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John Calvin (1509–1564) was the foremost second-generation Reformer, whose Institutes of the Christian Religion and decades of ministry in Geneva gave the Reformed tradition its characteristic theological shape.

Thomas Chalmers (1780–1847) was a Scottish minister, theologian, and social reformer who led the Disruption of 1843, which produced the Free Church of Scotland. Regarded as the greatest Scottish churchman of his century, he combined powerful evangelical preaching with innovative schemes for urban poor relief and church extension.

Walter J. Chantry (1938–2022) was a Reformed Baptist pastor who served Grace Baptist Church in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, for nearly four decades and later edited The Banner of Truth magazine. A Westminster Seminary graduate, he is best remembered for Today's Gospel: Authentic or Synthetic?, a searching critique of modern evangelistic methods.

J. Wilbur Chapman (1859–1918) was an American Presbyterian evangelist and pastor who worked closely with Dwight L. Moody and later conducted his own evangelistic campaigns worldwide. He played a key role in mentoring Billy Sunday and served as director of the Winona Lake Bible Conference in Indiana.

Edmund P. Clowney (1917–2005) was a Reformed theologian and the first president of Westminster Theological Seminary, where he also taught homiletics and practical theology. A pioneer of Christ-centered biblical preaching, his book The Unfolding Mystery and his teaching on preaching Christ from the Old Testament have shaped generations of Reformed pastors.

William Cowper (1731–1800) was an English poet and hymnist whose collaboration with John Newton produced the Olney Hymns (1779), including "God Moves in a Mysterious Way" and "O for a Closer Walk with God." A deeply Calvinist Christian, his poetry and correspondence reveal a man of profound piety who struggled throughout his life with depression and spiritual anxiety.

William E. Cox was an American Baptist pastor and author best known as a clear popular defender of amillennialism. His Amillennialism Today (1966) and An Examination of Dispensationalism remain accessible introductions to the non-dispensational position, written from a conservative, Scripture-focused standpoint.