365 Christian Men

John Jasper, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

April 3. John Jasper. John was baptized one morning and preached a funeral service that same afternoon. Being a man of reason and courage, he defied the laws of Virginia that forbade slaves to learn to read and write. More than a century later, that same state recognized John’s achievements and honored him as a […]

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Mark Palm, US, Aviator

365 Christian Men — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

April 2. Mark Palm. What young boy doesn’t dream of flying an airplane? Mark Palm is no exception. But young Mark had a second passion, and that was to help people. In August of 2000, Mark founded Samaritan Aviation, a ministry that provides flight-related medical services to people who live in the remote jungle regions […]

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Jack Wyrtzen, US, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

April 1. Jack Wyrtzen. Jack was not always Jack. He was originally dubbed Caspar, but high-school classmates showed him the wisdom of an immediate name change. So Jack—not Caspar—was less than respectful of Christianity. Early encounters included mocking a Bible teacher at the YMCA and a fist-fight at the Methodist Church. Young Jack was a […]

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Franklin Graham, US, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 31. Franklin Graham. Franklin—the son of American evangelist Billy Graham—is a well-known evangelist, missionary, and author. He serves as president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and of Samaritan’s Purse, an international Christian relief organization. Franklin has conducted evangelistic Festivals (formerly called Crusades) across the US and in forty-nine other countries. He meets with world leaders and encourages people to engage in civic opportunities in their own locales. His […]

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Charles Simeon, British Minister

365 Christian Men — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 30. Charles Simeon. Simeon was an Anglican pastor at the Holy Trinity Church in Cambridge (England) for fifty-four years. His entire ministry was at this church, but his influence went much further. He mentored young men who wanted to become pastors and taught them that sermons should humble the sinner, exalt the Savior, and promote holiness. At the time of his death […]

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John Wooden, US, Basketball Coach

365 Christian Men — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 29. John Wooden. John is best known for his phenomenal success as the coach of the UCLA Bruins basketball team. But he was also the first person to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in two roles: player and coach. John defines success, both on and off the basketball court, in terms of discipline, patience, and humility: “Talent is […]

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Rick Warren, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 28. Rick Warren. Wisdom. Hope. Encouragement. Vision. Pick any or all of these words to describe to Rick Warren and you will be right. Rick is the founder of Saddleback Church and one of the leading pastors in the US. He is a well-known author of books whose purpose is to help Christians, whether those Christians are in the […]

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Art Hallett, US, Software Engineer

365 Christian Men — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 27. Art Hallett. Musician, songwriter, software engineer, worship leader, teacher, preacher—all these words describe Art. He currently serves as Director of Prison Ministries for Evangelism Explosion International (EEPM). He also founded Hallett Prison Ministries and speaks at churches across the country and internationally. On this date in 1984, Art became a member of the Sarasota Baptist Church—where he has faithfully served as a commissioned missionary. Here is […]

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Loren Cunningham, US, Founder of Youth With A Mission

365 Christian Men — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 26. Loren Cunningham. Loren could be a wealthy man if he wanted to. He is an “accomplished author and a world-renowned public speaker.” But he donates his book royalties to Youth With A Mission (also known as YWAM), which he founded. And he doesn’t charge a speaking fee or ask for an honorarium. Loren grew up in a family with limited financial resources. Yet his parents gave 30% […]

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Thomas Clarkson, Great Britain, Abolitionist

365 Christian Men — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 25. Thomas Clarkson. Clarkson was headed for a promising church career. The son of a British clergyman and teacher, he entered Cambridge University to prepare for ministry. While there, he wrote an essay against slavery that changed not only his life, but the lives of countless others. Clarkson worked with William Wilberforce, the British abolitionist, to gather evidence against […]

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Craig Garland, US, Construction

365 Christian Men — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 24: Craig Garland. Craig runs a jail ministry and a local Bible study, both of which focus on helping people with addictions. Here’s today’s story. God can use a man’s “Yes, send me” to free the addicted. As Craig made his forty-five-minute commute, he couldn’t believe that at forty-two he had even considered doing the one thing he had said he would never do. […]

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James Arnold Taylor, US, Voice Actor

365 Christian Men — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 23. James Arnold Taylor. James has many voices. More than 200. He is a well-known voice actor and has hosted Star War Weekends at Disney Hollywood Studios. He is also the author of JAT: 365 Inspirations for the Pursuit of Your Dreams. On this date in 2007, the animated action film and video game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles premiered, with James providing the voice of […]

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Pete Noyes, US, Father

365 Christian Men — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 22. Pete Noyes. Pete is a banana farmer in Hawaii. It’s not the life he had envisioned for himself back when he was a businessman in Seattle. This is his story. Even when you think God doesn’t see you, you can come to Him for help. On his banana farm in Hawaii, Pete was hacking away at ten acres of nine-foot-tall grass with a […]

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Thomas Spurgeon, England, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 21. Thomas Spurgeon. Thomas, whose name means twin, was indeed a twin, born to Charles Haddon and Susannah Spurgeon in 1856. His name also means leader, but young Thomas was plagued with ill health that derailed his dreams of attending Pastors’ College in England. Instead, his parents sent him to Australia. Eventually, after building his health and preaching in Australia, […]

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John Foxe, England, Historian

365 Christian Men — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 20. John Foxe. Foxe was an English protestant author best known for his book on martyrs. Before he began his massive work with possibly the longest title of any work ever published in the English language, he taught logic at Oxford, served as a private tutor, and wrote Latin plays with biblical themes. On this date in 1563, the […]

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Jay Bradley Thompson, US, Composer

365 Christian Men — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 19. Jay Bradley Thompson. Thompson was a musician and a composer, whose determination allowed him to write music and lyrics even as ALS was robbing him of his muscle control. Read his story here. You’re on a mission from God; make every moment count. With life-support machines doing their jobs, Thompson sat motionless in a wheelchair, and about twenty-five children […]

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Nikolai Khamara, Russia, Thief

365 Christian Men — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 18. Nikolai Khamara. Nikolai described himself as a man without a conscience who did not care who he hurt. He lived in the Soviet Union during a time when religion was closely monitored by the government. On this date in 1966, the government of the Soviet Union ordered fines and imprisonment for people who held […]

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Patrick, Britain, Missionary to Ireland

365 Christian Men — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 17. Saint Patrick. When we think of Saint Patrick, we usually think of parades, shamrocks, green drinks, and corned beef and cabbage. Everyone is “Irish” on Saint Patrick’s Day. But Patrick wasn’t Irish. And he wasn’t Patrick. He was born Patricius, somewhere in Romanized Britain, to a wealthy family. And in his early years, he wasn’t particularly saintly either. […]

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Kirk Samuels, US, Author

365 Christian Men — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 16. Kirk Samuels. Today’s story could have ended very differently. On this date in 2014, Kirk was just seconds away from ending his life. Today, he is a gifted speaker and a radio personality who focuses on the leadership potential that every man has. He serves on the board of Step Seven (a faith-based ministry that helps men overcome addictions and learn […]

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Phil Saint, US, Artist

365 Christian Men — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 15. Phil Saint. Some artists use paint. Some use pen and ink. Others use clay or marble or glass. Phil used chalk. And God used Phil. Phil learned the fundamentals of art from his father, a stained-glass artist who designed the stained-glass windows in the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. And he learned draftsmanship from a famous cartoonist. At […]

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Lecrae Moore, US, Rap Artist

365 Christian Men — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 14. Lecrae Moore. Known by a single moniker, Lecrae has won multiple Grammy awards, multiple Dove awards, and multiple Soul Train Music Awards. He also wrote Unashamed—“one man’s journey to faith and freedom.” He is a world-renowned gospel-hip-hop/rap recording artist, an entrepreneur, and a social activist. His early life was troubled—no father, a single mother, abusive care-givers, and gangster uncles. He struggled with depression, thoughts of suicide, […]

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Brother Andrew, Holland, Missionary to Yugoslavia

365 Christian Men — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 13. Andrew van der Bijl: Brother Andrew. Some people call him “God’s Smuggler,” but Andrew prefers the simple appellation “brother,” a term that applies to all who believe. He thinks of himself as an ordinary person who has done extraordinary things simply because he follows Jesus. Brother Andrew’s early ministry was to take Bibles and other evangelical literature to […]

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John T. Ferrier, US, Colorado Air National Guard

365 Christian Men — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 12. John Ferrier. John was a skillful and courageous pilot who flew combat missions in Korea and commercial flights for United Airlines. While in Korea, he earned a medal for bravery when he risked his life to fly cover over a downed Marine pilot. John was also part of Kanukuk, an organization that runs outdoor youth camps designed to incorporate the Christian principle of God first, […]

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William Carey, England, Missionary to India

365 Christian Men — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 11. William Carey. Carey grew up poor, with a meager education. But after he was converted, his thirst for education was so great that he mastered Latin grammar in six weeks, French and Dutch in three weeks each, and quickly learned Greek and Hebrew. Eventually, Carey earned the title of Doctor and became a professor at the first British college in Calcutta. Carey longed to take the gospel […]

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William Burns, Scotland, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 10. William Chalmers Burns. As a youngster, Burns had two goals: to have lots of money and to live in a grand house. So he headed to Edinburgh to study law. But at university, when Burns was seventeen, he met Jesus, and his life changed. His new goal became to glorify God in all the earth. For fifteen years, he preached revival in Scotland. Then he served another twenty […]

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Casper ten Boom, Holland, Watchmaker

365 Christian Men — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 9. Casper ten Boom. Casper was a Dutch watch-maker. More significantly, he was a devout Christian who maintained a prayer tradition that had begun before he was born. Casper’s parents had started assembling believers to pray for Jerusalem and for Jewish people around the world. With his father, Casper led 5,200 intercessory prayer meetings over a span of 100 years for Jerusalem and the ancient people of God. The […]

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John Paul II, Poland, Pope

365 Christian Men — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 8. Pope John Paul II. Before John Paul was pope, he lived in Nazi-occupied Poland. Fortunately, the Archbishop of Krakow ran an underground seminary, and the future pope was able to study for the priesthood. After seminary—and after the war—he traveled to Rome to earn a doctorate in theology. Pope John Paul went on to become the first non-Italian pope in more than 400 years, […]

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Constantine, Roman Emperor

365 Christian Men — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 7. Emperor Constantine I. Of all the emperors Rome ever had, only Constantine I was called “The Great.” He unified and strengthened the empire, built a new capital, and was the first Christian emperor of Rome. He gave Christianity the social and political respectability it had previously lacked. On this date in 321, Constantine decreed that—throughout the Roman empire—Sunday would be a day of rest. Not everyone was pleased with […]

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Brent Henderson, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 6. Brent Henderson. Young Brent was a skinny kid from Pennsylvania. And he was smaller than his classmates, who bullied him. He didn’t play sports, and he didn’t fit in. So he retreated to the outdoors, where he seemed to fit better. And he grew up with a passion for the outdoors and for outdoor adventures. As an adult, Brent worked in a steel mill, performed with […]

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Daniel Webster, US, Statesman

365 Christian Men — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 5. Daniel Webster. When you think of Daniel, think of the number three. He was a member of three different political parties, each of which advocated for strong centralized government: the Federalists, the National Republicans, and the Whigs. He ran, unsuccessfully, for the office of President three times: 1836, 1848, and 1852. He served as Secretary of State under three different presidents: William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore. While serving in […]

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Franco Santoriello, US, Bodybuilder

365 Christian Men — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 4. Franco Santoriello. “When Franco was a teenager, his dream was to play football.  He practiced hard, got good grades to get a scholarship, and even wanted to take ballet to improve his game.  While weight training, a gym buddy told him about a body-building competition and urged Franco him to compete.  Franco thought the […]

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Dawson Trotman, US, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 3. Dawson Trotman. Dawson was a producer. He was a California lumberyard worker. He had started out strong, but after a brilliant high school career, Dawson’s life floundered. He went from Boy Scout, student body president, and valedictorian to gambler, pool shark, and drunk. He was running bootleg liquor and consuming it—during Prohibition. When local law-enforcement officers caught him drinking, he uttered a quick “save me” […]

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Jeffrey Fidler, US, Construction Worker

365 Christian Men — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

March 2. Jeffrey Fidler. Jeffrey had been a construction worker. He had been a husband, and he had been a father. Enter heroin. Exit hope. Until this date in 1995, when God showed up. Here’s today’s story. Shame can cripple a man; embrace the truth and break free. Jeff was a man who loved his family, but drug […]

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365 2024 update

365 Christian Men — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

It is a 365 2024 update from the executive Director Blake Mattocks. 365 Christian Men is a project built on some basic truths about God and His character. God cares deeply about each man, and He has a specific purpose for every man’s life. In fact, God wants to tell His stories through the lives […]

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David Wilkerson, US, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 28. David Wilkerson. Wilkerson was the founding pastor of the non-denominational Times Square Church in New York City and the founder of the addiction-recovery program Teen Challenge. He started as a Pentecostal preacher in rural Pennsylvania. On this date in 1958, Wilkerson drove eight hours to preach God’s love to members of a New York gang. Soon he moved to New York City to minister to the gangs. In 1962, Wilkerson published The […]

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AR Bernard, US, Author, Teacher, Mentor

365 Christian Men — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 27. AR Bernard. Bernard left a 10-year career with a major New York bank and went into full-time ministry. After multiple adventures with God, Bernard and his wife Karen founded the Christian Cultural Center, which grew into a global platform for the gospel and is now the largest house of worship in New York City. It has more than 37,000 […]

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John Chrysostom, Turkey, Archbishop

365 Christian Men — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 26. John Chrysostom. As a young man, John was severe in rejecting a life of luxury and ease. He spoke the truth plainly and in love, and people hungered for his leadership so much they virtually kidnaped him. A military escort took him to Constantinople, where he reluctantly agreed to be consecrated their bishop. On this […]

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Brian Johnson, US, Author

365 Christian Men — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 25. Brian Johnson. Brian writes award-winning music, speaks professionally, and is the co-founder of Bethel Music and WorshipU with his wife Jenn Johnson. (WorshipU offers courses in all aspects of worship ministry.) Brian strives to combine expert musicianship and songwriting with prophetic worship. He and Jenn help worshippers take hold of their true identities and pursue intimacy with God above all else. This […]

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Francis of Assisi, Italy, Preacher

365 Christian Men — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 24. Francis of Assisi. Before Francis became a Catholic friar, deacon, and preacher, he was a rebellious teenager. His parents were wealthy, and he was raised in luxury. He was so well known for drinking and partying, his pals called him “King of Revels.” Francis’s first dream was to become a war hero, a knight in battle. But in his first war, […]

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Justin Martyr, Rome, Philosopher

365 Christian Men — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 23. Justin Martyr. About 100 AD, Martyr was born in Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom of ancient Israel, a city of Gentiles and mixed marriages. Even as a boy, he wanted answers for life’s big questions, and he wasn’t finding them among the Stoics and other philosophers. But one day he met a man who knew Jesus. Martyr listened. He […]

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Scott Schwinn, US, Businessman

365 Christian Men — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 22. Scott Schwinn. Scott is like many men. He cares about his wife. He cares about his children. And he cares about being a man he can admire. These strong values rarely go untested, and Scott is no exception there either. When the test came, Scott had a choice to make. Here’s what happened. It’s […]

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George Latimer, US, Paperhanger

365 Christian Men — Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 21. George Latimer. Around 1820 in Virginia, a stonemason named Latimer and a young woman, who was owned by his brother, had a son named George. George Latimer. And though his father was white, and George had his name, he was considered mere property. And he was treated like property. He was a house servant until he was sixteen. […]

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Jake Peavy, US, Pro Athlete

365 Christian Men — Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 20. Jake Peavy. In June 2002, Jake played his first professional baseball game with the San Diego Padres. During his career, he played for the Chicago White Sox, the Boston Red Sox, and the San Francisco Giants. When he was seven years old, Jake devoted his life to God. He once said: “[God is] the reason that I believe I’m […]

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Fred Rogers, US, Television Host

365 Christian Men — Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 19. Fred Rogers. Rogers was a puppeteer, writer, producer, and ordained minister. At his ordination, the Presbyterian Church asked him to use television to minister to children and families. On this date in 1968, the premiere episode of Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood aired, and it ran on PBS from 1968 to 2001. Rogers produced, wrote, and hosted the TV program Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. He had a degree in music composition and wrote 200 songs for […]

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John Bunyan, England, Writer

365 Christian Men — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 18. John Bunyan. John was a 17th Century Englishman—a preacher and an author. He wrote more than sixty books, mostly about preaching, the Christian life, and the struggles Christians encounter. He felt compelled to preach about Jesus Christ at a time when men were not allowed to preach without a license from the government. And John went on preaching. It led to […]

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Benjamin Carson, US, Pediatric Neurosurgeon

