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Paul (5-67)

Paul (5-67)

THEOLOGIAN AND CHURCH LEADER

From Tarsus, Turkey
Served in Jerusalem, Samaria, Judea, and Rome
Affiliation: Christian

Justin Martyr (100-165)

Justin Martyr (100-165)

APOLOGIST AND AUTHOR

From Flavia Neapolis, Judea
Served in Rome, Italy
Affiliation: Christian

Tertullian (155-240)

Tertullian (155-240)

THEOLOGIAN AND CHURCH LEADER

From Carthage, Africa
Served in Carthage, Africa
Affiliation: Christian

Alban (274 - June 22, 304)

Alban (274 - June 22, 304)

EARLY ENGLISH CONVERT

From Hertfordshire (Verulamium), England
Served in Hertfordshire, England
Affiliation: Christian

Athanasius (296-373)

Athanasius (296-373)

TWENTIETH BISHOP OF ALEXANDRIA

From Alexandria, Egypt
Served in Alexandria, Egypt
Affiliation: Christian

John Chrysostom (349–407)

John Chrysostom (349–407)

ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE

From Antioch
Served in Antioch
Affiliation: Christian


Augustine of Hippo (354-430)

Augustine of Hippo (354-430)

THEOLOGIAN AND WRITER

From Algeria
Served in Algeria
Affiliation: Christian


Patrick (385-461)

Patrick (385-461)

APOSTLE TO IRELAND

From Roman England
Served in Ireland
Affiliation: Christian

Benedict of Nursia (480-543)

Benedict of Nursia (480-543)

FOUNDER OF 12 MONASTERIES IN ITALY WHICH WOULD BECOME THE RULE OF ST. BENEDICT

From Umbria, Italy
Served in Subiaco, Italy
Affiliation: Catholic

Isidore of Seville (560-636)

Isidore of Seville (560-636)

ARCHBISHOP OF SEVILLE AND OFTEN VIEWED AS THE LAST SCHOLAR OF THE ANCIENT WORLD

From Cartagena, Spain
Served in Seville, Spain
Affiliation: Christian

Venerable Bede (672-735)

Venerable Bede (672-735)

MONK, WRITER, AND CONSIDERED THE "FATHER OF ENGLISH HISTORY"

From Monkton, England
Served in Monkwearmouth, England
Affiliation: Christian

Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)

Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)

FOUNDER OF THE CISTERCIAN ORDER

From Fontaine-lès-Dijon, France
Served in Ville-sous-la-Ferté, France
Affiliation: Catholic

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)

GERMAN WRITER, COMPOSER, PHILOSOPHER, AND MYSTIC

From Germany
Served in Germany
Affiliation: Catholic

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

PRIEST AND THEOLOGIAN, KNOWN AS DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH

From Kingdom of Sicily, Italy
Served in Italy
Affiliation: Catholic

Anselm of Aosta (1033-1109)

Anselm of Aosta (1033-1109)

BENEDICTINE MONK AND FOUNDER OF SCHOLASTICISM

From Aosta, Kingdom of Burgundy
Served in Canterbury, England
Affiliation: Catholic

Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)

Francis of Assisi (1181-1226)

FOUNDER OF THE FRANCISCAN ORDER

From Assisi
Served in Assisi, Italy
Affiliation: Catholic

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

WRITER

From Florence, Italy
Served in Florence, Italy
Affiliation: Catholic

John Wycliffe (1330-1384)

John Wycliffe (1330-1384)

THEOLOGIAN, PREACHER, AND TRANSLATOR OF THE BIBLE INTO ENGLISH

From Yorkshire, England
Served in England
Affiliation: Catholic

Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)

Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)

MYSTIC

From Siena, Italy
Served in Rome, Italy
Affiliation: Catholic

Jan Hus (1369-1415)

Jan Hus (1369-1415)

REFORMER AND THEOLOGIAN

From Czech Republic
Served in Germany
Affiliation: Hussite

Joan of Arc (1412-1431)

Joan of Arc (1412-1431)

DEFENDER OF AND WARRIOR FOR FRANCE DURING THE HUNDRED YEAR WAR

From Domrémy, France
Served in Rouen, Normandy
Affiliation: Catholic

Thomas More (1478-1535)

Thomas More (1478-1535)

Lawyer, Philosopher and Statesmen

From London, England
Served in London, England
Affiliation: Catholic

"If honor were profitable, everybody would be honorable."

Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531)

Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531)

Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556)

Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556)

Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)

Ignatius of Loyola (1491-1556)

FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS (JESUITS) AND AUTHOR OF SPIRITUAL EXERCISES

From Spain
Served in Italy
Affiliation: Catholic

Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Martin Luther (1483-1546)

FRIAR, REFORMER AND HYMN WRITER

From Eisleben, Saxony
Served in Wittenberg University
Affiliation: Lutheran

John Calvin (1509-1564)

John Calvin (1509-1564)

THEOLOGIAN AND PASTOR

From Noyon, France
Served in Geneva, Switzerland
Affiliation: Reformed

George Herbert (1593-1633)

George Herbert (1593-1633)

POET

From Montgomery, England
Served in Salisbury, England
Affiliation: Anglican

René Descartes (1596-1650)

René Descartes (1596-1650)

PHILOSOPHER, MATHEMATICIAN AND WRITER

From France
Served in the Dutch Republic
Affiliation: Catholic

Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)

Anne Bradstreet (1612-1672)

From Northampton, England
Served in North Andover, Massachusetts
Affiliation: Puritan

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

MATHEMATICIAN, PHYSICIST, INVENTOR, WRITER, AND PHILOSOPHER

From Auvergne, France
Served in Paris, France
Affiliation: Catholic

Isaac Watts (1674 - 1748)

Isaac Watts (1674 - 1748)

COMPOSER, THEOLOGIAN AND PHILOSOPHER

From Southampton, England
Served in Stoke Newington, England
Affiliation: Anglican

George Handel (1685-1759)

George Handel (1685-1759)

COMPOSER

From Halle, Germany
Served in London, England
Affiliation: Anglican

Samuel Wesley (1662-1735)

Samuel Wesley (1662-1735)

PASTOR, POET, COMPOSER, AND FATHER OF JOHN AND CHARLES WESLEY

From Dorset, England
Served in Dorset, England
Affiliation: Anglican

Isaac Backus (1724-1806)

Isaac Backus (1724-1806)

BAPTIST PREACHER WHO CAMPAIGNED AGAINST STATE-ESTABLISHED CHURCHES IN NEW ENGLAND AND HELPED TO FOUND BROWN UNIVERSITY

From Norwich, Connecticut
Served in Middleborough, Massachusetts
Affiliation: Baptist

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

POET

From Cumberland, England
Served in Cumberland, England
Affiliation: Anglican

Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)

Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)

PASTOR DURING THE AMERICA'S FIRST GREAT AWAKENING

From South Windsor, Connecticut
Served in Northampton, Massachusetts
Affiliation: Reformed

John Wesley (1703-1791)

John Wesley (1703-1791)

ITINERANT PREACHER AND FOUNDER OF METHODISM

From Lincolnshire, England
Served in London, England
Affiliation: Anglican and Methodism

Charles Wesley (1707-1788)

Charles Wesley (1707-1788)

COMPOSER

From Epworth, England
Served in London, England
Affiliation: Methodist

John Francis Wade (1711-1786)

John Francis Wade (1711-1786)

COMPOSER

From England
Served in Douai, France
Affiliation: Catholic

George Whitefield (1714-1770)

George Whitefield (1714-1770)

EVANGELIST DURING THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING AND CO-FOUNDER WITH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA

From Gloucester, England
Served in England and Colonial America
Affiliation: Methodist

John Newton (1725-1807)

John Newton (1725-1807)

SLAVE SHIP CAPTAIN TURNED MINISTER AND WRITER OF "AMAZING GRACE"

From London, England
Served in London, England
Affiliation: Anglican

Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823)

Manasseh Cutler (1742-1823)

PASTOR, MEMBER OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND FOUNDER OF OHIO UNIVERSITY

From Killingly, Connecticut
Served in Hamilton, Massachusetts
Affiliation: Congregational

Francis Asbury (1745-1816)

Francis Asbury (1745-1816)

BISHOP IN THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, LEADER IN THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING AND FOUNDER OF SEVERAL SCHOOLS

From Hamstead Bridge, Staffordshire, England
Served in England and America
Affiliation: Methodist

Benjamin Rush (1746-1813)

Benjamin Rush (1746-1813)

PHYSICIAN, POLITICIAN, SOCIAL REFORMER, HUMANITARIAN, AND EDUCATOR

From Byberry, Philadelphia
Served in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Affiliation: Episcopal

Richard Furman (1755-1825)

Richard Furman (1755-1825)

PRESIDENT OF THE TRIENNIAL CONVENTION, THE FIRST NATIONWIDE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. ALSO PRESIDENT OF FURMAN UNIVERSITY, THE SOUTH'S FIRST BAPTIST COLLEGE AND NAMED AFTER HIM POSTHUMOUSLY.

