Andreas Johannes Kostenberger is an evangelical scholar, author and founder of Biblical Foundations. He is the Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS). He is founding director of the Center for Biblical Studies (CBS) . He is also the editor of Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society. (JETS) Andreas was born in Vienna, Austria on 2nd November 1957. He has the following degrees:- M.A. and Dr, from the Vienna University of Economics and Business 1980, 1982 M.D. at Columbia International University 1988 Dr. at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School 1993 On completion of his doctorate he became Professor of Biblical studies and Theology at Briercrest College and Seminary (1993-5). In 1996 he took a teaching post at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) as Senior Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology. Stayed at SBTS to served as director of Ph.D. studies for next 12 years . In 2007 elected to a 5 year term as Visiting Fellow at St. Edmund’s College, Cambridge. April 2018 MBTS elected him to faculty as Research Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology (2018-present. Since 2000 he has been editor of JETS a refereed theological journal published by the Evangelical Theological Society. (See notes on JETS). He has also edited other Christian commentaries and guides. Together wife his wife,Dr. Margaret, they founded in 2006 *Biblical Foundations. The mission is to help restore the biblical foundations for the family, the church and society. ( See notes for 'Biblical Foundations In 2006 he joined a round table to discuss Dan Brown’s book* The Da Vinci Code.* He has appeared on numerous radio and television programs 2010 he lectured across Europe presenting scholarly papers on various themes concerning the theology of John the apostle. He has worked as a consultant on John’s Gospel for 4 English Bible translations. He has also be consulted on the epistle John 1-3 and Revelation for* Today’s English Version* (TEV) He has authored, edited or translated close to 50 books. He has 93 works in 310 publications translated into 5 languages such as German. Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Russian. He is founding director of the Center for Biblical Studies at MBTS. The center *exists to engage in biblical scholarship for the church * ( See notes for CBS). Andreas met his wife Margaret in 1988 when finishing his M.A. at Columbia University. They married in December 1989. They have 4 children and currently live in Kansas City. May Andreas continue to deliver Holy Spirit inspired plenary addresses at the annual meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society and regional meetings for many years to come. Sources used Biblical foundations MBTS The Center for Biblical Studies Wikipedia

Miroslav Volf is a Croatian Protestant theologian and Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale University. He is the founder and director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture at Yale Divinity School (YCFC) (2003-2020). He previously taught at the Evangelical Theological Seminary in his native Osijek, Croatia (1979-80), (1983-90) where he served as Professor of Systematic Theology. At Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California (1990-1998) he was an Associate Professor of Systematic Theology. He had an outstanding university education. He received 2 advanced degrees under the German theologian Jurgen Moltmann. (Read Early influences and education) Family and early life (read notes) Miroslave began preaching before he was 18. While living in Croatia he taught in church and for a short time was an interim pastor of a church in Zagreb. In the USA he continued to preach and teach in churches as well as appearing on Christian radio and TV programs. While in Croatia he worked for the Christian monthlyIvori He was the magazine’s co-editor (1979-84) and editor (1984-89). He re-designed/branded the magazine his father published. He regularly wrote editorials and feature articles. In the USA he also wrote for church audiences. He has been described as a ‘theological bridge builder’. The main thrust of the theology of this incredibly learned/decorated man ( See list of honors) is to bring Christian theology to bear on various realms of public life, such as culture, politics and economics. He often explores the dialogues between groups in the world. The systematic contours of his theology are most clearly noticeable in his book Free of Charge. The immediate themes are giving and forgiving as 2 chief modes of grace Miroslav is probably best known for Exclusion and Embrace(1996). His task was to reflect theologically about the Yugoslav Wars, marked by ethnic cleansing that was raging in his home country of Croatia at the time. It won the prestigious Grawemeyer Award for religion in 2002 Christianity Today included it in the top 100 most influential books of the 20th century. In 2003 he founded YCFC at Yale Divinity School. The goal of the center, which he still directs, is to promote the practice of faith in all spheres through theological research and leadership development. He has served as an advisor for the White House Office of Faith Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. He is a frequent commentator on the media talking about religious and cultural issues. In his teens he had a quiet conversion. In high school in Croatia he was the only openly Christian student. He had to explain why and how the Christian faith makes sense intellectually and is a salutary way of life. This was the beginning of his journey as a theologian. Miroslav Volf has to be one of the most outstanding Christian theologians of the late 20th/early 21st century. Sources Wikipedia -only some of the notes

