Christian Leaders
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This section is given to short, one-paragraph biographies of current Christian leaders using the format below. For longer biographies (of primarily past Christian leaders) see Biographies.
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Dr. Detlef Blocher, chairman of Deutsche Missionsgemeinschaft and chairman of the German intermission German Alliance of Evangelical Missions, Nationality: German
Brother Andrew (born 11 May 1928), is a Christian missionary famous for his exploits smuggling Bibles to communist countries in the height of the Cold War, a feat that has earned him the nickname God's smuggler. Brother Andrew studied at the Bible Training Institute in Glasgow, Scotland. Brother Andrew is the founder of Open Doors, and was its leader for many years. See *[1]
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John Abraham Godson, International facilitator, Network of Nigerian Missionaries, NNM, vice chair of Lausanne Intercession Working Group (LCWE), Intercessory director of Lausanne III congress Cape Town 2010, founder of Pilgrim Mission International in Łódź, Poland. He was born in Nigeria, and is living and ministering in Poland. He is the first black city councilor in Lodz City Council and ran for the Polish parlamentary elections in 2007. Polish: * [2], English: * [3], Personal website: * [4]
Billy Graham His name: William Franklin Graham, Jr. (born November 7, 1918), an Evangelical Christian, well-known evangelist in the 20th century. He has been a spiritual adviser to multiple U.S. presidents. He founded the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in 1950, headquartered in Minneapolis. The Association later relocated to Charlotte, N.C. He has initiated the Lausanne 1974 conference (Lausanne Covenant), from there have gone initiatives for world mission, especially a concern for the evangelization of the UPGs.
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David Hackett, Associate Director, visionSynergy; Manager, PowerofConnecting; Editor, Partnership eNewsletter. Born: 1956. Ordained Clergy Presbyterian Church (USA). Nationality: USA. Protestant/Presbyterian.
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Johnstone, Patrick, missionary of Dorothea Mission, South Africa from 1962-1979, since 1979 member of WEC International as International Director of Research, writer of the book Operation World, website: *[6]. Nationality: UK.
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Kallmier, Tevor & Jenny, International Director of WEC International, Office in Gerrards Croos, Bucks, England, *[7], Nationality: Australian
Kuhl, Dr. Dieter, formerly International Director of WEC International, Nationality: German
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Ronaldo Lidorio,, WEC International church planter in Ghana and Brazilian Amazon, he has written the book Unafraid of the Sacred Forest, 128 pages, Christian Focus Publications about the church planting among the Konkomba people in Ghana.
Long, Justin, Editor, Momentum Magazine; manager, http://www.strategicnetwork.org; editor, Missiopedia. Born: 1969. Nationality: USA. Protestant.
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Maiden, Peter,, International Co-ordinator of Operation Mobilization (OM), website: *[8]. Nationality: UK.
Manokaran, J.N. Managing Director, Trainers of Pastors International Coalition (TOPIC)-India. Author of the book "Christ and Cities". Editor of ef-magazine: Global Urban Vision. Writer, conference speaker, Mission thinker, researcher and strategist Born: 1962, Nationality: Indian
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Parson, Rev Greg, General Director of the U.S. Center for World Mission. Nationality: USA.
Philip Powell works full-time with YOUTH WITH A MISSION (YWAM) - a very modern youth-oriented global missions movement. YWAM began as an American youth group that has now gone global... with teams and ministries in every country on earth. He is from India, ethnicity is Tamil and permanently live in England. Testimony: Other than that I am just ordinary guy trying to live my calling to be a Christian missionary to this world that God loves and cares about so much.
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MA. David D. Ruiz M, Associate Director of The Mission Commission of World Evangelical Alliance and International Director of Great Commission Roundtable He was Executive Director (1996-2000) of Ibero-American Mission Cooperation, COMIBAM and President of Ibero-American Mission Cooperation, COMIBAM Nationality: Guatemalan
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Verwer, George, George Verwer is the founder of Operation Mobilization (OM), many years leader of OM, Speaker in many mission conventions, a great motivator for mission with a burden for the Least-Reached peoples, His website: *[9], Nationality: American. He lives with his family in the UK.
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Werth, Jürgen born 14. May 1951 in Lüdenscheid, Germany, he is Author, Director of Evangeliums-Rundfunk (ERF) and chairman of Deutsche Evangelische Allianz (German Evangelical Alliance).
Wilson J. Christy: Through the work of J. Christy Wilson in Kabul, Afghanistan - Tentmaking got its modern start in the 1950s.
Winter, Ralph. founder of U.S. Center for World Mission, William Carey International University, Mission Frontiers. Nationality: USA.
Whittaker, Tony is the leader of the Soon Ministries *[10] of WEC International and the WEB EVANGELISM BULLETIN *[11]. Nationality: UK,
