Heroes of the faith
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List of Missionaries
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| NAME |
DETAILS |
| Jim Elliot |
A missionary – martyred by the Auca Indians |
| Wellesley Bailey |
Founder of the Leprosy Mission |
| Mildred Cable |
Missionary to China, obedient to God’s call. Spread the Gospel in the Gobi Desert |
| William Carey |
A Missionary to India |
| Amy Carmichael |
Missionary to India |
| Adoniram Judson |
Missionary to Burma |
| Eric Liddel |
Athlete with principles ‘Chariots of Fire’ |
| David Livingstone |
World-famous missionary from Scotland taking God’s light to Africa |
| Nate Saint |
Missionary |
| Mary Slessor |
Dedicated Scottish missionary to Africa |
| James Hudson Taylor |
First missionary to take God’s Word to inland China |
| Robert Jermain Thomas |
Protestant missionary martyr who changed the nation of Korea |
| William Cameron Townsend |
Set up the Wycliffe Bible Translators to take the Word to the world |
| Lillian Trasher |
Missionary in Egypt |
List of Reformation Heroes
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| NAME |
DETAILS |
| John Calvin |
A Christian Reformer |
| Thomas Cranmer |
Archbishop to Henry VIII. Major impact on the reformation and today’s church |
| Desiderius Erasmus |
First printed Greek version of the New Testament |
| John Foxe |
Foxe’s Book or Martyrs |
| Patrick Hamilton |
A Scottish martyr whose preaching influenced the Scottish and English church |
| Henry VIII |
Did God’s work with his own interest in mind |
| William Hunter |
The boy martyr who refused to recant his faith. |
| John Huss |
Martyred. He opposed the Roman church and preached the Gospel |
| John Knox |
Reformation in Scotland |
| Martin Luther |
The father of the Reformation |
| Jerome Savonarola |
A pioneer of the Reformation |
| William Tyndale |
Translated the New Testament into English. Martyred |
| John Wycliffe |
The first English translation of the Bible |
| Ulrich Zwingli |
Led the Reformation movement in the northern part of Switzerland |
List of Evangelists
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| NAME |
DETAILS |
| Gladys Aylward |
Evangelist |
| Corrie Ten Boom |
An heroic modern day saint and evangelist |
| F.F. Bosworth |
One of the first healing evangelists. Wrote the best-seller ‘Christ the Healer’ |
| John Bunyan |
Pilgrims Progress |
| Thomas Cranmer |
Archbishop to Henry VIII. Major impact on the reformation and today’s church |
| Adoniram Judson |
Missionary to Burma |
| Oliver Cromwell |
A constitutional reformer who brought political stability after the civil war |
| Jonathon Edwards |
revival preacher |
| Desiderius Erasmus |
First printed Greek version of the New Testament |
| Elizabeth Fry |
Prison visitor and social reformer |
| Billy Graham |
The people’s Evangelist ‘Hour of Decision’ |
| Helen Keller |
Changed the way of life for the blind and the deaf |
| C. S. Lewis |
Christian author of the 20th Century |
| Florence Nightingale |
World-famous missionary nurse |
| Charles Price |
His ministry was one which demonstrated the power of God. |
| J.C. Ryle |
Evangelical Anglican bishop |
| Charles Haddon Spurgeon |
The Great Orator |
| Lester Sumrall |
Evangelist and author for his generation |
| Billy Sunday |
An evangelist turned preacher |
| Charles Wesley |
Methodist founder |
| John Wesley |
Methodist founder |
| George Whitefield |
A revival preacher |
| William Wilberforce |
The Christian politician who brought the end to the slave trade |
| Count Zinzendorf |
A Christian reformer in Education |
