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MyRescueKittehRocks
JohanusCalvinusLibertas
Junior Chimp
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« on: April 26, 2016, 05:47:13 PM »

Peter
Paul
John
Philip (at least the story of him baptizing the eunuch)
Martin Luther
John & Charles Wesley
Billy Graham
Martin Luther King Jr.
Jonathan Daniels
Desmond Ford
Fanny Crosby
Sundar Singh
Mother Teresa
St. Therese of Lisieux
Wilhelm Löhe
My uncle, who is an LCMS minister

There are plenty of others I could think of, but I'm not sure how they were particularly influential on my personal faith.  And there are probably plenty of non-Christians I could add as well; for the purposes of this list, I only included people who actually were Christians.

I would count them as Christians, albeit very heterodox.

I'm impressed you know who Sundar Singh is. He has influenced some within my circles.
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MyRescueKittehRocks
JohanusCalvinusLibertas
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2016, 10:44:08 AM »

Within the past 500 years or so and why

1. John Wesley (soteriology)
2. Zwingli (view on communion)
3. Menno Simons (baptism, nonviolence)
4. Nicklaus Zinzendorf (prayer, missions, small groups)
5. Martin Luther King (nonviolent petition of civil authorities to uphold rights of the citizen regardless of ethnic or racial difference)
6. John Calvin (Sovreginity of God)
7. Don Gifford (pastor during my formative years, sanctification)
8. Randy Blankenship (current pastor, marriage and family, biblical worldview)
9. Mike Bickle (prayer, insight on Song of Solomon)
10. Lou Engle (prayer, evangelism)
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