Charisma Connection

"Everywhere she went, revival fire followed," says Sharon Buss of Sister Gwen Shaw, the ministry founder of Global Outpouring. Discover the key to the power of this Spirit-birthed ministry with Sharon and her husband, Philip, in this interview with host Chris Johnson, 

Business owner Pam Stanford learned of the benefits of natural health when she used products from the Neem tree to get rid of high toxicity in her body. Today, as a proponent for the tree's benefits, she calls herself "The Neem Queen." Listen to discover how these products, from tooth powders to teas, have helped Stanford and others, and why the Neem tree is thought of as the "village pharmacy." Learn more in this podcast interview with host Chris Johnson and at the All About Neem website (allaboutneem.com).

Former triathlete and body builder Joanne Moody knows what it means to walk with God through years of debilitating nerve pain. But after a businessman prayed for her healing, she says she became a "medical miracle." Listen as host Chris Johnson interviews her about her long labor bearing a child, her near-death experience and miraculous healing as well as her international ministry, Agape Freedom Fighters (agapefreedomfighters.org).

Coming out of sex trafficking takes more than a change of location; it takes a true transformation of mind and heart. The Samaritan Women's Institute for Shelter Care is helping women who are survivors with that life change. Calvin Fanning, director of shelter mentoring for the institute, and Kay Duffield, executive director of the Northern Virginia Human Trafficking Initiative, share in this final series episode with host Chris Johnson what it means to start a residential program or shelter to help survivors find a new life. Listen and share this episode with others, and learn how you can support this effort at sheltercareusa.org.

Believers are invited to "join with God in shaping the future," says Brad Long of Presbyterian-Reformed Ministries International (PRMI). Long and PRMI's prayer mobilizer, Martin Boardman, visit with show host Chris Johnson to share how the Holy Spirit is using intercessors around the world because, as Long says, "God depends on our prayers to carry out His will and fulfill His vision.” Listen to find out more about how you can follow the lead of the Holy Spirit in fulfilling prophecy and in doing the work of intercession together as the body of Christ.

Calvin Fanning, a former church-planting missionary, believes that committing one's self to helping sex trafficking victims by "planting" a shelter is just as big a commitment as going overseas as a missionary. But Fanning knows that, for those who are called, it's worth it. Now the director of shelter mentoring for The Samaritan Women's Institute for Shelter Care, he leads the three-year mentoring program for those who want to start residential programs for female sex trafficking victims who want to live a normal life. Listen to learn more as host Chris Johnson interviews Fanning, and find out how you can support this effort at sheltercareusa.org.

Victims of sexual exploitation are thought of as products, not people. But Jeanne Allert, founder and executive director of The Samaritan Women, wants to help these women turn their lives around. She finds her inspiration in John 4 and Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well. The Samaritan Women organization meets the sex-trafficked woman where she is in a nonjudgmental way and cares for her significant needs. Listen as host Chris Johnson interviews Allert in this fifth episode of the "Set the Captives Free" series.

The Holy Spirit is calling out spiritual SWAT teams in an army of intercessors to build God's kingdom. Dr. Brad Long, executive director of Presbyterian-Reformed Ministries International, and Rev. Martin Boardman, prayer mobilizer for PRMI, join host Chris Johnson for this episode to discuss how God's people are engaging in Spirit-led prayer together to pull down strongholds and advance God's kingdom. Join these intercessors at discernwith.us.

Leading the way to meet the needs of sex-trafficking victims, The Samaritan Women aims to restore survivors physically, emotionally and spiritually through its residential program. What Jeanne Allert, the organization's executive director, has found is just how great a need there is across the country for shelters and other services. Listen to this episode of the "Set the Captives Free" series as Allert shares with host Chris Johnson about the need and the church's involvement to meet them.

Children in the U.S. are being exposed to pornography when they are quite young. On average, boys are 7 and girls are 11 when they experience pornographic materials for the first time. Julie Haltom, education director at The Samaritan Women (sheltercareusa.org), speaks to the relationship between porn and sex trafficking in this episode with host Chris Johnson. Listen to learn how to prevent exposure to porn in your household and how to deal with it in your church.