People Christians you should know
Browse by category Activists Denominational Founders Evangelists and Apologists Inner Travelers Martyrs Missionaries Movers and Shakers Musicians, Artists, and Writers Pastors and Preachers Poets Rulers Scholars and Scientists Theologians
Activists
Compelling preacher and co-founder of the Salvation Army
The "Moses" of Her People
Quaker mystic and abolitionist
Abolitionist and women's rights advocate
Champion of the social gospel
First General of the Salvation Army
Prime Minister of impeccable morals
Denominational Founders Evangelists and Apologists Inner Travelers
Leading student in Christ's school of prayer
Practitioner of God's presence
Mystic and political activist
Benedictine abbess, visionary, and writer
Spanish mystic of the soul's dark night
Preacher who gave his utmost
Carmelite mystic and feisty administrator
Author of the most popular devotional classic
Champion of the serious, devout, and holy life
Martyrs Missionaries
Irish missionary to Europe
Missionary-explorer of Africa
First missionary to Japan
Faith missionary to China
Apostle to Native Americans
Controversial evangelist to China
Father of modern Protestant missions
Movers and Shakers
Father of western monasticism
Medieval reformer and mystic
Founder of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
Mystical founder of the Franciscans
Founder of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits)
Teenage war hero with visions
Mother of the holiness movement
Musicians, Artists, and Writers
Scholar, author, and apologist
Mystery writer and apologist
Russian novelist of spiritual depth
"Enormous" Essayist, poet, writer
The German-born English composer behind the "Messiah."
Author of Uncle Tom's Cabin
Pilgrim who made progress in prison.
Dutch painter of the soul
Pastors and Preachers
Most talented bishop of the early church
Evangelical Mentor and Model
Finest nineteenth-century preacher
Trailblazing African American Preacher and 'self-made' woman.
Early church's greatest preacher
Father of dispensationalism
Revivalist who moved with the times
Confessing pastor and repentant nationalist
Moderate in an Age of Extremes
Unrelenting advocate for the poor
Poets
Greatest hymn writer of all time
Worldly creator of divine verse
Prolific and blind hymn writer
Medieval England's greatest storyteller
England's greatest religious poet
Father of English hymnody
Puritan author of Paradise Lost
Rulers Scholars and Scientists Theologians 
