The lineage

Timeline

Scroll downward to drift forward in time. Every name a shoulder in the long handing-down of recovered truth.

Having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us…
Hebrews 12:1
  1. 354
    Portrait of Augustine of Hippo

    Augustine of Hippo

    354 — 430

    Roman North Africa · Bishop and theologian

  2. 1090
    Portrait of Bernard of Clairvaux

    Bernard of Clairvaux

    1090 — 1153
  3. 1182
    Portrait of Francis of Assisi

    Francis of Assisi

    1182 — 1226
  4. 1217
    Portrait of Bonaventure

    Bonaventure

    1217 — 1274
  5. 1260
    Portrait of Meister Eckhart

    Meister Eckhart

    1260 — 1327
  6. 1328
    Portrait of John Wycliffe

    John Wycliffe

    1328 — 1384

    England · Oxford theologian and Bible translator

  7. 1369
    Portrait of Jan Hus

    Jan Hus

    1369 — 1415

    Bohemia · Priest, rector of Charles University, martyr

  8. 1380
    Portrait of Thomas à Kempis

    Thomas à Kempis

    1380 — 1471
  9. 1390
    Portrait of Peter Chelcicky

    Peter Chelcicky

    1390 — 1460
  10. 1466
    Portrait of Desiderius Erasmus

    Desiderius Erasmus

    1466 — 1536

    Rotterdam / Basel · Humanist scholar, editor of the Greek New Testament

  11. 1483
    Portrait of Martin Luther

    Martin Luther

    1483 — 1546

    Saxony · Augustinian friar, professor at Wittenberg

  12. 1484
    Portrait of Ulrich Zwingli

    Ulrich Zwingli

    1484 — 1531
  13. 1489
    Portrait of William Farel

    William Farel

    1489 — 1565
  14. 1489
    Portrait of Caspar Schwenkfeld

    Caspar Schwenkfeld

    1489 — 1561
  15. 1494
    Portrait of William Tyndale

    William Tyndale

    1494 — 1536
  16. 1496
    Portrait of Menno Simons

    Menno Simons

    1496 — 1559
  17. 1498
    Portrait of Conrad Grebel

    Conrad Grebel

    1498 — 1526
  18. 1509
    Portrait of John Calvin

    John Calvin

    1509 — 1564
  19. 1555
    Portrait of Johann Arndt

    Johann Arndt

    1555 — 1621
  20. 1575
    Portrait of Jacob Boehme

    Jacob Boehme

    1575 — 1624
  21. 1605
    Portrait of Brother Lawrence

    Brother Lawrence

    1605 — 1691
  22. 1624
    Portrait of George Fox

    George Fox

    1624 — 1691
  23. 1628
    Portrait of John Bunyan

    John Bunyan

    1628 — 1688
  24. 1635
    Portrait of Philip Jacob Spener

    Philip Jacob Spener

    1635 — 1705
  25. 1648
    Portrait of Madame Guyon

    Madame Guyon

    1648 — 1717
  26. 1651
    Portrait of François Fénelon

    François Fénelon

    1651 — 1715
  27. 1663
    Portrait of August Hermann Francke

    August Hermann Francke

    1663 — 1727
  28. 1686
    Portrait of William Law

    William Law

    1686 — 1761
  29. 1691
    Portrait of Christian David

    Christian David

    1691 — 1751
  30. 1700
    Portrait of Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf

    Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf

    1700 — 1760
  31. 1703
    Portrait of Jonathan Edwards

    Jonathan Edwards

    1703 — 1758
  32. 1703
    Portrait of John Wesley

    John Wesley

    1703 — 1791
  33. 1712
    Portrait of Peter Böhler

    Peter Böhler

    1712 — 1775
  34. 1714
    Portrait of George Whitefield

    George Whitefield

    1714 — 1770
  35. 1795
    Portrait of Anthony Norris Groves

    Anthony Norris Groves

    1795 — 1853
  36. 1800
    Portrait of John Nelson Darby

    John Nelson Darby

    1800 — 1882
  37. 1805
    Portrait of George Müller

    George Müller

    1805 — 1898
  38. 1807
    Portrait of Benjamin Wills Newton

    Benjamin Wills Newton

    1807 — 1899
  39. 1813
    Portrait of Robert Govett

    Robert Govett

    1813 — 1901
  40. 1820
    Portrait of C. H. Mackintosh

    C. H. Mackintosh

    1820 — 1896
  41. 1821
    K

    William Kelly

    1821 — 1906
  42. 1828
    Portrait of Andrew Murray

    Andrew Murray

    1828 — 1917
  43. 1832
    Portrait of J. Hudson Taylor

    J. Hudson Taylor

    1832 — 1905
  44. 1834
    Portrait of C. H. Spurgeon

    C. H. Spurgeon

    1834 — 1892
  45. 1837
    Portrait of D. L. Moody

    D. L. Moody

    1837 — 1899
  46. 1837
    P

    G. H. Pember

    1837 — 1910
  47. 1843
    Portrait of A. B. Simpson

    A. B. Simpson

    1843 — 1919
  48. 1861
    Portrait of Jessie Penn-Lewis

    Jessie Penn-Lewis

    1861 — 1927
  49. 1866
    Portrait of M. E. Barber

    M. E. Barber

    1866 — 1930
  50. 1870
    P

    D. M. Panton

    1870 — 1955
  51. 1874
    L

    G. H. Lang

    1874 — 1958
  52. 1888
    A

    T. Austin-Sparks

    1888 — 1971
  53. 1897
    T

    A. W. Tozer

    1897 — 1963
  54. 1903
    Portrait of Watchman Nee

    Watchman Nee

    1903 — 1972
  55. 1905
    Portrait of Witness Lee

    Witness Lee

    1905 — 1997