Notable Alumni of Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York [Sorted List]

1. Floyd Wilcox

1886-1958 (aged 72)

Floyd Cleveland Wilcox was the third president of Shimer College, serving from 1930 to 1935. His leadership, though marked by controversy, saw the school through the most difficult years of the Great Depression. He oversaw the transition of the school's curriculum from a two-year to a four-year junior college program.

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2. William Clarke Whitford

1828-1902 (aged 74)

politician

William Clarke Whitford was an American educator, legislator, and pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist Church from Wisconsin.

3. Edward Doane

1820-1890 (aged 70)

missionary

Edward Topping Doane was an American Protestant missionary who served in Micronesia.

4. John Bunyan Reeve

1831-1916 (aged 85)

John Bunyan Reeve was a Presbyterian minister and professor at Howard University. In 1871 he organized the department of theology at Howard.

5. Andrew Leete Stone

1815-1892 (aged 77)

Andrew Leete Stone was an author, Civil War chaplain, and pastor of Park Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

6. Aaron Lucius Chapin

1817-1892 (aged 75)

Aaron Lucius Chapin was an American minister and the first president of Beloit College.

7. Charles Seymour Robinson

1829-1899 (aged 70)

writer editor

Charles Seymour Robinson, D.D., LL.D.,, was a pastor, and an editor and compiler of hymns.

8. Chester Lyman

1814-1890 (aged 76)

surveyor educator astronomer

Chester Smith Lyman was an American teacher, clergyman and astronomer.

9. Hans Mol

1922-2017 (aged 95)

university teacher sociologist

Johannis Jacob Mol was a Dutch-born sociologist and Professor Emeritus in Religious Studies at McMaster University. He was President of the International Sociological Association's Sociology of Religion Research Committee from 1974 to 1978. In 1978, Mol gave the Paine Lecture at the University of Missouri and was opening speaker at the International Conference for the Sociology of Religion in Tokyo,...

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10. Charles O. Gill

1868-1959 (aged 91)

American football player

Charles Otis Gill was an American Congregationalist clergyman and college football player and coach. Named to the 1889 All-America college football team as a player for Yale, Gill later served as head coach for the California and New Hampshire football programs, one season each. With Gifford Pinchot, Gill co-authored two influential books on the state of rural churches in the...

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11. Edwin Otway Burnham

1824-1873 (aged 49)

pastor

Rev Edwin Otway Burnham was a Congregational minister and missionary.

12. Sylvanus Stall

1847-1915 (aged 68)

sex educator

Sylvanus Stall was a United States Lutheran pastor, most famous for his 1897 sex education and anti-masturbation book What A Young Boy Ought To Know and its many sequels.

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13. Samuel Lucien Terrien

1911-2002 (aged 91)

biblical scholar professor

Samuel Lucien Terrien was a French-American Protestant theologian and biblical scholar. A professor at Union Theological Seminary for thirty-six years, he is known for his biblical commentary, particularly for his scholarly contributions to the study of Job and the Psalms in the Old Testament and for his book, The Elusive Presence (1978), in which he presented a new theology of...

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14. Matthew Meigs

1812-1889 (aged 77)

Matthew Kugler Meigs was an American educator, scholar, and Presbyterian clergyman. Although best known as the founder and principal (headmaster) of The Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Meigs also served a short term as U.S. Consul to Piraeus, Greece, pastored churches, and preceded his time at The Hill School with teaching posts at a variety of other secondary and university...

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15. Henry E. Brady

1947-. (aged 79)

university teacher researcher political scientist

Henry Eugene Brady is an American political scientist specializing in methodology and its application in a diverse array of political fields. He was Dean of the Goldman School of Public Policy at University of California, Berkeley from 2009–2021 and holds the Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Professor of Political Science and Public Policy. He was elected President of the American...

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16. Henry Martyn Baird

1832-1906 (aged 74)

historian writer

Henry Martyn Baird was an American historian and educator. He is best known as a historian of the Huguenots.

17. John Martin Thomas

1869-1952 (aged 83)

academic administrator

John Martin Thomas was an American academic administrator who served as the ninth president of Middlebury College, the ninth president of Penn State, and the twelfth president of Rutgers University.

