William Law
Champion of the serious, devout, and holy life
Ignatius of Loyola
Founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)
William Booth
First General of the Salvation Army
Thomas Chalmers
Unrelenting advocate for the poor
William Tyndale
Translator of the first English New Testament
Lord Shaftesbury (Antony Ashley Cooper)
Godly English statesman
John Knox
Presbyterian with a sword
Billy Graham
Evangelist to millions
John Newton
Reformed slave trader
Catherine Booth
Compelling preacher and co-founder of the Salvation Army
Sojourner Truth
Abolitionist and women’s rights advocate
Martin Luther
Passionate reformer
David Livingstone
Missionary-explorer of Africa
Dante Alighieri
Worldly creator of divine verse
Augustine of Hippo
Architect of the Middle Ages
Louis IX
Saintly king of France
Blaise Pascal
Scientific and spiritual prodigy
Karl Barth
Courageous theologian
Thomas Aquinas
The brilliant “dumb ox”
Lyman Beecher
Revivalist who moved with the times
Athanasius
Five-time exile for fighting “orthodoxy”
John Huss
Pre-Reformation Reformer
Dwight L. Moody
Revivalist with a common touch
John Wycliffe
Medieval “protestant”
Charles Simeon
Evangelical Mentor and Model
Erasmus
Pious humanist who sparked the Reformation
Leo I
Pope and international diplomat
Gregory the Great
“Servant of the Servants of God”
Dorothy Sayers
Mystery writer and apologist
Eusebius of Caesarea
Father—and maker—of church history
Billy Sunday
Salty evangelist
John of the Cross
Spanish mystic of the soul’s dark night
Galileo Galilei
Misjudged astronomer
Francis of Assisi
Mystical founder of the Franciscans
Joan of Arc
Teenage war hero with visions
Thomas à Kempis
Author of the most popular devotional classic
Jonathan Edwards
America’s greatest theologian
Ambrose of Milan
Most talented bishop of the early church
John of Damascus
Image-conscious Arab
Matthew Ricci
Controversial evangelist to China