397: Bishop W.C. Martin—Hope in Possum Trot
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
Release Date: 07/30/2024
The Way I Heard It with Mike Rowe
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info_outlineBishop Martin and his wife Donna were the inspiration for the film Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, which details their miraculous journey navigating the foster care system in a small Texas town and how they inspired the parishioners of Bennet Chapel Church to adopt 77 children. Bishop Martin speaks to how this unlikely story became a book and a movie and how it all was accurately prophesized in advance.