List of Christian preachers

Early Church[edit]

Stephen (?–34) Stoned
James (?–44) Apostle
Barnabas (?–61) Disciple
Paul (5–67) Beheaded
Peter (?–67) Crucified
Mark (?–68) Gospel of Mark
Philemon (?–68) Recipient of the Epistle to Philemon
Luke (?–84) Four Evangelists
Timothy (17–97) Bishop of Ephesus
John (6–100) Book of Revelation
Silas (?–100) Silvanus of the Seventy
Ignatius (35–107) Apostolic Fathers
Titus (?–107) Bishop of Crete
Simeon (?–117) Jewish Christian
Polycarp (69–155) Bishop of Smyrna
Matthew (?) Apostle
Ananias (?) Sent to restore the sight of Saul of Tarsus
Apollos (?) Acts of the Apostles, 1 Corinthians
Priscilla and Aquila (?) Christian Missionary
Stephanas (?) Household baptized by the Apostle Paul

Roman Catholic[edit]

Peter Chrysologus (406–450)
Pope Leo I (400–461)
Fulgentius of Ruspe (c 462–533)
Martin of Braga (520–580)
Saint Boniface (675–754)
Saint Dominic (1170–1221)
Anthony of Padua (1195–1231)
Johannes Tauler German Dominican (1300–1361), his 80 sermons in German were read for centuries after his death
Oliver Maillard, French Franciscan (c.1430–1502)
Savonarola Italian Dominican (1452–1498) famous for the Bonfire of the Vanities in Florence, finally executed for heresy
John of Capistrano (1386–1456), Italian Franciscan, working in Central Europe, where he led resistance to a Turkish invasion
Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419) Spanish Dominican
Bernardino of Siena (1380–1444), emotive Italian
Julian Maunoir (1606–1683) French Jesuit "Apostle of Brittany"
Tomasz Młodzianowski (1622–1686), Polish Jesuit
Paolo Segneri (1624–1694), Italian Jesuit
Junípero Serra, (1713–1784)
Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627–1704)
Louis Bourdaloue (1632–1704), Jesuit
Tobia Lionelli (1647–1714), Slovene in Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
Jean Baptiste Massillon (1663–1742)
Theobald Mathew (1790–1856), Irish Capuchin and temperance reformer
Aloysius Gentili (1801–48) Italian Rosminian, working in England
Charles Coughlin (1891–1979)
Fulton J. Sheen (1895–1979)

Pre-Reformation[edit]

John Wycliffe (1320–1384) Lollards
Jan Hus (1369–1415)

Lutheran[edit]

Martin Luther (1483–1547) The Ninety-Five Theses
Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560)
Lars Levi Laestadius (1800–1861)
Bernt B. Haugan (1862) ^[1]
C.F.W. Walther (1811–1887)
Martin Niemöller (1892–1984)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945)
Walter A. Maier (1893–1950)
J.A.O. Preus II (1920–1994)
Gerhard Forde (1927–2005)
John Warwick Montgomery (1931-Present)
Rod Rosenbladt (1942–present)
Gerald B. Kieschnick (1943–present)
Mark Hanson (1946–present)
Matt Harrison (1962–present)

Calvinist[edit]

John Oecolampadius (1482–1531)
Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531)
Martin Bucer (1491–1551)
Peter Martyr Vermigli (1500–1562)
Wolfgang Musculus (1497–1563)
Andreas Hyperius (1511–1564)
John Calvin (1509–1564)
Guillaume Farel (1489–1565)
Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575)

Presbyterian[edit]

John Knox (1513–1572) Protestant Reformation
Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875)
Lyman Beecher (1799–1863)
Jonathan Goforth (1859–1936) Canadian Presbyterian Mission
Peter Marshall (1903–1949) New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
James Montgomery Boice (1938–2000) Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
Ian Paisley (1926–2014)
Frederick Buechner (1926–present)
D. James Kennedy (1930–2007) Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) Ligonier Ministries
Tim Keller (1950–2023)^[2]

Anglican[edit]

Hugh Latimer (1470–1555) Oxford Martyrs
Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556) Oxford Martyrs
Lancelot Andrewes (1555–1626)
John Donne (1572–1631)
John Tillotson (1630–1694)
John Newton (1725–1807) Author of Amazing Grace
Laurence Sterne (1713–1759), mainly in book form
Samuel Clapham (known as Theophilus St. John) (1755–1830)
J. C. Ryle (1816–1900)
Phillips Brooks (1835–1893)
John Stott (1921–2011)
Dick Lucas (1925–present)
John Chapman (evangelist) (1930–2012)
Peter Jensen (1943–present)
Phillip Jensen (1945–present)
N. T. Wright (1948–present)
Michael Bruce Curry (1953–present)
Nicky Gumbel (1955–present)

