Irenaeus of Lyon
Passionate Apologist to the Gnostics
Martin Niemöller
Confessing pastor and repentant nationalist
Philipp Jakob Spener
Protestant pastor who founded pietism.
Thomas Forsyth Torrance
Ecumenical Theologian
Jarena Lee
Trailblazing African American Preacher and ‘self-made’ woman.
Elizabeth Fry
Prison reformer
Nikolaus von Zinzendorf
Christ-centered Moravian “brother”
Anne Bradstreet
America’s first poet
Oswald Chambers
Preacher who gave his utmost
Dominic
Founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
Charles Spurgeon
Finest nineteenth-century preacher
George Frideric Handel
The German-born English composer behind the “Messiah.”
Menno Simons
Anabaptist peacemaker
John Wesley
Methodical pietist
Rembrandt Harmensz Van Rijn
Dutch painter of the soul
Alexander Campbell
This 18th century Irishman became one of the founders of the Disciples of Christ and the Church of Christ.
Nicholas Copernicus
Revolutionary astronomer
Ignatius of Antioch
Earliest post-New Testament martyr
George MacDonald
Fabled Victorian writer
John Eliot
Apostle to Native Americans
C.S. Lewis
Scholar, author, and apologist
Columbanus
Irish missionary to Europe
Brother Lawrence
Practitioner of God’s presence
Teresa of Avila
Carmelite mystic and feisty administrator
Fanny Crosby
Prolific and blind hymn writer
Søren Kierkegaard
Christian existentialist
Jacob Arminius
Irenic anti-Calvinist
Thomas Cranmer
Genius behind Anglicanism
Andrew Murray
Leading student in Christ’s school of prayer
Charles Finney
Father of American revivalism
Hudson Taylor
Faith missionary to China
Constantine
First Christian emperor
Matthew Ricci
Controversial evangelist to China
John of Damascus
Image-conscious Arab
Ambrose of Milan
Most talented bishop of the early church
Francis Asbury
Methodist on horseback
Jonathan Edwards
America’s greatest theologian
Thomas à Kempis
Author of the most popular devotional classic
John Chrysostom
Early church’s greatest preacher
Boniface
Apostle of Germany