April 27, 1934 - April 12, 2013
Evangelist and Author
From New York City
Served in many settings as a traveling preacher
Affiliation: Evangelical
"The temptation of the age is to look good without being good."
June 18, 1926 - November 13, 2010
Astronomer who determined the first reasonably accurate values for the Hubble constant and the age of the universe
From Iowa City, Iowa
Served in Pasadena, California
Affiliation: Christian
"We can't understand the universe in any clear way without the supernatural."
November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018
Evangelist
From North Carolina
Served around the world
Affiliation: Baptist
"During all my years as an evangelist, my message has always been the Gospel of Christ. It is not a Western religion, nor is it a message of one culture or political system. … It is a message of life and hope for all the world."
December 11, 1918 - August 3, 2008
Writer and Historian
From Kislovodsk, Russian
Served in Germany and Russia
Affiliation: Russian Orthodox
"This is certainly true. Man has set for himself the goal of conquering the world but in the processes loses his soul. That which is called humanism, but what would be more correctly called irreligious anthropocentrism, cannot yield answers to the most essential questions of our life. We have arrived at an intellectual chaos."
February 4, 1906 - April 9, 1945
German Lutheran Pastor, Theologian and Anti-Nazi Dissident
From Wrocław, Poland
Served in Germany
Affiliation: Confessing Church
Death: Executed by hanging as the Nazi regime collapsed
"Man no longer lives in the beginning--he has lost the beginning. Now he finds he is in the middle, knowing neither the end nor the beginning, and yet knowing that he is in the middle, coming from the beginning and going towards the end."
October 21, 1955 - September 19, 1997
Musician, Composer and Music Teacher to Navajo children
From Richmond, Indiana
Served in Tse Bonito, New Mexico
Affiliation: Protestant
"And if I were a painter I do not know what I’d paint: the calling of the ancient stars or assembling of the saints. There’s so much beauty around us for just two eyes to see, so everywhere I go, I’m looking."
January 7, 1955 – April 2, 2019
Singer/Songwriter, Musician
From San Diego, California
Served in Los Angeles and Nashville
Affiliation: Protestant
"And it's said love's never enough Where a prophet in rags gives hope to a fearful world No injustice, no heart of darkness Will keep this voice from being heard He was a man of no reputation And by the wise, considered a fool When He spoke about faith and forgiveness In a time when the strongest arms ruled But this man of no reputation Loves us all with relentless affection And He loves all those poor in spirit, come as you are To the man of no reputation"
April 8, 1947 - February 24, 2008
Musician and Pioneer of modern Christian music
From Corpus Christi, Texas
Served in Los Angeles, California
Affiliation: Christian
"I'm fishing for men with a certain kind of bait, and the bait that I am offering is not a candy; it's a very specific thing that I'm offering, which is a deep gospel and a deep conversion."
February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003
Singer, Songwriter and Author
From Kingsland, Arkansas
Served in Nashville, Tennessee
Affiliation: Christian
"I don't have Paul's calling - I'm not out there being all things to all men to win them for Christ - but sometimes I can be a signpost. Sometimes I can sow a seed. And post-hole diggers and seed sowers are mighty important in the building of the Kingdom."
July 1, 1899 - January 23, 1993
Minister of Music and Composer
From Villa Rica, Georgia
Served in Chicago, Illinois
Affiliation: Baptist
"Precious Lord, take my hand/Lead me on, help me stand/I am tired, I am weak, I am worn/Through the storm, through the night/Lead me on to the light/Take my hand precious Lord, lead me home."
1098 - September 17, 1179
German Writer, Composer, Philosopher, and Mystic
From Germany
Served in Germany
Affiliation: Catholic
"May the Holy Spirit enkindle you with the fire of His Love so that you may persevere, unfailingly, in the love of His service. Thus you may merit to become, at last, a living stone in the celestial Jerusalem."
