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.

Anna Truan Dobson: (b. Tennessee) Anna Truan, the daughter of Swiss immigrants,  was fluent in French and English and held two college degrees.   She married Presbyterian minister Frederick Fee Dobson in 1896, with whom she served as a  missionary to the American Indians in Oklahoma.   Pastor Dobson is believed by his family to have written the first dictionary of the Cherokee language but the document has not survived.

Richard Wayne Pennyman: (b. 1952, Georgia; aka: Little Richard) Rock n’ Roll pianist and singer, composer, gospel music singer, Seventh Day Adventist minister.  He is listed in numerous Halls of Fame including the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1986).

Phoebe Worrall Palmer (b. 1807 – d. 1874) One of the founders of the modern Holiness movement..

Karl Edvard Ersson: (b. 1867, Sweden – d. 1944; aka: Karl Edvard Laman) Mission Covenant Church of Sweden.  Missionary and ethnographer in the kingdom of Kongo (1891-1919).  He translated the majority of the Bible into kiKongo and published a kiKongo grammar.

Kagawa Toyohiko: (b. 1888, Japan – d. 1960) Japanese pacifist, evangelist, social reformer, women’s suffragist, agricultural reformer, anti-prostitution activist, labor activist, advocate for the poor, writer.  Kagawa founded schools, hospitals, and churches.  He stressed that Christianity in action was the truth of the Christian doctrines.  He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature in 1947 and 1948 and the Nobel Peace prize in 1954 and 1955.