From Esopus, New York
Served in Charleston, South Carolina
Affiliation: Baptist

William Blake (1757-1827)

William Blake (1757-1827)

PAINTER, POET AND PRINTMAKER

From London England
Served in London, England
Affiliation: Christian

William Wilberforce (1759-1833)

William Wilberforce (1759-1833)

POLITICIAN WHO SINGLE-HANDEDLY ABOLISHED GREAT BRITAIN'S SLAVE TRADE

From Kingston upon Hull, Great Britain
Served in London, England
Affiliation: Anglican

Charles Simeon (1759-1836)

Charles Simeon (1759-1836)

PASTOR AND A FOUNDER OF THE CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY

From Berkshire, England
Served in Cambridge, England
Affiliation: Anglican

Richard Allen (1760-1831)

Richard Allen (1760-1831)

PREACHER AND FOUNDER OF THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (AME)

From Sussex County, Delaware
Served in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Affiliation: African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME)

Joseph Mohr (1773-1848)

Joseph Mohr (1773-1848)

Composer

From Salzburg, Austria
Served in Wagrain, Austria
Affiliation: Catholic

John Henry Hopkins (1792-1868)

John Henry Hopkins (1792-1868)

FIRST BISHOP OF THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE OF VERMONT

From Dublin, Ireland
Served in Burlington, Vermont
Affiliation: Episcopal

Charles Finney (1792-1875)

Charles Finney (1792-1875)

Pastor, Educator, Theologian

From Warren, Connecticut
Served in Oberlin, Ohio
Affiliation: Congregational

Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)

Sojourner Truth (1797-1883)

1797 - November 26, 1883

ABOLITIONIST

From Rifton, New York
Served in Battle Creek, Michigan
Affiliation: Presbyterian

Willam Carey (1761-1834)

Willam Carey (1761-1834)

MISSIONARY, FOUNDER OF FIRST COLLEGE IN INDIA AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF BAPTIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY 

From Northamptonshire, England
Served in Serampore, India
Affiliation: Particular Baptist

John Henry Newman (1801-1890)

John Henry Newman (1801-1890)

MINISTER AND LEADER OF THE OXFORD MOVEMENT

From London, England
Served in London, England
Affiliation: Anglican


Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1804-1891)

Samuel Ajayi Crowther (1804-1891)

FIRST AFRICAN ANGLICAN BISHOP IN NIGERIA

From Osogun
Served in Niger Territory
Affiliation: Anglican

James Finn (1806-1872)

James Finn (1806-1872)

BRITISH CONSUL, EXPLORER WHO HELPED FIND QUMRAN WHERE THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS WOULD LATER BE DISCOVERED, AND FOUNDER OF KEREM AVRAHAM, A FARM JUST OUTSIDE THE OLD CITY

From London, England
Served in Jerusalem
Affiliation: Evangelical Anglican

George Mueller (1805-1898)

George Mueller (1805-1898)

FOUNDER OF ORPHANAGES AND SCHOOLS THROUGH ENGLAND AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE PLYMOUTH BRETHREN

From Prussia
Served in Bristol, England
Affiliation: Plymouth Brethren

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)

16TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

From Hodgenville, Kentucky
Served in Illinois and Washington, D.C.
Affiliation: Christian

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855)

PHILOSOPHER AND FATHER OF EXISTENTIALISM

From Copenhagen, Denmark
Served in Copenhagen, Denmark
Affiliation: Christian

Harriet Tubman (1820-1913)

Harriet Tubman (1820-1913)

ABOLITIONIST

From Dorchester County, Maryland
Served in Auburn, New York
Affiliation: Congregational

Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887)

PASTOR AND ABOLITIONIST

From Litchfield, Connecticut
Served in Brooklyn, New York
Affiliation: Congregational

David Livingstone (1813-1873)

David Livingstone (1813-1873)

MEDICAL MISSIONARY AND ABOLITIONIST TO AFRICA

From South Lanarkshire, Scotland
Served in Zambia
Affiliation: Congregational

Alexander Crummell (1819-1898)

Alexander Crummell (1819-1898)

FOUNDING PASTOR OF ST LUKE'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN WASHINGTON D.C.

