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Compelled - Christian Stories & Testimonies

BEHIND THE SCENES: State of Compelled 2026

Compelled - Christian Stories & Testimonies

Paul Hastings

Personal Journals, Christianity, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2026

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Season 10 launching on Feb. 10th! // Celebrate what God did in 2025! // Hear Compelled's vision for 2026! What God allowed us to do in 2025: Record 20 new testimonies! Release 11 original Compelled stories! Remaster 32 testimonies from our archives! Compelled was downloaded 909,419 times in 2025! Launch Compelled on national radio! (170 stations, 34 states, 500,000 weekly listeners) Launch the Compelled book! (over 20,000 copies sold!) Launch our 501(c)3 nonprofit, ⁠Compelled Ministries⁠! Continue nurturing the ⁠Proclaim Podcast Network⁠ and launch a new member, the ⁠Surround Bible⁠! Our vision for 2026: Relaunch Season 10 on Feb. 10th (10 new episodes) Release Season 11 during mid-August (10 new episodes) Cultivate and nurture the Proclaim Podcast Network Build a podcast studio for Compelled (a 200 sq. ft. converted Home Depot shed) We've raised 97% of our 2026 Fundraising Goal, with $2,170 remaining. If you'd like to donate towards our episodes for 2026 then visit ⁠compelledpodcast.com/donate⁠ 4 ways to be involved: Pray God would give us wisdom and creativity as we select and edit our 20 episodes this year. Join our Compelled Insider email list for the behind-the-scenes news from our team: ⁠CompelledPodcast.com⁠ Join our prayer team. Just email us and we'll add you. Keep telling your friends about Compelled! Show notes @ https://compelledpodcast.com/episodes/bts-state-of-compelled-2026 ++++++++++++ Compelled is a seasonal podcast using gripping, immersive storytelling to celebrate the powerful ways God is transforming Christians around the world. These Christian testimonies are raw, true, and powerful. Be encouraged and let your faith be strengthened! Want to help make new episodes? Either make a one-time gift, or become a Monthly Partner at: https://compelledpodcast.com/donate Perks of being a Monthly Partner include: EARLY ACCESS to each new Compelled episode 1 week early! FULL LIBRARY of our unedited, behind-the-scenes interviews with each guest... over 100+ hours of additional stories and takeaways! Become a Monthly Partner by selecting the "Monthly" option during check-out.  Show notes, emails, and more at: https://compelledpodcast.com Buy the Compelled book of testimonies, endorsed by Lee Strobel, Marvin Olasky, and more: ⁠https://compelledpodcast.com/book Compelled is a member of the Proclaim Podcast Network: https://proclaim.fm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This show is part of the Proclaimed Podcast Network, thoughtfully crafted, faithfully told, stories that proclaim his name.

0:10.6

More at Proclaim.fm.

0:17.5

Hey, everybody. This is Paul Hastings here, your host of Compelled coming to you with our state of

0:22.7

compelled address, 2026. This is a tradition that we started last year. And when I say a tradition,

0:29.8

it just means that I started doing it last year and I'm going to do it again this year. So now

0:33.3

it's officially a tradition. And it's just me kind of bringing you this stream of consciousness

0:37.8

updating you on what we did last year, what we planned to do this year coming in front of us.

0:43.5

And this is not very edited. In fact, it's me sitting here in my bedroom. I am actually sitting

0:49.4

underneath a blanket, believe it or not, because that's what podcasters do when they're in very echoey

0:56.0

spaces. And so hopefully everything will turn out just fine here. And hopefully I won't

1:00.5

overheat underneath this blanket right now because it is quite warm. Last year in 2025,

1:05.2

man, we were busy and there was so much that we did that was all enabled by you, our listeners.

1:11.1

And so here's kind of the report on what we did. First thing is we released 12 new testimonies. It was 11. I can't quite remember. We released these stories. And here's just a summary of all of them. And maybe you've already listened to all of them. Great. We'll just recap them for you to hear now. But if you haven't listened to them,

1:27.5

then maybe some of these will spark your interest or curiosity, and you can go check out those

1:31.0

testimonies. The first story was with Stephen Madder Moros, who grew up as a Jehovah's Witness

1:35.7

with a distorted view of God. But through a crumbling marriage and heartbreaking loss,

1:41.1

he encountered the true God of the Bible, who promised to always be

1:44.7

by Stephen's side, even in the darkest of times, and that was actually truly tested in his life.

1:50.6

A second interview that we released was with Ron Husband, who grew up in California during

1:55.2

the 1950s and 60s, and he'd heard about Jesus, but he'd also heard about flying saucers and ancient civilizations.

2:03.1

You know, what was the truth? And would this truth have any bearing when he was invited to

2:07.6

draw moving pictures for this random children's company called Disney? And, you know, that episode

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