Mark Dever is the senior pastor of the Capitol Hill Baptist Church (CHBC) in Washington D.C. He is the co-founder and president of 9Mark which was created to build biblically faithful churches in America. He earned a B.A. at Duke University, a M.A. in Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, a M.A, in Theology form Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and a Dr of Philosophy from Cambridge University. Mark grew up in rural Kentucky and was an avid reader, reading sections from encyclopedias by the age of 10. Based on his reading and thoughts he considered himself an agnostic. Later he reread the Gospel and seeing the change in the life of Jesus’ disciples led him to becoming a Christian. In 1994 he became the senior pastor of CHBC. CHBC is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Mark believes that Baptist churches should be led by a plurality of congregational elders as opposed to a single elder. In 1998 Mark founded The Center for Church Reform which eventually became*9Mark The aim of 9Mark is to help Bible believing churches become more healthy by recovering a Biblical view of the church. The 9 marks are:- Expositional preaching Biblical Theology '' understanding of the gospel '' '' '' '' conversion '' '' '' '' evangelism '' '' '' '' membership '' church discipline Promotion of Christian discipleship and growth 9 .Biblical Understanding of church leadership ( See About 9Mark) Mark and CHBC also train church leaders an a small scale. Every year 12 interns pass through the church’s internship program that centers around ecclesiology. (See Notes for definition) He is a member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals (ACE) where he leads the Alliance Forum. The ACE promotes the traditional doctrines of the Protestant Reformation especially Calvinism. (See Notes for more ACE info.) Mark has become more widely recognized among conservative evangelicals as he has appeared at large nationwide conferences. He co-founded the Together for the Gospel conference. Notes on Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals Ecclesiology - definition of Sources Wikipedia

William Miller was an American baptist preacher who is credited with beginning the mid 19th century religious movement called Millerism. William was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on 15th February 1792. in 1796 the family t moved to Low Hampton. New York.His mother educated him at home until he was 9. He then attended East Poultney District school. He is not known to have further education after he was 18, but he continued to read widely. He had access to several private libraries In 1803 he married Lucy Smith and moved to Poultney where he took up farming. In1809 he was elected to the office of deputy sheriff and later elected to be the Justice of the Peace Shortly after arriving he rejected his Baptist heritage and became a Deist ( a belief in the existence of God based solely on natural reason, without reference to revelation). At the outbreak of war in 1812 he raised a company of local men and acted as a recruiter. In 1814 promoted of captain. He had a miraculous escape when a bomb exploded killing one soldier. injuring 3 others and he survived without a scratch. On discharge from the army in 1815 he moved his family back to Low Hampton. He took tentative steps to regain his Baptist faith. With the minister away he was asked to read the sermon. (Read his conversion comment in Religious Life.) His Diest friends challenged him to justify his new faith. He started at Genesis 1 v1 - not moving until he felt the meaning was clear. He became convinced that post-millennialism ( the doctrine or belief that the second coming of Christ would be preceded by the millennium) was unbiblical and that Christ’s Second Coming was revealed in Bible prophecy. He based his calculations on Daniel 8 v 14 Unto twp thousand and three hundred days, then shall the sanctuary be cleansed starting date 457 BC the year Artaxerxes I of Persia allowed the rebuilding of Jerusalem A day represented a year. 2,300 Year of Second Coming 2300 - 457 = 1843 on/before (See charts) October 22, 1844 became known as *The Great Disappointment * William apparently never personally set an exact date for the Second Coming. Millerism from 1840 was transformed from an 'obscure, regional movement into a national campaign. A key figure was Joshua Vaughan Himes, an able and experienced published who printed the 24 issues of*Signs of the Times from March 1840. (See sheet) William died on 20th December 1849 convinced the Second Coming was imminent, Christians await the day 09/12/2020 Legacy William Miller’s Home is a registered a National Historic Landmark and preserved as museum Estimate number of followers 50,000- 500,000 After his death new heirs to his message emerged Advent Christian Church 61,000 Seventh-day Adventists Church 19,000,000 Sources used Logos Bible Software Wikipedia

Nicholaus Ludwig, Reichsgraf von Zinzendor und Pottendorf was a German religious and social reformer, bishop o the Moravian Church, founder of the Herrnhuter Bridergemeine, Christian mission pioneer and a major figure of 18th century protestantism. Aged 6 he wrote love letters to Jesus. Once written he would climb to the castle tower and toss them out of the window where they scattered around around the courtyard like innocent prayers. His school days were spent at Franke Foundations at Halle. In 1716 he went to the University of Wittenberg to study law to be ready for a diplomatic career. 1719 he travelled in the Netherlands, France and parts of Germany During a visit to an art Museum he experienced the Holy Spirit upon viewing Ecce Homo by Domencia Feti. He was convicted. I have loved him for a long time, but have never actually done anything for him. from now on I will do whatever he leads me to do. In 1721, at the wedding of Count Henry XXiX Ruess he met Erdmuthe Dorothea, He married her in 1722. He decided to become a landowner and bought Berthelsdorf from his grandmother, Baroness von Gersdorf. His intention was not to found a religious organization but a Christian association. In 1722 he had the opportunity to offer asylum to a number of persecuted wanderers from Moravia and Bohemia to build the village of Herrnhut on a corner of his estate. As the village grew it became known as a place of religious freedom and attracted individuals from a variety of persecuted groups. But conflict broke out so Nicolaus took indefinite leave from his court commission in Dresden and moved back to his estate to devote himself full time to reconciliation of the conflict. On 12 May 1727 The Manorial Injunctions were signed by the community ( now *The Moravian Covenant for Christian Living) . ( See notes for TMCCL) The leadership of these people consumed his considerable energies for the rest of his life. Hermhut, with its unique communal organization and economic self sufficiency became the center for the developing Moravian church, as it became known in the late 1740s. In 1735 his desire to receive Lutheran ordination finally happened. With the revival of the Brethren;s clerical orders In 1737 he became a Moravian bishop. The emergence of a new denomination saw him being banished from Saxony from 1736-47. He used this time to visit Moravian settlement and missions in Europe, England, West Indies and the USA The Moravians were granted religious freedom in Saxony in 1749. He returned in 1755 to spend his last days in Hernhut. His wife died in 1756. He married Anna Caritas Nitschmann, a friend, spiritual leader but a commoner Nicolaus write a number of books ( See Bibliography) Three years later, Nicolaus overcome with labours, fell ill and died. He died on 9th May 1760. Anna died 12 days after her husband. Sources used Enclopedia.com Wikipedia

