex industry and victims of sex trafficking. Armed…
Wayne Stiles is the host of Walking the Bible Lands ( www.walkingthebiblelands.com ), an online video experience of virtual tours of the Holy Land. A former pastor and veteran traveler to the Holy Land, Dr. Stiles has served in full-time ministry for more than 30 years. He is the author of Going Places with God, Walking in the Footsteps of Jesus, and Waiting on God. Wayne and his wife, Cathy, have…
Shannon McGraw is a woman in love with God and excited about her faith. But it wasn’t always that way. She was only 3 years old when the abuse began by a family member. While still a teen, her boyfriend was tragically killed in an auto accident, and she began to question a God who would claim a young man with so much life yet to be lived. At the fragile age of seventeen, she was raped and she…