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, of their orthodoxy or lack of it, or of their actions.  Readers are encouraged to suggest persons who should be included on this list.  This is a recurring segment in this blog.

Sadhu Sundar Singh: (b. 1889, India – d. 1929?)  Indian Christian missionary. Raised as a Sikh, educated at a Christian school, Singh wore the turban and ochre robes of a Hindu sadhu (ascetic).  The small Christian communities which he served in India and Tibet as an itinerant missionary called him “the apostle with the bleeding feet.”  He rejected western clothing and Anglican formality.  He said there were at least 24,000 secret Christians across India.  He was last seen in 1929 heading into Tibet for another missionary visit.

Artemas: This First Century Christian man is mentioned in Titus 3:12.  He was with Paul at Nicopolis (in modern Greece) and possibly later became the Bishop of Lystra (in what is now modern Turkey).

Heinrich Emil Brunner (b. 1889, Swizerland – d. 1966) Protestant Reformed neo-orthodox theologian, lecturer, university professor. He rejected liberal theology and insisted that Jesus was God incarnate and essential to salvation.

Harold John Ockenga: (b. 1905, Illinois, USA – d.1985)  Neo-Evangelical theologian, Congregational minister, seminary president, writer, helped form the National Association of Evangelicals.

Nympha: A Gentile woman, mentioned in Colossians 4:15, who had a house church at Laodicea (in modern Turkey).