History Makers Radio

Katisha Adelaide is a Violinist, singer, looping artist and multi-instrumentalist from Townsville, Australia. She's toured in Australia, The Phillipines, Sweden, Kenya and Thailand. She's also partnered with YWAM and other ministries to reach the world with her music. Listen in to her story!

The Springmans are the Canadian equivalent of the Travelling Von Trapp family! Their first album, Happy Beach, was produced by, and co-written with, multi Grammy© and Dove Award winner Mark Heimermann. (dcTalk, Michael W. Smith, Newsboys)  Happy Beach won a number of awards including the Parents' Choice Award, NPPA Award, and the GMA Canada Covenant Award for "Children's Album Of The Year."  In this interview we hear about how Perry came to Christ after being raised in a Jewish Family, and we hear about their love for Australia!

Homer Hargrove is the Senior Pastor at Gravetop Church in San Antonio, Texas. He started with a broken life that was full of trauma, addiction and violence, and everything changed when he decided to tap into something greater than himself. He's started and developed ministries from the ground up and has made significant impacts within recovery centres, public schools, detention centres and other organizations. Grace Buckman caught up with Homer to hear his story!

"The Chosen" is a TV series about Jesus that has been viewed all over the world in many languages, and many lives have been impacted! In this program, Matt caught up with some of the cast from the Chosen. Listen in to hear from Paras Patel (Matthew), Noah James (Andrew), Vanessa Benavente (Mother Mary), Abe Bueno-Jallad (Big James), Yasmine Al-Bustami (Ramah) and Brandon Potter (Quintus).

Jonathan Roumie is an American actor known for his role as Jesus in the Chosen and as evangelist Lonnie Frisbee in the 2023 film Jesus Revolution. Dallas Jenkins is an American film and television director, writer and film producer. He is best known as the creator, director and co-writer of the Chosen, the first multi-season series about the life of Jesus.

Cole Richards is the President of The Voice of the Martyrs (VOM) based in the USA, a ministry that serves, and serves with, Christians who are severely persecuted for their faith on the world's most difficult and dangerous missions frontiers. In addition to leading VOM's service to persecuted Christians abroad, Cole serves as Publisher and Executive Producer of VOM's publishing and media initiatives. This includes VOM Books and Films, VOM Radio and VOM's award-winning monthly magazine that is distributed free of charge to more than 700,000 homes and churches each month. Cole joined VOM in 2006 after living and ministering in one of the least-reached and restricted nations in the Middle East, where he, his wife and their children reached out to Muslims and supported persecuted Christians. Before entering full-time ministry, Cole served as a USAF officer, focusing on the rise of Islamic terrorist groups in the Middle East. Listen in to his story!

Felicia Limmer is a Radio host, Podcaster and lecturer at Christian Heritage College! Drawing from her experience as the National Marketing Manager for Baskin Robbins, one of her key areas of passion is to help students and organisations 'find their flavour' by understanding who their 'customers' are and how to create a flavour that keeps them wanting to come back for more! She is also part of the team at Vision Christian Radio and she produces her own podcast, "Quicksticks," a quick 5 minute bible story for each school day! Bible Stories which are told simply, designed to hold the attention of even young listeners. Listen in to her story!

Tony Benjamin is the CEO of Voice of the Martyrs Australia. In this conversation, he shares his testimony, and about his heart for the Persecuted Church around the world. Matt recorded this interview in South Korea during the Voice of the Martyrs international conference, listen in to hear the stories about their important work in nations like North Korea, China, Ukraine, Somalia, Mexico and many more!

Kala Yoder is a podcaster from Northern Indiana who has a passion to help busy people connect to God in simple yet deep and meaningful ways. She is the host of the Confidence in Christ podcast, a place where she encourages women to have confidence in Christ as they navigate life. Kala shares weekly podcast episodes with guests who have first hand experience gaining confidence in God through seeing him work and move in their lives, as well as daily scripture readings to help people grow in their relationship with God. Kala was recently one of the keynote speakers at the Michiana Women's Conference and has been involved in many other Christian conferences. This week also features guest host Grace Buckman! Grace is a youth leader at New Hope Brisbane, and also has her own podcast! Grace will be recording some Historymakers interviews, because Matt Prater is a bit overloaded. So you will be hearing her voice a bit more!

