Biographical Sketches

This website provides biographical sketches of believers who the Lord used in his recovery of experiencing Christ and practicing the church life in oneness. It is encouraging to read about the lives of the many dear believers who have answered His call throughout the centuries. Below is a list of names arranged alphabetically.

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Arndt, Johann (1555-1621)
Austin-Sparks, T. (Theodore) (1888-1971)
Barber, M.E. (Margaret Emma) (1866-1930)
Bernard of Clairvaux (1090-1153)
Boehme, Jacob (1575-1624)
Böhler, Peter (1712-1775)
Bonaventure (1217-1274)
Brother Lawrence (Nicholas Herman) (1605-1691)
Bunyan, John (1628-1688)
Calvin, John (1509-1564)
Chelcicky, Peter (1390-1460)
Darby, John Nelson (1800-1882)
David, Christian (1691-1751)
Eckhart, Meister (1260-1327)
Edwards, Jonathan (1703-1758)
Farel, William (1489-1565)
Fenelon, Francois (1651-1715)
Fox, George (1624-1691)
Francis of Assisi (1182-1226)
Francke, August Hermann (1663-1727)
Govett, Robert (1813-1901)
Grebel, Conrad (1498-1526)
Groves, Anthony Norris (1795-1853)
Guyon, Madame (Jeanne Marie Bouvier) (1648-1717)
Hus, John (1372-1415)
Kelly, William (1821-1906)
Kempis, Thomas à (1380-1471)

Lang, G. H. (George Henry) (1874-1958)
Law, William (1686-1761)
Lee, Witness (1905-1997)
Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
Mackintosh, C.H. (Charles Henry) (1820-1896)
Moody, D.L. (Dwight Lyman) (1837-1899)
Müller, George (1805-1898)
Murray, Andrew (1828-1917)
Nee, Watchman (1903-1972)
Newton, Benjamin Wills (1807-1899)
Panton, D.M. (David Morrison) (1870-1955)
Pember, G.H. (George Hawkins) (1837-1910)
Penn-Lewis, Jessie (1861-1927)
Schwenkfeld, Caspar (1489-1561)
Simons, Menno (1496-1559)
Simpson, A.B (Albert Benjamin) (1843-1919)
Spener, Philip Jacob (1635-1705)
Spurgeon, C.H. (Charles Haddon) (1834-1892)
Taylor, J. Hudson (James) (1832-1905)
Tozer, A.W. (Aiden Wilson) (1897-1963)
Tyndale, William (1494-1536)
Wesley, John (1703-1791)
Whitefield, George (1714-1770)
Wycliffe, John (1330-1384)
Zinzendorf, Nicolaus Ludwig, Count (1700-1760)
Zwingli Ulrich (1484-1531)

What is the Lord's recovery? See the Introduction for an overview. To access a chronological list of biographies, click here. There is also a timeline to view the believer's life span in relation to one another.

Website content is based on the book, Biographical Sketches: A Brief History of the Lord's Recovery, written by James Reetzke and published by Chicago Bibles and Books. It is published with permission.