Desmond Mpilo Tutu is a South African Anglican cleric and theologian, known for his anti-apartheid and human rights activities. He was the Bishop of Johannesburg (1985-69 and then Archbishop of Cape Town (1986-96). In both cases he was the first black African to hold the position. Theologically he sought to fuse ideas from black theology with African theology. In 1986 he became the president of the All Africa Conference of Churches. In 1994 Nelson Mandela selected Desmond to chair the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. 1994 awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Desmond’s father, Zachariah Zelilo Tutu trained as a primary school teacher. His parents both spoke the Xhosa language. Desmond described his family *although we weren’t affluent, we were not destitute either . He was sickly from birth. He had polio which resulted in atrophy (lack of growth) of his right hand. On one occasion he was hospitalized with serious burns. The family was initially Methodist and he was baptized in June 1932. They then changed denominations, first to African Episcopal Church then to the Anglican church. He trained as a teacher and married Nomalizo Leah Shenxane in 1955. They had 4 children. In 1960 he was ordained as an Anglican priest. In 1962 he moved to the U.K. to study Theology at King’s College, London. He is now a fellow of the college. In 1966 he returned to southern Africa. He taught at the Federal Theological Seminary and then the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland. In 1972 he became the Theological Education director; based in London but requiring regular visits to to the African continent. In 1975, back on southern Africa he became dean of st. Mary’s Cathedral in Johannesburg, then bishop of Lesotho. 1978-85 became general secretary of South African Council of Churches. He emerged as one of South Africa’s most prominent anti=apartheid activists Also In 1985 he became Bishop of Johannesburg. He over saw the introduction of women priests. 1986 became bishop of Cape Town and president of the All Africa Conference of Churches )AACC) which require more tours of Africa… ( See AACC for more information). In 1990 F.W. de Kerk released Nelson Mandela. Desmond and Nelson together negotiations to end Apartheid and introduce multi-racial democracy 1994 Mandela elected as first black president of South Africa. Desmond was asked to chair the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (T&RC) - it was a court like restorative body. It is generally thought to be successful . The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in 2000 replaced T&RC. ( See T&RC for more information). Desmond was awarded the* Noble Peace Prize* award in 1984 in recognition of his efforts to resolving and ending apartheid. Since apartheid’s fall he has campaigned on gay rights and spoken out on a wide range of subjects. 2010 he retired from public life but continues to travel widely. Sources used Britannica King’s People Wikipedia Youth for Human Rights

Walter Rauschenbusch was an American theologian and Baptist pastor who taught at the Rochester Theological Seminary. He was a key figure in the Social Gospel and single tax movement that flourished during the end of the 19th/early 20th century. He was the son of a Lutheran missionary to German immigrants in the USA. He went through a youthful rebellious period but aged 17 he experienced a personal religious conversion which influenced his soul down to the depths. *I came to my father and I began to pray for help and got it * he compared it to the Prodigal son parable. After high school he went to a prep school in Germany, Gutersloh. Back in the USA he graduated from the University of Rochester in 1884 and Rochester Theological Seminary (RTS) of American Baptist Churches in 1886. 1886 he began his pastorate in the Second German Baptist Church in ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ , New York. Urban poverty and children’s funerals, led him to social activism In August 1892, with some friends, he formed a group of leading pastors, thinkers and advocates of the Social Gospel movement. They were initially called Society of Jesus, later called Brotherhood of the Kingdom. They met annually until 1915. (See notes on ‘Social Gospel’ and ‘Brotherhood of the Kingdom’) In 1897 he began teaching the New Testament at RTS in Rochester, New York. In 1902 he became professor of Church History. In 1907 he published *Christianity and the Social Crisis * which gained him recognition as a major spokesman of the Social Gospel movement in the USA. and which would influence the actions of several pastors of the Social Gospel. ( Read ‘The American Yawp Reader’) In 1917 he published A Theology for the Social Gospel which would rally the cause of the social gospel of many Protestant and evangelical churches. The doctrine of the Kingdom of God was crucial to his proposed theology of the social gospel. Walter died in Rochester on 25th July , 1918, aged 56. He is honored together with Washington Gladdon and Jacob Rus with a feast day on the liturgical calendar of the Episcopal Church (USA) on 2nd July. Sources used Brtannica The Ameican Yawp Reader Wikipedia

