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…

Samuel Porter Jones Samuel Porter Jones 1847-1906 American evangelist. Sam Jones was born at Oak Bowery, Alabama, and reared at Cartersville, Georgia. He studied to be a lawyer, but drinking…

Roger Williams Roger Williams 1603-1684 Founder of the first Baptist church in America. Roger Williams was born in London and raised in the Episcopal Church, of which he was made…

Rodney Gypsy Smith Rodney "Gypsy" Smith 1860-1947 British evangelist. Gypsy Smith was born in England. His mother died when he was a small boy. His father led him to Christ…

Robert Reynolds Jones Robert Reynolds Jones 1883-1968 American evangelist and educator. Robert Reynolds Jones, better known as Dr. Bob Jones Sr., was born in Dale County, Alabama, on October 30,…

Robert Raikes Robert Raikes 1736-1811 Sunday School, the greatest lay movement since Pentecost, was founded by a layman. Robert Raikes was the crusading editor of Gloucester Journal. After becoming frustrated…

Robert Pierce Shuler Robert Pierce Shuler 1880-1965 Robert Shuler was born August 4, 1880, in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. At the age of nine, kneeling…

Robert Murray McCheyne Robert Murray McCheyne 1813-1843 Robert Murray McCheyne was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, May 21, 1813. He taught himself the Greek alphabet at the age of four. He…

Robert Moffat Robert Moffat 1795-1883 Missionary to South Africa. Robert Moffat was born in Ormiston, Scotland, of pious but poor parents. The educational advantages afforded him were limited, so, at…

Robert Greene Lee Robert Greene Lee 1886-1978 Robert G. Lee began his career on a farm near Fort Mill, South Carolina, where he was born of poor but deeply religious…