Puritan[edit]

John Harvard (1607–1638)
Joseph Alleine (1634–1668)
John Davenport (1597–1670)
Matthew Henry (1662–1714)
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758)
G. Campbell Morgan (1863–1945)
Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981)

Baptist[edit]

Balthasar Hubmaier (1480–1528) (Anabaptist)
Roger Williams (1603–1684) (Reformed/Particular Baptist)
John Bunyan (1628–1688) (Reformed/Particular Baptist)
William Kiffin (1616–1701)
Benjamin Keach (1640–1704) (Reformed/Particular Baptist)
John Gill (1697–1771) (Reformed/Particular Baptist)
Isaac Backus (1724–1806)
Andrew Fuller (1754–1815)
Robert Hall (1764–1831)
William Carey (1761–1834) (Reformed/Particular Baptist)
Christmas Evans (1755–1838)
William Miller (1782–1849)
Adoniram Judson (1788–1850) (Reformed/Particular Baptist)
Nat Turner (1800-1831)
William Garrett Lewis (1834–1885)
Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892) Metropolitan Tabernacle (Reformed/Particular Baptist)
John Alexis Edgren (1839–1908)
Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910)
Frances E. Townsley (1850–1909)
Oswald Chambers (1874–1917)
George W. Truett (1867–1944)
Harry A. Ironside (1876–1951)
J. Frank Norris (1877–1952)
Mordecai Ham (1877–1961)
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) (Non Trinitarian, non confessional)
Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969)
George Beauchamp Vick (1901–1975)
John R. Rice (1895–1980)
Lester Roloff (1914–1982)
Joseph Harrison Jackson (1900–1990)
Curtis Hutson (1934–1995)
Jack Hyles (1926–2001)
Wally Criswell (1909–2002) Southern Baptist Convention
Stephen F. Olford (1918–2004)
Adrian Rogers (1931–2005)
Jerry Falwell (1933–2007)
Lee Roberson (1909–2007)
Neiliezhü Üsou (1941–2009)
Peter Ruckman (1921–2016)
Billy Graham (1918–2018) (non confessional)
Charles Stanley (1932–2023)
Albert N. Martin (1934–present)
Tony Campolo (1935–present)
Kent Hovind (1953–present)

Methodist[edit]

George Whitefield (1714–1770)
Daniel Rowland (1713–1790)
John Wesley (1703–1791)
Francis Asbury (1747–1816)
Peter Cartwright (1785–1873)
William Booth (1829–1912) The Salvation Army
Bob Jones, Sr. (1883–1968) Bob Jones University
Leslie Weatherhead (1893–1976)
William Willimon (1946–present)

Independent[edit]

Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700–1760), Moravian Church
Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899)^[3] Moody Bible Institute
R. A. Torrey (1856–1928) Church of the Open Door
Billy Sunday (1862–1935) Evangelist
A.W. Tozer (1897–1963) Christian and Missionary Alliance
J. Vernon McGee (1904–1988)^[4] Church of the Open Door
Walter Martin (1928–1989)^[5] Christian Research Institute
Paris Reidhead (1919–1992) Christian and Missionary Alliance
Leonard Ravenhill (1907–1994) Evangelist
David Wilkerson (1931–2011) Times Square Church
Chuck Smith (1927–2013)^[6] Calvary Chapel
John MacArthur (1939–present) Grace Community Church
Ravi Zacharias (1946–2020)^[7] Christian apologist
John Piper (1946–present)

Seventh-day Adventist[edit]

Joseph Bates (1792–1872) Great Disappointment
James White (1821–1881) Adventist Review
John Nevins Andrews (1829–1883) Andrews University
Ellen G. White (1827–1915) Conflict of the Ages (book series)
James Edson White (1849–1928) Review and Herald Publishing Association
H.M.S. Richards, Sr. (1894–1985) Voice of Prophecy
George Vandeman (1916–2000) It Is Written
Mark Finley (1945–present) It Is Written

Church of Christ[edit]

Walter Scott (1796–1861)
Batsell Baxter (1886–1956)
Marshall Keeble (1878–1968)
Batsell Barrett Baxter (1916–1982)
Ira North (1892–1984)
Kenneth W. Wright (1945–present)

Pentecostal[edit]

