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Charles Grandison Finney Charles Grandison Finney 1792-1875 American evangelist and educator. Charles Finney was born at Warren, Connecticut, but two years later his family moved to upstate New York, where…

Francis Asbury Francis Asbury 1745-1816 The founding father of American Methodism. Francis Asbury was born in England. He was converted to Christ at the age of 13, and soon began…

James Hudson Taylor James Hudson Taylor 1832-1905 Pioneer missionary. James Hudson Taylor was born in Barnsley, England. He was the son of a Methodist minister. After studying medicine and theology,…

John Wycliffe John Wycliffe 1320-1384 The Morning Star of the Reformation. John Wycliffe was a Saxon, born in Hipswell, England. He earned degrees at Oxford University and became a doctor…

Paul Rader Paul Rader 1879-1938 American evangelist and pastor. Paul Rader was born in Denver, Colorado. The son of a Methodist minister, he was converted to Christ as a boy…

Stephen Paxson Stephen Paxson 1837-1881 Stephen Paxson was born with a speech impediment and later nicknamed "Stuttering Stephen." He also was crippled and was lame for life. Paxson was a…

William Tyndale William Tyndale 1494-1536 Bible translator and reformer. William Tyndale was ordained as a priest in 1521, having studied Greek diligently at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, specifically the Textus…

GIDEON GIDEON'S FLEECE Judges 6:33-40 33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley…

SHAKING OFF SNAKES SHAKING OFF SNAKES Acts 28:1-5 1 And when they were escaped, then they knew that the island was called Melita. 2 And the barbarous people shewed us…

THE GOOD SAMARITAN THE GOOD SAMARITAN Luke 10:30-37 30 And Jesus answering said, A certain [man] went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of…