365 Christian Men — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 17. Benjamin Carson. Ben grew up in Detroit (with a brief stint in Boston), and as risk-factors go, young Ben was rich with them. He was Black, in poverty, from a single-parent family, with a mother who couldn’t read and had to work multiple jobs to keep food on the table. But that hard-working woman made a habit of going to the […]

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Jonathan Goforth, Canada, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 16. Jonathan Goforth. Goforth was the first missionary from Canada to go to China with his wife. He became the most well-known missionary revivalist in the early twentieth century and changed the way missionary work was accomplished in China. In 1900, the Boxer Rebellion broke out. A group called the “Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists” comprised huge numbers of violent villagers who turned […]

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Pat Boone, US, Musician and Actor

365 Christian Men — Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 15. Pat Boone. In the 1950s and 60s, Boone was a popular singing star—slash—heart throb, second only to Elvis Presley. On this date in 1970, Boone portrayed evangelist-to-the-gangs David Wilkerson in the movie: The Cross and the Switchblade. At the time this introduction is being written in 2020, Boone is still going strong. He created his own record company: The Gold Label, which features […]

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Frank Phillip Lytle, Jr, US, Draftsman

365 Christian Men — Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 14. Frank P. Lytle, Jr. Although he lost his hearing when he was one, “Frank was a follower of Jesus and a leader of men.” So reads a line on Abilene Christian University’s webpage for the Frank & Lois Lytle Family Endowed Scholarship—which Frank’s son created out of deep respect for his parents. Frank served as a church deacon and in many deaf […]

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Alexander Duff, Scotland, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 13. Alexander Duff. Just when Duff was finishing his education, the Church of Scotland was preparing its first mission, which would be based on education, and they appointed him superintendent of a new mission school at Calcutta. Writing about whether he ought to go India or stay in Scotland, Duff said: “with the Bible in my hands, I cannot see how her soul in […]

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Janani Luwum, Uganda, Archbishop

365 Christian Men — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 12. Janani Luwum. In 1977, Uganda roiled with fear. In 1971, Field Marshall Idi Amin violently overthrew the elected government and named himself President. He was known as the Butcher of Uganda, and his nickname was The Machete. During his reign, he massacred hundreds of thousands of civilians. In 1972, he ruthlessly drove all Indian and Pakistani citizens out of […]

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John Clough, US, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 11. John Clough. On this date in 1858, Clough was baptized into the family of Christ. He grew up to be an American scholar and farmer and then a missionary to South India. In 1877 and 1878 Clough worked tirelessly in famine-relief work and with the Ongole mass movement—a welcoming into the body of Christ of people who have been outrageously oppressed by the religious, social, […]

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Ben Mueller, US, Chief Financial Officer

365 Christian Men — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 10. Ben Mueller. Ben holds an MBA and has a stellar record as Chief Financial Officer, Controller, and International Financier. But one of his biggest achievements happened at a weekend event with The Crucible Project. A men’s Crucible Weekend is like a retreat designed to challenge men to look at what is and is not working in their lives. It’s an opportunity to discover new […]

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Olaudah Equiano, England, African Abolitionist

365 Christian Men — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 9. Olaudah Equiano. As a child, Equiano was sold into slavery to a captain in the British Empire’s Royal Navy. Later, a Quaker trader bought him. Equiano became the man’s clerk, and he learned about Jesus. On this date in 1759, Equiano was converted to Christianity and was baptized. Eventually, in 1766, by skillful trading and saving all he earned, he purchased his own freedom. In time he partnered with the same man who had once owned […]

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Athanasius, Egypt, Bishop of Alexandria

365 Christian Men — Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 8. Athanasius. Athanasius, whose nickname was “Black Dwarf,” was a theologian, a church leader, and an Egyptian political leader. If he had lived in the twenty-first century, instead of the fourth, we would call him an influencer—maybe Chief Influencer. For forty-five years he was Bishop of Alexandria, and his congregation included all of Egypt and Libya. During that time, he was exiled—thrown out of […]

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Tony Dungy, US, NFL Player, Coach, and Author

365 Christian Men — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 7. Tony Dungy. On this date in 2007, Tony became the first Black head coach to win the Super Bowl: the Indianapolis Colts versus the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI. The same year, Tony released his memoir: Quiet Strength: The Principles, Practices, and Priorities of a Winning Life, and it reached number one on the hardcover nonfiction section of the New York Times Best Seller list. Today’s story gives us a look at some […]

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Lou Bloss, US, Entrepreneur

365 Christian Men — Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 6. Lou Bloss. Lou is a man with wide-ranging experience. He is a US Army veteran and an award-winning journalist, who has published everywhere from minor-league baseball news to Christian devotionals to a how-to-write textbook. Lou owns Lou Bloss Media, which provides marketing, advertising, and publishing for the restaurant industry. And Lou is a man with a great sense of humor. He […]

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John Calvin, France, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 5. John Calvin. Born into a devout Catholic family, Calvin was sent off to study philosophy and law. By the time he was twenty-four, he embraced Protestantism and worked for changes in the Roman Catholic Church. He wrote The Institutes of the Christian Religion, a foundation of Protestant systematic theology. And he wrote commentaries on every book in the New […]

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JC Penney, US, Businessman

365 Christian Men — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 4. James Cash Penney. Penney built his life on the value of honesty—and it paid off, literally. When he was 26, he scraped together enough to buy his first dry goods store: “The Golden Rule.” Within a decade, he owned 30 more stores. Today, there are 850 JC Penney stores in the US and Puerto Rico. And when he died, he left a personal […]

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Mel Trotter, US, Rescue Missions Director

365 Christian Men — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 3. Mel Trotter. On this date in 1900, Mel was appointed Superintendent of Grand Rapids Rescue Mission. He ran the mission for his forty years and helped start sixty-seven other Rescue Missions across the country. Here’s how his story started. What seems impossible with men is entirely possible with God. Mel pushed open the door to his little house—what was […]

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Wilfrid Barbrooke Grubb, Scottish Missionary

365 Christian Men — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 2. Wilfrid Barbrooke Grubb. The biographer said that Grubb considered obstacles mere “straws to be brushed aside” and … “his appearance conveyed an impression of physical endurance and great strength of character.” As strong as his character was his desire for the good of his South American parish—the notorious Chaco region of Paraguay. There in the wild, Grubb established the first mission at a time the natives were deep into mere straws like ritual mutilation and cannibalism. […]

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Josh McDowell, US, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

February 1. Josh McDowell. For more than fifty years, Josh has brought instruction and encouragement to youth, families, churches, leaders, and individuals. He’s an everyday-language man, who helps prepare people for the life of faith and the work of the ministry. Josh has delivered about 27,200 talks to more than 25,200,000 people in 126 countries. On this […]

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John Bradford, England, Reformer

365 Christian Men — Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 31. John Bradford. Bradford worked hard and rose fast. He started in service to Sir John Harrington and became responsible for handling King Henry VIII’s money and went on to become Deputy Paymaster of Henry VIII’s forces when they besieged a city on the French coast of the English Channel. When Bradford became a Christian, he was ordained to be a travelling preacher. He sold all ‘his chains, rings, brooches, and jewels […]

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Bubba Watson, US, Pro Golfer

365 Christian Men — Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 30. Bubba Watson. Bubba is a real-life champion, a PGA champion, a multiple-major champion with victories at the Masters Tournament in 2012 and 2014. On this date in 2011, he won the Farmers Insurance Open. Bubba earned a scholarship to the University of Georgia, and he helped lead the Bulldogs to an SEC Championship. After he gained some fame, […]

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Brian Baker, US, Trucker

365 Christian Men — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 29. Brian Baker. Brian is a truck driver, a family man, a man who—when he sees evil in the world—doesn’t hope somebody else will step up and do something about it. In 1993, he traveled to Kenya, and seeing the need, built an elementary school for the village. It now serves 175 students, including 40 orphans. Since then […]

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Segaran Tan, Malaysia, Mechanic

365 Christian Men — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 28. Segaran Tan. Segaran is a missionary, a mechanic, and a family man—a man in a country far from his home. On this date in 1997, Segaran moved his family to Malaysia. He grew up in a culture that treasured family connections, and the younger brother’s respect for the older brother became a driving force in Segaran’s life. Today’s story is about […]

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Andy McQuitty, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 27. Andy McQuitty. Andy earned a Doctor of Ministry Degree from Dallas Theological Seminary and received awards in personal evangelism, outstanding scholarship, and effective ministry. For more than thirty years, he pastored the believers at Irving Bible Church in Texas. On this date in 2019, he retired. But well before he ever retired, Andy faced a severe challenge. It hit him by surprise between doing his job and time […]

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Edward Law, US, Truck Driver

365 Christian Men — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 26. Edward Law. Ed had had a hard life, and it kept getting worse. The day came when Ed got desperate for his life to change. He found a way out. Here’s his story. Be brave enough to ask for help and caring enough to give it. Ed sat with a loaded rifle pointed at himself. His […]

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Jim Shoemaker, US, Plumber

365 Christian Men — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 25. Jim Shoemaker. Jim is a plumber. A man with a skill. The official line is that plumbers typically work a regular eight-to-ten-hour shift, but there are always emergencies and urgencies that make weekend and evening work necessary. Jim is a busy plumber, but he has a skill, and he knows how to use it to serve Christ. Listen to this. […]

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Patrick Morley, US, Author and Speaker

365 Christian Men — Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 24. Patrick Morley. In 1973, Patrick founded Morley Properties, which for several years was one of Florida’s 100 largest privately held companies. At the same time, he was the president or managing partner of 59 other companies and partnerships. In 1986, Patrick started The Man in the Mirror Bible Study, which has grown to include approximately 10,000 men, and Man […]

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Telemachus, Asia, Monk

365 Christian Men — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 23. Telemachus. By the year 404, bloody gladiatorial battles had been going on for 140 years. On this date in 393, Honorius became Emperor of Rome. Five years before today’s story starts, the Emperor had decreed the violent games should stop, but they went right on—until Telemachus showed up. Sizewise, he was a little man, but he has an important story. In 1984, President […]

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Horst Schulze, Germany, Co-founder of Ritz-Carlton

365 Christian Men — Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 22. Horst Schulze. Schulze is a man whose biblical beliefs aren’t pasted on. He lives according to the Word of God at home and at work. He believes employees are “ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen.” Employees are not mere functional warm-bodies. They are valued, gifted, worthy creations of a living God. Schulze established this core value, and upon it he built success. In 1991, HOTELS magazine named Schulze “corporate […]

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Peter Muhlenberg, US, Politician, Soldier

365 Christian Men — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 21. Peter Muhlenberg. When Peter was in his early twenties and a mere deacon, a family friend suggested Peter might make a good missionary to Native Americans. But Peter’s father vetoed the idea and said Peter might ‘turn Indian sooner than turn the Indians Christian.’” But Peter knew how to work hard. When he […]

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Hiram Rhodes Revels, US, First African American Senator

365 Christian Men — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 20. Hiram Rhodes Revels. Revels was a US citizen, never a slave, not the son of slaves. In fact, there was no history of slavery in his family. Still, some history books refer to him as a freedman—an emancipated slave. It just wasn’t true. Today’s story takes place immediately after the Civil War, when—for many people—prejudice and slavery were life-and-death issues. Revels stepped into history […]

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1019 James Tour, US, Scientist

365 Christian Men — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 19. James Tour. James was already brilliant when he entered college. But he didn’t know everything. He didn’t know Christ, and the language of the Christians around him started out confusing, but he soon became intrigued. James is still brilliant. He is now a nanotechnologist and a Professor of Materials Science and NanoEngineering, and Professor of Computer Science. In 2008, James won the Feynman Prize in […]

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Eric Protzman, US, Consultant to CEOs

365 Christian Men — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 18. Eric Protzman. Eric knew God—in a way, loved his family, and thought life would be fair. How do you think that worked out? Life is unfair; God can turn your pain into his purpose. After Eric watched his grandfather suffer eight long years of the degradation of dementia, Eric told God, “I’m out.” His grandfather, Dr. Weston, had been a surgeon who had restored—to many […]

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Antony the Great, Egypt, Monk

365 Christian Men — Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 17. Antony the Great. According to theologian Athanasius, when Antony was about 20, the devil afflicted him with boredom, laziness, and phantoms of women, which Antony overcame by waging a war of prayer. After fifteen years of this battle, at 35, Anthony withdrew from public life and lived in absolute solitude in an abandoned Roman fortress, where people tossed food to him over the wall. Still people found him. Over the years, many people had flocked […]

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Malcolm Gladwell, Canada, Author

365 Christian Men — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 16. Malcolm Gladwell. In 2013, Malcom published David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants. Throughout the first year of research on this book, he collected examples of people’s disadvantages turning into advantages. For example, many American presidents and British prime ministers had lost a parent in childhood. A young shepherd boy beat the giant Goliath. Malcolm spent time in […]

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CI Scofield, US, Preacher

365 Christian Men — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 15. CI Scofield. On this date in 1909, Scofield published the Scofield Reference Bible. He had started out as an attorney, and President Ulysses S. Grant appointed him US district attorney for the District of Kansas. But when ugly rumors emerged about bribes, thieving, and forgery, Scofield resigned and left the area. He was a man with many gifts and one enormous problem. […]

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Deano Sargent, US Farmer

365 Christian Men — Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 14. Deano Sargent. Deano was a man who loved God, loved his neighbor, and loved to farm. He was a faithful man. A faithful man who did the job at hand, cared for the people at hand, and didn’t worry himself about getting to the top. Here’s his story. When you value God’s people, […]

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Studd, England, Cricketer

365 Christian Men — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 13. CT Studd. CT was considered England’s most outstanding cricket player. By the time he was 16, he was an excellent player, and he played all through college and became famous throughout England. Full of energy and courage, CT walked away from cricket, left Cambridge, to preach the Gospel in China. CT had many, many major […]

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Richie Parker, US, Mechanical Engineer

365 Christian Men — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 12. Richie Parker. Richie is a mechanical engineer. About his life, he says, “I’m thankful that I don’t have arms.” And he means it. Without arms, he’s earned a Masters of Business Administration and Engineering degree. Without arms, he became a star in auto-racing design. Without arms, he’s now using his education and his experience to help others […]

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Chuck Stecker, US, Executive Director

365 Christian Men — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 11. Chuck Stecker. Chuck is the Founder and Executive Director of A Chosen Generation—a Christ-centered ministry that exists to train up leaders for intergenerational ministry. As an Army Lieutenant Colonel, Chuck served as a leader, including three years on the Joint Staff in the Pentagon. Combining business experience, twenty-three years of military service and more than thirteen years of full-time ministry, Chuck delivers a clear strategy to equip, […]

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Ray Neufeld, Canada, NHL Player

365 Christian Men — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 10. Ray Neufeld. Ray was inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame. He is known as a right winger with a big shot. He played hard-hitting hockey for 14 years—595 NHL games and 235 AHL games. But Ray scored some of his biggest triumphs off the ice. Here’s the story. Buried bitterness breeds nothing but trouble. Face off with God; He’ll set […]

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Richard Wurmbrand, Romania, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 9. Richard Wurmbrand. In his younger years, Wurmbrand was an atheist. He prayed: “God, I know surely that You do not exist. But if perchance You exist, which I contest, it is not my duty to believe in You; it is Your duty to reveal Yourself to me.” But in time, Wurmbrand learned the truth about himself, about God, and about Jesus. […]

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Jim Elliot, US, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 8. Jim Elliot. From the time he was a boy, Jim wanted to go abroad and tell people about Jesus. Now, you know learning languages was going to be high on his to-do list. So when he was about twenty, with a friend, Jim hitchhiked to Mexico and studied Spanish. Three years later, he joined Camp Wycliffe to study linguistics and learned to break down […]

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Gus Patterson, US, Husband

365 Christian Men — Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 7. Gus Patterson. Gus had always been an athlete, and this is a man who likes a challenge. In 2017, he won a 5K race, and now he was about to turn 40. Clearly—the time had come to run a half-marathon. Gus was all in. The training schedule was intense. And that’s how he liked it. Gus liked to […]

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Rob Lohman, US, Recovery Coach

365 Christian Men — Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 6. Rob Lohman. One day, Rob came face to face with an enemy—and took it down. From there, he launched Lifted From The Rut, a resource for people who were looking for help with recovery, and the podcast Beyond The Bars Radio, where he hosts discussions about addiction, incarceration, and recovery. Don’t gamble with your life. Deal with destructive habits before they deal you out. Rob made […]

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David Murrow, US, Author

365 Christian Men — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 5. David Murrow. Murrow has been a television producer, and in 2002, he produced Sarah Palin’s first TV commercial. He’s been in government. In 2009, he announced the incoming governor of Alaska as Sarah Palin stepped down. He’s never been a pastor, but he is driven to find a way to make men comfortable in church, and—to that end—he started “Church for Men.” Murrow has also authored three best-selling Christian books—and one of them is about […]

