Christians

At some time during their lives, the following people have publicly identified themselves as Christian. Inclusion in this list does not indicate approval or disapproval of the person, their religious beliefs, or their actions. This is a recurring segment in this blog.

Joel D. Smith: Christian academy schoolteacher, church planter, summer camp campground chaplain, pastor, and supply preacher. His website is the humorous and at the same time entirely serious, Preacher in a Can.
http://preacherinacan.com/

Michael Sweet: (b. 1963, California, USA) Songwriter, vocalist, guitarist bassist, and drummer in the Christian Glam Metal rock band, Stryper. He also sand for the rock band Boston.

Mosab Hassan Yousef: (b. 1978, West Bank; aka: Joseph) Son of a Hamas leader, he became a Christian and was disowned by his family. Later, he became a secret agent for Israel. In 2010, he applied for political asylum in the United States but his request was initially rejected by the State Department and then later approved.

Mary Flannery O’Connor: (b. 1925, Georgia, USA – d. 1964) Novelist, short story writer, essayist. She was a Roman Catholic.

Francis V. J. Arundell (b. 1833) Archeologist, British chaplain in Smyrna (Izmir, Turkey). He discovered the site of the ancient city of “Antioch in Pisidia” (Acts 13:14) near modern Yalovach, Turkey.