John Bunyan John Bunyan 1628-1688 English Baptist preacher and writer. John Bunyan was born in Elstow, England, near Bedford, where he spent most of his life. Although today he is…

Jerry McAuley Jerry McAuley 1839-1884 Jerry McAuley was born in 1839 in County Kerry, Ireland. His father was a counterfeiter who fled home to escape the law. At the age…

James M Gray James M. Gray 1851-1935 American Bible scholar, school administrator, editor, preacher, and poet. Born in New York City and reared in the Episcopalian Church, as a young…

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,…

Ira David Sankey Ira David Sankey BORN: August 28, 1840 Edinburg, Pennsylvania DIED: August 13, 1908 Brooklyn, New York LIFE SPAN: 67 years, 11 months, 16 days SANKEY WAS THE…

Ignatius Ignatius 35-107 A.D. Bishop of Antioch, where disciples were first called Christians in Acts 11. Ignatius was a native Syrian and a contemporary of John the Apostle and Polycarp.…

Hyman Jedidiah Appelman Hyman Jedidiah Appelman{SCT}<BORN: January 7, 1902 Moghiliev, (White) Russia DIED: May 29, 1983 Kansas City, Missouri LIFE SPAN: 81 years, 4 months, 22 days {SCT}<IN THE PAST…

Henry Clay Morrison Henry Clay Morrison 1857-1942 H.C. Morrison was born in Barren County, Kentucky. His parents died when he was very young, and he was reared in his grandfather's…

Harry A Ironside Harry A. Ironside 1876-1951 Bible teacher and preacher. At the age of 12, Harry A. Ironside heard Dwight L. Moody preach, but he did not receive Christ…

Girolamo Savonarola Girolamo Savonarola 1452-1498 Italian reformer. Girolamo Savonarola was in a Dominican monastery for seven years. He began to preach the Bible in Florence, Italy, in 1481. This city…