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Peter Marshall, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 4. Peter Marshall. As a young man in Scotland, Peter believed he had been called to be a missionary, but he didn’t have the education or the money to get it. So he emigrated to the US. “I worked hard for long hours,” he said. “I dug ditches. I wielded spade and shovel. I was unemployed.” Peter relocated to Alabama, where […]

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Mark Edge, US, Small Business Sales Rep

365 Christian Men — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 3. Mark Edge. Mark was a youth pastor and assistant pastor for fourteen years and then a pastor for sixteen. On this date in 2017, he made a major career change. He still does weddings and funerals, but he is now a sales rep for ADT Security. Mark was Sales Rep of the Year for 2018 and 2019 out of the Memphis office. He attends […]

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Hal Donaldson, US, Philanthropist

365 Christian Men — Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 2. Hal Donaldson. On this date in 1994, Hal Donaldson founded Convoy of Hope, a global humanitarian relief organization. In 2010, before the earthquake—7.0 on the Richter Scale—Convoy of Hope was already serving 13,000 meals every school day. Within days of the disaster, Convoy brought in a bigger team to do more. By 2019, they were serving meals […]

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John Newton, England, Slave-Ship Captain

365 Christian Men — Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

January 1. John Newton. Newton spent a number of years trying to get rich by selling human beings. But God saved him and gave him a fruitful ministry. With the poet William Cowper, Newton published a volume of hymns. On this date in 1773, Newton introduced a hymn he wrote—”Amazing Grace.” An executive at Broadcast Music said, “It may be the most […]

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Alvin York, US, Soldier

365 Christian Men — Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 31. Alvin York. Five years after York committed his life to Jesus, the United States invited York to World War I. On the draft notice, York scrawled, “don’t want to fight.” He thought the war was wrong, but cynics thought his conscience was convenient. That’s about where today’s story begins. Afterward, York—who had had a total of 9 months of formal education in […]

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John Smith, England, Minister

365 Christian Men — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 30. John Smith. Smith had trained to be a baker, but he applied to be a missionary. He was accepted and soon ordained. On this date in 1816, Smith sailed to Guyana, a tropical country bordered by Venezuela on the west, a country that drove its economy on the backs of human slaves. In the next 4 years, Smith baptized 390 slaves, and his tiny congregation grew […]

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Jacob DeShazer, US, US Army Air Corps Bombardier

365 Christian Men — Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 29. Jacob DeShazer. On December 7, 1941, in a surprise attack, hundreds of Japanese planes attacked Pearl Harbor and inflicted much damage, including 8 battleships and more than 300 airplanes. More than 2,400 Americans died, and another 1000 were wounded. Within a month, the United States had planned its own surprise attack on Tokyo and four other Japanese cities, and—in April—the attack was led by Lieutenant Colonel Jimmy Doolittle. Sixteen bombers and eighty volunteer […]

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Michael Faraday, England, Scientist

365 Christian Men — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 28. Michael Faraday. Being from a poorish family, Faraday got a minimal formal education. But at fourteen, a local bookbinder took Faraday on as an apprentice—for seven years. During that time, he read a lot and covered a wide range of science. When he was twenty-one, Faraday attended four lectures by a famous chemist Humphry Davy at the Royal Institution and then wrote to the man and asked to be his assistant. […]

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 27. Frederick B Meyer. On this date in 1865, Frederick outlined his understanding of his faith. By 1870, he was pastoring his first church. By about 1878, he founded a church, which he pastored for ten years. He was also a friend of DL Moody and ministered in the US, often focusing on inner-city mission work. In his lifetime, Frederick wrote 75 books, including The Secret of Guidance, which was published in 31 editions […]

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George Washington, President of the United States

365 Christian Men — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 26. George Washington. Washington represented the colony of Virginia at the Continental Congress, and in June, 1775, he became Commander of the Continental Army. On this date in 1776, he led his troops across the Delaware River, which is what today’s story is about. In 1781, General Washington and a French general defeated the British forces at […]

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Charles Schulz, US, Cartoonist

365 Christian Men — Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 25. Charles Schulz. Schulz was an American cartoonist with a sense of dignity and the power of his work. In 1950, he published the first-ever Peanuts comic strip. It was well-written, well-drawn, and well-loved around the world. People enjoyed the Peanuts cartoons because they addressed deep and complex issues that many people face. The humor served a high purpose, and served it well. […]

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Samuel Naaman, US, Professor

365 Christian Men — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 24. Samuel Naaman. Born in Pakistan, Samuel is the son of a Muslim extremist who became a Christian at an early age and raised his children as Christians. In Pakistan, Samuel said, though Muslims may deny it, Christians are legally second-class citizens. “That’s how we are raised … We live in persecution forever and ever and ever … That’s the way things […]

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Rich Mullins, US, Singer/Songwriter

365 Christian Men — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 23. Rich Mullins. Rich grew up on a farm, but early on, he fell in love with music. His mother and great-grandmother were Quakers, and—when Rich was very young—great-grandma gave Rich his own Bible. Of course, she had ripped out Song of Solomon and told him he could read that when he was older. About going away to Bible college, […]

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Hugh McKail, Scotland, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 22. Hugh McKail. When Hugh was 20 years old, he was ordained a pastor. When he was 21, the government ousted him from his church and called his preaching illegal. When he was 26, on this date in 1666, Hugh was executed because he refused to name the King of England the head of the Christian Church. This is how it happened. Fear God, and […]

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Stefano “Verbo” Disalvo, Canada, Pro-Gamer

365 Christian Men — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 21. Stefano “Verbo” Disalvo. Verbo left school to go all-in on Blizzard Entertainment’s popular team-based first-person shooter game named Overwatch. And he had multiple, multiple first-place wins in online gaming—along with the fame and money that came with. Here’s a 2017 tweet from Verbo: “It is not confidence from within myself, but confidence in […]

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AJ Freeman, US, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 20. AJ Freeman. After Freeman became totally blind, he heard the gospel from a nurse where he was hospitalized. He grabbed onto that word of truth and climbed out of a severe depression. From there, Freeman went to the School of the Blind and learned a craft—how to make brooms. Before long, he opened a factory and employed 15 men, who made 600 […]

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W Lloyd Wright, US, Medical Doctor

365 Christian Men — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 19. W. Lloyd Wright. As a physician, Wright served Colorado School of Mines for 22 years. On this date in 1986, the university awarded Wright the Mines Medal for outstanding personal and professional contributions to the campus community. After Mines, Wright also served as physician for Coors Brewery and Rocky Flats. Doctor Wright died in 2016; he was 99. In hard […]

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Chris Maxwell, US, Epilepsy Advocate

365 Christian Men — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 18. Chris Maxwell. Chris is a long-time pastor—five years with youth and nineteen as lead pastor. For the last fourteen years, he has been Campus Pastor and Director of Spiritual Life at Emmanuel College. He speaks in churches, conventions, and schools, and has written nine books. On this date in 2014, Chris appeared on “Faith Talk Atlanta” and told his […]

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Brian Hardin, US, Entrepreneur

365 Christian Men — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 17. Brian Hardin. Brian founded the Daily Audio Bible podcast, which has been accessed 40 million times, and Four Winds Mission—“an Artistic, Socially Conscious, Community of Faith” in Tennessee. He is an accomplished record producer, a filmmaker, a photographer, a narrator, and a skillful graphic designer. Zondervan asked Brian to write a book for adults about the Bible, and on this date […]

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Oliver Cromwell, England, Politician

365 Christian Men — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 16. Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell was a politician and Puritan. He believed men could go directly to God without a go-between, and he was willing to defend his belief with his life. In the 1600s, civil war broke out in England with the Parliament fighting against the King. Cromwell led the Parliament Army. The King believed in his “divine right for […]

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Jerry Falwell Sr., US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 15. Jerry Falwell, Sr. In the middle of his sophomore year in college, Falwell Sr. believed in Jesus. “I wanted to study the Bible and prepare myself for whatever God wanted me to do,” he said later. “My heart was burning to serve Christ. I knew nothing would ever be the same again.” He switched to Bible college, became […]

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Bryan Howard, US, Middle-School Principal

365 Christian Men — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 14. Bryan Howard. Bryan is a man who serves Jesus with his whole life every day. Where he works, the students and teachers call him Mr. Howard. By his work, his example, and his speech, he calls them into the Kingdom of God. On this date in 2017, Bryan won top honors as Math Coach. […]

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David Ring, US, International Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 13. David Ring. For nearly 45 years, David has shared his story of hope with more than 100,000 people a year. He speaks at high schools, colleges, military bases, hospitals, churches, and corporations. He and his wife Karen have four children and two grandchildren. His life has not been easy, but it has been full and productive. David says, “God took my […]

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Alexander Mackay, Scotland, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 12. Alexander Mackay. When Mackay was three, he read the New Testament, and at seven, he read Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. His father taught him geography, astronomy, and geometry. From eleven on, Mackay got interested in engines, blacksmithing, and the trades, and then mathematics, photography, and even shipbuilding. But when he was sixteen, and his mother died, he threw himself into the Scriptures—and the direction of his life was set. When famous African explorer Henry Stanley challenged any brave Christian […]

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Ulrich Zwingli, Switzerland, Reformation Leader

365 Christian Men — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 11. Ulrich Zwingli. Zwingli was born a few months after Martin Luther, and they both served in Zurich. They both were Catholic priests, and they both wrote lengthy theses detailing the errors they saw in the Roman Catholic Church. But they were acting independently. Zwingli said, “Before anyone in the area had ever heard of Luther, I began […]

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Francis Schaeffer, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 10. Francis Schaeffer. On this date in 1930, Schaeffer pledged to give his life for God’s service. Eighteen years later, Schaeffer and his family became missionaries to Switzerland. Within seven years, he established L’Abri, a spiritual community which attracted thousands of followers in the following years. At first, the Schaeffers opened their home to visitors who wanted to talk about Jesus and philosophy. Visitors were called students, […]

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Heinrich Bullinger, Switzerland, Theologian

365 Christian Men — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 9. Heinrich Bullinger. Heinrich was such a bright child, he was sent to learn Latin two years earlier than normal, and he learned it. When he was twelve, his father—who was a priest—sent Heinrich off to school and promised his room and clothing would be provided, but the boy must learn to understand the poor—so he would have to beg for his food. […]

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Tim Tebow, US, Football Player

365 Christian Men — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 8. Tim Tebow. As a quarterback for University of Florida, on this date in 2007, Tim won the Heisman Trophy—the first sophomore to ever earn that honor. He also won two national championships and went on to the NFL. Then he switched to baseball and signed on with an AA minor-league team. He used his football […]

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Leonard W. Coote, England, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 7. Leonard Coote. On this date in 1942, Leonard founded International Bible College in San Antonio, Texas. It was meant to be a companion to the bible college he had launched in Japan. In 1965, Leonard wrote a book, whose impressive title shows what Leonard was all about: Impossibilities become challenges: A record of God’s faithfulness, in saving, baptizing with the […]

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John M Perkins, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Sat, 06 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 6. John Perkins. John was born on a Southern plantation, with no father and a mother who died when he was seven months old. She died of malnutrition—in 1930—in the United States. John went on to become janitor, welder, equipment designer, Bible teacher, civil-rights activist, and community developer, and he has written fifteen books. On this date in 2006, John published Let Justice Roll Down. He has spent 50 years leading demonstrations […]

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Joseph Hovsepian, Canada, Electronics Engineer

365 Christian Men — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 5. Joseph Hovsepian. At 12, Joseph gave his life to the Lord Jesus. At 17, Joseph volunteered to serve in the Royal Greek Air Force as a wireless engineer and he served the king’s plane. At 20, he traveled 10 days at sea, 2 days by train, and arrived in Montreal—“tired, sick, and almost penniless.” Two days later, he met the people from […]

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AW Tozer, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 4. AW Tozer. The main thing about Tozer was that he was obsessed with the holiness and the goodness and the glory of God. And he wanted everyone to know that awesome Being. Although Tozer was self-taught—he wrote more than forty books, and two of them are Christian classics. He never attended seminary, but he pastored for forty-four years. He lived a simple, non-materialistic life, never owned a […]

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Mehdi Dibaj, Iran, Martyr

365 Christian Men — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 3. Mehdi Dibaj. Dibaj had become a Christian. He said, “A Christian means one who belongs to Jesus Christ. The eternal God, who sees the end from the beginning and who has chosen me to belong to Him, knew from everlasting whose heart would be drawn to Him … I would rather have the whole world against me, but […]

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Michael Lovold, US, Truck Driver

365 Christian Men — Tue, 02 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 2. Michael Lovold. On this date in 2016, Michael completed the last of seven major surgeries that had left him in chronic pain in a downward spiral. And when he had come to the end of his resources, God gave him a whole new life. Here’s how it happened. When you’ve pitched your tent at rock bottom, let God […]

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Duncan Campbell, Scotland, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

December 1. Duncan Campbell. On this date in 1982, Channel of Revival: Biography of Duncan Campbell was published. Duncan was a man who trusted God and obeyed Him. Once, he was sitting near the pulpit at a church convention, when an overpowering urge to go to the island overcame him. He had never been there, didn’t know anyone from there, but he […]

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Robert Boyle, Ireland, Scientist

365 Christian Men — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 30. Robert Boyle. Not only was Robert a pioneer in scientific methods, the characteristics of air, and how gasses behave, but he was also a clear thinker about the things of God. He wrote, “I am not a Christian, because it is the Religion of my Country and my Friends. I admit no man’s Opinions in the whole lump.” He goes […]

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Titus Coan, US, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Sat, 29 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 29. Titus Coan. In the early 1830s, in the United States, Titus went in to a revival led by his cousin Asahel Nettleton and came out believing in Jesus. After his early training, Titus arrived in Hawaii, where he partnered with missionaries Sarah and David Lyman. The Lymans manned the outpost in Hilo, and Titus became a traveling evangelist. On this date in 1836, Titus made his first evangelical […]

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George Mueller, England, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Fri, 28 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 28. George Mueller. Mueller was a thief and a gambler—up until he was 14. About his childhood, he wrote: “Despite my sinful lifestyle and cold heart, God had mercy on me. I was as careless as ever.… I never heard the gospel preached. Nobody told me that Jesus meant for Christians, by the help of God, to live according to the Holy Scriptures.” […]

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Keith Green, US, Musician

365 Christian Men — Thu, 27 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 27. Keith Green. As a toddler, Keith sang “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” with perfect pitch. And his parents provided musical training. Keith liked piano but not playing the long classical pieces. When he was expected to learn to read sheet music, he simply memorized the classical pieces and pretended to be sight-reading the notes when his teacher was […]

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Robby Dilmore, US, Radio Host

365 Christian Men — Wed, 26 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 26. Robby Dilmore. Robby is a car guy. He’s been a car guy since 1971, when he started out at the dealership—washing cars. Over about 27 years, he worked his way up from service to parts to sales to owning a dealership. And from there—the God of the universe called Robby to do more. In 2006, he started The Christian Car Guy Radio […]

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David Brainerd, US, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Tue, 25 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 25. David Brainerd. When Brainerd turned 20, he met Jesus. Brainerd writes: “My soul was so captivated and delighted with the excellence, loveliness, greatness … of God that I had no thought … at first, about my own salvation, and scarce reflected that there was such a creature as myself.” Brainerd’s love did not grow cold. In his […]

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Paul Carlson, US, Medical Missionary

365 Christian Men — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 24. Paul Carlson. When the Christian Medical and Dental Society sent out an urgent call for doctors to go to the Congo, Carlson went for a six-month assignment. But even when he was back home, the people of the Congo and their huge need for doctors stayed with him. So, in 1963, Carlson took a 75 percent pay cut, left cushy Redondo Beach, California, and moved his family to […]

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Sujo John, US, Survivor

365 Christian Men — Sun, 23 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 23. Sujo John. It’s been about two decades since Sujo and his wife Mary left Calcutta and moved to New York City. In 2008, Sujo started “I Am Second,” a Dallas-based nonprofit experiment. His question was: What would happen if he cast a vision of a life lived for something greater than himself? To answer that, his group started by telling twenty short-film stories about real people who had […]

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Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, US, Confederate General

365 Christian Men — Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 22. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. On this date in 1851, Jackson proclaimed his faith in Jesus publicly. He was 27 years old. By this time, he had graduated from West Point and had demonstrated his bravery in the Mexican-American War. He was promoted to Brevet General and then to Lieutenant General. Today’s story shows a little bit of […]

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Mike Ratliff, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 21. Mike Ratliff. Today’s story is about the time back when Mike was 37 years old. He was a loving and conscientious pastor who spent his time and his prayer caring for others. Then this happened. Anxiety doesn’t mean your faith is weak. It means you have work to do. Mike was in a deep sleep when he was […]

