American missionary details brutal 6 years in captivity: 'I lost my religion, but gained my faith'

Missionary Jeff Woodke opens up about his new book and recounts how he survived six and a half years as an al-Qaeda hostage in West Africa, revealing how brutal captivity, unanswered prayers and profound trauma ultimately transformed his understanding of faith and forgiveness.

“Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction…”