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18. Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge

1867-1940 (aged 73)

university teacher essayist philosopher

Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge was a teacher at various American universities. Woodbridge considered himself a naïve realist, deeply impressed with Santayana. He spent much of his career as a dean (of the Faculties of Political Science, Philosophy, and Pure Science) at Columbia University, where a residence hall and a professorship in philosophy are named in his honor. He was editor...

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19. Debra Haffner

1954-. (aged 72)

sex educator

Debra W. Haffner is co-founder and president emerita of the Religious Institute, Inc. A sexologist and ordained Unitarian Universalist minister, she was the endorsed community minister with the Unitarian Church in Westport, Connecticut. Haffner retired from the Religious Institute on April 30, 2016. She became the settled minister at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Reston, Virginia in August 2016 and...

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20. J. T. Gulick

1832-1923 (aged 91)

missionary priest malacologist zoologist

John Thomas Gulick was an American missionary and naturalist from Hawaii. He was one of the pioneers of modern evolutionary thinking based on his studies of Hawaiian snails of the genus Achatinella. He was among the first to describe the formation of species through geographic separation of breeding populations. He developed early ideas on the founder effect and what is...

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21. Arthur Cushman McGiffert

1861-1933 (aged 72)

theologian

Arthur Cushman McGiffert, American theologian, was born in Sauquoit, New York, the son of a Presbyterian minister of Scots-Irish descent.

22. George Forell

1919-2011 (aged 92)

theologian

George Wolfgang Forell was the Carver Distinguished Chair of Religion in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Iowa. He was a scholar, author, and lecturer in the field of Christian ethics.

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23. William Weston Patton

1821-1889 (aged 68)

theologian songwriter academic administrator

William Weston Patton, was a Protestant preacher abolitionist, academic administrator, and scholar. He served as the fifth president of Howard University, and one of the contributors to the words of "John Brown's Body".

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24. Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer

1951-. (aged 75)

Jack Nelson-Pallmeyer is an American academic. He sought the endorsement of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party as a candidate for U.S. Senate in 2008, but was defeated by Al Franken.

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25. Charles McEwen Hyde

1832-1899 (aged 67)

missionary

Charles McEwen Hyde was a Congregationalist missionary who arrived in Hawaii in 1877. He was instrumental in establishing and supporting schools to educate and train the Hawaiian population of the time. Hyde mentored native Hawaiians who wanted to enter the Christian ministry, and he helped provide smallpox vaccinations for the population. He was a descendant of Scottish Covenanters, and one...

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26. Oscar De Los Santos

politician

Oscar De Los Santos is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives elected to represent District 11 in 2022.

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27. Ann Allebach

1874-1918 (aged 44)

sunday school teacher academic administrator pastor suffragette preacher

Ann Jemima Allebach was an American minister, educator and suffragette. She was the first woman ordained as a Mennonite minister in North America, on January 15, 1911. There was not another Mennonite woman ordained until 1973.

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28. Henry Harris Jessup

1832-1910 (aged 78)

writer diplomat journalist missionary journal editor

Henry Harris Jessup was an American Presbyterian missionary and author who devoted his distinguished career to evangelical missionary work in Syria (now Lebanon).

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29. Jean Lasserre

1908-1983 (aged 75)

theologian

Jean Lasserre was a pastor of the Reformed Church of France, a peace theologian, the travel secretary of the French branch of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation and the editor of the Cahiers de la Réconciliation, a French-language magazine. His book, The War and the Gospel (French original 1953) made him internationally known.

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30. Harvie Branscomb

1894-1998 (aged 104)

university teacher librarian academic administrator

Bennett Harvie Branscomb was an American theologian and academic administrator. He served as the fourth chancellor of Vanderbilt University, a private university in Nashville, Tennessee, from 1946 to 1963. Prior to his appointment at Vanderbilt, he was the director of the Duke University Libraries and dean of the Duke Divinity School. Additionally, he served as a professor of Christian theology...

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31. John Rousmaniere

1944-. (aged 82)

journalist

John Pierce Rousmaniere is an American writer and author of 30 historical. technical, and instructional books on sailing, yachting history, New York history, business history, and the histories of clubs, businesses, and other organizations. An authority on seamanship and boating safety, he has conducted tests of equipment and sailing skills and led or participated in fact-finding inquiries into boating accidents....

