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Learn the Journeys of the Spiritual Giants
Susanna Wesley: With God's Word as her guide, Susanna Wesley led her family through many years of hardship.
A.B. Simpson: A dynamic but humble man who, for God's glory, inspired others to total commitment to Jesus Christ and His kingdom.
Francis Schaeffer: Theologian and thinker, Francis Schaeffer successfully challenged the secularist about the claims of the Gospel.
A.W. Tozer: A. W. Tozer pursued the knowledge of God and became one of Christendom's best known authors. His message to you - seek God and live a fulfilled life.
Corrie Ten Boom: Corrie Ten Boom experienced the joy of Christ by making Him her hiding place.
R.G. LeTourneau: Industrialist R.G. LeTourneau learned how to commit his life and business to Jesus Christ.
George Washington Carver: George Washington Carver looked to the Creator for wisdom. Overcoming huge obstacles, he changed the face of agriculture.
Martin Luther: A rough-hewn young monk, Martin Luther transformed the Protestant movement.
Dwight Moody: Dwight Moody's discovery of the Holy Spirit's power changed his life and ministry. That same power is available to you.
Henrietta Mears: Meet the woman who, through faith in Christ, helped to shape the lives of countless Christians.
Charles Spurgeon: Charles Spurgeon's commitment to Christ was the foundation for dealing with life-long burdens.
Andrew Murray: Personal hardship was the training ground for Andrew Murray's enduring ministry.
Catherine Marshall: The road to the surrendered life is often littered with disappointments and trials. Yet Catherine Marshall found victory in meeting God at every turn, and you will too!
Hudson Taylor: Famous missionary to China, Hudson Taylor struggled with the Christian life and service until he found abiding life in Christ.
C. S. Lewis: One of this century's greatest Christian writers and thinkers, he quietly came to know Christ's joy.
Oswald Chambers: The life of Oswald Chambers is a portrait of the surrendered life to which God calls every Christian.
Amy Carmichael: Amy Carmichael's life of selfless dedication is a model for all of us.
Jim Elliot: Jim Elliot was a man after God's heart and will, even at the expense of his life.
Charles Finney: Charles Finney was America's greatest revivalist. At the core of his message was one single truth: Revival only comes to a submitted heart.
Eric Liddell: Eric Liddell raced to fame in the 1924 Olympics. But he had a far more important race to win. So do you.
Fanny Crosby: In spite of many challenges, Fanny Crosby shared God's message of joy through song.
David Livingstone: David Livingstone changed his world and ours by giving himself completely to God's work in Africa.
Peter Marshall: Peter Marshall's zeal for God and zest for life stretched all the way into the halls of Congress.
George Frideric Handel: Both the life and music of George Frideric Handel reflect a vibrant faith.
Dawson Trotman: God used the life of Dawson Trotman and his love for the Scriptures to establish a ministry that continues to disciple multitudes today.
Abraham Lincoln: Many have called him the Savior of the Nation - a title he would have found to be overrated.
 | John Bunyan (1628-1688) was an English preacher and writer. While imprisoned for preaching the Gospel without receiving permission from the Established Church, he wrote The Pilgrim's Progress.
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 | Seven young Englishmen (C. T. Studd, M. Beauchamp, W. W. Cassels, D. E. Hoste, S. P. Smith, A. T. Podhill-Turner, C. H. Polhill-Turner) who went to China in 1885 as missionaries.
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 | Born in England, William Carey (1761-1834) was a Baptist missionary to India. A pastor before going to the mission field, he spent an active forty-one years serving the Lord in India, including translating the Scriptures.
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Frances Jane "Fanny" Crosby (1820-1915) was an American hymn writer and poetess, who wrote over 8,000 hymns during her life. One time a preacher sympathetically remarked, "I think it is a great pity that the Master did not give you sight when He showered so many other gifts upon you." She replied quickly, "Do you know that if at birth I had been able to make one petition, it would have been that I should be born blind?" "Why?" asked the surprised clergyman. "Because when I get to heaven, the first face that shall ever gladden my sight will be that of my Savior!"
