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 Charles
Monroe Sheldon believed in living
one's life according to the principle of
"What Would Jesus Do?" According
to Sheldon, every situation in which someone
found himself could be handled easily by simply
acting as Jesus would, even if doing so meant
lowering one's social standing or popularity. |
 Henry
Ward Beecher was known for using his pulpit to speak out on issues
of the day, especially slavery. A strong opponent
of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, he launched a
fund-raising drive to purchase rifles to arm
anti-slavery forces in the territories; those
rifles became known as "Beecher
Bibles." |
 Pope
Leo X Giovanni de Medici was
destined for the Church from a very early age,
and was made a Cardinal at the age of 14. As
Pope, he is best remembered for instituting a
number of practices that led Martin Luther to
criticize the Church, which in turn led to the
Protestant Reformation. |
 Desmond Mpilo
Tutu is most known to
the world through his efforts to rid South Africa
of apartheid -- a government-sanctioned system of
segregating whites and blacks in almost all
matters of public life. Tutu emphasized that the
only way South African blacks could rid
themselves of apartheid was through peaceful
means. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for
his work in 1984. |
 Charles
Wendell Colson pled guilty to
obstruction of justice during the Watergate
Scandal and spent seven months in federal prison.
After his release he published Born Again,
in which he documented his conversion to
Christianity. He used the royalties from this
book to found Prison Fellowship Ministries, which
has helped thousands of prisoners and their
families live better lives. |
 George Fox
left home at the age of 18 to seek
spiritual enlightenment. In 1647, after
experiencing a series of visions and voices from
God, he began preaching to anyone who would
listen, and soon began attracting followers. He
founded the Society of Friends that same year,
and by 1654 was spreading his message around the
world. |