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Ron Sandison, US, Professor

365 Christian Men — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 20. Ron Sandison. Early on, Ron was diagnosed as autistic, but Ron is not disabled; he is differently abled. He never had it easy, but he had parents who loved him and knew enough to teach him to pray. The day Ron was baptized, his pastor told him: “I feel this verse is for you: Joel 2:25, ‘I […]

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Bill McCartney, US, Coach

365 Christian Men — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 19. Bill McCartney. When Bill was hired as head coach for the University of Colorado’s Colorado Buffalos, he said, “I promise you we will have a program built on integrity, honesty, and character.” That’s how Bill ran his whole life. As a coach, he won ninety-three games, three Big Eight championships, and a national championship. In 1990. Bill founded Promise Keepers— one of […]

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Whaid Guscott Rose, Jamaica, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 18. Whaid Guscott Rose. For an abandoned baby who later had to sneak out of the house to hear a sermon, Whaid has done all right. He has published a number of books about worship, books that church leaders rely on, and he served 18 years as Church of God (Seventh-Day) president and served the US Conference in some capacity for 30 years. He now speaks […]

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Samuel D Caldwell, US, Abolitionist Pastor

365 Christian Men — Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 17. Samuel Caldwell. At a time when racial tension threatened to cripple the city, only a brief line in an 1842 newspaper marks Caldwell’s act of wisdom and compassion, but what he did saved a man’s life, established his family, helped secure peace in Boston, and strengthened the abolitionist movement. On this date in 1842, […]

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Oswald Chambers, Scotland, Author

365 Christian Men — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 16. Oswald Chambers. Under the preaching of Charles Spurgeon, Chambers became a Christian. He ministered in the United Kingdom, in the United States, and in Japan. For six years, he was principal of a Bible school in London, and during World War I, he served as chaplain to the military in Egypt. He had a passion for shepherding his people. While […]

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Jared Emerson, US, Interactive Artist

365 Christian Men — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 15. Jared Emerson. Jared is a star performer and artist, and he presents regularly at business and corporate gatherings—and for faith-based groups. He says, “My journey across my canvas is one of faith and love—and above all, an expression of my love of God. Whether it’s a live performance or a personal, intimate sitting, my goal is […]

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Michael Franzese, US, Author

365 Christian Men — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 14. Michael Franzese. Back when Michael was a notorious mob boss, he was earning about $5 to $8 million a week from businesses—legal and illegal. Who would have guessed that he would spend the best years of his life speaking to people all over, encouraging them, and telling them about Jesus Christ? Here’s how it happened. Your […]

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Brian Luoma, US, Entrepreneur

365 Christian Men — Thu, 13 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 13. Brian Luoma. Brian holds a bachelor’s degree in forestry and has completed the University of Tennessee’s Executive Development Program. Since 2017, he has been the President and CEO of Westervelt Company, which provides high-quality products and services while striving to protect and preserve the natural resources. On this date in 2010, Brian was […]

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Reinhard Bonnke, US, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 12. Reinhard Bonnke. On this date in 2017, 77-year-old evangelist Bonnke preached his last crusade. In his lifetime, he had led more than 78 million people to Christ. He preached across the African continent with week-long rallies, droves of people, big tents, effective PA systems, and local-language translators. Sometimes, at the end of a talk, he asked […]

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Charles Stanley, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Tue, 11 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 11. Charles Stanley. Stanley is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Atlanta and founder of In Touch Ministries. His popular radio and television broadcast, “In Touch with Dr. Charles Stanley,” can literally be heard around the globe in every nation and in more than 50 languages. Twice, he has been president of the Southern Baptist Convention. His mission is “to […]

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William “Dabo” Swinney, US, Football Coach

365 Christian Men — Mon, 10 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 10. William “Dabo” Swinney. Since 2009, Dabo has coached Clemson University’s Fighting Tigers, the same school John Heisman coached in 1900. And Dabo is the first coach in program history to lead Clemson to multiple national championships. In 2018, the Tigers became the first major college football team since the Penn Quakers in 1897 to finish a season 15–0. Twice, Dabo has been ACC Coach of the Year. […]

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William Bradford, US, Governor

365 Christian Men — Sun, 09 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 9. William Bradford. In England in the early 17th century, a group of people longed to break free of government-controlled religion and serve God from their hearts. They were called Separatists. Though they endured terrible persecution, they refused to give up. But when their young people started to be drawn away by people in Holland, Bradford warned that their children […]

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Nicolaus Copernicus, Poland, Astronomer

365 Christian Men — Sat, 08 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 8. Nicolaus Copernicus. After Copernicus earned a doctorate in church law, he became a church administrator and a medical doctor. For fun, he studied, and that included astronomy. By 1514, he was widely known as an expert in astronomy, and church leaders sought his help in reforming the Julian calendar. He was the first to propose that […]

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John Jay, US, Statesman

365 Christian Men — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 7. John Jay. In the colonies, Jay was a successful lawyer. Three years after the Declaration of Independence was signed, he served as president of the Continental Congress, which coordinated the American colonies’ resistance to Britain during the first years of the Revolutionary War. The young government sent Jay to Spain to get their government to recognize […]

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Chuck Colson, US, Politician

365 Christian Men — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 6. Chuck Colson. On this date in 1969, Colson was appointed Special Counsel to President Nixon, and some people referred to him as Nixon’s “hatchet man.” After the Watergate scandal, after coming to know Jesus the Christ, Colson founded Prison Fellowship. It has since become the United States’s largest Christian nonprofit that serves prisoners, former prisoners, and their families and is a leading advocate for criminal-justice reform. From the ashes of broken lives, God can raise changed men. […]

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John G. Paton, Scotland, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Wed, 05 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 5. John G. Paton. Two weeks after John married Mary, the young couple headed for the mission field—an island full of people who carried spears, wore only paint, and sometimes dined on their fellow islanders. On this date in 1858, John arrived on Tanna, a New Hebrides Island. Some months later, John and Mary had a son. Within another month, mother and baby were […]

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Peter Waldo, France, Forerunner of the Reformation

365 Christian Men — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 4. Peter Waldo. Waldo never meant to start his own movement. It just happened that when he came to know and love Christ, he immersed himself in Scripture. And when what went on in Church didn’t match up with what went on in Scripture, Waldo refused to keep quiet. When an archbishop rebuked him, Waldo went to […]

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Rob Prince, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 3. Rob Prince. On this date in 2013, Rob became the lead pastor for Central Church of the Nazarene in Flint, Michigan—where the auto industry has taken multiple serious hits. There’s still lead in the drinking water in a lot of homes, and Rob experiences more pain in a week than many people have in a lifetime. But he is one of the most […]

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James Dobson, US, Author

365 Christian Men — Sun, 02 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 2. James Dobson. Dobson is a world-famous psychologist. He founded Focus on the Family and started the radio broadcast “Family Talk.” On this date in 1981, “Family Talk” first became a daily thirty-minute program. Today, it’s heard on more than 1,300 stations around the world. More than 5 million people follow Dobson on social media, and he has published 34 books. Dobson likes to tell about […]

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James M Gray, US, Bible Scholar

365 Christian Men — Sat, 01 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

November 1. James M Gray. After DL Moody died, Gray was the first president of Moody Bible Institute, assuming the role in steps—dean to co-ordinate dean to president. From 1904, when Gray was appointed dean, to 1931, the number of students at Moody increased 1,464 percent, and its assets grew 1,444 percent. Gray also established Moody’s still-popular radio ministry: Station WENR. Gray taught and wrote and traveled […]

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Martin Luther, Germany, Priest

365 Christian Men — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 31. Martin Luther. Luther had a painful, rocky start. When he was 13, he started university to study law, but fear, superstition, and a strict conscience combined to change his course, and he became a monk, and later a priest. He was ordered to earn a doctorate in Bible and became a professor at […]

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George Fox, England, Minister

365 Christian Men — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 30. George Fox. In his diary, Fox wrote that the Lord showed him: “being bred at Oxford or Cambridge was not enough to qualify men to be ministers of Christ … then the Lord … let me see His love, which was endless and eternal, … and that love let me see myself, as I was without Him.” This upset Fox’s world, and for the next years, […]

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Keith C. Smith, US, Lawyer

365 Christian Men — Wed, 29 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 29. Keith C. Smith. Single moms and fatherless sons live with a gaping hole. Stand by them. This is the burden that drove Keith’s passion and shaped his life. Single moms and fatherless sons live with a gaping hole. Stand by them. Twenty-three-year old Keith tapped on the driver’s-side window of his sister Sandy’s car. He shivered; night-time temperatures dropped quickly […]

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William Wilberforce, UK, Politician

365 Christian Men — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 28. William Wilberforce. Wilberforce was a teen from a wealthy family at the time when—every year—English businessmen kidnapped 35,000 to 50,000 African people and sold them as property. After Wilberforce became a true Christian, he saw a purpose for his life. He said, “So enormous, so dreadful, so irremediable did the [slave] trade’s wickedness […]

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Billy Sunday, US, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 27. Billy Sunday. Billy grew up in a log cabin in Iowa, where ten members of his family—including his father, died before Billy turned ten. His mother had to send her remaining children to live in the Soldier’s Orphan Home. But thanks to the love of his brother and Billy’s love for baseball, he still became a star. With the Chicago White Stockings in 1883, Billy struck […]

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Rory Feek, US, Singer, Songwriter

365 Christian Men — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 26. Rory Lee Feek. Rory is an American country-music singer and songwriter. He has written songs for artists such as Clay Walker, Tracy Byrd, and Blake Shelton. Rory has always been diligent about what he was called to do, but in the four years after the loss of his wife Joey, Rory raised funding and built a one-room school house on […]

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Francis Asbury, Britain, Minister

365 Christian Men — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 25. Francis Asbury. Although Asbury suffered much and was often ill, on this date in 1773, after nearly dying, he miraculously rebounded. Asbury spent 45 years in the colonies and the newly independent United States as a circuit-riding preacher, a minister, and a bishop. It is estimated that he ordained 2,000 ministers and rode more than 130,000 miles […]

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Bruce Olson, US, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 24. Bruce Olson. Bruce is a Scandinavian American Christian missionary best known for his work in bringing Christianity to the Motilone Indians of Colombia and Venezuela. But on his very first trip into the jungle, Bruce walked in circles for hours, and when he stopped for the night, he had no machete, not even a tool to open his can of sardines. He sat on the […]

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Nate Marquardt, US, UFC Fighter

365 Christian Men — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 23. Nate “The Great” Marquardt. Nate is a Mixed Martial Arts champion, and in Colorado, he founded a Martial Arts gym that produces champions. Among other things, Nate has held multiple MMA titles, including the Strikeforce Welterweight Championship. Nate has black belts in four different martial arts. He also appeared in the 2011 movie “Warrior.” About his faith, Nate said, “I learned about a false Christianity […]

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Charles Finney, US Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 22. Charles Finney. Finney was a lawyer turned preacher, and many people thought his preaching sounded more like legal arguments than sermons. He became a missionary in upstate New York. But when a man said he was pleased with Finney’s sermons, the preacher was distressed. He didn’t want to be pleasing; he wanted to be effective. So, at the end of a sermon, he challenged the […]

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Jerry Dunn, US, Author

365 Christian Men — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 21. Jerry Dunn. Jerry was a recognized expert on alcoholism and alcoholics. Trouble is he earned that distinction the hard way–firsthand experience. He presented at special conferences for pastors, medical students, and doctors. Jerry was also the executive director of People’s City Mission Home in Nebraska and president of the International Union of Gospel Missions. He is author of Alcoholics […]

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Karl Howg, US, Car Salesman

365 Christian Men — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 20. Karl Howg. Karl worked hard and accomplished many big things. But one day, he missed out on an ice cream cone and gained a large dose of wisdom. Here’s how it happened. Your time is a gift; manage it well or lose it to lesser things. Karl knew how to work hard. For him, a 60-hour work week was typical, and a 40-hour work week would be a vacation. And the man was […]

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Bill Bright, US, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 19. William R. Bright. Until eighth grade, Bill went to school in a one-room schoolhouse. And once he got started in life, he never slowed down. In 1951 he founded Campus Crusade for Christ—a ministry for university students. Then Bill spent the next 50 years growing Campus Crusade until it became the largest international Christian ministry in the world and serves not […]

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Remi Adeleke, US, Navy Seal

365 Christian Men — Sat, 18 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 18. Remi Adeleke. Remi’s dad was an architect, an executive, and a Nigerian Chief, which made Remi a prince. But after his father passed away, Remi, his mom, and his brother moved to the Bronx. Remi said, “We went from having it all to not having much of anything.” Young and adrift, Remi turned to scamming, stealing, and selling drugs. But he did have one treat. Once a month, he […]

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JD Gibbs, US, NASCAR Champion

365 Christian Men — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 17. JD Gibbs. JD was the oldest son of a famous man—Joe Gibbs, long-time coach of the NFL’s Washington Redskins. JD laughed about the fact that as he was growing up, he rarely saw his dad unless it was on a football field or a racetrack. But as soon as the first grandchild came along—like magic—dad was finding reasons to visit […]

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Hugh Latimer, England, Reformer

365 Christian Men — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 16. Hugh Latimer. One of Latimer’s earliest memories was of when he was four. He remembered buckling his father’s armor before he went into battle. When Latimer was fourteen, he attended Cambridge University and became “ … a scrupulously observant Catholic priest.” He strongly opposed Martin Luther and the Reformation. And he was a popular preacher; he became chaplain to King Edward VI. But about himself, he said, “I was as […]

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Cam Townsend, US, Linguist

365 Christian Men — Wed, 15 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 15. William Cameron Townsend. When Cam—as he was known to friends and family—was a sophomore in college, he heard John Mott challenge students to dedicate their lives to the evangelizing the world. Cam signed up—but then he remembered. He was already in the National Guard and had planned to fight in World War I. A friend persuaded him to meet Stella Zimmerman, […]

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John Wesley, England, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Tue, 14 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 14. John Wesley. Wesley grew up in a Christian home—the fifteenth of the nineteen children of an Anglican pastor and a devout mother. He always thought of himself as a believer and became a priest. On this date in 1735, he sailed to the newly founded colony Georgia, but neither the colonists nor the native people took to his message. After two years, […]

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Abraham Kuyper, Netherlands, Politician

365 Christian Men — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 13. Abraham Kuyper. When Abraham was a boy, people thought him dull-witted, but he graduated university with honors and went on to earn a doctorate in theology. He was Prime Minister of the Netherlands and founded the Free University of Amsterdam, where he also served as president and professor of theology. He established the Reformed Churches in the Netherlands and became editor-in-chief of De Standaard. On this date in 1898, Abraham lectured […]

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Thomas Bilney, England, Priest

365 Christian Men — Sun, 12 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 12. Thomas Bilney. Thomas first found forgiveness through a translation of the Bible done by Erasmus. As Thomas grew in faith, he studied the writings of William Tyndale, and Thomas spoke out every chance he got—He preached that every man had a right to read the Scriptures in his own language. In 1531, Thomas was burned at the stake. Here’s his story. Faltering faith? God is the God of new beginnings. […]

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Robert Hamill Nassau, US, Physician

365 Christian Men — Sat, 11 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 11. Robert Hamill Nassau. On this date in 1835, Nassau was born in Pennsylvania. But for forty-five years, he worked in various parts of Africa as a missionary, a medical doctor, a scientist, an explorer, a pioneer, and a prolific author. Nassau sent large collections of cultural artifacts to the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton for study, and he was the […]

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Chris Green, US, FedEx

365 Christian Men — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 10. Chris Green. Chris used to work for FedEx. Now—all around the world—he rescues children. He founded Vision for the Children, International (VFTCI), which provides proactive and preventative care for at-risk children and their families. Because more than 80% of the 150 million UNICEF orphans in the world actually have a living parent, VFTCI finds ways to change the conditions that force parents to abandon their children. Chris’s group operates Transitional Living Centers for […]

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John Peters, US, Business Owner

365 Christian Men — Thu, 09 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 9. John Peters. John is a successful entrepreneur, who has built and sold multiple businesses. Every business is started with one idea in mind: to sell it. In 2018, he sold a large national-service company and has experienced success. And not just in the US, but globally. With a handpicked team, he also invests on other continents. The goal: to fund, train, and mentor Christian entrepreneurs. John has helped fund building projects in The Middle East and […]

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George Washington Carver, US, Scientist

365 Christian Men — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 8. George Washington Carver. Carver was an American professor, agricultural scientist, and inventor. When he was young, he was known as “the plant doctor.” He told about when he was a young boy and said, “Often … people … would say to me, ‘George, my fern is sick. See what you can do with it.’… At this time I had never heard of botany and could scarcely read.” But he got the plants […]

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Daniel James Draper, England, Minister