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32. Cain Hope Felder

1943-2019 (aged 76)

biblical scholar theologian

Cain Hope Felder was an American biblical scholar, serving as professor of New Testament language and literature and editor of The Journal of Religious Thought at the Howard University School of Divinity. He also served as chair of the Doctor of Philosophy program and immediate past chair of the Doctor of Ministry program. He had been on Howard's faculty from...

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33. V. C. Samuel

1912-1998 (aged 86)

theologian

Vilakuvelil Cherian Samuel, called Samuel Achen was an Indian Christian philosopher, scholar, university professor, theologian, historian, polyglot and ecumenical leader. He was a priest of the Malankara Orthodox Church. He was the author of many doctrinal books and papers including The Council of Chalcedon Re-Examined: Historical Theological Survey.

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34. Juhanon Mar Thoma

1893-1976 (aged 83)

writer

Juhanon Mar Thoma XVIII was the Metropolitan of the Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church from 1947–1976. He gave leadership to the church and at the same time actively participated in social and political arenas. He was respected by people from all walks of life, from all religions and from all age groups. He is remembered for providing the church with...

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35. George Richard Lunn

1873-1948 (aged 75)

politician

George Richard Lunn was an American Spanish-American War veteran, clergyman and politician from New York. He was the first Socialist mayor in the state of New York, a U.S. Representative from 1917 to 1919, and the lieutenant governor of New York from 1923 to 1924.

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36. Emily C. Hewitt

1944-. (aged 82)

judge Anglican priest

Emily Clark Hewitt is an American lawyer and minister who served as a judge and the chief judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.

37. John S. Edwards

1943-. (aged 83)

lawyer politician

John Saul Edwards is an American politician and lawyer. He served a member of the Senate of Virginia, representing the 21st district from 1996 to 2024.

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38. Katie Geneva Cannon

1950-2018 (aged 68)

theologian religious leader

Katie Geneva Cannon was an American Christian theologian and ethicist associated with womanist theology and black theology. In 1974 she became the first African-American woman ordained in the United Presbyterian Church (USA).

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39. Allen Wright

1826-1885 (aged 59)

translator Bible translator

Allen Wright was Principal Chief of the Choctaw Republic from late 1866 to 1870. He had been ordained as a Presbyterian minister in 1852 after graduating from Union Theological Seminary in New York City. He was very active in the Choctaw government, holding several elected positions. He has been credited with the name Oklahoma (Choctaw word meaning "Home of the...

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40. William Scott Ament

1851-1909 (aged 58)

missionary

William Scott Ament was a missionary to China for the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) from 1877, and was known as the "Father of Christian Endeavor in China." Ament became prominent as a result of his activism during the Boxer Uprising and controversial in its aftermath because of the personal attacks on him by American writer Mark...

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41. Richard A. Muller

1948-. (aged 78)

theologian

Richard A. Muller is an American historian of theology and professor emeritus at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A leading scholar of Reformation and post-Reformation thought, he is best known for his work on Reformed scholasticism and Protestant orthodoxy, particularly through his multi-volume study Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics. Muller has taught at Fuller Theological Seminary and served on the...

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42. Ian Doescher

1977-. (aged 49)

novelist science fiction writer writer

Ian Doescher /ˈdɛʃər/ is an American fiction writer, best known as the author of the plays in the William Shakespeare's Star Wars series, parodic retellings of George Lucas's Star Wars films (1977–2005) in blank verse and 16th-century style of William Shakespeare.

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43. José Míguez Bonino

1924-2012 (aged 88)

university teacher theologian pastor

José Míguez Bonino was an Argentine Methodist theologian.

44. James A. Forbes

1935-. (aged 91)

theologian religious leader

James Alexander Forbes Jr. is the Senior Minister Emeritus of the Riverside Church, an interdenominational church on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, New York City. He was the first African American minister to lead this multicultural congregation, and served it for 18 years.

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45. James Wyatt

1968-. (aged 58)

novelist role-playing game designer writer

James Wyatt is a game designer and former United Methodist minister. He works for Wizards of the Coast, where he has designed supplements and adventures for the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) roleplaying game. He is the author of sci-fi and fantasy novels, including Forgotten Realms books, and the 4th edition Dungeon Master's Guide.

