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FAITH LEADERS
Joseph Prince
May 15 1963 - Present (Modern Era)
Joseph Prince spent his primary school years in Malaysia and went on to become an IT consultant. He later, however, changed his career path to minister and changed his name. He was appointed senior pastor in 1990 and later preached at churches in Australia,...
Joseph Smith
1805 - 1844 (Great Awakening)
When Joseph Smith was 12 years old, his family moved to Western New York, the center point of the Second Great Awakening. The family attended camp meetings and dabbled in spiritualism; his parents both believed they received messages from God through dreams....
Joyce Meyer
June 4 1943 - Present (Modern Era)
Joyce Meyer was born Pauline Joyce Hutchinson in south St. Louis in 1943. She still speaks with a working class St. Louis accent. She founded her own ministry in 1985 and initially called it "Life in the Word." During the same year, she began airing her...
Julian of Norwich
November 8, 1342 - 1416 (Renaissance)
Julian of Norwich’s "Revelations of Divine Love," written in 1395, is the earliest known English-language book by a woman. In it, she speaks of God as father and mother, emphasizing God’s love and compassion, returning again and again to the...
Justin Welby
January 6, 1956 - Present
Justin Portal Welby is the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury and the most senior bishop in the Church of England. He was the vicar of Southam, Warwickshire and the Bishop of Durham for a short time. He was educated at the University of Cambridge and received...
Karl Barth
May 10, 1886–December 10, 1968 (Modern Era)
Karl Barth was born May 10, 1886 in Basel, Switzerland. He began his time as a pastor, but rejected both the liberal theology of 19th century Europe and more conservative forms of Christainity. Instead, he began creative a new path in which God's...
Kenneth Copeland
December 6 1936 - Present (Modern Era)
Kenneth Max Copeland was born in Lubbock, Texas. He grew up near a United States Army Air Forces airfield which inspired him to become a pilot. He converted to Christianity in November 1962 after working as a recording artist, pilot and chauffeur for Oral...
Ketut Wiana
(Modern Era)
Ketut Wiana is a prominent Hindu scholar in Indonesia and considered one of the foremost scholars of Hindu theology alive in the 21st century. His speciality is Balinese Hinduism, a form of monotheistic Hinduism that is, as the name suggests, practiced by...
Krishna
Krishna is one of the most popular deities in Hinduism. Depending on the tradition, he is usually worshipped as either the eighth avatara of the Supreme God Vishnu or seen as being the Supreme God in his own right. According to Hindu tradition, Krishna was...
L. Ron Hubbard
March 11, 1911 - January 24, 1986 (Modern Era)
Lafayette Ronald Hubbard was born in Tilden, Nebraska, the son of U.S. Naval officer, and the family moved a number of times in his childhood. His father's position in the Navy enabled Hubbard to travel widely during his youth. His first international...
Laozi
4th-6th century BCE (The Ancient Era)
Laozi's biography is based on legend. Many contemporary historians, in both the West and the East, believe that as an historical figure Laozi never existed at all. The first record of a biography of Laozi dates around 100 BCE. Within this biography are two...
Leith Anderson
1944 -
Leith Anderson is president emeritus of the National Association of Evangelicals and Baptist pastor emeritus of Wooddale Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, after serving as senior pastor from 1977 through 2011.
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