365 Christian Men — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 7. Daniel James Draper. On this date in 1835, Draper was ordained a minister, and after a few years pastoring at a local church, for the next thirty years, he served in Australia. At various places in Australia, Draper built churches and schools and worked to make sure the people were cared for. When he was in charge of the […]

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William Tyndale, England, Scholar

365 Christian Men — Mon, 06 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 6. William Tyndale. Tyndale was an English scholar, who graduated from Oxford and had mastered seven languages. He became convinced that all people needed and deserved to be able to read the Bible in their own languages. But translating the Bible into English was punishable by death. While Tyndale worked away at his translation into English, in one day […]

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Asahel Nettleton, US, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 5. Asahel Nettleton. Nettleton was an American theologian and evangelist from Connecticut and a key figure during the Second Great Awakening. He had studied the writings of his predecessor Jonathon Edwards. Nettleton preached three times every Sunday and two or three times during the week, plus he preached to small groups who were interested in revival. At this time, thousands of people turned to […]

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Miles Coverdale, England, Reformer

365 Christian Men — Sat, 04 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 4. Miles Coverdale. Coverdale realized the common people needed a Bible they could read and understand in their own language. So he made it his life’s ambition to produce an entire Bible in English. He started as an Augustinian friar at Cambridge, then he became a priest and was influenced by his supervisor in the monastery—an active Lutheran—who was later executed by Henry VIII for […]

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Drew Brees, US, Quarterback

365 Christian Men — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 3. Drew Brees. Drew appears in the top five of many all-time greatest pro quarterback lists. He led the NFL in passing yards seven times and has 541 career-touchdown passes. He once threw a sixty-two-yard touchdown pass to a rookie receiver. Drew has made the Pro Bowl thirteen times, and in 2004, he was the NFL’s Comeback Player of the Year. In 2008 […]

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Carl Smythe, US, Skilled Worker

365 Christian Men — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 2. Carl Smythe. Carl is not his real name, but Carl is a real man who had to deal with real sin. There was nothing easy about it. Today’s story is a hard one. In 1989, Carl was released from prison. Do the hard work. God will do his part. Carl stared at the barren cell. How […]

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Michael J. Lindell, US, Inventor

365 Christian Men — Wed, 01 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000

October 1. Michael Lindell. Mike made one infomercial and grew his company from 5 employees to 500 in a span of 40 days. By 2020, he had 1500 employees and has sold 27 million pillows. Mike looks terrific in an infomercial. But his life hasn’t been a smooth ride. Here’s his story. Feed an addiction, and you will be tied to it. Call on the Lord, and be […]

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Lewis Hayden, US, Businessman

365 Christian Men — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 30. Lewis Hayden. Lewis was born a slave, but no mistreatment or ugly label could hold him back. When he finally escaped slavery, he dedicated his life, his time, and his skill as a businessman to serve and support slaves and escaped slaves. Lewis ran a clothing store, where he dressed runaway slaves—and he held meetings and campaigned against slavery. His home had a […]

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John Woolman, US, Quaker Abolitionist

365 Christian Men — Mon, 29 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 29. John Woolman. As a young man in newborn America, John was a Christian, and he worked as a scribe—an employee who copied documents by hand. When his boss told him to write out a bill of sale, of course, John did it. But it was a bill of sale for a slave, a human being. In […]

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Charles Hodge, US, Theologian

365 Christian Men — Sun, 28 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 28. Charles Hodge. As a boy, Charles dutifully memorized Scripture and the Westminster Catechism. Then the revival of 1815 “led Charles into an intense season of spiritual searching, and he found that God had made his boyhood beliefs both sincere and heartfelt.” He entered Princeton Theological Seminary, where they required him to memorize the Catechism again—in Latin—and on this date in 1819, he graduated. Within […]

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Kaboo, Liberia, Missionary to the US

365 Christian Men — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 27. Prince Kaboo. In the jungles of Liberia, nearing the end of the nineteenth century, people were always preparing for tribal warfare. Or they were recovering from tribal warfare. Or they were in the middle of tribal warfare. It was a hard way to live. But fifteen-year-old Prince Kaboo—the son of a Kru tribal chieftain—bore more than his share of the tribal-warfare pain. Already he had […]

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John Stott, England, Anglican Priest

365 Christian Men — Fri, 26 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 26. John Stott. Stott was an Anglican priest and theologian. On this day in 1950, he was inducted as rector of All Souls Church. But he lived in a two-room flat above the garage behind the rectory. He had a bedroom, but it also served as a hallway and a study for his research assistant. And Stott needed a research assistant; he wrote fifty books, which were translated into sixty-five languages. He also […]

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CS Lewis, Ireland, Scholar & Author

365 Christian Men — Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 25. CS Lewis. Lewis wrote more than thirty books, which have sold millions of copies. They run the literary gamut: fantasy, sci-fi, speculative fiction, apologetics, autobiography, and now-classic Christian non-fiction. The Chronicles of Narnia have also appeared on stage, TV, radio, and in films. Lewis taught English at both Oxford and Cambridge, and during World War 2, he bolstered the courage of many young military […]

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Kirk Cameron, US, Actor

365 Christian Men — Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 24. Kirk Cameron. Cameron started acting as a child and is well-remembered for his role Mike Seavers in TV’s Growing Pains. Later, he starred in the Left Behind series, Monumental, and Fireproof, which became the number-one-grossing inspirational film of the year. Cameron partners with Ray Comfort in an evangelical ministry, The Way of the Master, and speaks at thirty churches a year as part of the “Love Worth Fighting For” marriage conference. On this date in […]

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Sam Childers, US, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 23. Sam Childers. There was a time when Sam rode a sizable American-made motorcycle as a drug-addicted member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club. Their nemesis club was Hell’s Angels, and Outlaws liked to say, “ADIOS,” which stood for: “Angels Die In Outlaw States.” Later, after Sam became a Christian, he rode in a Land Cruiser, carried an AK-47, and fought to protect women and children in South Sudan. With his wife Lynn, Sam founded and […]

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Abraham Lincoln, US, President

365 Christian Men — Mon, 22 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 22. Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln was not only a statesman, a lawyer, and the 16th President of the United States. As a young man, he was also a star wrestler and not above talking some smack in the ring. In about 300 matches, he was defeated only once. And after one of his winning matches, he challenged the spectators. He yelled, “I’m […]

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Donald Cargill, Scottish Preacher

365 Christian Men — Sun, 21 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 21. Donald Cargill. About seven years after he started preaching, Cargill joined the Covenanters—a group of Bible believers who refused to swear that the king was the head of the church. They believed Christ was the head of the church and fought to defend that belief. At first, he tried to make peace between the king and the Covenanters, but […]

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1263 Josiah Henson, Canada, Minister

365 Christian Men — Sat, 20 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 20. Josiah Henson. Born into slavery, Josiah refused to remain enslaved. When he was 18, he became a Christian and soon began to preach after slaving all day. He also married and had twelve children. In 1830, Josiah escaped to Canada and founded a settlement and a laborer’s school for other fugitive slaves. In 1842, he founded the […]

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Charles Spurgeon, England, Minister

365 Christian Men — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 19. Charles Spurgeon. When Charles was 19, a church asked him to come for a 6-month try-out as pastor. Charles agreed to a 3-month trial and said, “The congregation might not want me, and I do not wish to be a hindrance.” He stayed 38 years and brought more than 14,000 people in. Usually, Charles chose the theme for the Sunday-morning sermon the night before, took a single page of notes to the pulpit, and […]

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GK Chesterton, England, Author

365 Christian Men — Thu, 18 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 18. GK Chesterton. Chesterton was an exuberant man, a keen debater, and a prolific writer—ninety books, ten novels, and many articles. Best known for his Father Brown mystery series, Chesterton was also a philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic. He has a camp of followers and a camp of haters. Either way, he makes a reader think deeply. Chesterton knew how to have […]

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TD Jakes, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 17. TD Jakes. When TD was a boy, the neighborhood kids called him “Bible Boy,” but because he had a speech impediment, grownups said he would never be a preacher. TD proved those grownups wrong, and he started preaching in a storefront church with only ten members. On this date in 2001, TD was featured on the cover of Time Magazine. He is now a pastor, author, and […]

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Matt Krueger, US, Accountant

365 Christian Men — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 16. Matt Krueger. Matt was a hard-driving accountant. He was still a very young man when he had a close encounter of the God kind, and it changed his life forever. Here’s his story. You can’t fight an enemy you don’t know exists, and you can’t fight a battle you don’t know you’re in. The nurses kept […]

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Derwin Gray, US, NFL Player

365 Christian Men — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 15. Derwin Gray. Gray played in the NFL for the Pittsburgh Steelers. In 1993 after practice, Gray noticed a linebacker who showered, wrapped a towel around his waist, grabbed his bible, and walked through the locker room “like a 1970’s pimp.” He strode up to guys and asked, “Do you know Jesus?” They called him the Naked Preacher, and it took five […]

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App Promo

365 Christian Men — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

365 Christian Men is a project built on some basic truths about God and His character. God cares deeply about each man, and He has a specific purpose for every man’s life. In fact, God wants to tell His stories through the lives of His men. One man had a vision for the project—to find […]

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William McKinley, US President

365 Christian Men — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 14. William McKinley. In 1861, McKinley was a 17-year-old teacher in a country school when the Civil War broke out, and he enlisted. By the end of the war in 1865, he was a major. By 1897, he had become the 25th President of the United States. He was a man who knew his duty and did it. On this date in 1901, McKinley died […]

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A Stubborn Teenager, US, High School Student

365 Christian Men — Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 13. Stubborn Teenager. Today our story is about a man much like you and me. When he was a child, his parents took him to church, but when he became a teenager, he was ready to put away childish things—childish things like church and preaching. This kid was from Charlotte, North Carolina. Here’s his story. If you’re suffering from a stony heart, God’s […]

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Majed El Shafie, Canada, Human Rights Activist

365 Christian Men — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 12. Majed El Shafie. Majed founded One Free World International, an organization devoted to supporting and speaking for persecuted people around the globe. He works to persuade world leaders to change the way they treat Christians, women, and other minorities. Today’s story takes place back when Majed still lived in Egypt. He had converted to Christianity, and the persecution hit him fast […]

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Sádhu Sundar Singh, India, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Wed, 03 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 3. Sádhu Sundar Singh. Sundar was desperate to know the truth about life. He knew it must mean something. In his extremity, he cried out for the One-in-charge to reveal himself—or Sundar would end his own life right then. And Jesus, the Messiah, revealed Himself to Sundar and recruited him to feed His sheep. On this date in 1905, Sundar was baptized into the […]

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Deano Sargent, US, Farmer

365 Christian Men — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 2. Deano Sargent. Deano was a man who loved God, loved his neighbor, and loved to farm. He was a faithful man. A faithful man who did the job at hand, cared for the people at hand, and didn’t worry himself about getting to the top. Here’s his story. When you value God’s people, they begin to see their […]

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Alok, India, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Mon, 01 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000

September 1. Alok. Alok was a young man in India—a young man who faced addiction and deception and thought running away was his only choice. But one day, during Alok’s private devotions, God spoke to him and sent him on a whole new adventure. God gave Alok a new life of purpose. Now Alok leads a group dedicated to planting churches in northern India, where both Hinduism and Buddhism […]

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Andy Kellywood, US, Maintenance Man

365 Christian Men — Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 31. Andy Kellywood. Andy was the maintenance man for Navajo Ministries. And he was eager to help boys who needed help. The director had his hands full with three particular boys, ages nine to fifteen. They ran together, sneaked out at night, and caused trouble. So the director assigned the boys to work for […]

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Christopher Todd, US, Shuttle Driver

365 Christian Men — Sat, 30 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 30. Christopher Todd. On this date in 1995, Christopher began a spiritual-healing program, a long struggle from darkness to light. The place beyond God’s love doesn’t exist. At twelve-years-old, Christopher struggled with conflicting realities. In church, he was taught that God could not remain in the presence of sin. But Christopher had a secret […]

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Fred Luter Jr, US, Minister

365 Christian Men — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 29. Fred Luter Jr. Luter was a young man when he crashed his motorcycle and met the Lord Jesus. He called the crash his “Road to Damascus moment.” He went on to become a powerful Christian pastor, and he enjoyed success until—on this day in 2005, Hurricane Katrina flooded the church and forced the […]

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Martin Luther King Jr, US, Civil Rights Activist

365 Christian Men — Thu, 28 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 28. Martin Luther King Jr. King started college when he was 15, and he questioned religion in general. But by the time he became a senior, he had met the Lord Jesus and knew His love and goodness. King went on to seminary, where the president was outspoken about civil rights in America. King […]

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Henry Dunster, US, College President

365 Christian Men — Wed, 27 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 27. Henry Dunster. Dunster was an English Puritan and a preacher who looked for religious freedom in the New World. Three weeks after he arrived in Boston, the Harvard search committee offered Dunster a job. On this day in 1640, Dunster became the first president of Harvard. During his tenure, the first Harvard buildings […]

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John Winthrop, Governor of Massachusetts

365 Christian Men — Tue, 26 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 26. John Winthrop. Winthrop was elected governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, which Winthrop called,“a city upon a hill, before the Puritans ever left England. The great hope was that the settlement would allow them to pursue their religious beliefs without persecution. Punishment can correct the offender; mercy can restore him. Winthrop watched the snow […]

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Lee Strobel, US, Investigative Journalist

365 Christian Men — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 25. Lee Strobel. Lee has won multiple awards as the legal editor of The Chicago Tribune and is a New York Times best-selling author of more than forty books and curricula that have sold fourteen million copies. At Colorado Christian University, Lee is president of the Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics. […]

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Mike Lynch, US, Army MP

365 Christian Men — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 24. Mike Lynch. Mike was a US Army gunner who got knocked for a horrific loop. Today’s story shows how Mike handled it. On this date in 2018, Mike decided it was time for him to forgive God. A genie, God is not—not found in a bottle or a magic lamp, but in a […]

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Rodney Williams, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 23. Rodney Williams. Rodney’s life was already in a downward swirl when a meth lab blew up in his face. And God met Rodney there in his pain. On this date in 2008, Rodney’s life story was performed on stage. Listen to this. Has life blown up in your face? Reach up. If the […]

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Tamrat Layne, Ethiopia, Prime Minister

365 Christian Men — Fri, 22 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 22. Tamrat Layne. Layne was a guerrilla fighter, and as part of a junta, he became Ethiopia’s Prime Minister from 1991 to 1995. Ethiopia’s Supreme Court found him guilty of embezzlement and sentenced him to 18 years in prison. He never stopped saying he wasn’t guilty all the time he was being held in […]

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Jeff Voth, US, Caveman

365 Christian Men — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 21. Jeff Voth. Jeff grew up primarily in Colorado but now lives in Oklahoma. He has written three books that evolved out of his personal walk with Christ. He is the founder and director of an international men’s ministry called Cavetime, which challenges men to practice five disciplines in their daily lives. […]

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Nick Vujicic, US, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 20. Nick Vujicic. Though Nick was born without arms or legs, in 2005—when he was only 17—Nick founded Life Without Limbs, an international non-profit ministry whose mission is to spread the gospel and unite the body of Christ. Nick says he keeps a pair of shoes in his closet because he believes in miracles. […]

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Li De Xian, China, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 19. Li De Xian. Pastor Li has been arrested so many times he’s lost count. Arrested and treated brutally for illegal preaching. He keeps a go-bag ready, not for jet-setting, but for the next arrest. It contains a blanket and a change of clothes. Don’t settle for safe; do what you’re called to do. […]

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Denzel Washington, US, Actor

365 Christian Men — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 18. Denzel Washington. Denzel was the son of a preacher and a hairstylist. Denzel says, “I was what they call ‘throwing rocks at the penitentiary,’ but I never hit it.” He adds, “I never got caught…. But I also knew right from wrong, so I never wanted to go too far.” Proactively, his mother […]

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John R. Mott, US, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Sun, 17 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 17. John Mott. John came to faith in Christ when he was an undergrad at Cornell. He was among the first hundred students to sign up in Dwight Moody’s summer conference in Massachusetts. The pledge was, “It is my purpose, if God permit, to become a foreign missionary.” John was still a student when […]

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Michael Lyles, US, Psychiatrist

365 Christian Men — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 16. Michael Lyles. Michael is a psychiatrist in Georgia who loves God and demonstrates it by loving the people God has created. Today’s story takes place when Michael was 14 years old and attending a new school in a new city. Here’s what happened. Sometimes you get betrayed; what do you do with the […]

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William E Gladstone, England, Prime Minister

365 Christian Men — Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 15. William Gladstone. Gladstone worked for equal opportunity for people, including self-rule in Ireland. He strove toward those goals for the four terms he was England’s prime minister, and he kept fighting for the causes he believed in, even when he wasn’t in office. Gladstone’s belief in God colored all his adult choices, and […]

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Maximillian Kolbe, Poland, Auschwitz Prisoner #16670

