‘I was shot at point-blank range – twice! But God saved me’

After surviving sexual abuse, drug addiction and an assassination attempt, Tommy Hanrahan became a church leader – and saw both his abuser and would-be murderer come to Christ

The first time Tommy Hanrahan was shot at, he was 17. He found himself on the wrong side of a local gangster and with a shotgun three feet from his chest. The pellets flew towards him as if in slow motion but, just before they reached him, something lifted them up and away. “I believe it was the hand of God,” says Tommy. “I should have died.” Instead, he suffered only minor injuries. The next time, he would not be so lucky.