From New York City, New York
Served in New York, Liberia and Washington D.C.
Affiliation: Episcopal

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)

Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)

FOUNDER OF MODERN DAY NURSING

From Florence, Italy
Served in The Crimean War
Affiliation: Anglican

Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)

Fanny Crosby (1820-1915)

WRITER OF MORE THAN 8,000 HYMNS

From Brewster, New York
Served in Brooklyn, New York
Affiliation: Baptist

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881)

Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821-1881)

WRITER AND JOURNALIST

From Moscow, Russia
Served in Saint Petersburg, Russian
Affiliation: Russian Orthodox

Andrew Murray (1828-1917)

Andrew Murray (1828-1917)

PASTOR AND AUTHOR

From Graaff Reinet, South Africa
Served in Wellington, Western Cape
Affiliation: Dutch Reformed Church

Horatio Spafford (1828-1888)

Horatio Spafford (1828-1888)

LAWYER

From Chicago, Illinois
Served in Chicago, Illinois
Affiliation: Presbyterian

Christina Rossetti (1830- 1894)

Christina Rossetti (1830- 1894)

ENGLISH POET

From London, England
Served in London
Affiliation: Anglican

William Booth (1829-1912)

William Booth (1829-1912)

FOUNDER OF THE SALVATION ARMY

From Nottingham, England
Served in London, England
Affiliation: Methodist

D.L. Moody (1837-1899)

D.L. Moody (1837-1899)

FOUNDING PASTOR OF MOODY BIBLE CHURCH AND INSTITUTE

From Northfield, Massachusetts
Served in Chicago, Illinois
Affiliation: Congregational

Lottie Moon (1840-1912)

Lottie Moon (1840-1912)

MISSIONARY

From Albemarle County, Virginia
Served in Penglai, China and later in the areas of P'ingtu and Hwangshien
Affiliation: Southern Baptist

Mary Slessor (1848-1915)

Mary Slessor (1848-1915)

MISSIONARY

From Aberdeen, Scotland
Served in Use Ikot Oku, Calabar, Nigeria
Affiliation: United Presbyterian Church of Scotland

Annie Armstrong (1850-1938)

Annie Armstrong (1850-1938)

MISSIONARY AND FOUNDER OF THE WOMAN'S MISSIONARY MOVEMENT

From Baltimore, Maryland
Served in Baltimore, Maryland
Affiliation: Southern Baptist

Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932)

Charles H. Gabriel (1856-1932)

COMPOSER

From Wilton, Iowa
Served in Hollywood, California
Affiliation: Presbyterian

Milton Hershey (1857-1945)

Milton Hershey (1857-1945)

FOUNDER OF HERSHEY CHOCOLATE COMPANY 

From Derry Township, Pennsylvania
Served in Hershey, Pennsylvania (Derry Township)
Affiliation: Mennonite

C.T. Studd (1860-1931)

C.T. Studd (1860-1931)

BRITISH CRICKETER AND MISSIONARY

From Northamptonshire, England
Served in Ibambi, Belgian Congo
Affiliation: Protestant

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904)

PHYSICIAN, PLAYWRIGHT, AND AUTHOR

From Taganrog, Russia
Served in Moscow, Russia
Affiliation: Russian Orthodox

Billy Sunday (1862-1935)

Billy Sunday (1862-1935)

BASEBALL PLAYER AND EVANGELIST

From Story County, Iowa
Served in Chicago, Illinois
Affiliation: Presbyterian

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)

Oswald Chambers (1874-1917)

CHAPLAIN

From Aberdeen, Scotland
Served in Cairo, Egypt
Affiliation: Scottish Baptist and Holiness Movement

Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948)

Nikolai Berdyaev (1874-1948)