Jacqueline Bryony Lucy ‘Jackie’ Pullinger is a British Christian charismatic missionary to Hong Kong. She is th founder of the St. Stephen’s Society. She has been ministering in Hong Kong since 1966, over 50 years. She was born in Croydon , London, England in 1944. She graduated form the Royal College of Music (RCM) in London having specialized in the oboe. Aged 22 she wanted to be a missionary. She wrote to various missionary organizations but was not offered any support. Richard Thompson, a minister in Shoreditch, suggested she buy a boat ticket and pray she would know when to get off! In 1966 she went by boat to Hong Kong. When she arrived she had just $10 ‘on hand’. The only reason the immigration officer allowed her in was because her mother’s godson was a police officer there. She found work as a primary school teacher in the Kowloon Walled City. In the 1960s it was not policed and had become one of the world’s largest opium producing centers run by Chinese criminal Triad gangs. Despite the danger she helped the gang members to follow Jesus which gave them a purpose and reason for living without having to us drugs. Later she established a youth center to help the drug addicts and street sleepers inside the walled city. She also taught music at St. Stephen’s Girls College. In 1981 she started a charity called the St. Stephen’s Society. It exists to preach the gospel, reach he poor and see people set free through faith in Jesus Christ. Our heart is to go to the ends of the earth to make disciples. (See note about St. Stephen’s Society) The Society provided rehabilitation homes for recovering addicts, prostitutes and gang members. By December 2007 it housed 200 people. The Hong Kong government recognized the charity and donated land for the homes. In May 2019 Justin Welby went to Hong Kong. He was there with his wife to attend the 17th Anglican Consultative Council. Archbishop of Canterbury visits Jackie Pullinger to see discipleship in action He went to see the Shing Mun Springs Multi-Purpose Rehabilitation home and Jackie Pullinge. (See picture and notes) The early years of her ministry in Hong Kong are chronicled in the book Chasing the Dragon (2006) which has been translated into several languages A photographic account of her work A Crack in the Wall: The Life and Death of Kowloon Wall City has also been published. (See ‘Amazon’ notes) Sources used Amazon St Stephen’s Society - official website for Jackie Pullinger Wikipedia

Charles Simeon became a leader among evangelical churchmen and was one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) in 1799. He also helped found the *London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews * (LSPCAJ) in 1809. He also established what is now the *Charles Simeon Trust. Simeon was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1759 and baptized the same year. He studied at Eton College and was an undergraduate from 1779 at King’s College Cambridge. One Easter, while at King’s, he experienced a Christian conversion In 1782 he became a Fellow of King’s College and was ordained a deacon and graduated B.A. in 1783. He began as a minister as deputy to Christopher Atkinson at St. Edward King and Martyr, Cambridge. He then received the living of Holy Trinity, Cambridge in 1783. Technically it was a curacy. He was appointed, under the age of 23, as a curate-in-charge for the bishop. Initially John Hammond was preferred by the congregation. Services were disrupted and he was insulted in th e streets. But Simeon stayed (1783-1836) there for the rest of his life and eventually had a crowded church. He gained influence among the under graduates of the university. He taught, young priests in training Theology and preaching technique, at discussion parties hosted in his College room in the Gibbs building. They were inspired by his dynamic preaching at St. Edward’s, Great St. Mary’s and Holy Trinity churches. They used his published 100s of sermons ,or skeleton of sermons, when drafting their own- to some an invitation to clerical plagiarism! He became a leading evangelical churchman and was one of the founders of the Church Missionary Society ( now called Church Mission Society -see notes). He also help found LSPCAJ) (now known as the Church Ministry Among Jewish People (CMJ - see notes.) He established the Charles Simeon Trust to encourage perpetuate evangelical clergy in the Church of England parishes. It continues to operate to this day. ( See notes- sorry about poor print). In 1809 the British East India sought his advice of choice of Chaplains for India. His main piece of work was a commentary on the whole Bible -Horae homileticae. Charles died on 13th November 1836, aged 77. He was buried on the 19th in King’s College Chapel, Cambridge. His influence and authority extended to the most remote corners of England. His real sway over the Church was far greater than that of any Primate… Thomas Macaulay- historian *One of the greatest and most persuasive preachers the Church of England has ever known * John Stott- evangelist Sources used King’s College Cambridge Simeon’s Trustees and Hyndman’s Trustees Wikipedia

Frederick John William Lambart, 8th Earl of Cavan He played a part in the formation of the Evangelical Alliance with Sir Culling Eardley. The Alliance was founded in 1846 to promote evangelical Christian beliefs in government, media and society. He was born on the 30th December 1815 in his parent’s house in Hampshire. England. His father, who had been severely wounded during the Peninsular War, in the battle of Talavera, died when his son was 12/13 years of age. He went to Eton College from 1829-33. He was simply known as Lambart. Aged 17 he was placed in the 7th Dragoon Guards, joining the regiment in Cork under Colonel Clark. In 1835 his quarters were changed form Carlow to Dublin. In 1836 posted to Walsall, Staffordshire. He secured a Bible in Dublin in 1835 and religion began to play a part in his life. On 24July 1938 he married Caroline Augusts Littleton. It was about this time, after the death of his grandfather he succeeded to the title and impaired estates. They were married for just under 50 years and had 5 children. From 1844, until his death in 1887, some 43 years, he was a member of the Open Plymouth Brethren. (See notes on Plymouth Brethren) In 1846 he went to Torquay and played a part in the formation of the Evangelical Alliance (EA). He is nor mentioned among the founders. EA based in London with offices in Cardiff, Glasgow and Belfast. (See notes on Evangelical Alliance) With his Bible in one hand and his eyeglass in the other, confidence in the Lord gave power to what he spoke*I am only a plain man, but I speak what I know.** H e was an evangelist from the heart and spoke just what burdened sinners needed. Lord Cavan’s testimony was a message from God. His special interests were biblical prophecy. He often preached on Christ’s expected second advent. He and the countess took a special interest in the village of Milton near Weston-super-Mare. He erected a mission room where he often conducted services and they were generally well attended. He presided over the Friday prayer meetings. He had very little connection with Ireland except by title until, in middle life, a small and entangled estate unexpectedly fell to him. He exchanged it for a property on the island of Achill. By his efforts a substantial little pier was built and a steamer service established. For several years they spent time there amongst them. Frederick died on 16th December 1887, aged 71, in Somerset.England. His last words were We need no more doctors;the Lord standeth at the door Sources used Wikipedia

