People of Faith

Augustine of Hippo

Bishop of Hippo and one of the most influential theologians of the early church. His Confessions and The City of God have shaped Christian thought for sixteen centuries.

Thomas à Kempis

Augustinian canon of the Brethren of the Common Life, traditionally regarded as the author of The Imitation of Christ, one of the most widely read Christian devotional books.

Martin Luther

German monk and professor whose Ninety-five Theses of 1517 are traditionally taken as the start of the Protestant Reformation.

John Calvin

French Reformer and pastor in Geneva, author of the Institutes of the Christian Religion.

Brother Lawrence

Carmelite lay brother in Paris whose conversations and letters were gathered after his death as The Practice of the Presence of God.

John Bunyan

English Puritan preacher and author of The Pilgrim’s Progress, written in part during his twelve-year imprisonment in Bedford for preaching without a licence.

Matthew Henry

Nonconformist minister best known for his Exposition of the Old and New Testaments, a devotional commentary on the whole Bible.

John Wesley

Anglican cleric and evangelist who co-founded Methodism; preached open-air revival, organized societies, and published sermons, journals, and Bible notes.

Jonathan Edwards

New England pastor and theologian, a central figure of the First Great Awakening and author of Religious Affections and Freedom of the Will.

Charles G. Finney

American evangelist of the Second Great Awakening and later president of Oberlin College; author of Lectures on Revivals of Religion.

George Müller

Prussian-born evangelist in Bristol, England, who cared for more than 10,000 orphans, relying on prayer alone for their support.

Andrew A. Bonar

Scottish minister and biographer of Robert Murray M'Cheyne; brother of Horatius Bonar.

David Livingstone

Scottish missionary doctor and explorer of Central and Southern Africa who campaigned against the slave trade.

J. C. Ryle

Evangelical Anglican preacher and writer; first Bishop of Liverpool (1880–1900).

L. Tyerman

English Methodist minister and author of the standard nineteenth-century life of John Wesley.

Andrew Murray

Dutch Reformed pastor in South Africa and author of more than two hundred devotional works, including With Christ in the School of Prayer, Humility and Absolute Surrender.

J. Hudson Taylor

English missionary to China who founded the China Inland Mission in 1865.

George Smith

Scottish journalist in India and biographer of missionaries, author of The Life of William Carey (1885).

Charles H. Spurgeon

Baptist pastor of the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London, known as the “Prince of Preachers”; author of Morning and Evening and The Treasury of David.

E. M. Bounds

American Methodist minister and author, best known for his books on prayer.

Arthur T. Pierson

American Presbyterian pastor, missions advocate and writer.

D. L. Moody

American evangelist and founder of the Moody Bible Institute and Moody Church in Chicago.

F. B. Meyer

English Baptist pastor, evangelist and prolific devotional writer.

Henry Drummond

Scottish evangelist, scientist and author of The Greatest Thing in the World and other addresses.

A. M. Hills

American Holiness minister and educator, author of a 1902 life of Charles G. Finney.

R. A. Torrey

American evangelist, pastor and Bible teacher; first superintendent of the Moody Bible Institute and later dean of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles.

Vautier Golding

English writer of short biographies for young readers, including The Story of David Livingstone.

Louis Bertrand

French Dominican historian, author of a widely read biography of Saint Augustine.

Amy Carmichael

Missionary to South India who founded the Dohnavur Fellowship to care for children at risk.

Sadhu Sundar Singh

Indian Christian evangelist born into a Sikh family in Punjab, who travelled as a sadhu preaching Christ across India, Tibet and beyond. He disappeared on a journey toward Tibet in 1929.

Corrie ten Boom

Dutch watchmaker whose family hid Jews during the Second World War; survivor of Ravensbrück and author of The Hiding Place.

A. W. Tozer

Christian and Missionary Alliance pastor in Chicago and Toronto, author of The Pursuit of God and The Knowledge of the Holy.

C. S. Lewis

Oxford and Cambridge scholar of literature and one of the twentieth century’s most widely read Christian apologists; author of Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters.

D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Welsh physician turned preacher, minister of Westminster Chapel, London, for nearly thirty years.

Bakht Singh

Indian evangelist and Bible teacher, born in Punjab and converted while studying in Canada; founder of the Hebron assemblies in Hyderabad and hundreds of local churches across South Asia.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

German Lutheran pastor and theologian of the Confessing Church, executed at Flossenbürg in April 1945; author of The Cost of Discipleship.

Roy Hession

British evangelist influenced by the East African Revival, author of The Calvary Road.

Billy Graham

American evangelist who preached in person to millions of people in more than 185 countries and territories.

J. I. Packer

Anglican theologian and long-time professor at Regent College, Vancouver; author of Knowing God.

Brother Andrew

Dutch missionary known for carrying Bibles into closed countries and founder of Open Doors; author of God’s Smuggler.

Warren W. Wiersbe

American pastor and Bible teacher, author of the “BE” series of expositional commentaries.

David Wilkerson

American pastor, founder of Teen Challenge and Times Square Church; author of The Cross and the Switchblade.

John F. MacArthur Jr.

Pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, and president of The Master's University and Seminary; author of numerous expositional works.

Gareth Lloyd

Historian of Methodism; author of studies on Charles Wesley and Methodist identity.

Kenneth Morgan

Historian; author of studies on John Wesley and Methodism in Bristol and the wider British context.

Josh McDowell

American evangelist and apologist, author of More Than a Carpenter and Evidence That Demands a Verdict.

R. C. Sproul

Reformed theologian and pastor, founder of Ligonier Ministries; author of The Holiness of God.

John Piper

American pastor and theologian, founder of Desiring God.

Ray Comfort

New Zealand-born evangelist and founder of Living Waters.

Timothy Keller

Founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City and author of The Reason for God.

Lee Strobel

Former legal editor of the Chicago Tribune and author of The Case for Christ.

Rick Warren

Founding pastor of Saddleback Church in California and author of The Purpose Driven Life.

Max Lucado

American pastor and author based in San Antonio, Texas.

William P. Young

Canadian-born author of the novel The Shack.

Roberts Liardon

American author of the God’s Generals series of revival biographies.

Azariah

Bhogi. Santha Rao

David Mertz

David Ravinder

Deevanaiah

Dr. Sundara Rao Tsappidi

Author of the English-language Grace Ministries teaching books hosted on UECF.NET.

Edward William Kuntam

Herford Urlica

Isaac Simon

Joe Madhu

John Moses Dussi

Joseph Theophilus

Josiah Srigiri

Masilamani

Mrs. Grace Vijaya

Compiler and author of the Grace Ministries Telugu testimony library hosted on UECF.NET, prepared with Dr. Sundara Rao Tsappidi.

P. J. Stephen Paul

Praveen Charles Dhara

Sai Krishna Gomatam

Samuel Mohanraj

Santha Mondithoka

Stanley Joseph

Sudhakar Mondithoka

Sunil Robert Vuppula