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46. Malcolm Boyd

1923-2015 (aged 92)

Anglican priest author non-fiction writer

Malcolm Boyd was an American Episcopal priest and author. He was active in the Civil Rights Movement as one of the Freedom Riders in 1961 and as a minister. Boyd was also active in the anti-Vietnam War movement. In 1977, Boyd "came out", revealing that he was homosexual and becoming a spokesman for gay rights.

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47. Henry Sloane Coffin

1877-1954 (aged 77)

theologian

Henry Sloane Coffin was president of the Union Theological Seminary, Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, and one of the most famous ministers in the United States. He was also one of the translators of the popular hymn "O Come, O Come Emmanuel", along with John Mason Neale.

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48. Charles Augustus Briggs

1841-1913 (aged 72)

university teacher cleric theologian writer librarian

Charles Augustus Briggs, American Presbyterian (and later Episcopalian) scholar and theologian, was born in New York City, the son of Alanson Briggs and Sarah Mead Berrian. He was excommunicated from the Presbyterian Church for heresy due to his liberal theology regarding the Bible.

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49. Mark Hanson

1946-. (aged 80)

pastor

Mark S. Hanson is an American bishop who served as the third Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Before being elected presiding bishop, he served as bishop of the Saint Paul Area Synod as well as pastor of three Minnesota congregations: Prince of Glory Lutheran Church, Minneapolis; Edina Community Lutheran Church; and University Lutheran Church of Hope...

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50. Ibuka Kajinosuke

1854-1940 (aged 86)

samurai pastor

Ibuka Kajinosuke was a Japanese samurai of the late Edo period, who became a Christian during the Meiji period. He was born in Aizu, and fought in the Boshin War. In his adult life, he also became an ordained minister, and was an educator.

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51. David P. Gushee

1962-. (aged 64)

historian ethicist

David P. Gushee is a Christian ethicist, Baptist pastor, author, professor, and public intellectual. Growing up, Gushee attended and completed his college years at College of William and Mary in 1984. After college, he received his Ph.D. in Christian ethics from Union Theological Seminary in 1993. Among the titles listed, Gushee has shown hard work and dedication in different parts...

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52. Mark Juergensmeyer

1940-. (aged 86)

historian university teacher

Mark Juergensmeyer is an American sociologist and scholar specialized in global studies and religious studies, and a writer best known for his studies on comparative religion, religious violence, and global religion. He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Global Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and William F. Podlich Distinguished Fellow and Professor of Religious Studies at...

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53. Muriel Duckworth

1908-2009 (aged 101)

politician activist

Muriel Helen Duckworth CM ONS was a Canadian pacifist, feminist, and social and community activist. She was a practising Quaker, a religious denomination committed to non-violence. Duckworth maintained that war, with its systematic violence against women and children, is a major obstacle to social justice. She argued that money spent on armaments perpetuates poverty while reinforcing the power of privileged...

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54. Walter Wink

1935-2012 (aged 77)

university teacher theologian

Walter Philip Wink was an American Biblical scholar, theologian, and activist who was an important figure in Progressive Christianity. Wink spent much of his career teaching at Auburn Theological Seminary in New York City. He was well known for his advocacy of and work related to nonviolent resistance and his seminal works on "The Powers", Naming the Powers (1984), Unmasking...

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55. Conrad Tillard

1964-. (aged 62)

religious leader politician Christian minister activist imam

Conrad Bennette Tillard is an American Baptist minister, radio host, activist, politician, and author.

56. William H. Hudnut III

1932-2016 (aged 84)

politician

William Herbert Hudnut III was an American politician, author, and minister who served as the mayor of Indianapolis for four terms (from 1976 to 1992); the mayor of Chevy Chase, Maryland for one term (from 2004 to 2006); and a member of the United States House of Representatives from Indiana for one term (from 1973 to 1975). A Republican, his...

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57. Emil Brunner

1889-1966 (aged 77)

university teacher theologian

Heinrich Emil Brunner was a Swiss Reformed theologian. Along with Karl Barth, he is commonly associated with neo-orthodoxy or the dialectical theology movement.

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58. A. J. Muste

1885-1967 (aged 82)

pastor teacher theologian trade unionist

Abraham Johannes Muste was a Dutch-born American clergyman and political activist. He is best remembered for his work in the labor movement, the pacifist movement, the anti-war movement, and the civil rights movement in the United States.

