About this time last year, Sinclair Ferguson—senior minister of First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina, Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, and well-known author— released the third installment in his Heroes of the Faith book series.  These books are designed for kids ages 4-8, but will, I’m sure, also prove helpful in acquainting parents with notable figures in church history.  Below are links to the first three books and a proposed timeline for subsequent books in the series.

IGNATIUS OF ANTIOCH: The Man Who Faced Lions
POLYCARP OF SMYRNA: The Man Whose Faith Lasted (For a helpful review, click here)
IRENAEUS OF LYONS: The Man Who Wrote Books (For a helpful review, click here)

Heroes of the Truth

• Athanasius (296–373)
• Basil of Caesarea (329–379)
• Gregory of Nyssa (330–395)
• Gregory of Nazianzus (330–389)
• Augustine (354–430)

Heroes of the Darkness and the Dawn

• Gottschalk (805–869)
• Anselm (1033–1109)
• John Wycliffe (1328–1384)
• Jan Huss (1373–1415)

Heroes of the Reformation

• Martin Luther (1483–1546)
• William Tyndale (1484–1536)
• John Calvin (1509–1564)
• John Knox (1514–1572)

Heroes of the Purifying

• William Perkins (1558–1602)
• John Owen (1616–1683)
• John Bunyan (1628–1688)

Heroes of Evangelism

• John Wesley (1703–1792)
• Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758)
• George Whitefield (1714–1770)

Heroes of the World

• William Wilberforce (1758–1833)
• William Carey (1761–1834)
• Henry Martyn (1781–1812)
• John G. Paton (1824–1907)
• C. H. Spurgeon (1834–92)

Heroes of the 20th Century

• D. M. Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981)