Who was the greatest Christian leader of the 20th Century?

[Tellurian]

There was none greater than Marjoe Gortner. He revealed the truth by exposing the deceptions.

 

[ForeverFaithful]

Tommy Douglas GUYS!!! I'm not even a Socialist and I'm amazed at the passion he had.

Like him or hate him he's been voted the Greatest Canadian of all time, A bit too red for my politics, but when he saw the abuses the government got away with during the Great Depression he flat out lost it, opened his bible to the Sermon on the Mount and become the first head of the first democratically elected Socialist Government in the Western World

 

[CaptainXeroid]

I voted for who ever resurrected this 4 year old thread.

On the poll I picked Pope John Paul II. His calling was to not only lead the Catholics but to reach out to all God's people. The fact that he was criticized by progressives and traditionalists at different times while he was Pope suggests he was more interested in doing what he felt was right rather than doing what was popular.

 

[SageTree]

"His Imperial Majesty Haile Selassie I, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah, and Elect of God"

At a conference in 1966 in Berlin titled “One Gospel, One Race, One Task,” Haile Selassie opened the event with these words: “The love shown by our God to mankind should constrain all of us who are followers and disciples of Christ, to do all in our power to see to it that the message of salvation is carried to those of our fellows for whom Christ our Savior was sacrificed but who have not had the benefit of hearing the good news.”

Often forgotten, but a man who I think was/is important in standing up for Africa, it's people and humans rights for all peoples.

Until the philosophy which holds one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned; That until there are no longer first-class and second-class citizens of any nation; That until the color of a man's skin is of no more significance than the color of his eyes; That until the basic human rights are equally guaranteed to all without regard to race; That until that day, the dream of lasting peace and world citizenship and the rule of international morality will remain but a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but never attained; And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes that hold our brothers in Angola, in Mozambique and in South Africa in subhuman bondage have been toppled and destroyed; Until bigotry and prejudice and malicious and inhuman self-interest have been replaced by understanding and tolerance and good-will; Until all Africans stand and speak as free beings, equal in the eyes of all men, as they are in the eyes of Heaven; Until that day, the African continent will not know peace. We Africans will fight, if necessary, and we know that we shall win, as we are confident in the victory of good over evil. – Haile Selassie I

 

[SageTree]

Or how about Desmond Tutu... do I REALLY need to explain that?

 

[JacobEzra.]

I voted for who ever resurrected this 4 year old thread.

On the poll I picked Pope John Paul II. His calling was to not only lead the Catholics but to reach out to all God's people. The fact that he was criticized by progressives and traditionalists at different times while he was Pope suggests he was more interested in doing what he felt was right rather than doing what was popular.

I voted Bl. John Paul II as well. He was a man who did not back down nor forget where he came from.

And he still is today criticized by both progressives and traditionalist. lol. But all in all he was a good man, with a big heart who worked against communism, worked against anti-semitism and towards interfaith dialogue and peace.

 

[JMR105]

The original list is a horrible collection of ghastly types.

Martin Luther King would win by a landslide!