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59. Homer Hulbert

1863-1949 (aged 86)

missionary

Homer Bezaleel Hulbert was an American educator, missionary, historian, journalist, linguist, and Korean independence activist. Although a U.S. citizen, much of his professional life and scholarly work was devoted to Korea, where he became closely involved in education, language reform, historical scholarship, and diplomatic advocacy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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60. Marcus Borg

1942-2015 (aged 73)

writer biblical scholar professor theologian

Marcus Joel Borg was an American New Testament scholar and theologian. He was among the most widely known and influential voices in Liberal Christianity. Borg was a fellow of the Jesus Seminar and a major figure in historical Jesus scholarship. He retired as Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University in 2007. He died eight years...

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61. John Sung

1901-1944 (aged 43)

missionary

John Sung Shang Chieh also John Sung, was a renowned Chinese Christian evangelist who played an instrumental role in the revival movement among the Chinese in mainland China, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia during the 1920s and 1930s.

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62. John Batchelor

1948-. (aged 78)

writer science fiction writer

John Calvin Batchelor is an American author and the host of Eye on the World on the CBS Audio Network. The show is a hard-news-analysis radio program on current events, world history, global politics and natural sciences.

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63. Andrea Smith

1966-. (aged 60)

designer illustrator intellectual

Andrea Lee Smith is an American academic, feminist, and activist. Smith's work has primarily focused on issues of violence against women of color and their communities, specifically Native American women. Formerly an assistant professor of American Culture and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, she is also a co-founder of INCITE! Women of Color Against...

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64. Norman Thomas

1884-1968 (aged 84)

peace activist civil rights advocate socialist politician

Norman Mattoon Thomas was an American Presbyterian minister, political activist, and perennial candidate for president. He achieved fame as a socialist and pacifist, and was the Socialist Party of America's candidate for president in six consecutive elections between 1928 and 1948.

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65. Frederick Buechner

1926-2022 (aged 96)

autobiographer theologian novelist poet religious writer

Carl Frederick Buechner was an American author, Presbyterian minister, preacher, and theologian. The author of thirty-nine published books, his career spanned more than six decades and encompassed many different genres. He wrote novels, including Godric (1981 Pulitzer Prize finalist), A Long Day's Dying and The Book of Bebb, his memoirs, including The Sacred Journey, and theological works, such as Secrets...

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66. Claudia de la Cruz

1981-. (aged 45)

Christian theologian

Claudia De la Cruz is an American left-wing activist who was the Party for Socialism and Liberation nominee for president of the United States in the 2024 election.

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67. Karenna Gore Schiff

1973-. (aged 53)

journalist lawyer

Karenna Aitcheson Gore is an American author, lawyer, and climate activist. She is the eldest daughter of former U.S. vice president Al Gore and Tipper Gore and is the founder and executive director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary.

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68. Raphael Warnock

1969-. (aged 57)

pastor writer politician

Raphael Gamaliel Warnock is an American politician and Baptist pastor serving as the junior United States senator from Georgia, a seat he has held since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Warnock has been the senior pastor of Atlanta's Ebenezer Baptist Church since 2005.

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69. David Dellinger

1915-2004 (aged 89)

pacifist peace activist political activist trade unionist

David T. Dellinger was an American pacifist and an activist for nonviolent social change. Although active beginning in the early 1940s, Dellinger reached peak prominence as one of the Chicago Seven, who were put on trial in 1969.

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70. Melissa Harris-Perry

1973-. (aged 53)

political scientist writer university teacher pundit journalist

Melissa Victoria Harris-Perry, formerly known as Melissa Victoria Harris-Lacewell, is an American writer, professor, television host, and political commentator with a focus on African-American politics. Harris-Perry hosted the Melissa Harris-Perry weekend news on MSNBC from 2012 to February 27, 2016.

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71. Rollo May

1909-1994 (aged 85)

psychologist psychotherapist writer

Rollo Reece May was an American existential psychologist and author of the influential book Love and Will (1969). He is often associated with humanistic psychology and existentialist philosophy, and alongside Viktor Frankl, was a major proponent of existential psychotherapy. The philosopher and theologian Paul Tillich was a close friend who had a significant influence on his work.