Amzi Clarence Dixon was a Baptist pastor, Bible expositor, and an evangelist who was popular during the late 19th/early 20th centuries. With R.A. Torrey he edited an influential series of essays , published as The Fundamentals (1910-5) which gave Christian Fundamentalism its name. Amzi was born near Shelby, North Carolina on 6th July 1954. His father was a Baptist preacher. He was converted while his father was preaching in 1865 and baptized the next year. While still young he believed he had been called to preach. Career In 1875 he graduated from Wake Forest College, North Carolina. He immediately began to serve as a pastor of 2 country churches. 1874-5 pastor of Baptist churches in North Carolina 1876-9 studied at Southern Baptist Seminary and attended University of North Carolina and pastored there 1879-82 pastor at Asheville, North Carolina 1982-90 pastor at Immanuel Baptist church in Baltimore, Maryland 1986 received doctorate from Washington and Lee University 1890-01 pastor at Brooklyn, New York often rented Opera house on Sunday services 1901-06 pastor in Boston , Massachusetts taught at Gordon College (See notes) published *Old and New * 1905 attended the first Baptist World Congress in London 1906-11 pastor at Chicago Avenue Church, Illinois. (1908 change of name to Moody church) became syndicated columnist for 3 local papers 1911-19 pastor at Metropolitan Tabernacle (MT) in London ( He followed the great Charles Spurgeon into the pulpit) 1910-15 edited with R.A. Torrey* The Fundamentals* a very influential series of 90 essays initially published in 12 volumes ( See notes) often spoke at large Bible conferences 1919 retired as pastor of MT 1919-21 lectured at Los Angeles Bible Institute and in China & Japan 1922 first pastor of University Baptist Church Baltimore, Maryland He was a staunch advocate of Fundamentalist Christianity during its developmental period. His preaching was often fiery and direct. The papers of Amzi number approx, 6,100 items and stored in 30 archival boxes and 4 scrapbooks. (Read Scope and Content Note) Personal Life Married Susan Mary (Mollie) Faison in July 1880. They had 5 children. Susan died on 6th August 1922 in China while attending conference with husband. Towards the end of his life he had chronic back pain to the extent he suspended his service at University Baptist church. He died of a heart attack on 14th June 1925. Sources used Amzi Clarence Dixon Papers wikipedia

Frederick Brotherton Meyer was a Baptist pastor and evangelist, born in England. He was involved in ministry and inner city mission work on both sides of the Atlantic. He was the founder of Melbourne Hall in Leicester. He also founded the South London Missionary Training College. He was president of both the National and World Sunday School Unions, and the National Union of Christian Endeavour. He wrote over 75 books and many articles. He was born in London. He attended Brighton College. In 1869 he graduated from the University of London. At Regent’s Park College he studied Theology. He was part of the Higher Life movement, or Keswick movement, and often preached at the Keswick Convention. (Read notes on* Higher Life movement) Frederick was known as a crusader against immorality. He preached against the social ills of drunkness, prostitution, unmarried mothers, and unwanted children. He was involved in the Blue Ribbon movement (prohibition). In 1870 he began his first pastorate in Pembroke Baptist Chapel in Liverpool. In 1872 he pastored at Priory Street Baptist Church in York. It was at this time he began his long life friendship with the American evangelist D.I. Moody. He introduced Moody to English churches. Victoria Road Church Leicester 1874-8 Melbourne Hall in Leicester 1878/80- 1888 And since one main object of our union is to seek to evangelise the great masses of our population which is outside the ordinary Christian agencies, we desire that each member should as far as possible engage in some branch of Christian work. 23rd September 1978 The Hall was built in 1881 under his leadership- a centre of social and evangelistic activity. (Read notes on Melbourne Hall). He spent the next 20 years between 2 churches in London. Regent’s Park Chapel in London 1888-92 and 1909-15 Christ Church CC) in London 1892-1909 and 1915-21 He saw in 2 years the congregation at CC grow from 100 to 2,000. In June 1916, with Hubert Peet, he visited British conscientious objectors in France. 42 resisting men had been forcibly deported there. 35 were to be court-martialled and formally sentenced to death. All were reprieved. His evangelical tours included South Africa and Asia. He also visited the USA and Canada several times. He wrote over 75 books - many are still in print today See’Works’ for a few titles) On his retirement he began to travel and preach at conferences and evangelical services. Aged 80 he went to North America. He died aged 81. The New York Observer described him as a man of *international fame whose services are constantly sought by churches over the wide and increasing empire of Christendom. * Frederick’s obituary in the The Daily Telegraph described him as *The Archbishop of the Free Churches. * Sources Melbourne

