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Here are the 20 obituaries and tributes that CT readers circulated most in 2015, presented in chronological order.
Gospel Music Legend Andrae Crouch
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He combined Saturday night with Sunday morning.
Marcus Borg, Liberal Jesus Scholar and Friendly Provocateur
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Borg was a prominent leader of the Jesus Seminar, an effort to separate what Jesus scholars saw as fact from myth in the Gospels.
Steve Hayner, Former President of InterVarsity and Columbia Seminary
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He was known for his presidency at InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and later at Columbia Theological Seminary.
Samuel Hugh Moffett, a Leading Expert in East Asia Christianity
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Global Christian mission should pivot to Asia's 4.4 billion people, Moffett said.
Leanne Payne, Prominent Leader in Pastoral Care and Healing Movement
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Author of seven books, she supported orientation change for gays and lesbians.
Lyle Schaller, Preeminent Church Consultant
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No one may have advised more churches in the 20th century.
Kara Tippetts, Christian Mom and Blogger
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Tippetts mustered a vulnerability and beauty in the deep, kind love she lavished on friends and family through her last days, a capacity deepened rather than dampened by cancer’s unwelcome intrusion into her life.
Robert Schuller, Forerunner of the Seeker-Sensitive Movement
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The legacy of the audacious and optimistic TV preacher has much to teach Christians about missional creativity and loving those far away from the church.
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The legend among preachers was known for his passion and eloquence.
Billy Ray Hearn, a Pioneer of Contemporary Christian Music
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Hearn launched the careers of Amy Grant, Keith Green, Steven Curtis Chapman, and BeBe and CeCe Winans.
John 'Jack' Templeton Jr., Foundation President Who Backed Science-Religion Research
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Templeton’s lifelong career in medicine, specializing in treatment of conjoined twins, deeply shaped his worldview.
Elisabeth Elliot, Missionary Pioneer
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Books by widow of martyred Jim Elliot were staples in many evangelical homes.
David Winter, Former Westmont President
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Longtime Christian educator helped found the CCCU.
Danny Lotz, Husband of Anne Graham Lotz
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Lotz helped launch the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in North Carolina.
Menes Abdul Noor, Former Pastor of Middle East’s Largest Evangelical Church
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Author and translator of 100 books, Abdul Noor used literacy campaigns and Bible-based preaching to spread the gospel.
Rochunga Pudaite, Bob Pierce's and Billy Graham's Bible Translator to India
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Pudaite went on from Wheaton College to found Bibles For The World.
David Steinmetz, Legendary Reformation Scholar
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Steinmetz sought to regain the church's identity from the past.
Ian Howard Marshall, Courageous and Winsome Bible Scholar
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A New Testament expert who kept the flame of evangelical scholarship from burning out.
Vonette Bright, Co-Founder of Campus Crusade for Christ
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Bright was known for her love of prayer and her faithful witness.
Ed Dobson, Pastor and One-Time Moral Majority Leader
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After he was diagnosed with ALS in 2000, Dobson spoke and wrote on how to die—and live—well.
Editor's note: CT's obituaries are not a definitive list of 2015 deaths noteworthy among evangelicals. Others include:
John "Jack" Willke, founder of the National Right to Life Committee
Diana Garland, founding dean of the Baylor University School of Social Work
Macel Falwell, widow of Jerry Falwell Sr.
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