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 | Jonathan Goforth (1859-1936) was a Canadian missionary to China. It is said of him that "when he found his own soul needed Jesus Christ, it became a passion with him to take Jesus Christ to every soul." |
 | George Grenfell (1849-1906) was an English Baptist missionary and explorer to Africa. Labored for thirty-two years in Africa; the first three years in the Cameroons and the remaining years in the Congo.
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 | David Livingstone (1813-1873) was a Scottish missionary, doctor and explorer who helped open the heart of Africa to missions. His travels covered one-third of the continent, from the Cape to near the Equator, and from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.
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A. M. Mackay (1849-1890) was a pioneer engineer-missionary to Uganda. Arrived in Zanzibar in 1876; he reached Uganda in 1878. Built 230 miles of road to Uganda from the coast. Translated Matthew's Gospel into Luganda. Died in 1890 having spent fourteen years in Africa without once returning home to native Scotland.
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 | Samuel Marsden (1764-1838) was an English missionary to New South Wales, Australia, where he began serving as chaplain to convicts in a penal colony in 1794; and to New Zealand where he was the first to present the gospel to the Maoris in 1814. He returned to England once in 1807-1808. |
Robert Moffat (1795-1883) was a Scottish pioneer missionary to South Africa who arrived in Cape Town in 1817. He opened mission stations in the interior, translated the Bible into the language of the Bechuanas, and wrote two missionary books on South Africa: Labors and Scenes in South Africa and Rivers of Water in a Dry Place. His oldest daughter Mary, married David Livingstone. |
 | D. L. Moody (1837-1899) was an American evangelist who founded the Northfield Schools in Massachusetts, Moody Church and Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, and the Colportage Association. Ira Sankey was solo singer/music director for their evangelistic campaigns in both the United States and Great Britain. |
 | George Müller (1805-1898) was a Prussian-born English evangelist and philanthropist. A man of faith and prayer, he established orphanages in Bristol and founded the Scriptural Knowledge Institution for Home and Abroad. |
John Newton (1725-1807) was an English hymn writer and Church of England minister. Early life of wanton sin. For ten years involved in African slave trade. Hymns include Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds, and Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken. Collaborated with William Cowper in producing the "Olney Hymns."
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 | Mary Slessor (1848-1915) was a Scottish missionary who served the Lord Jesus Christ in Africa where she was commonly called "Ma" Slessor. |
| Charles Thomas (C.T.) Studd |
 | C.T. Studd (1860-1931) was an English missionary who faithfully served His Saviour in China, India, and Africa. His motto was: "If Jesus Christ is God and died for me, then no sacrifice can be too great for me to make for Him." |
 | J. Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) was an English missionary to China. Founded the China Inland Mission which at his death included 205 mission stations with over 800 missionaries, and 125,000 Chinese Christians. |
 | William Tyndale (1494?-1536) was an English translator of the Bible and Reformer. |
Isaac Watts (1674-1748) was an English pastor, preacher, poet, and hymn writer. Wrote about 600 hymns including When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, Am I a Soldier of the Cross, and Joy to the World. Considered the founder of English hymnody and children's hymnody. Published books of poetry, hymns, and three volumes of theological discourses. |
 | Charles Wesley (1707-1788) was an English hymn writer, poet, and preacher who wrote over 5,500 hymns including And Can It Be That I Should Gain?, O for a Thousands Tongue to Sing,"and Hark! the Herald Angels Sing. |
John Wycliffe (d. 1384) was an English preacher, writer and Bible translator who has been called "the morning star of the Reformation." He preached and wrote against various doctrines and practices of the Church of Rome, translated the Bible into English, and sent itinerant preachers (later called Lollards) throughout England to bring to the common people the the Word of God and the message of salvation through Jesus Christ.
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Wycliffe Bible Translators is after the name of John Wycliffe who translated the Bible from Latin into English.
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