List of Christian preachers

This is a list of notable Christian preachers.

Early Church

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

Western Church 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) Oliver Maillard, French Franciscan (c.1430–1502) Savonarola, Italian Dominican (1452–1498) John of Capistrano (1386–1456), Italian Franciscan Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), Spanish Dominican Bernardino of Siena (1380–1444), Italian

Roman Catholic 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)

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

Lutheran

Martin Luther (1483–1547) The Ninety-Five Theses Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560) Lars Levi Laestadius (1800–1861) Bernt B. Haugan (1862) Øverland, Orm The Western Home (published by Norwegian-American Historical Association, distributed by the University of Illinois Press. 1996, Chapter 14, page 196) 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 (1931-2024) Rod Rosenbladt (1942–2024) Gerald B. Kieschnick (1943–present) Mark Hanson (1946–present) Matt Harrison (1962–present)

Calvinist

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 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)

Anglican 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 John Harvard (1607–1638) John Owen (1616-1683) Joseph Alleine (1634–1668) John Davenport (1597–1670) Matthew Henry (1662–1714) Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758)

Independent Evangelical (Evangelical Free) G. Campbell Morgan (1863–1945) Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981)

Baptist

Balthasar Hubmaier (1480–1528) (Anabaptist) Roger Williams (1603–1684) John Bunyan (1628–1688) William Kiffin (1616–1701) Benjamin Keach (1640–1704) (Reformed/Particular Baptist) John Gill (1697–1771) (Reformed/Particular Baptist) Isaac Backus (1724–1806) John Gano (1727–1804) Andrew Fuller (1754–1815) (Reformed/Particular Baptist) John Leland (1754–1841) 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) W.A. 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 (1935–2024) Kent Hovind (1953–present)

Methodist

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 Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700–1760), Moravian Church Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899)Moody Bible Institute 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)Thru the Bible Church of the Open Door Walter Martin (1928–1989)Christian Research Institute 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)Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa Calvary Chapel John MacArthur (1939–present) Grace Community Church Ravi Zacharias (1946–2020)Ravi Zacharias International Ministries Christian apologist John Piper (1946–present)

Seventh-day Adventist 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 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) Jimmy Allen (1930-2020)https://christianchronicle.org/jimmy-allen-nationally-known-gospel-preacher-and-harding-bible-professor-dies-at-90/

Pentecostal 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 (1935–2025) 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) Daniel Olukoya (1989 - present) Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Worldwide

Charismatic 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 Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787–1851) Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) William Gannaway Brownlow (1805–1877) James Garfield (1831–1881) William Lee Taylor (1854–1915) William A. Creditt (1864–1921) Eric Liddell (1902–1945) Hugh Beaumont (1903–1984) Carl Stuart Hamblen (1908–1989) Jerry Clower (1926–1998) Fred Rogers (1928–2003) Bill Moyers (1934–2025) Joe Simon (1936–2021) John Danforth (1936–present) Eugene Record (1940–2005) Grady Nutt (1937–1982) Solomon Burke (1940–2010) Ted DiBiase (1954–present) Clifton Davis (1945–present) Denzel Washington (1954–present) Al Green (1946–present) Eddie Holman (1946–present) Jesse Jackson (1941–2026) Bernice King (1963–present) George Foreman (1949–2025) Mike Huckabee (1955–present) Al Sharpton (1954–present) Ernie Fletcher (1952–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) Joseph Simmons (1964–present) Jay Underwood (1968–present) Warryn Campbell (1975–present) * Demond Wilson (1946–2026) * Rosey Grier (1932–present) *

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