Ross Bellos is a highly experienced Sales and Account Manager of various clients and Businesses. He is very active in co-ordinating Prayer for Australia. He's got a powerful testimony of coming to Christ. Listen in to his story!

Clayton King is an accomplished author, teaching pastor of a local church, and radio show host. As well as training and raising up young leaders and investing in pastors across a wide range of denominations. Clayton lives in Anderson, South Carolina and mostly spends his time traveling, preaching and speaking at churches, conferences, and leadership events. He loves good books, black coffee, four-wheelers, traveling, and anything that gets him outside and in the woods. Listen in to his story!

Colin Pinkney, is the Executive Director at The Harvest Center of Charlotte. As team chaplain for the NBA Charlotte Hornets Basketball team, he serves as a spiritual mentor to some of the NBA's most talented athletes and was recognized in 2011 by sports legend and philanthropist, Michael Jordan, as a hometown hero. Pinkney's first book, Blueprints: Mentoring Designs for Young Black Males, has garnered local acclaim, and his second book, Forgiving Our Fathers, Healing our Homes, brings solutions to the generational decay in underserved communities. Listen in to his story!

Sarah Keel is the Executive Director of Renew Clinic in Knoxville Tennessee, an intensive outpatient treatment center that is Christ-centered and clinically informed. Sarah has worked in the addiction and recovery field for several years. Sarah is a former addict, a follower of Jesus, and is passionate about sharing her faith! Listen in to her story!

Jon Seccombe is an Aussie Singer/songwriter who trained in music at the NSW State Conservatorium of Music and studied English Lit and Ancient History with an Honours degree in New Testament History from Sydney's Macquarie University. He has been a Head of Department and teacher of English and History for three decades. Jon plays piano, trumpet, saxophone, flute, pipe organ and has stretched to playing oboe in a school musical. He has been the music director at a number of Sydney churches and the musical director for secular stage shows. Listen in to his story!

Johannes Gerloff has been a Middle East correspondent in Israel for over 20 years. He writes and teaches on current affairs concerning Israel and its surrounding countries and theological issues for media in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic. He has authored several books. His lectures include up-dates on the current situation in the Middle East, but also teachings concerning Christian-Jewish relations and the meaning of the Jewish people and its return to the Land of Israel from a biblical perspective.

Dr Paul Browning has been a headmaster for more than 23 years. He's also an Author and sought after speaker internationally. Based on his first-hand experience of navigating an organisation through a highly public ethical crisis, he wrote "Principled", where he outlines the ten key leadership practices that build trust based on evidence-based research. His PhD research into the practices that engender trust was nominated for an outstanding thesis award and won an Executive Dean's commendation from Queensland University of Technology. In this interview he shares about his faith journey, and how biblical principles have helped him along the way! Listen in to his story!

Phil Mason is an Author and Pastor from Tribe Byron Bay. In this interview he shares about how he came to Christ in the Aussie version of the "Jesus Revolution," and how he's seen many miracles and salvations at New Age Festivals around Australia. Phil has the Father's heart for Australia and has a deep desire to lead the Church into a revival and a heart revolution that will change the nation. He has also Authored a number of books, including a book about the prophetic songs of Bob Dylan. Listen in to his story!

Gerald Ross is an Associate Pastor at Restore ministries with Beenleigh Baptist Church. In this interview he shares about how he has overcome many addictions and a life of crime. He is now helping others get their life on track with a message of hope and healing through a relationship with Jesus.

David Sams is CEO of KeepTheFaith, America's top-rated syndicated Christian music program with nearly 8 million monthly listeners. He is a 9-Time Emmy Winning Producer/Director/Writer. He has been featured in the pages of USATODAY, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY and TVGuide. He has appeared on 60 MINUTES, ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, NBC'S TODAY, and DATELINE NBC. In 1986, he launched the OPRAH WINFREY SHOW into national syndication. It was #1 in nearly every TV market from her very first day on the air. Sams also helped turn WHEEL OF FORTUNE and JEOPARDY into the two highest-rated shows in syndication history. I caught up with David in Nashville to record this interview about his faith journey, listen in!

Scott Hogle is a 30-year career broadcaster, President of iHeart Media Honolulu, best-selling Author, a founding member of The John Maxwell Team, and licensed Teaching Pastor at New Hope Christian Fellowship, Oahu. Listen in to His story!