Edwin Masao Yamauchi is a Japanese-American historian, a Christian apologist, editor and academic. He is Professor Emeritus of History at Miami University where he taught from 1969-2005. He is a former president of the Institute for Biblical Research (IBR) . He is a founding member of the Oxford Bible Fellowship church in Oxford, Ohio. He has written books on Christian History and often contributes articles to Christian periodicals, He was raised as a Buddhist. He was educated at Iolani Episcopal school. He was first exposed to evangelism in 1952 when he was invited by a classmate to attend Kalihi Union church. In his senior high school year he worked on a missionary farm called Christian youth center. He studied languages at the University of Hawaii before transferring to Shelton college, Ringwood, New Jersey to study Biblical languages - earned a B.A… He then went to Brandeis University to earn a M.A. and Ph.D. He immersed himself in 22 different languages including Arabic, Akkadian, Coptic and Hebrew. He taught for a time at Shelton College before becoming an Assistant Professor of History at Rutgers University. He the received his professorial appointment at Miami University in 1969 where he stayed until his retirement in 2005, 36 years. Throughout his career he has been a supporter of the Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship, especially on the University campus in Miami. He is a founding member of the Oxford Bible Fellowship (0BF) church in Oxford, Ohio. The dream of OBF is to be a church where every person can experience real change. (Read OBF * Our Culture *) He has given presentations of the Easter Story in various universities including Cornell, Yale and Princeton. He is a member and official of the Institute for Biblical Research (IBR). It an organization of scholars devoted to the research of the Bible. For 6 years he was president of IBR (1983-9) He has written a number Biblical books and essays and contributed material to Christianity Today . He contributed commentaries on the books of Ezra and Nehemiah in the * Expositor’'s Bible Commentary and in the NIV Study Bible.* His expertise includes Ancient History, O.T. and N.T., Early Church History, Gnosticism and Biblical Archeology. He has written about the relevance of the discovery of, and the controversial claims, about the Dead Sea Scrolls, for New Testament studies. (See ‘Select Bibliography’) In the 1970’s he was a prominent critic of the late Morton Smith’s interpretation of an Apocryphal text known as the Secret Gospel of Mark. For his work he has been rewarded with 8 fellowships. Edwin has also appeared in various television documentaries concerning the life of Christ. He is a modern day Christian academic of the highest order. Sources used. Amazon Oxford Bible Fellowship Miami University Wikipedia

Alistair Begg is the senior pastor of Cleveland’s Parkside church,Ohio. It is a position he has held since 1983. He is the voice behind the Truth for Life Christian radio preaching and teaching ministry. He is also the author of several books. Alistair was born in Glasgow, Scotland on 22nd May 1952. His mother died in .1972. More spiritual progress is made through failure and tears than success and laughter He gradated from London School of Theology in 1975 and married his American wife , Susan, in the same year. They now have 3 grown-up children. He served 8 years at Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh and Hamilton Baptist church in Lanarkshire in pastoral ministry In 1983 he became the senior pastor at Parkside Church near Cleveland, Ohio. He had be heard daily and weekly on his radio program True For Life. It broadcasts his sermons daily to stations across North America though 1,800 radio outlets. The teaching on Truth For Life stems from the week by week Bible teaching at Patkside Church According to Amazon he has published 69 books. ( See Amazon flier) He is a council member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals which is dedicated to return to the principles of the Protestant Reformation ( See notes on’Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals’) Alistair has been in the USA for 37 years but he apparently still has a distinctive Scottish accent. Sources used Amazon Truth For Life Wikipedia

Leith Anderson is president emeritus of the National Association of Evangelicals and pastor emeritus of Wooddale church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, after serving as senior pastor from 1977 - 2011. He was born in Bloomfield , N.J. in 1944 where his father, Charles William Anderson, was pastor at Brookdale Baptist church. He went to the same church as Charlene Lillian Alles. They started dating when he was 15. They married in 1965 and had 4 children. Diploma and degrees earned Moody Bible Institute, Chicago diploma Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois B.A. in Sociology Denver Seminary MD Master of divinity Fuller theological seminary DM Doctor of Ministry He also received 3 honorary doctorates. During his seminary studies he served as a youth pastor at Calvary Church, Longmont, Colorado. After graduation he became senior pastor there for the next 10 years. He continued to study and became an adjunct professor of pastoral homiletics at Denver Seminary. In 1977 he became senior pastor at Wooddale church. in suburban Minneapolis. In 1984they moved to a new building in Eden Prairie because the congregation was now in its 1000s - one of the larger churches in the state and region. While at Wooddale church he nationally syndicated radio programs ’ Faith Matters’ and ‘Faith Minute’. ’ Faith Matters’ - a 30 minute weekly program -was launched in 1997. Relaunched in 1999 as a 2 minute program ‘Faith Minute’. It can be heard in cities across America and around the world. ( Read notes of ‘Faith Matters’) Wooddale planted 9 daughter churches. Leith retired after 35 years as senior pastor on 31st December 2011. While pastoring he wrote book (20) and articles on biblical themes and taught in numerous seminary doctoral programs. He was also a frequent speaker at inter/national conferences and served on a number of boards He was interim president of Denver seminary from 1999-2000. From 2001/3 he was the interim president of the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) when it faced organizational stress. He filled the role again in 2006. He then became the elected president for terms extending through to 2019 when he announced his retirement from the position. As NAE president he frequently gave advice on briefs, news conferences and interviews and connected religious leaders across the USA and internationally… Priority was given to issues relating to religious freedom, immigration policies, evangelical biblical theology and values,social justice and engaging in evangelism, humanitarian services and cultural influence. He served on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith based and Neighborhood partnerships In 2019 he was named to the Founder’s Chair of World Vision International. Sources Christianity Today NAE Wooddale Church Wikipedia

