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Rev. LeRoy Christoffels is the associate pastor at First Christian Reformed Church in Edgerton, MN. (Source: firstcrcedgerton.com)

Clif Christopher is the founder and CEO of Horizons Stewardship Company, established in 1992 after a 20-year pastoral career. As a United Methodist minister since 1975, he led major building and capital campaigns and now consults on church growth, finance, and stewardship, having worked with over 2,000 congregations across 42...

Petrus Christus (c.1410/1420-c.1475/1476) was an Early Netherlandish painter active in Bruges from 1444, where, along with Hans Memling, he became the leading painter after the death of Jan van Eyck. He was influenced by van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden and is noted for his innovations with linear perspective and a meticulous technique which seems derived from miniatures and manuscript...

St. John Chrysostom (347-407), which means "golden mouthed," was one of the most famous preachers and reformers of the second half of the fourth century. He was a priest in his native city of Antioch, Syria, and later became Patriarch of Constantinople. Beginning in 390, he preached a famous series...

Frederic Edwin Church (1826-1900) was an American landscape painter. He was a central figure in the Hudson River School of American landscape painters, best known for painting large landscapes, often depicting mountains, waterfalls, and sunsets. (Source: wikipedia.org)

Giovanni Cimabue (c. 1240-1302) was an Italian painter and designer of mosaics from Florence. He was also known as Cenni di Pepo or Cenni di Pepi. Although heavily influenced by Byzantine models, Cimabue is generally regarded as one of the first great Italian painters to break from the Italo-Byzantine style. Compared...

Dr. Juliana Claassens is Professor of Old Testament with a research focus on human dignity in the Faculty of Theology at Stellenbosch University in South Africa. Her works include The God who Provides: Biblical Images of Divine Nourishment and Mourner, Mother, Midwife: Reimaging God's Liberating Presence in the Old Testament....

Rev. George Cladis is the lead pastor at Highrock MetroWest in Arlington, MA. He graduated from University of Colorado-Boulder, Princeton Theological Seminary, and Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He is the author of "Leading the Team-Based Church." (Source and photo: highrockmetrowest.org)

Shane Claiborne is an evangelical Christian leader, an author, one of the founding members of the non-profit organization, The Simple Way, in Philadelphia, PA, and cofounder of the Red-Letter Christians. Claiborne is also a social activist, advocating for nonviolence and service to the poor. He is the author of eight...

Rev. Nathan Clair is the author of Make Us See: Prayers & Meditations. He previously served as pastor of Huron Hills Church in Ann Arbor, MI. (Source: missioalliance.org)