365 Christian Men — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 14. Maximillian Kolbe. Kolbe was born in the part of Poland that belonged to the Russian Empire. When he was 16, he and his brother stowed away in a hay cart so they could attend seminary on the Austrian side of the country. From there, he went on to Rome to get doctorates in […]

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William Melone, US, High School Teacher

365 Christian Men — Wed, 13 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 13. William “Bill” Melone. Bill was a high-school teacher in a tough neighborhood in Philadelphia. He is now Pastor for Mercy and Outreach at a church plant in NE Philadelphia. Today’s story shows a time Bill needed and received mercy and how it changed him. Wherever you find yourself, be all in. “Hey, Andre, […]

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Doug Smail, Canada, Former NHL player

365 Christian Men — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 12. Doug Smail. Doug—a left winger—played in the National Hockey League for 13 seasons from 1980 through 1993. Doug is a man who loves God. He also loved hockey, but he loved his family more. On this date in 1990, at a Christian Training Camp, Doug dedicated his son Cody to God. Today’s story […]

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Brian Head Welch, US, Guitarist

365 Christian Men — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 11. Brian Welch. Brian—also known by his stage name Head—was a guitarist and a founding member of the nu metal band Korn, who pioneered nu metal music, a form of alternative metal music—music for the disenfranchised. In 2005, Brian left the band to focus on life as a father and to pursue his own […]

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Lawrence of Rome, Archdeacon

365 Christian Men — Sun, 10 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 10. Lawrence of Rome. In Rome, during the first half of the third century, the government was sold out to Roman so-called deities, and Christians were not to be tolerated. Often they were given the chance to “convert” and prove it by offering sacrifices to the so-called gods. And those who refused were arrested, […]

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Franz Jagerstatter, Austria, Farmer

365 Christian Men — Sat, 09 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 9. Franz Jagerstatter. Jagerstatter started out like your average wild kid. As a teenager, he fathered a child out of wedlock, led a motorcycle gang, and got arrested for street fighting. But when he met the woman he soon married, she introduced him to Jesus, prayed with him, helped him grow in faith. And […]

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John Scudder, US, Physician

365 Christian Men — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 8. John Scudder. Scudder was the first American medical missionary in India. He was the first Scudder missionary in India, which went on for 1,100 combined years of missionary service. Forty-two members of four generations of Scudders. That run began when he was visiting a patient and saw a tract on the table that […]

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Roy Edward Lucas Jr, US, College Professor

365 Christian Men — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 7. Roy Edward Lucas, Jr. Roy was a man who loved God and wanted to be useful. He made himself available to help wherever God put him. On this date in 2011, he had a breakthrough with a young man—their first Icee together. The secret code is: Be a friend to make a friend. […]

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Brennan Manning, US, Author

365 Christian Men — Wed, 06 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 6. Brennan Manning. Brennan was a Marine in the Korean War, studied journalism at the University of Missouri, and later, philosophy and Latin at Saint Francis College, where he became a Christian. He was ordained a Franciscan priest, taught, and then joined a contemplative order that served the poor in Spain and Switzerland. For […]

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Kurt Warner, US, Football Player

365 Christian Men — Tue, 05 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 5. Kurt Warner. Kurt was an American football quarterback. He played for three National Football League teams: the St. Louis Rams, the New York Giants, and the Arizona Cardinals. He went on to be considered the best undrafted NFL player of all time, following a 12-year career regarded as one of the greatest stories in the NFL. On this date in 2017, Kurt was inducted […]

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David Livingstone, Scotland, Explorer

365 Christian Men — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 4. David Livingstone. Livingstone was a physician, a missionary, an explorer, and a writer. He was the first European to cross the width of southern Africa. His work and his writing taught Europe about the horrors of slavery and why it must be stopped. When confronted with injustice, do you step back or speak out? Livingstone deplored slavery—with good […]

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Gene McGuire, US, Author/Speaker

365 Christian Men — Sun, 03 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 3. Gene McGuire. Gene started down a wrong road when he was very young. Apart from God, he had no hope. But on this date in 2008, the Holy Spirit whispered to Gene, “Bow low.” This is what happened. Depend on yourself, and limit your future. Depend on God, and miracles happen. Gene blocked […]

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Benjamin Rush, US, Physician

365 Christian Men — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 2. Benjamin Rush. At the age of 23, Rush, the physician, became the first professor of chemistry in America. He also published a tract on the evils of the slavery and helped organize the first anti-slavery society in America. He was brilliant and accomplished and prolific, but some also called him, “unshakable in his […]

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Phil Floyd, US, Outdoorsman

365 Christian Men — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

August 1. Phil Floyd. Phil is a young man who loves to conquer large obstacles. Here’s his story. On this date in 1987, Phil camped in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. If you don’t want to live in fear, don’t feed it. The last day in July, Phil—expert hiker and camper—was packed and primed for his […]

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John Knox, Scotland, Reformer

365 Christian Men — Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 31. John Knox. Knox was a Scottish minister, theologian, and writer who was a leader of the country’s spiritual Reformation. And he was the founder of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland. But on this date in 1547, Knox was captured by the French Navy. Speaking up against evil requires an ordinary man who trusts God. The trouble started when Cardinal Beaton—a high-ranking Catholic church […]

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Frank Turek, US, Author

365 Christian Men — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 30. Frank Turek. Frank is a gifted man. He was a US Navy Aviator and has a master’s degree from George Washington University and a doctorate from Southern Evangelical Seminary. Frank is also an award-winning author and the President of CrossExamined.org, a ministry he founded for defending the gospel. Frank speaks clearly and honestly. He presents powerful and entertaining evidence for Christianity at churches, […]

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Anthony Ray Hinton, US, Speaker

365 Christian Men — Tue, 29 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 29. Anthony Ray Hinton. Ray was arrested, convicted, imprisoned, and sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit. Here’s his story. When life is unjust, turn your pain into purpose. Ray had a message, and he taught that message to his neighbor Henry, though they only had one thing in common. They were both convicts on death row. Ray had […]

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Jesse Irvin Overholtzer, US, Administrator

365 Christian Men — Mon, 28 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 28. Jesse Irvin Overholtzer. Jesse started out rebelling and determined to have all the fun he could. But Jesus intervened, and Jesse’s life became productive. And he didn’t tolerate obstacles. When Jesse was 60, although he had no administrative experience, he founded Child Evangelism Fellowship with stations in 51 countries, and he directed its international operation for 15 years, up until 3 years before he died. Where might and power failed, the Spirit […]

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Francois Coillard, France, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 27. François Coillard. Coillard was a missionary from France. His life was embroiled with political intrigues; and his work was interrupted and redirected by nations at war, usurpers overthrowing the government, and rival peoples failing to maintain peace long enough for the gospel to be preached. Still, Coillard demonstrated strength of character as he did the job God had sent him to do. On this date in […]

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Dave Roever, US, Black Beret

365 Christian Men — Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 26. Dave Roever. Dave fought in the Vietnam War as a gunner on a US Navy riverboat. Then life changed. Dave went on to found the Roever Foundation, which has provided thousands of scholarships to students in Vietnam and other places. The Foundation has built a cardiac-care unit and a Digital Imaging Lab, which saves hundreds of Vietnamese lives—at no cost to them. The Foundation built a thirty-six-bed heart-monitoring system in […]

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Justin Searle, US, Senior Director of Operations

365 Christian Men — Fri, 25 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 25. Justin Searle. Justin knew how to work hard and learned there was more to life than he could get by hard work alone. If life feels driven but empty, take faith to work with you. The perks and pains of overwork drove investment banker Justin Searle to say, “No more!” Compelled to succeed, he often clocked 110 hours […]

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Haralan Popov, Bulgaria, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 24. Haralan Popov. Popov was an atheist until he was a teenager, when he became a Christian. Before long, he was a pastor. But when WW II ended, Bulgaria was abandoned to Communist control. All large-scale industries, banks, and insurance companies were run by the government, and high positions in the church were taken over by Communists. Sadly, many pastors fell in line with the new regime, […]

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Mincaye, Ecuador, Hunter-gatherer

365 Christian Men — Wed, 23 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 23. Mincaye. Mincaye is a man with a history. Here’s what happened: missionary pilot Nate Saint, with four other missionaries, was killed when they tried to befriend the Waodani tribe, at the time, known as the most violent society on earth. The Waodani culture was changed by the Gospel of Christ, brought to the […]

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Desmond Tutu, South Africa, Activist

365 Christian Men — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 22. Desmond Tutu. Desmond went to a segregated and underfunded all-Black school in South Africa, where he excelled, by the way. He once told an audience, “… many of the people who taught us … inspired you to want to emulate them and really to become all that you could become, … They gave you the impression that … even with all of the obstacles … in […]

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Kemmons Wilson, US, Founder of Holiday Inns

365 Christian Men — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 21. Kemmons Wilson. Kemmons was already a movie-theatre-owning millionaire when he took his wife and 5 little children to the capital for a family vacation. They stayed in a $6-a-night motel room, which was not only dingy and cramped, but its price zoomed to $16-a-night as soon as the motel owner saw the kids. Wilson told his wife it wasn’t fair, and within a year, he opened […]

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Frederick Douglass, US, Abolitionist

365 Christian Men — Sun, 20 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 20. Frederick Douglass. Douglass was born into slavery, found a way out for himself, worked to free others, and then used his new position to work toward freedom for other groups of people. On this date in 1866, Douglass spoke at the First Women’s Rights Convention. Knowledge can be the pathway to freedom; gain it. Use it. Born into slavery in […]

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Dwight D. Eisenhower, US, President of the United States

365 Christian Men — Sat, 19 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 19. Dwight D. Eisenhower. Eisenhower graduated from West Point, commanded the Allied Forces in North Africa in 1942, and on D-Day, 1944, he was Supreme Commander of the troops invading France. After the war, he became President of Columbia University, and before long, he was President of the United States. A conviction is a belief that moves you to […]

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Jerry Moldenhauer, US, Husband

365 Christian Men — Fri, 18 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 18. Jerry Moldenhauer. Jerry loved Jesus Christ, and he loved a young woman. Today’s story is not dependent on the kind of job Jerry had or the place he lived. It is equally relevant for all of us who have ever loved someone who had issues of their own. Take a listen. On this date in 1987, Jerry prayed for Paula on […]

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Thomas Austin IV, US, Lieutenant Colonel, US Army

365 Christian Men — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 17. Retired Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Austin. Tom and his wife Cheri lived in Hospitality House, just outside the gate of the US Military Academy at West Point. Years before, through the Officers’ Christian Fellowship (OCF), Tom, then a cadet himself, had chosen life with Jesus. And he had dreamed of someday running OCF, one of the most vibrant student organizations at the academy. He wanted […]

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GR Kampfer, US, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 16. GR Kampfer. Kampfer was a man of mission. Like God sent Paul to the Macedonians, God sent Kampfer to Northern India to people who were “spirit worshippers sunk in the depravity of ignorance” and “driven back into the swamps and jungles.” When he arrived—though the journey had been long and exhausting and his destination was shot through with evil—he said, “How glorious these trips […]

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Luke McAllister, US, Helper of the Homeless

365 Christian Men — Tue, 15 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 15. Luke McAllister. Luke is a young man who has a heart for homeless people. Though he faces challenges around speaking, he’s taught his family to communicate and a whole community to serve. Here’s his story. People cry out for heroes, but we can only hear them if we listen. Nineteen-year-old Luke had a special routine. Most weekends, he went with his dad to […]

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Dave Rudenis, US, Auto Mechanic

365 Christian Men — Mon, 14 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 14. Dave Rudenis. Dave was a young deacon in a local church in Florida. One evening at the church’s board meeting, the pastor challenged his team “to make a difference; to get out there and do something.” After the meeting, Dave told his pastor he didn’t think he should be “doing something” because he was “just a young deacon who liked to race […]

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Stanley Dale, Australia, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Sun, 13 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 13. Stanley Dale. Dale was an Australian who first visited New Guinea while he was in the army during World War II. When he first saw the high mountain ranges of the interior, he set his mind that someday he would come back and bring the message of God’s love to the Yali people, who lived in those remote areas. And when he came to them, once they shot him, but […]

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Frederick Robertson, England, Minister

365 Christian Men — Sat, 12 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 12. Frederick Robertson. Frederick had a reputation for studying hard. He memorized the entire New Testament—in English and in Greek. And he was enthusiastically evangelical. On this date in 1840, he was ordained by the bishop of Winchester and began preaching at once. Do you sometimes wonder whether God answers prayer? Pray. When Frederick was a little boy, he […]

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Eric Liddell, Scotland, Olympian

365 Christian Men — Fri, 11 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 11. Eric Liddell. Eric was a champion runner and rugby player who intended to compete in the 100-meter race at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. But stuff happened, and on this date in 1924, he won the Gold Medal for the 400-meter event. Here’s how it happened. When you walk with integrity, you forge a path for other men. As the sound of pipes and drums of the […]

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Adam Voss, US, Barber

365 Christian Men — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 10. Adam Voss. Adam is a hard-working guy with a houseful of daughters and a love for God that shows up in everyday practical ways. Today’s story is about one of Adam’s days off from work. Your job may not make you famous, but in Kingdom currency, it’s pure gold. Adam is a Christian and […]

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Ken Weigel, US, Senior Director of Strategies

365 Christian Men — Wed, 09 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 9. Ken Weigel. Ken struggled in some ways about finding his best place, about exactly what God was calling him to do. He had plenty of stellar gifts, but they didn’t seem to be the kinds of gifts preachers or professors had. That is—until God revealed how He sees those gifts. Listen to this. Feeling inferior can strip away your confidence; step […]

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Setan Lee, Cambodia, CEO

365 Christian Men — Tue, 08 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 8. Setan Lee. Setan—the son of a wealthy businessperson and the “youngest student in his medical-school class”—was suddenly arrested for being intellectual. His escape was one miracle after another. On this date in 1995, Setan founded TransformAsia, which has planted thirty-six churches and built—among other things—a women’s center, Battambang Trade School, David Orphanage Center, Kambour Village Feeding Center, Joy Day Care Center, and multiple Medical Mobile Clinics. […]

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Simpson George, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Mon, 07 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 7. Simpson George. Simpson faced bigotry with grace and modeled forgiveness with patience. He refused to hold a grudge, and God continued to use him. Here’s his story. Offended by man? Let it go. Be defended by God. When the Board of a Midwestern, all-white church asked Simpson to lead, Simpson asked if the church was ready for a Black pastor. […]

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John Huss, Bohemia, Priest

365 Christian Men — Sun, 06 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 6. John Huss. Huss grew up poor and became a priest. But when he came face to face with Jesus Christ, Huss’s heart was changed. About 1401, Huss got a hold of some writings of John Wycliff, and from then on, he spoke out in favor of ordinary people being able to read the Scripture in their own language. For […]

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John and Joseph Cathcart, US, Missionaries

365 Christian Men — Sat, 05 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 5. John and Joseph Cathcart. John and Joe are two American men who had a heart for the Japanese. Seems like these men would do anything to tell people about Jesus. Here is the story. People need Jesus. Do whatever it takes to reach them. John breathed in the humid air of Japan’s Nara district and climbed another step. Tonight he would sleep in the […]

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Benjamin Franklin, US, Inventor

365 Christian Men — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 4. Benjamin Franklin. Franklin is known to be one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Few people know that he spent only two years in school. And later, he spent two years in a colonial prison for opposing the revolution. At 12, Franklin became an indentured apprentice at his brother’s print shop, where he worked hard and was beaten often. At 16, he took […]

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Jeff Struecker, US, Soldier

365 Christian Men — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 3. Army Ranger Sergeant Jeff Struecker. Struecker was the real-life hero behind the 2001 Oscar-winning movie: Black Hawk Down. It’s the story of 160 crack soldiers dropping into Somalia to take down 2 top lieutenants of the renegade warlord. In today’s story, Struecker’s prime directive drives a key decision. What he does is motivated by his love for God and his love for his men. Once you’ve committed never to leave a man […]

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William Booth, England, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 2. William Booth. Booth was a minister but saw that a lot of suffering people would never come into a church. And in some places, if they did come, they wouldn’t be welcome. So Booth decided to take his preaching to the people. When other pastors denounced his ideas, he and his wife left the church and started training […]

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Jeremiah Lanphier, US, Businessman

365 Christian Men — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

July 1. Jeremiah Lanphier. Jeremiah became a Christian—and he felt deep concern for his fellow New Yorkers. So when a struggling church offered him a job visiting the congregation, he took the job. On this date in 1857, Jeremiah signed on as an inner-city missionary. “What if …?” will either cripple you or compel you. Your move. In autumn of 1857, a lot of people in New York City were unemployed. Businesses and […]

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David Green, US, Entrepreneur

