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Welcome to our regular profiles of people who
have been inspiring followers of Jesus. We look at their life stories, and explore some of the issues which shaped their lives and make them a continuing influence today. |
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NEW: William Wilberforce's background was moneyed and privileged, but he spent his life campaigning for the abolition of the slave trade. |
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CS Lewis was known as 'the apostle to the sceptics' in 20th century Britain, but his books, including Narnia, are read around the world. |
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Corrie ten Boom and her family courageously provided a refuge for Jews and others wanted by the Nazis in the 1940s. |
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We trace the unlikely career of St Nicholas, who started out as a regular saint, but ended up shouting "ho! ho! ho!" in a ridiculous red outfit. |
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Mother Teresa of Calcutta was one of the most famous Christians of the 20th century, depite living among the poorest people of India. |
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Jackie Pullinger was 22 when she started working with drug addicts in Hong Kong's Walled City, infamous for its gangs and violence. |
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John Wesley, the tireless 18th century preacher, toured Britain constantly, preaching in fields and streets about faith in Jesus. |
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Maximilian Kolbe was imprisoned in Auschwitz for aiding groups persecuted by the Nazis, and gave his life so another man could live. |
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Francis of Assisi is one of the best-loved of all Christian saints, and his ideals of poverty and peacemaking still inspire people today.
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Martin Luther King won the Nobel Prize for Peace for his civil rights work in the United States. In 1968, he was assassinated for that same work. |
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