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72. George Ashmore Fitch

1883-1979 (aged 96)

missionary

George Ashmore Fitch was an American Presbyterian missionary that lived and worked in China, southern Korea, and Taiwan. Fitch notably smuggled out of Nanjing some of the only known reels of film that documented the Nanjing Massacre.

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73. George Carleton Lacy

1888-1951 (aged 63)

priest

George Carleton Lacy was an American Methodist missionary and the last Methodist bishop in mainland China.

74. William Hung

1982-. (aged 44)

singer actor poker player

William Hung, was a Chinese historian and sinologist who taught for many years at Yenching University, Peking, which was China's leading Christian university, and at Harvard University. He is known for bringing modern standards of scholarship to the study of Chinese classical writings, for editing the Harvard-Yenching Index Series, and for his biography of Du Fu, Tu Fu: China's Greatest...

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75. Samuel McChord Crothers

1857-1927 (aged 70)

Christian minister essayist writer

Samuel McChord Crothers was an American Unitarian minister with The First Parish in Cambridge. He was a popular essayist.

76. Suzan Johnson Cook

1957-. (aged 69)

writer television producer pastor politician

Suzan Denise Johnson Cook is a U.S. presidential advisor, pastor, theologian, author, activist, and academic who served as the United States Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom under The Obama Administration from April 2011 to October 2013. She has served as a policy advisor to President Bill Clinton and later to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Henry Cisneros, a...

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77. Helen Flanders Dunbar

1902-1959 (aged 57)

psychiatrist physician

Helen Flanders Dunbar — later known as H. Flanders Dunbar — is an important early figure in U.S. psychosomatic medicine and psychobiology, as well as being an important advocate of physicians and clergy co-operating in their efforts to care for the sick. She viewed the patient as a combination of the psyche and soma, body and soul. Both needed to...

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78. Lisa Oz

1963-. (aged 63)

manufacturer screenwriter presenter actor radio personality

Lisa Oz is an American author and radio and television personality who has been an occasional co-host of The Dr. Oz Show. She has appeared on the Oprah and Friends XM radio telecasts. Oz has authored or co-authored several books, including the You: The Owner's Manual series, and is host of The Lisa Oz Show.

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79. Cheryl D. Miller

1952-. (aged 74)

writer designer

Cheryl D. Holmes Miller is an American graphic designer, Christian minister, writer, artist, theologian, and decolonizing historian. She is known for her contributions to racial and gender equality in the graphic design field, and establishing one of the first black-women-owned design firms in New York City in 1984.

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80. Francis L. Garrett

1919-1992 (aged 73)

military personnel

Francis Leonard Garrett was a Rear Admiral and Chief of Chaplains of the United States Navy.

81. Myles Horton

1905-1990 (aged 85)

educator teacher

Myles Falls Horton was an American educator, socialist, and co-founder of the Highlander Folk School, famous for its role in the Civil Rights Movement (Movement leader James Bevel called Horton "The Father of the Civil Rights Movement"). Horton taught and heavily influenced most of the era's leaders. They included Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks (who studied with Horton shortly...

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82. Richard L. Pratt, Jr

1953-. (aged 73)

theologian

Richard Linwood Pratt Jr. is an American theologian, author, and founder and President of Third Millennium Ministries. Pratt claims that Third Millennium was launched in response to the lack of training of Christian leaders around the world, and that "where the church is growing the fastest, those Christian leaders have the least amount of training". The stated aim of Third...

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83. Freeman Patterson

1937-. (aged 89)

photographer writer

Freeman Wilford Patterson CM ONB is a Canadian nature photographer and writer. He lives at Shamper's Bluff, New Brunswick. Patterson has authored several books on photographic techniques and theory, as well as on his nature photography.

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84. Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1906-1945 (aged 39)

theologian philosopher resistance fighter pastor poet

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, neo-orthodox theologian and anti-Nazi dissident who was a key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential; his 1937 book The Cost of Discipleship is described as a modern classic. Apart from his theological writings, Bonhoeffer was known for his staunch resistance...

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85. Ernest Lyon

1860-1930 (aged 70)

diplomat

Ernest A. Lyon was an African-American minister, educator and diplomat.