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Here are a few snippets of how some people took the step to start
following Jesus. Some were dramatic, others less so – all of them
significant.
• Ming had bought himself a Bible in Hong Kong, before moving to the
UK. A college tutor invited him to church, and he loved being part of
the community. After lots of reading the Bible, asking questions and
spending time with Christians, Ming stayed up one night, thinking hard
about his life. At around 3am, he made the decision to follow Jesus.
• Harpreet is in her 20s and travelled alone to the UK from India. She’d
been having conversations with a Christian who worked in the same
shop as her. She was curious and went along to some church services.
She was struck by “the purity of the people there”, and found herself
drawn to Christian faith, though she was scared of what her Sikh
family would think. One Sunday, she saw people being baptised and
felt very strongly that she also should get baptised.
• Luke’s parents and sister were Christians, but he’d never believed. In
his 40s, his job enabled him to travel, experiment with drugs, and, in
his words, “I was sort of my own sort of God.” He wasn’t happy though,
and had been watching Christian content on YouTube, listening to
worship music and having conversations with his mum. One day,
while smoking weed in his shed, he began confessing his sins to
God. As he did this, he experienced what he described as “a warm
electrical feeling”. After this he threw his weed in the bin!
• Rupert, a retired academic, started having conversations about
Christian faith with his regular Uber driver, who invited him to
do Alpha. He loved it, and being part of a church community. He
regularly attended a mid-week session put on by the church’s
evangelist. After some time, the evangelist suggested Rupert was
ready for reconfirmation. This resonated with Rupert, and he was
delighted that someone in Christian leadership could see he’d
reached this point.
• Zoë’s journey started with a TikTok video, which led to more videos,
and then to reading the Bible for herself. She then joined a local
church, while also reading Christian apologetics books. The big
decision for her was deciding whether or not to get baptised. It
was while she was in the process of making that decision that she
committed her life to Jesus.

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