365 Christian Men

November 15. Jared Emerson. Jared is a star performer and artist, and he presents regularly at business and corporate gatherings—and for faith-based groups. He says, "My journey across my canvas is one of faith and love—and above all, an expression of my love of God. Whether it's a live performance or a personal, intimate sitting, my goal is […] The post Jared Emerson, US, Interactive Artist first...

November 14. Michael Franzese. Back when Michael was a notorious mob boss, he was earning about $5 to $8 million a week from businesses—legal and illegal. Who would have guessed that he would spend the best years of his life speaking to people all over, encouraging them, and telling them about Jesus Christ? Here's how it happened.  Your […] The post Michael Franzese, US, Author first appeared on 3...

November 13. Brian Luoma. Brian holds a bachelor's degree in forestry and has completed the University of Tennessee's Executive Development Program. Since 2017, he has been the President and CEO of Westervelt Company, which provides high-quality products and services while striving to protect and preserve the natural resources. On this date in 2010, Brian was […] The post Brian Luoma, US, Entrepre...

November 12. Reinhard Bonnke. On this date in 2017, 77-year-old evangelist Bonnke preached his last crusade. In his lifetime, he had led more than 78 million people to Christ.  He preached across the African continent with week-long rallies, droves of people, big tents, effective PA systems, and local-language translators. Sometimes, at the end of a talk, he asked […] The post Reinhard Bonnke, US,...

November 11. Charles Stanley. Stanley is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta and founder of In Touch Ministries. His popular radio and television broadcast, "In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley," can literally be heard around the globe in every nation and in more than 50 languages.  Twice, he has been president of the Southern Baptist Convention. His mission is "to […] The post Char...

November 10. William "Dabo" Swinney. Since 2009, Dabo has coached Clemson University's Fighting Tigers, the same school John Heisman coached in 1900. And Dabo is the first coach in program history to lead Clemson to multiple national championships.  In 2018, the Tigers became the first major college football team since the Penn Quakers in 1897 to finish a season 15–0.  Twice, Dabo has been ACC Coa...

November 9. William Bradford. In England in the early 17th century, a group of people longed to break free of government-controlled religion and serve God from their hearts. They were called Separatists. Though they endured terrible persecution, they refused to give up.  But when their young people started to be drawn away by people in Holland, Bradford warned that their children […] The post Will...

November 8. Nicolaus Copernicus. After Copernicus earned a doctorate in church law, he became a church administrator and a medical doctor. For fun, he studied, and that included astronomy.  By 1514, he was widely known as an expert in astronomy, and church leaders sought his help in reforming the Julian calendar. He was the first to propose that […] The post Nicolaus Copernicus, Poland, Astronomer...

November 7. John Jay. In the colonies, Jay was a successful lawyer. Three years after the Declaration of Independence was signed, he served as president of the Continental Congress, which coordinated the American colonies' resistance to Britain during the first years of the Revolutionary War.   The young government sent Jay to Spain to get their government to recognize […] The post John Jay, US, S...

November 6. Chuck Colson. On this date in 1969, Colson was appointed Special Counsel to President Nixon, and some people referred to him as Nixon's "hatchet man." After the Watergate scandal, after coming to know Jesus the Christ, Colson founded Prison Fellowship.  It has since become the United States's largest Christian nonprofit that serves prisoners, former prisoners, and their families and is...

November 5. John G. Paton. Two weeks after John married Mary, the young couple headed for the mission field—an island full of people who carried spears, wore only paint, and sometimes dined on their fellow islanders. On this date in 1858, John arrived on Tanna, a New Hebrides Island.  Some months later, John and Mary had a son. Within another month, mother and baby were […] The post John G. Paton,...

November 4. Peter Waldo. Waldo never meant to start his own movement. It just happened that when he came to know and love Christ, he immersed himself in Scripture. And when what went on in Church didn't match up with what went on in Scripture, Waldo refused to keep quiet.  When an archbishop rebuked him, Waldo went to […] The post Peter Waldo, France, Forerunner of the Reformation first appeared o...

November 3. Rob Prince. On this date in 2013, Rob became the lead pastor for Central Church of the Nazarene in Flint, Michigan—where the auto industry has taken multiple serious hits. There's still lead in the drinking water in a lot of homes, and Rob experiences more pain in a week than many people have in a lifetime. But he is one of the most […] The post Rob Prince, US, Pastor first appeared on...