PHILOSOPHER AND WRITER

From Kiev, Russia
Served in Moscow, Russia
Affiliation: Christian

G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936)

WRITER AND JOURNALIST

From London, England
Served in London, England
Affiliation: Catholic

Karl Barth (1886-1968)

Karl Barth (1886-1968)

THEOLOGIAN AND WRITER

From Basel, Switzerland
Served in Basel, Switzerland
Affiliation: Reformed

William Seymour (1870-1922)

William Seymour (1870-1922)

PREACHER AT THE AZUSA STREET REVIVAL

From Centerville, Louisiana
Served in Los Angeles, California
Affiliation: Pentecostal

John Wesley Work Jr. (1871-1925)

John Wesley Work Jr. (1871-1925)

PROFESSOR, CHORAL DIRECTOR AND FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN COLLECTOR OF FOLK SONGS AND SPIRITUALS

From Nashville, Tennessee
Served in Nashville
Affiliation: Christian

Frank Buchman (1878-1961)

Frank Buchman (1878-1961)

FOUNDER OF THE OXFORD GROUP

From Pennsburg, Pennsylvania
Served in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Affiliation: Lutheran

Paul Tillich (1886-1965)

Paul Tillich (1886-1965)

EXISTENTIALIST PHILOSOPHER, THEOLOGIAN AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE ARTS, RELIGION AND CONTEMPORARY CULTURE

From Brandenburg, Germany
Served in Germany and the United States
Affiliation: Lutheran

Charles E. Fuller (1887-1968)

Charles E. Fuller (1887-1968)

RADIO EVANGELIST HEARD ON THE OLD FASHIONED REVIVAL HOUR AND FOUNDER OF FULLER SEMINARY

From Los Angeles, California
Served in Los Angeles, California
Affiliation: Baptist

Lillian Hunt Trasher (1887-1961)

Lillian Hunt Trasher (1887-1961)

MISSIONARY AND FOUNDER OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN ORPHANAGE IN EGYPT

From Jacksonville, Florida
Served in Asyut, Egypt
Affiliation: Assemblies of God

William F. Albright (1891-1971)

William F. Albright (1891-1971)

ARCHAEOLOGIST AND BIBLICAL SCHOLAR, WIDELY KNOWN FOR HIS ROLE IN THE AUTHENTICATION OF THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS IN 1948

From Coquimbo, Chile
Served in Baltimore, Maryland and Jerusalem, Israel
Affiliation: Methodist

T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)

T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)

POET

From St. Louis, Missouri
Served in London, England
Affiliation: Anglican

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971)

THEOLOGIAN AND WRITER

From Wright City, Missouri
Served in Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Affiliation: Reformed

Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983)

Corrie ten Boom (1892-1983)

WWII AND CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVOR

From Amsterdam, Netherlands
Served in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Affiliation: Christian

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973)

J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973)

PROFESSOR AND WRITER

From Free State Province, South Africa
Served in Oxford and Cambridge
Affiliation: Catholic

Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)

Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)

AUTHOR AND POET

From Oxford, England
Served in Oxford, England
Affiliation: Catholic

Dorothy Day (1897-1980)

Dorothy Day (1897-1980)

JOURNALIST, SOCIAL ACTIVIST AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE CATHOLIC WORKER MOVEMENT

From Brooklyn, New York
Served in New York City, New York
Affiliation: Catholic

A.W. Tozer (1897-1963)

A.W. Tozer (1897-1963)

PASTOR AND AUTHOR

From Newburg, Pennsylvania
Served in Chicago and Toronto
Affiliation: Christian and Missionary Alliance

C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)

C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)

PROFESSOR AND AUTHOR

From Belfast, Ireland
Served in Oxford, England
Affiliation: Anglican

Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993)

Thomas A. Dorsey (1899-1993)

MINISTER OF MUSIC AND COMPOSER

From Villa Rica, Georgia
Served in Chicago, Illinois
Affiliation: Baptist

Kyrillos VI (1902-1971)

Kyrillos VI (1902-1971)

BISHOP OF ALEXANDRIA

From Damanhour, Egypt
Served in Cairo, Egypt
Affiliation: Coptic Orthodox

Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990)

Malcolm Muggeridge (1903-1990)

AUTHOR, JOURNALIST

From Sanderstead, Surrey, England
Served in London, England
Affiliation: Catholic

