October 21, 1955 - September 19, 1997
Musician, Composer and Music Teacher to Navajo children
From Richmond, Indiana
Served in Tse Bonito, New Mexico
Affiliation: Protestant
"And if I were a painter I do not know what I’d paint: the calling of the ancient stars or assembling of the saints. There’s so much beauty around us for just two eyes to see, so everywhere I go, I’m looking."
Rick Elias
January 7, 1955 – April 2, 2019
Singer/Songwriter, Musician
From San Diego, California
Served in Los Angeles and Nashville
Affiliation: Protestant
"And it's said love's never enough Where a prophet in rags gives hope to a fearful world No injustice, no heart of darkness Will keep this voice from being heard He was a man of no reputation And by the wise, considered a fool When He spoke about faith and forgiveness In a time when the strongest arms ruled But this man of no reputation Loves us all with relentless affection And He loves all those poor in spirit, come as you are To the man of no reputation"
Keith Green
Larry Norman
April 8, 1947 - February 24, 2008
Musician and Pioneer of modern Christian music
From Corpus Christi, Texas
Served in Los Angeles, California
Affiliation: Christian
"I'm fishing for men with a certain kind of bait, and the bait that I am offering is not a candy; it's a very specific thing that I'm offering, which is a deep gospel and a deep conversion."
Johnny Cash
February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003
Singer, Songwriter and Author
From Kingsland, Arkansas
Served in Nashville, Tennessee
Affiliation: Christian
"I don't have Paul's calling - I'm not out there being all things to all men to win them for Christ - but sometimes I can be a signpost. Sometimes I can sow a seed. And post-hole diggers and seed sowers are mighty important in the building of the Kingdom."
Thomas A. Dorsey
July 1, 1899 - January 23, 1993
Minister of Music and Composer
From Villa Rica, Georgia
Served in Chicago, Illinois
Affiliation: Baptist
"Precious Lord, take my hand/Lead me on, help me stand/I am tired, I am weak, I am worn/Through the storm, through the night/Lead me on to the light/Take my hand precious Lord, lead me home."
John Wesley Work Jr.
Charles H. Gabriel
Horatio Spafford
Fanny Crosby
John Henry Hopkins
Joseph Mohr
John Francis Wade
Charles Wesley
George Handel
Isaac Watts
Hildegard of Bingen
1098 - September 17, 1179
German Writer, Composer, Philosopher, and Mystic
From Germany
Served in Germany
Affiliation: Catholic
"May the Holy Spirit enkindle you with the fire of His Love so that you may persevere, unfailingly, in the love of His service. Thus you may merit to become, at last, a living stone in the celestial Jerusalem."