Great Christians - living like Jesus

Which Christian man or woman, whether alive now or not, but excluding Bible characters, has been the greatest inspiration to you?

We invited our fellowship to make their nominations for inclusion in our list of Great Christians. The complete list of nine nominations is given below.

Nominations for Great Christians
Name Rank
Dietrich Bonhoeffer 6
Paul Brand 3
St Francis of Assisi 9
Emily Jane Kempster 7
Martin Luther King 2
C S Lewis 4
Charles Haddon Spurgeon 5
Joni Eareckson Tada 8
Mother Teresa of Calcutta 1
Note: The names are listed above in alphabetical order.
Rank gives the order established by local voting.

In the first three months of 2004, we learnt about each of these Great Christians - their stories were told during our morning services by a local advocate who said why that person is for them a Great Christian, what it is about them which has inspired them. That information, as presented in the church service, has also been posted on this website - it is accessible by clicking on names in the table above.

Obviously there are many people who might have been chosen for inclusion in this list - but, for whatever reason, those listed above are those chosen by our members as those Christians who have been a particular inspiration to them.

At the end of the series, when all the Great Christians had been presented by their advocates, we had a vote by our local fellowship on which of the people nominated was the greatest inspiration for them. The results of the local vote are posted above on this page.

So ....who is, or has been, for you, a Great Christian? And which of our candidates has been, for you, the greatest inspiration?