Contents 1 – THE EARLY CHURCH........................................................ 11 Peter and Paul (died AD 65-68): Apostles in Rome ...................... 14 Ignatius (died 110-117): Bishop of Antioch ................................ 15 Polycarp (c69-156): Bishop of Smyrna ...................................... 19 Irenaeus (130-200): Bishop of Lyons ........................................ 23 Tertullian (150-c225): Theologian from North Africa.................... 27 Cyprian (200-258): Bishop of Carthage .................................... 30 2 – THE CHRISTIAN EMPIRE ................................................. 37 Constantine the Great (died 337): Emperor of Rome ................... 37 Eusebius (263-339): Father of Church History ............................ 43 Ambrose (340-397): Bishop of Milan ....................................... 48 Jerome (c345-420): Scholar Of Bethlehem ................................ 51 Augustine (354-431): Bishop of Hippo ..................................... 55 3 – CHRISTIANITY COMES TO BRITAIN ................................. 61 Ninian (c 360-c432) ............................................................ 66 Columba (c 521-597) .......................................................... 67 Patrick (390-461): Apostle of the Irish...................................... 69 Augustine (died 604): First Archbishop of Canterbury .................. 74 Aidan (d 651): Bishop of Lindisfarne ........................................ 79 Boniface (680-784): Apostle to Germany .................................. 81 Alfred The Great (849-899): King of Wessex .............................. 86 4 – THE GROWTH OF MONASTICISM ..................................... 91 Benedict (480-550): Father of Western Monasticism ..................... 93 Bernard (1090-1153): Abbot of Clairvaux ................................. 94 Francis (1182-1226): Founder of the Franciscans ......................... 99 5 – THE REFORMATION........................................................ 107 John Wyclif (c1330-1384): ................................................... 109 Martin Luther (1483-1546): ................................................. 111 John Calvin (1509-1564): Reformer and Theologian ................... 120 70 Great Christians.p655 24/03/04, 14:24 William Tyndale (1494-1536): Bible Translator .......................... 126 Thomas Cranmer (1489-1556): Archbishop of Canterbury............ 130 John Knox (1513-1573): Scottish Reformer .............................. 134 Ignatius Loyola (1491-1556): Founder of the Jesuits .................... 138 6 – THE DISSENTERS ............................................................ 145 John Bunyan (1628-1688) Preacher and Author.......................... 154 George Fox (1624-1691): Founder of The Society Of Friends ........ 159 The Pilgrim Fathers (1620): the New World.............................. 164 John Eliot (1604-1690): Apostle to the Indians .......................... 168 George Whitefield (1714-1770): Evangelist .............................. 172 John Wesley (1703-1791): Founder of Methodism ...................... 178 7 – THE NINETEENTH CENTURY MISSIONARY MOVERMENT .................................................. 187 William Carey (1761-1834): Father of Modern Missions .............. 189 Hudson Taylor (1832-1905): Founder of Overseas Missionary Fellowship .................................................... 192 David Livingsone (1813-1873): Missionary and Explorer .............. 197 Mary Slessor (1848-1915): Missionary to the Calabar .................. 201 John Williams (1796-1839): Missionary to the South Sea Islands ..... 207 James Chalmers (1841-1901): Missionary to New Guinea............. 209 Michael Solomon Alexander (1799-1845): Bishop in Jerusalem ...... 213 Wellesley Bailey (1846-1937): Founder of the Leprosy Mission ...... 216 C T Studd (1862-1931): Founder, WEC International .................. 220 8 – SOCIAL REFORMERS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY ..................................................... 229 William Wilberforce (1759-1833): Philanthropist and Reformer .... 229 Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845): Prison Reformer ............................ 233 George Müller (1805-1898): Founder of Children’s Homes, Bristol. 238 Thomas Barnardo (1845-1905): Founder of Children’s Homes ....... 243 William Booth (1829-1912): Founder of The Salvation Army ......... 247 Catherine Booth (1829-1890): Mother of The Salvation Army ........ 252 9 – GREAT PREACHERS OF THE NINETEENTH AND TWENTIETH CENTURIES .................... 261 C. H. Spurgeon (1834-1892): Pastor, Metropolitan Tabernacle ....... 262 Thomas Chalmers (1780-1847): Theologian and Philanthropist ...... 266 70 Great Christians.p656 24/03/04, 14:24 D. L. Moody (1837-1899): American Evangelist ......................... 271 Smith Wigglesworth (1859-1946): Preaching and Healing Ministry.. 276 Martyn Lloyd Jones (1899-1981): Westminster Chapel, London ..... 280 Billy Graham (born 1918): Evangelist and Christian Statesman ....... 285 Luis Palau (born 1934): Argentinian Evangelist .......................... 289 10 – INTO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ............................... 295 Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889-1929/33): Evangelist to India and Tibet.. 296 Ida Scudder (1870-1960): Founder of Vellore Medical College ....... 299 Amy Carmichael (1861-1951): Founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship ..................................................... 304 Watchman Nee (1903-1972): Chinese Pastor and Preacher ........... 309 Gladys Aylward (1903-1970): Missionary to China...................... 313 Geoffrey Bull (born 1921): Missionary to Tibet .......................... 317 Jackie Pullinger (born 1944): Missionary to the Walled City of Kowloon ................................................. 321 11 – THE SUFFERING CHURCH OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ....................................................... 327 The Vins Family in Russia ..................................................... 328 Richard Wurmbrand (born 1912): Founder of Release International 332 Brother Andrew (born 1928): Founder of Open Doors ................ 337 Nate Saint (1923-1956): Missionary to Headhunters ................... 343 Janani Luwum (died 1977): Archbishop of Uganda ...................... 347 Corrie Ten Boom (1892-1983): Ambassador For Christ ................ 352 BIBLIOGRAPHY ................................................................... 359 CHARTS Persecution of Christians under Roman Emperors ................... 35-36 Major Heresies of the Early Church ......................................... 41 Early Church Councils ......................................................... 42 Early Creeds ..................................................................... 47 Medieval Monastic Orders ............................................. 104-105 Major Protestant and Roman Catholic Differences ...................... 144 Some 18th-20th Century Revivals .................................... 184-185 Missionary Societies ..................................................... 226-228 Societies with Christian Origins....................................... 258-259 Some Examples of 20th Century Persecution ...................... 357-358 70 Great Christians.p657 24/03/04, 14:24 MAPS The Spread of the Early Church .............................................. 10 The Church in Britain .......................................................... 65 The 19th Century Missionary Movement – Africa ....................... 186 Into The Twentieth Century – India and China ........................... 294 Russia ............................................................................ 332 South America .................................................................. 342 PICTURES Last Prayer of Christians thrown to the wild animals .................... 18 Theatre Remains, Lyons ....................................................... 24 Ruins of Crathage ............................................................... 32 St Augustine ...................................................................... 56 Bede ............................................................................... 61 Statue of St Patrick ............................................................. 72 Remains of St Augustine’s Abbey ............................................. 77 Fulda – Cathedral in Germany ............................................... 85 Alfred the Great ................................................................. 89 Bernard ........................................................................... 96 John Wyclif ...................................................................... 110 Martin Luther, the Augustine Monk ........................................ 113 Martin Luther, theses.......................................................... 115 Luther’s Germany.............................................................. 119 John Calvin ...................................................................... 121 Tyndale .......................................................................... 126 Cranmer ......................................................................... 131 John Knox ....................................................................... 135 Oliver Cromwell ............................................................... 148 Richard Baxter ................................................................. 151 John Bunyan..................................................................... 155 The Prison on Bedford Bridge ..............................................