Here We Stand

He was the German glue of the Protestant movement — the unifier between the diverse strands of Reformation.

William Tyndale gave his life so British commoners could know the Bible — not in Latin, but in their own mother tongue.

Thomas Becon brought the Reformation from the churches to the kitchens, courts, shipyards, and battlefields. All of life is a stage for worshiping God.

After fifteen years of preaching Catholic doctrine, Peter Martyr awoke to the gospel, fled his home, and championed the Reformation across Europe.

While searching for the doctrine of transubstantiation in Scripture, he discovered the gospel instead.

He sought to win his opponents not with violence, coercion, or insults, but with endless gentleness.

She was wife to four husbands, mother to eleven children, and disciple to one Lord who never left her side.

While Luther was brash, impulsive, and forceful, his brilliant young disciple was a timid, sober-minded unifier.

Girolamo Savonarola condemned the pope’s abuses and elevated the authority of Scripture — all while Luther was only a child.

Jan Hus was a preacher, a political figure, a prophet, a proto-Reformer, and a martyr of the first class.

This proto-Reformer’s protest against the Catholic Church was the first tremor of the coming spiritual earthquake.

John Wycliffe died almost exactly a hundred years before Martin Luther was born, but his impact on the Reformation is unmistakable.

Martin Luther didn’t stand alone 500 years ago. Nor does he stand alone today. To mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, we invite you to join us on a 31-day journey, just 5–7 minutes each day, to meet the many heroes of the Reformation.