Karl Rahner (1904-1984)

Karl Rahner (1904-1984)

JESUIT PRIEST AND THEOLOGIAN

From Baden-Württemberg, Germany,
Served in Germany and Austria
Affiliation: Catholic

Harold J. Ockenga (1905-1985)

Harold J. Ockenga (1905-1985)

PASTOR, AUTHOR, AND FOUNDING PRESIDENT OF BOTH FULLER SEMINARY AND GORDON–CONWELL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

From Chicago, Illinois
Served in Boston and Pasadena
Affiliation: Congregational

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)

GERMAN LUTHERAN PASTOR, THEOLOGIAN AND ANTI-NAZI DISSIDENT

From Wrocław, Poland
Served in Germany
Affiliation: Confessing Church

Simone Weil (1909-1943)

Simone Weil (1909-1943)

PHILOSOPHER, MYSTIC AND SOCIAL ACTIVIST

From Paris, France
Served in Kent, England
Affiliation: Christian

Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

Mother Teresa (1910-1997)

MISSIONARY

From Macedonia
Served in Calcutta (Kolkata), India
Affiliation: Catholic (Missionaries of Charity)

Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980)

Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980)

PHILOSOPHER IN COMMUNICATIONS THEORY

From Alberta, Canada
Served in Canada and the US
Affiliation: Catholic

Jacques Ellul (1912-1994)

Jacques Ellul (1912-1994)

PHILOSOPHER, LAW PROFESSOR, AND SOCIOLOGIST

From Bordeaux, France
Served in Bordeaux, France
Affiliation: Christian

Robert Pierce (1914-1978)

Robert Pierce (1914-1978)

FOUNDER OF WORLD VISION AND SAMARITAN'S PURSE

From Fort Dodge, Iowa
Served in Asia and around the world
Affiliation: Baptist

Thomas Merton (1915-1968)

Thomas Merton (1915-1968)

TRAPPIST MONK AND WRITER

From Prades, France
Served in the Abbey of Gethsemani, Kentucky
Affiliation: Catholic (Franciscan)

Walker Percy (1916-1990)

Walker Percy (1916-1990)

WRITER

From Birmingham, Alabama
Served in Covington, Louisiana
Affiliation: Catholic

Louis Zamperini (1917-2014)

Louis Zamperini (1917-2014)

OLYMPIC ATHLETE AND WAR HERO

From Olean, New York
Served in Los Angeles, California
Affiliation: Presbyterian

Bob Lindsey (1917-1995)

Bob Lindsey (1917-1995)

PASTOR, SYNOPTIC GOSPEL SCHOLAR, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ISRAEL

From Norman, Oklahoma
Served in Jerusalem, Israel
Affiliation: Southern Baptist

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)

WRITER AND HISTORIAN

From Kislovodsk, Russian
Served in Germany and Russia
Affiliation: Russian Orthodox

Billy Graham (1918-2018)

Billy Graham (1918-2018)

EVANGELIST

From North Carolina
Served around the world
Affiliation: Southern Baptist

Ruth Graham (1920-2007)

Ruth Graham (1920-2007)

Author, Poet, and Wife of Billy Graham

From Jiangsu, China
Served in Montreat, North Carolina
Affiliation: Presbyterian

John Paul II (1920-2005)

John Paul II (1920-2005)

BISHOP OF ROME

From Wadowice, Poland
Served in Vatican City, Italy
Affiliation: Catholic

PD James (1920-2014)

PD James (1920-2014)

AUTHOR

From Oxford, England
Served in Oxford, England
Affiliation: Anglican

Truett Cathy (1921-2014)

Truett Cathy (1921-2014)

FOUNDING OWNER OF CHICK-FIL-A RESTAURANTS

From Atlanta, Georgia
Served in Atlanta, Georgia
Affiliation: Southern Baptist

John Stott (1921-2011)

John Stott (1921-2011)

PASTOR, THEOLOGIAN AND AUTHOR

From London, England
Served in London, England
Affiliation: Anglican

Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)

Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)

WRITER

From Savannah, Georgia
Served in Milledgeville, Georgia
Affiliation: Catholic

Allan Sandage (1926-2010)

Allan Sandage (1926-2010)