Bro. Dr. Duraisamy Geoffery Damuel Dhinakaran was a world renowned Indian spiritual, evangelical leader. He was the founder of *Jesus Calls Ministries * and Karunya University. Duraisamy was born on the 1st July 1935 at Surandai in Tirunelveli district of Madras Prsidency (today Tamil Nadu). He attended St. John’s College, Paiayamkottai and earned a BSc degree in Mathematics from Madras University (1955). He was thinking of committing suicide as he walked towards the railway track. On the way he met his uncle who shared about Jesus Christ. His uncle told him to go home and commit his ways to the Lord. He went home, prayed and committed his life to the Saviour. He did this for 7 years pleading Lord! Hear my Prayer and grant me your power! I don’t want to live a dried Christian life anymore! He was involved in evangelical activities for some time prior to leaving his job at the bank. On 10th October 1962, during a time of family prayer, a divine presence filled the room. He saw the Lord Jesus face to face for 3 long hours.I am Jesus. I have come to bless you. My son, people might have heard of my love; but they have not tasted it. So, I pour My love and compassion in your heart, This love will console their broken hearts and heal their diseased bodies. You will be witness to the power of my Holy Spirit. The Lord filled him with the Holy Spirit. That day launched a one-man-ministry At the time he was working as a top executive in a bank but spent most of his spare time and holidays ministering in different places. He left the bank and his ministry became the foundation and the life of Jesus Calls Ministry. (JCM) Whenever he preached and prayed at public meetings people saw him interpreting tongues and heard him speak words of wisdom and knowledge. During prayer time he called out names of people in the crowd revealing their emotional and physical conditions through divine revelation and then healing them. ( Read A Supernatural Ministry) 12th October 1970 was the first time, at an organized meeting, that he shared the Word of God with the 1000s who attended. He began to use the media. In 1972 he broadcast his message on the radio. In the mid 1990s JCM began to use television Over the next 14 years many things happened. ( Read Milestones in the Ministry). May 21st 1986 he lost his daughter Angel in a car accident. Later in the year, shattered and broken, he went on to opening the Karunya Institute of Technology on 4th November. His peers called him the Apostle of the age in India Bro. Dhinakaran died in hospital on 20th February 2008. 1000s came to glance at the man who interceded for them. He left his wife, Stella and son, Paul, who took over the ministry. Sources Jesus Calls Karunya

Looking for information about Desmond Tutu I found a list of Champions of Human Rights - 9 champions with a picture of each and some basic information about them which I thought could be useful for Key Stage 2/3 work. These sheets were created under Youth for Human Rights. There are Free resource kits available in many languages. Mahatma Gandhi Cesar Chavez Eleanor Roosevelt Nelson Mandela Dr. Martin Luther King (See separate entry) Desmond Tutu Oscar Arias Sanchez Muhammad Yunus Jose Ramos-Horta I have added Father Trevor Huddlestone (See separate entry) Plus information about anti-apartheid in South Africa

