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Think about the giants of the Christian faith over the past 500 years "of whom the world was not worthy".  People like:
Think about the giants of the Christian faith over the past 500 years "of whom the world was not worthy".  People like:


*John Wycliffe (1331–1384), English philosopher, theologian, lay preacher and translator (responsible for 80% of the King James version of the Bible)
*John Wycliffe (1331–1384), English philosopher, theologian, Bible translator and reformer
*Martin Luther (1483–1546), German priest and professor of theology who was a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation
*Martin Luther (1483–1546), German priest and professor of theology who was a seminal figure in the Protestant Reformation
*Menno Simons (1496–1561),  Anabaptist religious leader from the Friesland region of the Netherlands
*Menno Simons (1496–1561),  Anabaptist religious leader from the Friesland region of the Netherlands
*William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536), first published use of the term evangelical in English (1531)
*William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536), English scholar and translator, convicted of heresy and executed by strangulation (majority of the King James version of the Bible was derived from his work)  
*John Bunyan (1628–1688), persecuted English Puritan Baptist preacher and author of Pilgrim's Progress
*John Bunyan (1628–1688), persecuted English Puritan Baptist preacher and author of Pilgrim's Progress
*Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), American Puritan theologian and preacher in the First Great Awakening
*Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), American Puritan theologian and preacher in the First Great Awakening
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*Charles Wesley (1707–1788), English clergyman; brother of John Wesley, hymnwriter of Methodism
*Charles Wesley (1707–1788), English clergyman; brother of John Wesley, hymnwriter of Methodism
*George Whitefield (1714–1770), English clergyman; early Methodist preacher and associate of John Wesley
*George Whitefield (1714–1770), English clergyman; early Methodist preacher and associate of John Wesley
*C. T. Studd (1860–1931, British missionary
*John Newton (1725–1807), Scottish clergyman, author of Amazing Grace
*John Newton (1725–1807), Scottish clergyman, author of Amazing Grace
*William Cowper (1731–1800), English poet/author of numerous hymns, including "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood"
*William Cowper (1731–1800), English poet/author of numerous hymns, including "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood"
*Francis Asbury (1745–1816), founder of the Methodist Episcopal Church
*William Wilberforce (1759–1833), worked to abolish slavery in the British Empire
*William Wilberforce (1759–1833), worked to abolish slavery in the British Empire
*Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875), preacher in the Second Great Awakening, advocate of "New Measures"
*Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875), preacher in the Second Great Awakening, advocate of "New Measures"