Eusebius of Caesarea
The first church historian
“Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.”
Harvest's stated benchmark is a documented track record of rightly handling the word of truth — and a life that confirms it. That standard is worthless if it is applied only to strangers, so where a teacher's life or doctrine carries a material caveat, we state it plainly rather than quietly dropping or quietly endorsing them.
16 of these 39 profiles carry a caution. Citing someone’s argument is not the same as commending their life. Where the record is documented and material — abuse, ethnic hatred, complicity in violence, a contested doctrinal position — you will find it stated on the profile, with what it does and does not affect.
The first church historian
The first great Latin theologian
Defender of the deity of Christ
The most influential theologian after Paul
Translator of the Latin Vulgate
Father of the English Bible
The man who reopened justification by faith
Systematiser of Reformation theology
The Prince of Preachers
The most effective lay apologist of the twentieth century
Prophet to a comfortable church
Evangelist to more people than anyone in history
Architect of global evangelical thought
Bridge between the academy and the church
The twentieth century's leading textual critic
Historian of the whole church
Systematiser of classical apologetics
The conscience of African evangelicalism
Architect of integral mission
Historian of Jesus and of the resurrection
The leading philosophical defender of theism
Journalist who investigated the faith to disprove it
The world's leading resurrection specialist
Campus apologist and communicator
Apologist to the sceptical city
Author of the standard one-volume systematic theology
Preacher of the joy of God
Mathematician on science and God
Bridge between Islam and the gospel
Apologist on the existential questions
Street evangelism trainer
Teacher of relational evangelism
Specialist on the New Testament canon
Greek grammarian and manuscript hunter
Pentecostal scholar of the Spirit
Compiler of the evidence
Theologian of Christian identity in Africa
Apologist to the modern myths, from the global South
New Testament scholar reading Paul across cultures