List of Christian Heroes
Some of the many people in history who stood up for their faith.
| NAME | DETAILS |
|---|---|
| Jim Elliot | A missionary and a martyr |
| Gladys Aylward | Evangelist |
| Wellesley Bailey | Founder of the Leprosy Mission |
| F.F. Bosworth | One of the first healing evangelists. Wrote the best-seller 'Christ the Healer' |
| David Brainerd | Among the first to teach North American Indians the gospel of Christ |
| John Bunyan | Pilgrims Progress |
| Mildred Cable | Missionary to China, obedient to God's call. Spread the Gospel in the Gobi Desert |
| John Calvin | A Christian Reformer |
| William Carey | A Missionary to India |
| Amy Carmichael | Missionary to India |
| Thomas Cranmer | Archbishop to Henry VIII. Major impact on the reformation and today's church |
| 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 |
| John Foxe | Foxe's Book or Martyrs |
| Elizabeth Fry | Prison visitor and social reformer |
| Billy Graham | The people's Evangelist 'Hour of Decision' |
| 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 |
| Adoniram Judson | Missionary to Burma |
| Helen Keller | Changed the way of life for the blind and the deaf |
| John Knox | Reformation in Scotland |
| C.S. Lewis | Christian author of the 20th Century |
| Eric Liddel | Athlete with principles 'Chariots of Fire' |
| David Livingstone | World-famous missionary from Scotland taking God's light to Africa |
| Martin Luther | The father of the Reformation |
| Sir Charles Middleton | First Lord of the Admiralty. Saved England at a time of peril |
| D.L. Moody | A great Bible teacher |
| George Muller | Provided homes and education to over 120,000 children in England |
| John Newton | A Christian who had become opposed to the slave trade |
| Florence Nightingale | World-famous nurse |
| Nate Saint | Missionary |
| Jerome Savonarola | A pioneer of the Reformation |
| Mary Slessor | Dedicated Scottish missionary to Africa |
| Charles Haddon Spurgeon | The Great Orator |
| Dr. Lester Sumrall | Evangelist and author for his generation |
| Billy Sunday | An evangelist turned preacher |
| James Hudson Taylor | First missionary to take God's Word to inland China |
| Corrie Ten Boom | An heroic modern day saint and evangelist |
| 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 |
| William Tyndale | Translated the New Testament into English. Martyred |
| Charles Wesley | Methodist founder |
| John Wesley | Methodist founder |
| George Whitfield | A revival preacher |
| William Wilberforce | The Christian politician who brought the end to the slave trade |
| John Wycliffe | The first English translation of the Bible |
| Count Zinzendorf | A Christian reformer in Education |
| Ulrich Zwingli | Led the Reformation movement in the northern part of Switzerland |