365 Christian Men — Mon, 30 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 30. David Green. Green, with $600 in his pocket and a craft idea, founded the arts-and-crafts store Hobby Lobby. So far, his idea has grown into 900 stores and several major ministries. Still, the principles Green bases his decisions on are not always popular. Today’s story tells about a principle Green had to fight for. On this date […]

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Richard Allen, US, Minister

365 Christian Men — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 29. Richard Allen. Allen endured huge loss as a child. But even as a new believer, he stood strong in the face of gross injustice and became one of America’s most active and influential black leaders. Obstacles can cripple or cause growth. It’s your choice. Allen was a human being who was legally owned by another human being. In the United States. In […]

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Mike McNeill, US, Fathers in the Field

365 Christian Men — Sat, 28 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 28. Mike McNeill. Mike grew up with a dad who took him fly-fishing. But Mike knew that today in America, 50 percent of boys grow up in fatherless homes. Mike got involved in a group called Fathers in the Field, which pairs fatherless boys with Christian mentors. Today’s story is about how Mike got started with a boy we’ll call Dan.* […]

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Ken Jacobs, US, Soldier

365 Christian Men — Fri, 27 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 27. Ken Jacobs. Ken served his country, faced unspeakable horror, and set his own needs aside for the good of the country. On this date in 2019, Ken told what happened on D-Day—when he had a job to do. “You are expendable.” Survive that lie and live! US Army Private First Class Ken Jacobs tried peering out of the tall sides of […]

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Francis Scott Key, US, Lawyer

365 Christian Men — Thu, 26 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 26. Francis Scott Key. Key was a serious believer in Jesus and an amateur poet. And he was against the War of 1812. Still his strong sense of personal duty drove him to join the Georgetown Light Field Artillery. So when a situation arose that called for a soldier and a skilled negotiator, they sent Key. […]

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Phil Trujillo, US, Stockbroker

365 Christian Men — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 25. Phil Trujillo. Phil was stockbroker, who faced some hard things. Have you ever been accused of a crime? Have you ever been tried and acquitted? Have you ever been tried and convicted and sent to prison? Have you ever had to start life all over again? This story—about Phil—offers practical ideas for issues we may be facing. Prosperity is […]

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Francis Xavier, Spain, Priest

365 Christian Men — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 24. Francis Xavier. Francis was born in the family castle in what is now Spain. When he finished his basic education, he earned a master’s degree in philosophy and taught it for four years at the University of Paris. Then he studied theology for two more years. But Francis never imagined that this God he was studying about […]

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Manny Pacquiao, Philippine Islands, Boxer

365 Christian Men — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 23. Manny Pacquiao. Manny had a dream, and he wasn’t afraid of the work it would require. When he was little, Manny lived in a shack in a dense Philippines jungle, where his father climbed seventy trees a day and gathered coconuts to get the family some food—not enough food. They usually couldn’t afford rice, and Manny’s ribs and shoulders […]

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Chris Quilala, US, Worship Leader

365 Christian Men — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 22. Chris Quilala. Chris was an on-fire worship leader. When things were good, he worshiped God. When things went wrong, he had to learn what to do. When pain paralyzes you, hang tight to the truth you know. It can hold you up. Chris sat down limply. Out of habit, his arm reached for his guitar propped against the […]

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Andy Stanley, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Sat, 21 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 21. Andy Stanley. Andy will tell you he’s an introvert. He says, “Crowds kill me.” At a party, he wants to find one person and sit and talk to him. But Andy is the senior pastor of North Point Ministries, which includes North Point Community Church, Buckhead Church, Browns Bridge Church, Gwinnett Church, Woodstock City Church, and Decatur City Church. And the weekly attendance for North […]

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John Frith, England, Priest

365 Christian Men — Fri, 20 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 20. John Frith. Frith was a brilliant scholar and a man who loved God. And he was willing to die rather than endorse a church rule he knew to be untrue. All he had to do was agree that the church authorities were right about some things like communion and hell, and he could have had a long, productive life. […]

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Stuart W. Epperson, US, Media Mogul

365 Christian Men — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 19. Stuart Epperson. Stu grew up on a tobacco farm. When he was about sixteen, he and a buddy were hoeing corn on a mountainside in Virginia when they saw smoke rising and ran to check it out. Turned out to be one of Stu’s relatives and the buddy’s brother operating a corn-liquor still. Stu’s first shot at being an entrepreneur! […]

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Harland Sanders, US, Entrepreneur

365 Christian Men — Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 18. Harland Sanders. Harland started his business career in a questionable neighborhood known as Hell’s Half-Acre. He owned a Shell gas station, and he wheeled out an old dining table to feed homemade ham and steak dinners to truck drivers. He was hard-working, hard-driving, and hotheaded, and he never backed down from a fight. Most people know Harland Sanders as Colonel Sanders of KFC […]

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John Eliot, England, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 17. John Eliot. John dreamed of taking the gospel to nearby native Americans. On this date in 1670, John established a church at Maktapog and preached to them—a little haltingly maybe—in their own language. A fundamental Puritan tenet held that believers ought to be able to read and interpret the Bible for themselves. So while he did his full-time pastor’s job, John managed to devise […]

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Glenn Cunningham, US, Olympian

365 Christian Men — Mon, 16 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 16. Glenn Cunningham. Glenn had the courage and the drive of a lion. On this date in 1934, Glenn set the World Record for the Outdoor Mile. Four years later, he set the World Record for the Indoor Mile. Wait until you hear how he got started. When tragedy strikes, triumph starts between your ears. Glenn won races. But he never should have been able […]

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Kimo, Ecuador, Hunter/Gatherer

365 Christian Men — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 15. Kimo. Kimo lived in an Ecuadorian jungle, and his tribe’s name was Waodani, but because of their stone-age mentality and violent ways, neighboring tribes called them the Auca, which means “naked savages.” As a boy, Kimo was was taught what all the Waodani were taught: that “he must spear and live or be speared and die.” Today’s story takes place eight years after Kimo and some other natives surrounded a small group of […]

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Phil Robertson, US, Inventor

365 Christian Men — Sat, 14 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 14. Phil Robertson. Phil grew up in a log cabin with no electricity or phone or toilet or bathtub, and he had four brothers and two sisters. And he grew up to be a reality TV star. Phil says he came up in the 1950s, but it was more like the 1850s, and his […]

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Dallas Willard, US, Philosopher

365 Christian Men — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 13. Dallas Willard. Dallas served for 45 years as Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California. He was also a Baptist pastor and wrote world-rocking books about what it means to be a Christian and what spiritual disciplines are all about. Dallas didn’t argue. He didn’t put people down. He didn’t have […]

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Steve Saint, US, Entrepreneur

365 Christian Men — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 12. Steve Saint. Steve was born to missionaries in Ecuador—missionaries who wanted to reach a tribe whose basic teaching was, “[You] must spear and live or be speared and die.” And when Steve was five, natives speared his father, jungle-pilot Nate Saint, to death. After a time, the violent tribe did repent and turn to Christ, and one of the men who had attacked Nate Saint […]

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Thomas Hooker, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 11. Thomas Hooker. Hooker lived long before the United States had a flag with thirteen stars. He was a pastor willing to pick a fight he believed in. And he believed the people had the God-given right to vote. So he took his people and founded the Colony of Connecticut. Now there’s a man ready to act on what he believes. Today’s story gives us a […]

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Lewis Tappan, US, Abolitionist

365 Christian Men — Tue, 10 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 10. Lewis Tappan. Tappan knew what he believed and in whom he believed, and he wasn’t afraid to take a stand. Take one of hundreds of stands he made—in 1863, he held a Christian service to celebrate Emancipation Day and the freeing of slaves in the United States. It ended in a riot—hymnals and […]

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Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, England, Priest

365 Christian Men — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 9. Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy. Geoffrey volunteered as a chaplain to the British Army when World War I broke out. On this date in 1917, he went into battle to support the soldiers, and he was later awarded the Military Cross. Wait until you hear how he supported the soldiers. Geoffrey also wrote poetry with […]

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Adoniram Judson, US, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Sun, 08 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 8. Adoniram Judson. Judson was on a mission from God. Before he showed up in Burma, a Burmese Bible didn’t exist, and there wasn’t a single known Christ-follower. By 1837, Judson had completed the Burmese Bible, and there were 1,144 baptized converts. In 1880, there were 7,000 Burmese Christians, 63 churches, a publishing house, […]

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Edwin Louis Cole, US, Preacher

365 Christian Men — Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The CMN ministry has trained more than a million leaders in 138 nations, and those leaders are teaching others. CMN also provides the Majoring in Men curriculum, which has been used by more than 8 million men. All this work around the globe is based on a foundational truth: “Manhood and Christlikeness are synonymous.” If […]

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George Matheson, Scotland, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 6. George Matheson. Matheson became blind when he was twenty, but within five years, he had earned a bachelor of divinity degree. His sisters learned Latin, Greek, and Hebrew so they would be able to help him study, and he went on to pastor and to write. On this date in 1881, Matheson wrote […]

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Winfred Boniface, England, Bishop

365 Christian Men — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 5. Winfred Boniface. Boniface was a pastor in charge of a parish and other pastors. That’s why he was called a bishop. About 250 years before Boniface, a group of ferocious pagans conquered the western part of the Roman Empire—equal to today’s France, Belgium, and West Germany. They were named Franks after the Germanic/Norse […]

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Hans Egede, Norway, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 4. Hans Egede. Egede was a pastor in Norway. Seven hundred years after Eric the Red colonized Greenland, Egede stood staring west. He knew Eric the Red’s colony had survived into the 1400s, but no word of survivors had come to Norway—not for several centuries. As Egede stood looking toward Greenland, in his spirit, […]

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Thomas Becket, England, Archbishop

365 Christian Men — Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 3. Thomas Becket. Thomas became the Archbishop of Canterbury—the unofficial head of all the Anglican bishops in England. He was also chancellor to King Henry II and the keeper of the great seal, which was used to authenticate royal documents. In this political position, he destroyed castles, repaired the Tower of London, and led […]

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Bill Wilson, US, Child Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Mon, 02 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 2. Bill Wilson. Bill founded Metro World Child, the largest ministry to children in the United States. For more than fifty years, Bill Wilson has rescued hurting children, loved them, introduced them to Christ, and helped them stay in school and out of gangs. He offers a message of hope. With headquarters in New […]

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Desmond Doss, US, War Hero

365 Christian Men — Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

June 1. Desmond Doss. Doss was a United States Army corporal who served as a combat medic in World War II. In 1945, in Okinawa, where at least seventy-five fellow soldiers were wounded, Doss stayed—the only medic in a fire-swept area. During training, he had learned a special double-bowline knot, and he used it during […]

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RA Torrey, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 31. RA Torrey. Torrey’s parents were Christians, but early on, he was not interested in the Christian life. He entered Yale in 1871, determined to become a lawyer. But God had other plans, and—after a dramatic conversion in 1875—he graduated and entered Yale’s Divinity’s School. Three years later, hearing DL Moody preach moved Torrey […]

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Todd White, Canada, Speaker

365 Christian Men — Fri, 30 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 30. Todd White. Todd is a former drug addict. And he is a former non-Christian. Everything changed for Todd the day he had a close encounter with the living God. Ten years later, he launched Lifestyle Christianity, a ministry geared toward activating the church to walk daily in love and power as they share […]

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Rees Howells, Wales, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Thu, 29 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 29. Rees Howells. Ever since he was twelve, Rees had worked in a coal mine. But in 1906, God called him out of wage-earning and into a ministry of praying for people. For more than forty years, Rees prayed for his daily bread, and God always provided. While on the mission field in South […]

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1148 Brendan Eich, US, Mozilla Founder

365 Christian Men — Wed, 28 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 28. Brendan Eich. Eich is a computer programmer and technologist, whose 10-day creation, JavaScript, is a widely-used computer language. Eich also launched the Mozilla project, then the Mozilla Foundation, and eventually the Mozilla Corporation. Mozilla is an internet company that “protects you rather than profits off you.” Mozilla Firefox is an open-source (technology for […]

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1147 Louis Zamperini, US, War Hero

365 Christian Men — Tue, 27 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 27. Louis Zamperini. Family and friends had little hope for young Louis. He was a thief and a bully—until he joined his high school’s track team. Soon, he became one of southern California’s best high school athletes. Louis competed at the 1936 Olympic games and was a leading candidate to break the four-minute-mile barrier. […]

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1146 Henry J Heinz, US, Entrepreneur

365 Christian Men — Mon, 26 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 26. Henry J. Heinz. When Henry was very young, he helped his mother make and sell pickles. He sold homemade grated horseradish in clear glass jars so his customers could see that he was not cheating them by adding turnips or wood pulp to his product. When he was 12, he had his own […]

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Xu Yonghai (徐永海), China, Physician

365 Christian Men — Sun, 25 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 25. Xu Yonghai. Dr. Xu is a Chinese evangelical and psychiatrist who shares the gospel with everyone he meets. He is a social activist in a place where activism can be hazardous to one’s health. He is an “unlicensed” preacher in a place where all religious activity (Christian and other) is controlled by the […]

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Søren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

365 Christian Men — Sat, 24 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 24. Søren Kierkegaard. The problem began with Søren’s father. Once when Dad was a shepherd boy hard at work in the harsh weather, he cursed God, and even when he was grown, he was convinced that—because of that curse—all seven of his children would die before they reached the age of 34. This might […]

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Samuel Cathy, US, Businessman

365 Christian Men — Fri, 23 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 23. Samuel Cathy. Samuel founded Chick Fil A— one of the top-earning restaurant chains in America. It pulled in “more than $9 billion in revenue in 2017, marking 50 consecutive years of sales growth.” And of those proceeds, in 2017 and 2018 alone, “$14.65 million was awarded in scholarships to Team Members, and $1.23 […]

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John Wycliffe, England, Theologian

365 Christian Men — Thu, 22 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 22. John Wycliffe. Wycliffe was a Protestant long before there were Protestants. The Protestant Reformation is a 16th century phenomenon, but Wycliffe lived in the 14th century. Two-hundred years before Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the castle door, Wycliffe wrote and circulated 18 Theses, including outright challenges to the Catholic church’s authority. (Wycliff […]

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William Farel, Switzerland, Reformer

365 Christian Men — Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 21. William Farel. Farel was a man of intense courage, boldness, and fearlessness, and he eventually became a significant figure in the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century. He started out as a pro-Reform Catholic preacher, but the Catholic efforts were too slow for Farel. He moved from France to Switzerland, where he encountered […]

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Ignatius of Loyola, Spain, Priest

365 Christian Men — Tue, 20 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 20. Ignatius of Loyola. Ignatius’s early life followed a predictable pattern for boys born in wealthy, noble families. He started as a page and then a knight—both soldier and diplomat. On this date in 1521, while he was serving as soldier, he was severely injured by a cannonball. He almost died; his legs were […]

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Colonel Jeffrey Williams, US, Astronaut

365 Christian Men — Mon, 19 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 19. Colonel Jeffrey Williams. In 1993, Jeffrey graduated first in the class at US Naval Test Pilot School, Class 103. Three years later, he was selected to be an astronaut. On this date in 2000, the STS-101 Mission began, and Jeffrey Williams was the Flight Engineer and Lead Spacewalker. This was the third shuttle […]

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Thomas Chalmers, Scottish Minister

365 Christian Men — Sun, 18 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 18. Thomas Chalmers. In the very early 1800s, Chalmers was a prolific writer on a variety of topics: economics, theology, social work, and astronomy, to name just a few. He obtained his divinity degree at the age of 19, was licensed to preach at the age of 20, and was ordained at the age […]

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Darren Billings, US, Advocate for the Homeless

365 Christian Men — Sat, 17 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 17. Darren Billings. Darren is the senior pastor of Oasis Ministries, a group dedicated to “loving and lifting the hurting of our world.” Oasis, which began as a small group in 2011, now serves people in three cities and four areas in Oregon. The ministry’s website declares, “We have two vital mandates we follow […]

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1136 Paul Holcroft, US, Antique Art Dealer

365 Christian Men — Fri, 16 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 16. Paul Holcroft. Paul is not a man to take the easy road. He quit a good job in the business world to study theology full time. Besides that, Paul and his wife Colleen are foster parents and have cared for children ranging in age from newborn to 8 years old. Paul is quick […]

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Paul White, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 15. Paul White. Paul is an internationally recognized author of Christian nonfiction. He has pastored and taught in several churches and conferences for almost thirty years. He hosts the Deeper Daily Podcast and talks listeners through the Scriptures. Seeing believers awaken “to the goodness of God’s grace through Jesus is Paul’s greatest passion.” On this […]

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Dr. Francis Collins, US, Physician

365 Christian Men — Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 14. Francis Collins. Collins is a physician and geneticist who spearheaded the Human Genome Project, which studied DNA and completed finished sequence of the human DNA instruction book. Collins also discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases. Since 2009, he has been director of the National Institutes of Health and the largest […]