Smith Wigglesworth (1859–1947) Pentecostalism
William J. Seymour (1870–1922) Azusa Street Revival
Charles Parham (1873–1929) Speaking in tongues
F. F. Bosworth (1877–1958)
Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944) Foursquare Church
William Branham (1909–1965) Faith Healer, prophet
A. A. Allen (1911–1970)
James Gordon Lindsay (1906–1973) Faith Healer
Kathryn Kuhlman (1907–1976) Faith Healer
Derek Prince (1915–2003) Faith, spiritual warfare, demonology
Kenneth E. Hagin (1917–2003) Word of Faith
Jack Coe (1918–1956)
Oral Roberts (1918–2009) Oral Roberts University
Yiye Ávila (1925–2013)
Marcus Lamb (1957–2021) Pentecostalism, televangelist
Morris Cerullo (1931–2020) Pentecostalism, evangelist
Jimmy Swaggart (1935–present) Assemblies of God
David Yonggi Cho (1936–present) Yoido Full Gospel Church, Assemblies of God Discipleship, church Growth
Jim Bakker (1940–present) Tammy Bakker (1942–2007) Assemblies of God televangelists
Reinhard Bonnke (1940–2019) evangelist
William Kumuyi (1941–present)
Ezekiel H. Guti (1923–2023) Forward in Faith Ministries International
Steven Furtick (1980–present)

Charismatic[edit]

Paul Cain (1929–2019) Kansas City Prophets
John Wimber (1934–1997) Vineyard Movement
Kenneth Copeland (1936–present) Eagle Mountain International Church
Benson Idahosa (1938–1998) Word of Faith
Enoch Adeboye (1942–present) Redeemed Christian Church of God, Servant of Yahweh
Joyce Meyer (1943–present)
Benny Hinn (1952–present) Prosperity theology
David Oyedepo (1954–present) Living Faith Church Worldwide
T.D. Jakes (1957–present) Prosperity theology
Nicholas Duncan-Williams (1957–present) Faith, Spiritual Warfare, Prayer
Mensa Otabil (1959–present) Prosperity theology
Dag Heward-Mills (1963–present) Evangelist & Crusades, Church Growth, Church Planting, Loyalty & Disloyalty
Joseph Prince (1963–present) Prosperity theology
Joel Osteen (1963–present) Prosperity theology
Chris Oyakhilome (1963–present) Christ Embassy
General Butt Naked (1971–present) the End Time Train Evangelistic Ministries Inc.

Preachers with secular professions[edit]

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787–1851)
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
William Gannaway Brownlow (1805–1877)
James Garfield (1831–1881)
Eric Liddell (1902–1945)
Hugh Beaumont (1903–1984)
Carl Stuart Hamblen (1908–1989)
Jerry Clower (1926–1998)
Fred Rogers (1928–2003)
Bill Moyers (1935–present)
Joe Simon (1936–2021)
John Danforth (1936–present)
Grady Nutt (1937–1982)
Solomon Burke (1940–2010)
Ted DiBiase (1954-present)
Clifton Davis (1945–present)
Al Green (1946–present)
Eddie Holman (1946–present)
Jesse Jackson (1941–present)
Bernice King (1963–present)
George Foreman (1949–present)
Mike Huckabee (1955–present)
Al Sharpton (1954–present)
Ernie Fletcher (1956–present)
Reggie White (1961–2004)
John Battle (1962–present)
Richard Rossi (1963–present)
Pebbles (1964–present)
John Blue (1966–present)
Raphael Warnock (1969–present)
Kirk Cameron (1970–present)
Montell Jordan (1968-present)
Napoleon Kaufman (1973–present)
Kel Mitchell (1978–present)
Freddie Stone (1947–present)
Darryl Strawberry (1962–present)
Derwin Gray (1971–present)
Vanity (1959–2016)
Kurtis Blow (1959-present)
Jay Underwood (1968-present)

Gallery[edit]

John Knox
Jonathan Edwards
Charles Spurgeon
D.L. Moody
Ralph Waldo Emerson

References[edit]

^ Øverland, Orm The Western Home (published by Norwegian-American Historical Association, distributed by the University of Illinois Press. 1996, Chapter 14, page 196)
^ Michael Duduit. "The 25 Most Influential Pastors of the Past 25 Years". Preaching Magazine. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
^ Moody Bible Institute
^ Thru the Bible
^ Christian Research Institute
^ Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa
^ Ravi Zacharias International Ministries

[1] Øverland, Orm The Western Home (published by Norwegian-American Historical Association, distributed by the University of Illinois Press. 1996, Chapter 14, page 196)

[2] Michael Duduit. "The 25 Most Influential Pastors of the Past 25 Years". Preaching Magazine. Retrieved 2011-06-04.

[3] Moody Bible Institute

[4] Thru the Bible

[5] Christian Research Institute

[6] Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa

[7] Ravi Zacharias International Ministries

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