197 - From an Orphan to a CEO (w/Zahara McCoy) Artwork

The Seacoast Podcast: Things You Won't Hear On Sunday

The Seacoast Podcast: Things You Won't Hear On Sunday captures meaningful – and often challenging -- conversations that happen off the stage amongst the people of Seacoast. Hang with us and guests we love to learn from, including authors, artists, pastors, and many others who share their stories of struggle and oftentimes, how God's grace brought about peace and redemption. We hope listening in to our discussions revolving around church, theology, and culture will feel like slowing down and hanging with friends. You'll be encouraged, laugh, find solidarity with someone else's story, or see things from a new point of view. What if listening to other perspectives was the first step in loving people with a different point of view? We're giving it a shot.

All Episodes

The Seacoast Podcast: Things You Won't Hear On Sunday

197 - From an Orphan to a CEO (w/Zahara McCoy)

April 28, 2026 • Seacoast Church

0:00 | 1:03:07

Zahara McCoy joins the podcast to tell her story of growing up in a small village in Uganda. At the age of 10, she lost both her parents to HIV/AIDS and soon faced the very real prospect of becoming a child bride.

Everything changed when a Christian family in California sponsored Zahara’s education—an act of compassion that allowed Zahara to continue her studies and later move to the United States.

After studying at George Washington University, Zahara developed a desire to give back to Africa. Today, she is the CEO of Children of Grace, a Christian non-profit that works to impact thousands of children through medical aid, education, and mentoring in her home region of Uganda.

At the top of the episode, Jack, Joey, and Lynne discuss how well they practice rhythms of rest and sabbath.

Zahara McCoy || Children of Grace | Children of Grace Instagram

Hosts | Jack Hoey III | Lynne Stroy | Joey Svendsen

Seacoast Podcast is now onInstagram

Be a Patron of the podcast

We have a YouTube Channel for videos of all episodes since Jan. 2024.

We'd love to hear from you. E-mail Joey HERE.

Producer/Editor/host: Joey Svendsen
Sound Engineer/Editor: Katelyn Vandiver