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Dr. Verle Bell, US, Psychiatrist

365 Christian Men — Tue, 13 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 13. Doctor Verle Bell. Bell is a psychiatrist and an ordained minister who has served in the US Air Force, in community health clinics, in hospitals, and in private practice. He works with all kinds of patients with all kinds of issues, and encourages them to address all the components of their lives: medical, […]

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Nicolaus von Zinzendorf, Germany, Bishop

365 Christian Men — Mon, 12 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 12. Count Nicolaus von Zinzendorf. Zinzendorf was a man out of step with his own time, but in step with God’s heart. Like Luther before him, Zinzendorf was a German reformer, with a heart to correct a wrong direction he thought the church was taking. Unlike Luther, though, the church that Zinzendorf was co […]

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John Wimber, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Sun, 11 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 11. John Wimber. Prior to his conversion, John was part of a Los Angeles musical group called the Paramours, who later became the Righteous Brothers. But his life then was anything but righteous. He described himself as a beer-guzzler, a drug-abuser, and a chain smoker. After his conversion in a Quaker church, John became […]

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Father Damien, Belgian Priest

365 Christian Men — Sat, 10 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 10. Father Damien. A young man named Pamphille prepared for ministry and intended to serve in Hawaii, but when the time came, he was who was too ill to go. His younger brother went to serve in Hawaii in Pamphille’s stead. That younger brother came to be known as Father Damien. When he heard […]

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Derek Carr, US, Oakland Raiders Quarterback

365 Christian Men — Fri, 09 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 9. Derek Carr. Derek played high-school football in Texas and California, and he received a scholarship to play college football at California State University at Fresno, where he won numerous awards. On this date in 2014, Derek was drafted into the NFL by the Oakland Raiders. He was the first rookie quarterback to start […]

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Benjamin B. Warfield, US, Theologian

365 Christian Men — Thu, 08 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 8. Benjamin Breckinridge Warfield. Warfield was one of the greatest American theologians of the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. His education spanned two continents, and he could have chosen to teach and travel extensively across the US and throughout Europe, but he chose instead to remain close to home to care for his invalid wife. […]

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Charlie Plys, US, Food & Beverage Manager

365 Christian Men — Wed, 07 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 7. Charlie Plys. On this date in 2016, Charlie started a new job at a golf course, and that job provides the setting for today’s story. You don’t always need the right answer; sometimes you just need to listen. At the golf course in Minnesota one Monday afternoon, Charlie Plys and his coworker Thomas […]

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Milton Hershey, US, Businessman

365 Christian Men — Tue, 06 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 6. Milton Hershey. When Hershey was 26, he was broke. But eight years later, he sold his caramel-making company for a million dollars and had a town named after himself. He founded The Hershey Chocolate Company, and in 1907 he created the Hershey Kiss. During World War II, Hershey’s machines were switched over to […]

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1125 Brother Yun, Chinese Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 5. Brother Yun. The first year he was a Christian, Brother Yun helped 2000 people find the Lord. About six years later, the arrests and torture began. He was arrested three times, and the third time, on this date in 1997, Brother Yun miraculously escaped a maximum-security prison. In 2001, Yun left China and […]

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Theodore Weld, US, Abolitionist

365 Christian Men — Sun, 04 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 4. Theodore Weld. In 1833, Weld helped found the American Anti-Slavery Society. And during the next decade, he advised members of the United States Congress about issues regarding anti-slavery. By 1834, when he was 31 years old, Weld was advocating for immediate abolition, as opposed to colonization, which was the more popular anti-slavery position […]

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Don Richardson, Canada, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Sat, 03 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 3. Don Richardson. At the age of 17, Don Richardson dedicated his life to Christ. After he graduated from bible college, he and his wife moved to Papua, Indonesia, where—for the next 15 years—they served the Sawi tribe. Serving the Sawi was a soft assignment except for the prevalence of malaria, dysentery, hepatitis, and […]

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1122 John Hagee, American Pastor

365 Christian Men — Fri, 02 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 2. John Hagee is the founder and Senior Pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, a non-denominational evangelical church with more than 22,000 active members. Pastor Hagee has served the Lord in the gospel ministry for more than sixty years and reached international audiences through his radio and television ministry. He also founded […]

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John Brown, Scotland, Farmer

365 Christian Men — Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

May 1. John Brown. John lived in an era known as The Killing Time—a time the government brutally executed people who taught that the Bible was the true rule of a man’s life not the King’s laws. John was still a boy when the King ripped 300 pastors out of their churches and sent them […]

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Scott Rider, US, Information Technologist

365 Christian Men — Wed, 30 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 30. Scott Rider. Scott is married to Tess, and they have four children. Together they’ve been through battles none of us would wish on our worst enemies. This kind of battle can wreck families and leave parents and children deeply alone. Or God can show up. Serious illness can tear a family apart, but […]

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Vasily Dimitrievich Zhomiruk, Russia, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 29. Vasily Dimitrievich Zhomiruk. Vasily was of one of the richest men this earth has ever known. You haven’t heard of him? By the end of today’s story, you might forget his name. And that’s the way he would want it. Vasily never asked to have his story told. “I don’t want to take […]

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Christmas Evans, Welsh Minister

365 Christian Men — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 28. Christmas Evans. It was 1766 in Wales. Evans got his first name—you guessed it—because he was born Christmas day. And—once he was old enough to help on a farm—he probably didn’t get teased about his name, since it’s said he stood seven feet tall. He taught himself to read Welsh and English. With […]

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Louie Giglio, US Pastor

365 Christian Men — Sun, 27 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 27. Louie Giglio. Louie has pastored churches, launched the careers of well-known worship leaders, and written best-selling books. He is best known for the Passion Movement, which includes an annual conference for young people aged 18 to 25. The first Passion Conference was held in 1997 with about 2,000 university students. In 2019, more […]

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Charles Swindoll, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Sat, 26 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 26. Charles Swindoll. Chuck is a former US Marine, an evangelical Christian pastor, an author, and an educator. He has pastored from the East Coast to the West Coast and has written more than 70 books. Chuck founded Insight for Living and a radio program with that name, which air on more than 2000 […]

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Hudson Taylor, British Missionary

365 Christian Men — Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 25. Hudson Taylor. On this date in 1851, God called Hudson to be a missionary to China, and he went. He concentrated his efforts on the interior of China and founded the China Inland Mission. The missionaries did not get salaries; they could not appeal for funds; and they would all adopt Chinese dress. […]

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Bruce Porter, US, Chaplain at Ground Zero

365 Christian Men — Thu, 24 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 24. Bruce Porter. Pastor. Firefighter. Chaplain. Bruce has done it all. His position as Moral Leadership Officer with the Civil Air Patrol has taken him to the sites of numerous disasters, in the US and around the world. Bruce is also an author and an inspirational speaker who has traveled to more than 40 […]

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Sam Walton, US, Business Tycoon

365 Christian Men — Wed, 23 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 23. Sam Walton. Walton opened his first retail store in 1945. Not a Wal-Mart or a Sam’s Club. It was the first Ben Franklin, which grew to a 15-store franchise. If Ben Franklin executives had agreed to Walton’s proposals to open big retail stores in small rural areas, the Wal-Mart chain would probably not […]

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David Mentzer, US, Subaru Mechanic

365 Christian Men — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 22. David Mentzer. If you do an internet search for the name David Mentzer, you may or may not find the subject of today’s story. But there’s at least one young man in Colorado who knows the kind of man David Mentzer is. Here’s their story. When we use our skills to do good […]

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Chuck Norris, US, Actor, Martial Arts Expert

365 Christian Men — Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 21. Chuck Norris. That Chuck is competitive might be the understatement of a couple of centuries. From powerboat competitions to famous fights on television, Chuck and his martial arts expertise are legendary. But Chuck has a contemplative side, too. He writes screenplays and books, and he supports charities such as Make-A-Wish Foundation and the […]

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Karl Barth, Swiss Theologian

365 Christian Men — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 20. Karl Barth. Karl, like his father before him, was a theologian, and he was serving as a pastor in a small Swiss village when the commentary he had written on the book of Romans attracted international notice. Even though he did not have a doctoral degree, a university in Germany offered him a […]

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Dwight Lyman Moody, US, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Sat, 19 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 19. Dwight Lyman Moody. Moody’s first job—in a retail shoe store—required him to attend church. He dutifully attended and soon committed his life to the Lord Jesus. Soon, he was on his way to Chicago and owning his own shoe business. His shoe business grew, and so did his interest in providing a Sunday […]

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Francis Chan, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Fri, 18 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 18. Francis Chan. For the first five years of his life, Chan was raised in Hong Kong in a Buddhist home. By sixth grade, he’d lost his mother, his step-mother, and his father. In his high-school years, his uncle killed Chan’s aunt and then himself. But Chan had been taught about Jesus, and he […]

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Bob Goff, US

365 Christian Men — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 17. Bob Goff. Bob is a lawyer, professor, and a NY Times best-selling author. In 2003, Bob founded Restore International, a non-profit human rights organization, to “find daring, productive, and effective ways to fight the injustices committed against children.” His goal is to restore justice to those without a voice—children and poor people. He […]

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Richard Baxter, England, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 16. Richard Baxter. On this date in 1641, Baxter began his 17-year-long pastorate at Kidderminster. He was a man full of contrasts. In church matters, he was a non-conformist (not an Anglican), but he always urged the church to be united. In theological matters, he adopted positions that suited neither the Calvinists nor the […]

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Jackie Robinson, US, Major League Baseball Star

365 Christian Men — Tue, 15 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 15. Jackie Robinson. Jackie was playing in an all-Black league, when someone was man enough to ask the uber-star-athlete Jackie Robinson to come in for an interview with the Dodgers. The agent Clyde Sukeforth was sent to see Jackie play. Unfortunately, Jackie was recovering from a shoulder injury and didn’t play. Sukeforth brought Jackie […]

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Chad Robichaux, US, Soldier

365 Christian Men — Mon, 14 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 14. Chad Robichaux. Chad has been a Force Recon Marine—eight deployments in Afghanistan. He has been a detective—that is a Surveillance Detection Senior Program Manager with the US State Department and a Special Agent with the US Federal Air Marshal Service—and received the Medal of Valor. He has been a professional Mixed Martial Arts […]

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George Handel, German-born English Composer

365 Christian Men — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 13. George Frideric Handel. Handel wrote operas, large-scale choral works, church music, and oratorios—large-scale musical works for orchestra and voices often with religious theme. But George’s passion and talent couldn’t be denied. By the time he was 10, he had mastered composing for the organ, oboe, and violin. He later added the harpsichord. George […]

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Robert Murray M’Cheyne, Scottish Preacher

365 Christian Men — Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 12. Robert Murray M’Cheyne. Two resolutions marked Robert’s ministry. One: Never rest until you accomplish your task. Two: Never hurry in a way that prevents the Holy Spirit from calming your heart. Robert—the son of a Scottish lawyer—spent his early life in comfort and luxury, but when his older brother died, Robert looked for […]

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Anthony Ashley Cooper, England, Industrial Reformer

365 Christian Men — Fri, 11 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 11. Anthony Ashley Cooper. Anthony was the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury. He came to be a Christian through the care of his first best friend –an old family servant who loved the Lord. Anthony believed the true responsibilities of Christian aristocrats included caring for the bodies and the souls of those entrusted to their […]

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John Harper, Scotland, Preacher

365 Christian Men — Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 10. John Harper. Growing up in a Christian household, Harper came to faith when he was 14. By the he turned 18, he couldn’t be kept quiet. He had to preach about Jesus. He became a pastor and served churches in Glasgow and London before he went to Chicago in 1911 and back to […]

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William Seymour, US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Wed, 09 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 9. William Seymour. All his life, Seymour never let a locked door stop him from seeking God’s will. Born to freed slaves, Seymour fled the deep south to escape poverty, oppression, and prejudice. But while he was working in Ohio, he contracted smallpox, which left him partially blind. But it also confirmed in him […]

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James Chalmers, Scotland, Missionary

365 Christian Men — Tue, 08 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 8. James Chalmers. Chalmers was known to be a stubborn man—a stubborn man on fire to be the first one to preach to a group of people who needed Jesus. So Chalmers and his first wife Anne sailed to the Cook Islands northeast of New Zealand. Part-way there, they were shipwrecked, stranded, and rescued […]

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Bob Gass, US, Author

365 Christian Men — Mon, 07 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 7. Bob Gass. Bob preached his first sermon when he was 13, and he entered full-time ministry at the age of 18. He worked as a pastor, a guest speaker, and an evangelist before beginning his career as an author. In 1994, at age 50, Bob produced the first edition of “The Word for […]

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Eric Irivuzumugabe, Rwanda, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 6. Eric Irivuzumugabe. On this date in 1994, a plane carrying the president of Rwanda was shot down, launching a 100-day genocide against the Tutsis people by the Hutu people. More than 800,000 Tutsies died. Two million became refugees, and there were 120,000 new orphans. Eric was one of those orphans. But God showed […]

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Germany, Minister

365 Christian Men — Sat, 05 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

April 5. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a pastor and theologian, who became the lead spokesperson for German Protestant resistance to the Nazis. Much of his resistance work was done undercover inside the Germany’s Military Intelligence organization, but he also demanded that the Nazi’s change the way they defined Jewish people. He insisted Christians with Jewish ancestry were […]

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John Quincy Adams, President of the United States

365 Christian Men — Fri, 01 Mar 2024 07:00:00 +0000

March 1. John Quincy Adams. Adams was a man of integrity with his mind made up to use whatever skills and talents he had to serve the country that loved. One evening early in 1821, a certain politician visited Adams and let him know that he was being considered as a candidate for the presidency. “To one thing, however, I had […]

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Thomas Cranmer, England, Minister

365 Christian Men — Sun, 10 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

September 10. Thomas Cranmer. Cranmer was a leader of the English Reformation, and he was the Archbishop of Canterbury during the reigns of two kings and a queen of England. Cranmer loved God and was sincere in his beliefs. His story is one of hope for people who sometimes make mistakes. On this date in 1533, Cranmer became godfather to the then-future Queen Elizabeth. When success gets […]

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Oswald J Smith, Canada, Evangelist

365 Christian Men — Sat, 09 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

September 9. Oswald Jeffrey Smith. At an RA Torrey conference Oswald became a Christian at age 16. About 14 years later, he founded The Peoples Church in Toronto in 1928. On September 9, 1928, he preached his first service to an audience of 2000. Several missionary boards turned him down, saying he was too physically frail for the mission field. But Oswald lived in […]

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William Townsend, US, Farmer

365 Christian Men — Fri, 08 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

September 8. William Townsend. William was a hard-working farmer, a family man, and a man of his word. His whole life is a demonstration of the marvelous things God can do with whatever we commit to Him. William wanted to serve God. Today’s story shows us what God did with this desire. Listen to this. Disabilities don’t dictate what […]

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Randy Moore, US, TV News Anchorman

365 Christian Men — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

September 7. Randy Moore. For more than 30 years, Randy has been a leading news anchorman in the Indiana-Kentucky-Illinois area. People say, “He’s … a comforting, stable, and trustworthy presence—perhaps the Walter Cronkite of this era … He is able to inject a sense of calm that counters unnerving news reports.” But Randy’s life off camera has been no easy thing. Even in the hardest times, the peace of Christ […]

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Leo Tolstoy, Russia, Writer

365 Christian Men — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

September 6. Leo Tolstoy. Tolstoy was a Russian writer—one of the greatest authors of all time. He wrote two of the world’s most acclaimed works of fiction: War and Peace and Anna Karenina. In the 1870s, he experienced a profound moral crisis and a spiritual awakening. His literal interpretation of the ethical teachings of Jesus, which centered on the Sermon on the Mount, led him to become a Christian. We all have […]

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Russ Frase, Jr., US, Pastor

365 Christian Men — Tue, 05 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000

September 5. Russ Frase. Russ has pastored several churches from Texas to Colorado. He’s been in ministry more than fifty years. He’s been married more than fifty years. And he’s built bible schools in more than fifty countries. On this date in 1992, he founded the Rocky Mountain Bible Institute. Russ is also the Founder and President of Joshua Ministries, International—a ministry whose vision statement is “Training the next generation of church leaders.” Joshua Nations now […]

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365 Christian Men Narrators’ Intro

365 Christian Men — Thu, 02 Jul 2020 00:53:55 +0000

The post 365 Christian Men Narrators’ Intro first appeared on 365 Christian Men.https://365christianmen.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/365ChristianMen_Promo_v04.mp4-without-Heaths-name.mp4 365 Christian Men is a project built on some basic truths about God and His character. God cares deeply about each man, and He has a specific purpose for every man’s life. In fact, God wants to tell His stories through the […]

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365 Christian Men Intro

365 Christian Men — Tue, 02 Jun 2020 00:41:52 +0000

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