November 2. James Dobson. Dobson is a world-famous psychologist. He founded Focus on the Family and started the radio broadcast "Family Talk." On this date in 1981, "Family Talk" first became a daily thirty-minute program.  Today, it's heard on more than 1,300 stations around the world. More than 5 million people follow Dobson on social media, and he has published 34 books.  Dobson likes to tell a...

November 1. James M Gray. After DL Moody died, Gray was the first president of Moody Bible Institute, assuming the role in steps—dean to co-ordinate dean to president.  From 1904, when Gray was appointed dean, to 1931, the number of students at Moody increased 1,464 percent, and its assets grew 1,444 percent. Gray also established Moody's still-popular radio ministry: Station WENR.  Gray taught an...

October 31. Martin Luther. Luther had a painful, rocky start. When he was 13, he started university to study law, but fear, superstition, and a strict conscience combined to change his course, and he became a monk, and later a priest.  He was ordered to earn a doctorate in Bible and became a professor at […] The post Martin Luther, Germany, Priest first appeared on 365 Christian Men .

October 30. George Fox. In his diary, Fox wrote that the Lord showed him: "being bred at Oxford or Cambridge was not enough to qualify men to be ministers of Christ … then the Lord … let me see His love, which was endless and eternal, … and that love let me see myself, as I was without Him."   This upset Fox's world, and for the next years, […] The post George Fox, England, Minister first appeared...

October 29. Keith C. Smith. Single moms and fatherless sons live with a gaping hole. Stand by them. This is the burden that drove Keith's passion and shaped his life.  Single moms and fatherless sons live with a gaping hole. Stand by them.  Twenty-three-year old Keith tapped on the driver's-side window of his sister Sandy's car. He shivered; night-time temperatures dropped quickly […] The post Kei...

October 28. William Wilberforce. Wilberforce was a teen from a wealthy family at the time when—every year—English businessmen kidnapped 35,000 to 50,000 African people and sold them as property. After Wilberforce became a true Christian, he saw a purpose for his life.  He said, "So enormous, so dreadful, so irremediable did the [slave] trade's wickedness […] The post William Wilberforce, UK, Polit...

October 27. Billy Sunday. Billy grew up in a log cabin in Iowa, where  ten members of his family—including his father, died before Billy turned ten. His mother had to send her remaining children to live in the Soldier's Orphan Home. But thanks to the love of his brother and Billy's love for baseball, he still became a star.  With the Chicago White Stockings in 1883, Billy struck […] The post Billy...

October 26. Rory Lee Feek. Rory is an American country-music singer and songwriter. He has written songs for artists such as Clay Walker, Tracy Byrd, and Blake Shelton.  Rory has always been diligent about what he was called to do, but in the four years after the loss of his wife Joey, Rory raised funding and built a one-room school house on […] The post Rory Feek, US, Singer, Songwriter first app...

October 25. Francis Asbury. Although Asbury suffered much and was often ill, on this date in 1773, after nearly dying, he miraculously rebounded.  Asbury spent 45 years in the colonies and the newly independent United States as a circuit-riding preacher, a minister, and a bishop. It is estimated that he ordained 2,000 ministers and rode more than 130,000 miles […] The post Francis Asbury, Britain,...

October 24. Bruce Olson. Bruce is a Scandinavian American Christian missionary best known for his work in bringing Christianity to the Motilone Indians of Colombia and Venezuela. But on his very first trip into the jungle, Bruce walked in circles for hours, and when he stopped for the night, he had no machete, not even a tool to open his can of sardines.  He sat on the […] The post Bruce Olson, US...

October 23. Nate "The Great" Marquardt. Nate is a Mixed Martial Arts champion, and in Colorado, he founded a Martial Arts gym that produces champions.  Among other things, Nate has held multiple MMA titles, including the Strikeforce Welterweight Championship. Nate has black belts in four different martial arts.  He also appeared in the 2011 movie "Warrior."  About his faith, Nate said, "I learned...

October 22. Charles Finney. Finney was a lawyer turned preacher, and many people thought his preaching sounded more like legal arguments than sermons.  He became a missionary in upstate New York. But when a man said he was pleased with Finney's sermons, the preacher was distressed. He didn't want to be pleasing; he wanted to be effective. So, at the end of a sermon, he challenged the […] The post...