Father Ernest Urban Trevor Huddleston was an English Anglican bishop, He was the Bishop of Stepney in London before becoming the second Archbishop of the Province of the Indian Ocean. He is best known for his anti-apartheid activism (1956-96) and his book Naught for Your Comfort. He became president of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in 1981. Trevor was born in Bedford, England. He was educated at Lancing College (1927-31), Christ Church Oxford and at Wells Theological College. On Michaelmas. 27th September 1936, he was ordained a deacon. 1937 ordained a priest. Clifford Woodward, Bishop of Bristol presided over both. He served as a curate at St. Mark’s Swindon for 2 years. In 1939 he joined the Community of the Resurrection (CR), an Anglican religious order. September 1940 he sailed to Cape Town. 1941 he took his vows. In 1943 he went to the CR mission station at Rosettenville (Johannesburg, South Africa). His task was to continue the work of Raymond Raynes. Raymond had been nursed back to health by Trevor and recognized him as his successor. Over the next 13 years in Sophiatown he developed into a much loved priest and anti-apartheid activist. His nickname was Makhalipile (dauntless one). In 1949 elected Provincial of CR In 1955 the African national Congress (ANC) bestowed upon him the rare Isitwandwe award in recognition of his anti-apartheid activities. He was particularly concerned about the Nationalist Governments decision to bulldoze Sophiatown. He established the African Children’s Feeding scheme, which still exists. He also raised money for the Orlando Swimming Pools - the only place black children could swim until post 1994. Many South Africans lives were changed by Trevor. He was close to O. R. Tambo, ANC President during his years in exile (1962-90). Together they hosted many conferences, protests and actions. He met a young, ill Desmond Tutu when visiting a hospital. In 1955 he was asked by CR to return to England. He returned in 1956 and published Naught for Your Comfort which was based on his personal experiences in South African anti-apartheid. He worked as the master of novices at CR’s Mirfield house in West Yorkshire for 2 year. He then worked at the Prior in London. 26th June 1959 he and Julius Nyerere(JN) addressed the founding meeting of the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM). He became vice-president (1961-81). Became Bishop of Masasi (Tanzania) where he worked and reorganized the mission schools to be run by the independent government of JN.(1960-8). Back in the UK he became Bishop of Stepney. In 1978, after 10 years in England, he was appointed Bishop of Mauritius and Archbishop of of the Province of the Indian Ocean. April elected president of AAM ( 1981-94) 1995 Patron for Action for Southern Africa (ASA) replaced AAM Knighted 1998 Bishop Trevor of Sophiatown died at Mirfield, West Yorkshire on 20th April 1998. His ashes were taken to Sophiatown. AAM S.A. History Online

John Richard Wimber was an American pastor, Christian author and musician. He was initially ordained as a Quaker minister. He became an early pioneering pastor of a charismatic congregation and a popular ideas leader in the modern Christian application of the miraculous signs and wonders of the Holy Spirit He was a founding member of the first Vineyard church which began in the USA but since 2017 now has a wider denomination John was born on 25th February 1934. He was talented musician playing the keyboard and as a vocalist. He played professionally from the age of 15 . Aged 19 he won first prize at the Lighthouse International Jazz Festival. He was part of a 5 member group called The Paramours- he played the keyboard. Two of the members, Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield , in 1962 became the musical duo The Righteous Brothers. He became a Christian at the age of 29 leaving behind the chain smoking , beer guzzling, drug abuse life, he and his wife had led. John immediately enrolled in Azusa Pacific College and majored in Biblical Studies. After graduating he was ordained a quaker minister and took a pastoral with a position with the Yorba Linda Friends Church. By 1970 he was leading 11 different Bible study groups that involved more than 500 people. He was the founding director of Church growth at Charles Fuller Institute of Evangelism (1974-8). He taught a course called Signs, Wonders and the Holy Spirit. Many experienced the presence day woof the Spirit for the first time John eventually left the Quaker denomination after being discouraged from operating in the gifts of the Spirit. He formed a house group which eventually became the Vineyard Christian Fellowship (VCF) of Anaheim in 1977. It quickly out grew his home to become the flagship of the Vineyard Movement. For a while they joined Calvary Chapel. He pastored VCF until 1994. They left Calvary chapel and joined a small group of churches started by Kenn Gulliksen. VCF became an international Vineyard Movement (VM). He was very outspoken about retaining authenticity and doing nothing for religious effect VM was well known for their music and for being against ‘dressing up’ for church. They were encouraged to wear jeans, shorts, sandals or whatever they felt comfortable in VM 's emphasis was church planting- the best form of evangelism. VM is rooted in both historic evangelism and charismatic renewal. During his lifetime and after his death the VM has established 1000s of churches across the USA and internationally. In later life (1985-97) he was plagued with health problems and died om 17th November 1997 from a brain aneurysm aged 63. John travelled the world, seeking to serve the Church by bringing renewal to many denominations. He taught and demonstrated that signs and wonders of the Holy Spirit were still for the present day. His teaching influenced many Christians both inside and out of the V M. Sources used Amazon Vineyard USA John Wimber Wikipedia

Philip Ryken is an American theologian, Presbyterian minister, and academic administrator. He is the eighth and current president of Wheaton College in Wheaton , Illinois. He was born on the 29th September 1966. Degrees B.A. for English literature and Philosophy from Wheaton College 1988 M.D. for Divinity Westminster Theological Seminary 1992 D.Ph. in Historical theology University of Oxford 1995 Philip joined the pastoral staff of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia in 1995 and was promoted to senior pastor in 2000 on the death of James Boice. February 2010 Wheaton College of Board of Trustees announced his selection as their 8th president. He took office on 1st July 2010 and formally inaugurated on 17th September 2010 at Edman chapel. He is on the council of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals which features his preaching on its weekly radio and internet broadcast Every Last Word (See information on ACE and Every last Word Radio). He serves as a board member for the Council of Christian Colleges and Universities, the Gospel Coalition, the Lausanne Movement and the National Association of Evangelicals. He maintains a full schedule of speaking engagements on and off campus. He has written over 50 books on a variety of Christian subjects. He has also co-authored a series of commentaries on individual books of the Bible with R. Kent Hughes. Together with his father Leland and James Wilmoit they wrote Ryken’s Bible Handbook. He met his Lisa while they were students at Wheaton The couple have 5 children. I have included information about Wheaton College. Sources used Amazon Wheaton College Wikipedia