Emanuel von Swedenborg

(January 29, 1688, Stockholm, Sweden-March 29, 1772, London, England). Mystic and Founder, Swedenborgian Church. Son of Bishop Jesper Swedberg. The name became Swedenborg when the family was enobled in 1719. Scientist and engineer. Spoke 11 languages. An official of the Swedish Board of Mines, to 1747. Believed the Second Coming occurred in 1757. Author of A Philosophical Argument on the Infinite and Final Cause of Creation, The True Christian Religion, Arcana Coelestia, and other works. Experienced a mystical conversion in which "heaven was opened" to him, 1745. Advocated a neo-Platonic religious view that asserted God was invisible, spaceless, and timeless and the world was sustained by spirits and angels. His followers formed the New Jerusalem Church in 1787.

Charles R. Swindoll

(October 18, 1934, El Campo, Texas-Alive). Free Evangelical Church Pastor, Radio Evangelist and Chancellor, Dallas Theological Seminary. Ordained Minister, Free Evangelical Church, 1963. Served as senior pastor in Waltham, Massachusetts (1963-1967), Irving, Texas (1967-1971), Fullerton, California (1971-1994), and Stonebriar Community Church, Frisco, Texas, 1998-Current. Preacher, "Insight for Living" radio program, 1979-Current. President, now Chancellor, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1994-Current.

Right Reverend Bishop Stephen Whitefield Sykes

(1939-Alive). 67th Bishop of Ely, England, Anglican Church, 1990-1999. Ordained Priest, Anglican Church, 1965. Van Mildert Professor of Divinity, Durham University, and Residentiary Canon of Durham Cathedral, 1974-1985. Regius Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, 1985-1990. 67th Bishop of Ely, England, Anglican Church, May 2, 1990-September 1, 1999. Principal, St. John's College, Durham, England, September 1, 1999-Current.

Bishop C. M. Sylvester

(October 10, 1962-Alive). General Overseer, Miracle of Love and Grace Church of Nigeria. Secretary, Full Gospel Businessmen Fellowship, Ogbaru Chapter, Anambra State, Nigeria. Pastor, Holiness Evangelistic Church. General Overseer, Miracle of Love and Grace Church of Nigeria, 1998. Bishop, St. Thomas-a-Becket Ministries, August, 2000. Founder, C. M. Sylvester Revivals, Inc.

Most Reverend Auxiliary Bishop Jozef Szamocki

(October 4, 1954, Bdynia, Poland-Alive). Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Torun, Poland, 2000-Current. Ordained Priest, Roman Catholic Church, April 29, 1979. Auxiliary Bishop of Torun, Poland and Titular Bishop of Clypia, April 20, 2000-Current.

His Eminence Edmund Casimir Cardinal Szoka

(September 14, 1927, Grand Rapids, Michigan-Alive). Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit, 1981-1990, and Vatican Official. Ordained Priest, June 5, 1954. Chancellor of Diocese of Marquette, Michigan, 1971. Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, June 11, 1971. Metropolitan Archbishop of Detroit, Michigan, March 21, 1981. Elevated to the College of Cardinals, June 28, 1988. President, Prefecture for Economic Affairs of the Holy See, January 22, 1990-October 15, 1997. Resigned as Archbishop of Detroit, April 28, 1990. President, Pontifical Commission for the State of Vatican City, October 14, 1997-September 15, 2006.

Henrietta Szold

(December 21, 1860, Baltimore, Maryland-February 13, 1945, Jerusalem, Palestine). Jewish Communal Leader and Founder, Hadassah, 1912. Teacher. Co-Founder, Hebras Zion, 1893. Editorial Secretary, Jewish Publication Society, 1893-1916. Editor, Jewish Year Book, 1904-1908. Secretary, Federation of American Zionists, 1910. Founder and President, Hadassah, 1912-1926. Organized the American Zionist Medical Unit, 1918. Emigrated to Palestine, 1920. Founder and President, Histadrut Nashim Ivriot. Member, Vaad Leumi of Knesset Israel, 1931-1933. Director, Youth Aliyah, 1933. Founder, Lemaan ha-Yeled.