131 Christians Everyone Should Know
From the Editors of
Christian History Magazine
Foreword by: J.I. Packer
Five-time exile for fighting “orthodoxy”
Reluctant bishop with a remarkable mind
Defender of the “true philosophy”
Theologian for the intelligentsia
Scientific and spiritual prodigy
Sensational evangelist of Britain and America
Revivalist with a common touch
Most talented bishop of the early church
Early church’s greatest preacher
Moderate in an age of extremes
Revivalist who moved with the times
Unrelenting advocate for the poor
Finest nineteenth-century preacher
Musicians, Artists, and Writers
Pilgrim who made progress in prison
Russian novelist of spiritual depth
“Enormous” essayist, poet, writer
Scholar, author, and apologist
Worldly creator of divine verse
Medieval England’s greatest storyteller
England’s greatest religious poet
Puritan author of Paradise Lost
Greatest hymn writer of all time
Prolific and blind hymn writer
Christ-centered Moravian “brother”
Father of the American Methodist Episcopal Church
Founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
Mystical founder of the Franciscans
Founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)
Mother of the holiness movement
Controversial evangelist to China
Father of modern Protestant missions
Benedictine abbess, visionary, and writer
Author of the most popular devotional classic
Carmelite mystic and feisty administrator
Spanish mystic of the soul’s dark night
Practitioner of God’s presence
Champion of the serious, devout, and holy life
Leading student in Christ’s school of prayer
Quaker mystic and abolitionist
Abolitionist and women’s rights advocate
Lord Shaftesbury (Antony Ashley Cooper)
Prime Minister of impeccable morals
Compelling preacher and co-founder of the Salvation Army
First General of the Salvation Army
Emperor who made Christianity “the” Roman religion
Pope and international diplomat
“Servant of the Servants of God”
Christian ruler of a “holy” empire
Biblical scholar and philosopher
Father—and maker—of church history
Bible translator whose version lasted a millennium
Pious humanist who sparked the Reformation
Translator of the first English New Testament
Earliest post-New Testament martyr
Murdered archbishop of Canterbury
Nicholas Ridley and Hugh Latimer
English reformers who died together
German theologian and resister
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