Women of Valor: Corrie ten Boom

Corrie ten Boom, known today as one of the “most remarkable evangelists of her time,” was a Dutch woman used mightily for God, who, during WWII, launched a significant underground resistance to protect Jews in Holland, lived and ministered through the horrors of the German concentration camps, and later traveled the world sharing about the love of Jesus. While her story consisted of remarkable impact, Corrie began her life as a watchmaker’s daughter in the town of Haarlem, Holland, and lived an ordinary and obscure life until she was in her 50’s. Born in Holland in 1892, the first half-century of Corrie’s life was anything but exceptional. The faith of her family and the depth of their life in God was the only nod to the events that lay ahead.