Charisma Connection

Jonathan Graf believes intercession for needs in the church is important, but he also thinks believers in the Western world need to be taught how to intercede with Scripture-based, kingdom-focused prayer. So many are like Graf used to be, a "crisis pray-er." If your church isn't growing, consider how you're praying. Listen as host Chris Johnson interviews Graf, who leads the Church Prayer Leaders Network (prayerleader.com) and offers prayer resources to the body of Christ. 

Hidden Treasure author Peter Aiello grew up Catholic, but by the time he was 20, he had become an agnostic. He couldn't find the happiness he was looking for despite giving in to rampant sexual lust. He delved into Eastern philosophy and then the Bible in his driving search for inner peace. Today he is being transformed and renewed by the mind of Christ.

Annette Eckart had a good reason to start Bridge for Peace. She and her husband, Ed, founded the international ministry after she experienced a miraculous healing while engaged in her Wall Street career. Today God is using Bridge for Peace, now on five continents, as a bridge for healing to the nations. Listen as host Chris Johnson interviews Annette about her miracle and much more.

Singaporean Bible teacher Jonathan Heng shares how he came to experience the power of the Holy Spirit and how the Spirit leads him in ministry effective for the kingdom of God. Listen as host Chris Johnson talks with Jonathan about the many ways God is using him and know that the Holy Spirit can use you too.

Charisma Connection host Chris Johnson talks with Dustin Price to discover the many ways the organization he founded, MAP Global, supports Christians in a variety of callings. That includes traditional missionaries as well as any believer who senses a call to a certain area of the world or a particular type of ministry. Listen to learn more about this unique organization that comes alongside the church and supports believers in their ministries.

Anne Ballard founded her jewelry company on the belief that declaring and reminding ourselves daily of what God says about us can lead to transformed lives. The Crowning Jewels products remind wearers of the truth they get to declare, which renews the mind according to Romans 12:2. Listen as host Chris Johnson interviews Ballard to learn more about the unique prophetic ministry of her company.

Truth Becomes Her founder Erin Weidemann is on a mission: to show girls and women that they have worth that is not dependent on their beauty. Charisma Connection host Chris Johnson interviews Weidemann on why this is so important today and what led her to write her Bible Belles children's books. She also reflected on what it means to be a five-time cancer survivor.

In his book Optimisfits, Ben Courson calls himself a "professional fun-haver." He's full of joy and hope, but it wasn't always that way. He has suffered greatly, grieving the deaths of his brother and sister as well as the loss of a romantic relationship. At one point, Courson even considered suicide. So how did God put his heart back together? Listen as Charisma Connection host Chris Johnson asks about the hope and joy he has found.

Berin Gilfillan spent three years as Reinhard Bonnke's TV producer. Having been mentored by exceptional Christian leaders like evangelist Bonnke, "Dr. Berin" knows the value of pressing on to maturity in Christ. Dr. Berin shares his book, Pursuing Maturity, with Charisma Connection host Chris Johnson as well as the work of training more than 400,000 believers at over 20,000 training sites through his International School of Ministry. Listen and learn more about this great work.