ASTRONOMER WHO DETERMINED THE FIRST REASONABLY ACCURATE VALUES FOR THE HUBBLE CONSTANT AND THE AGE OF THE UNIVERSE

From Iowa City, Iowa
Served in Pasadena, California
Affiliation: Christian

Ivan Illich (1926-2002)

Ivan Illich (1926-2002)

PHILOSOPHER AND PRIEST

From Vienna, Austria
Served in United States, Mexico, and Germany
Affiliation: Catholic

Jim Elliot (1927-1956)

Jim Elliot (1927-1956)

MISSIONARY

From Portland, Oregon
Served in Curaray River, Ecuador
Affiliation: Plymouth Brethren

Johnny Cash (1932-2003)

Johnny Cash (1932-2003)

SINGER, SONGWRITER AND AUTHOR

From Kingsland, Arkansas
Served in Nashville, Tennessee
Affiliation: Christian

Eugene Peterson (1932-2018)

Eugene Peterson (1932-2018)

PASTOR, AUTHOR, PROFESSOR

From Stanwood, WA
Served in Bel Air, Maryland and Vancouver, British Columbia
Affiliation: Presbyterian

Jerry Falwell (1933-2007)

Jerry Falwell (1933-2007)

FOUNDER OF LIBERTY UNIVERSITY

From Lynchburg, Virginia
Served in Lynchburg, Virginia
Affiliation: Baptist

Brennan Manning (1934-2013)

Brennan Manning (1934-2013)

AUTHOR & SPEAKER

From New York City
Served in many settings as a traveling preacher
Affiliation: Evangelical

John Wimber (1934-1997)

John Wimber (1934-1997)

FOUNDER OF THE VINEYARD CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

From Kirksville, Missouri
Served in Anaheim, California
Affiliation: Vineyard Christian Fellowship

Jack Heaslip (1944-2015)

Jack Heaslip (1944-2015)

PARISH PASTOR AND NOTABLY INFLUENTIAL TO THE BAND U2 (FROM THE 1970S UNTIL HIS DEATH)

From Ireland
Served in Dublin, Ireland
Affiliation: Anglican

Jean Donovan (1953-1980)

Jean Donovan (1953-1980)

MISSIONARY TO EL SALVADOR VOLUNTEERING TO FEED THE POOR DURING THE COUNTRY'S CIVIL WAR

From Westport, Connecticut
Served in El Salvador
Affiliation: Catholic

Larry Norman (1947-2008)

Larry Norman (1947-2008)

MUSICIAN AND PIONEER OF MODERN CHRISTIAN MUSIC

From Corpus Christi, Texas
Served in Los Angeles, California
Affiliation: Christian

Keith Green (1953-1982)

Keith Green (1953-1982)

MUSICIAN AND FOUNDER OF LAST DAYS MINISTRIES

From Sheepshead Bay, New York
Served in Garden Valley, Texas
Affiliation: Vineyard Christian Fellowship

John Chacha (1955-2015)

John Chacha (1955-2015)

MISSIONARY AND FOUNDER OF TEAMWORK CITY OF HOPE IN TANZANIA

From Tanzania
Served in Tanzania
Affiliation: Pentecostal

Rick Elias (1955-2019)

Rick Elias (1955-2019)

FOUNDING MEMBER OF RICH MULLINS' A RAGAMUFFIN BAND

From San Diego, California
Served in Los Angeles and Nashville
Affiliation: Protestant

Rich Mullins (1955-1997)

Rich Mullins (1955-1997)

MUSICIAN, COMPOSER AND MUSIC TEACHER TO NAVAJO CHILDREN

From Richmond, Indiana
Served in Tse Bonito, New Mexico
Affiliation: Protestant

Harvey Kincaid, Jr. (1942-2021)

Harvey Kincaid, Jr. (1942-2021)

SCIENTIST

From Houston, Texas
Served in Indianapolis, Indiana
Affiliation: Southern Baptist

Elizabeth Alexandra (1926-2022)

Elizabeth Alexandra (1926-2022)

ROYAL

From Mayfair, London
Served in the United Kingdom
Affiliation: Anglican

Gary Alley, Sr. (1949-2024)

Gary Alley, Sr. (1949-2024)

School Teacher

From Beaver, Ohio
Served in Brandon, Florida
Affiliation: Southern Baptist

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