List of Christian preachers
The following is a list of Christian clergy who are notable for their preaching in various settings.
Early Church
- Paul (5-67)
- Ignatius of Antioch (35-107)
- Polycarp (69-155)
Catholic
- John Chrysostom (347–407)
- Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153)
- Henry of Lausanne (1148) heretical, opposed by Bernard
- Dominic of Guzmán (1170-1221) (founder of the Order of Preachers)
- John Bromyard (1352)
- Johannes Tauler (1300–1361) German (Dominican) mystic
- Jan Huss (1369–1415) (condemned and executed as a heretic)
- Bernardino of Siena (1380–1444) Franciscan
- Giovanni da Capistrano (1386–1456) Franciscan
- James of the Marches (1391–1476) Franciscan
- Girolamo Savonarola (1452–1498) Dominican, also executed as a heretic
- Petrus Canisius (1521–1597) Jesuit preacher of the Counter-Reformation in the German-speaking lands
- Hortensio Félix Paravicino Trinitarian brother, preacher to the court Philip II of Spain, and poet
- Jacques-Benigne Bossuet (1627–1704) whose sermons are classics of French prose
- Louis Bourdaloue (1632–1704) Jesuit preacher of the age of Louis XIV
- Jean Baptiste Massillon (1663–1742) Oratorian
- John Henry Newman (1801–1890) converted from Anglicanism
- Bernard Vaughan (1847–1922)
- Charles Coughlin (1891–1975)
- Fulton Sheen (1895–1975)
- Pope John Paul II (1920–2005)
Lutheran
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- Martin Luther former Augustinian monk (1483–1547)
- Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560)
- Lars Levi Laestadius (1800–1861)
- C.F.W. Walther (1811–1887)
- Bernt B. Haugan (born 1862) Lutheran minister, politician, and temperance leader[1]
- Martin Niemöller (1892–1984)
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945)
- J.A.O. Preus II (1920–1994) former President of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod during the Seminex affair
- Gerald B. Kieschnick (born 1943) former President of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod
- Wallace Schulz (born 1945) former host of The Lutheran Hour and former second vice President of the LCMS
- Mark Hanson (born 1946)
- Ken Klaus, current host of the The Lutheran Hour
- David Benke (born 1946)
- Don Wharton (born 1951) Christian musician and Lutheran minister
- Mark Jeske (born 1952) Pastor of St. Marcus Lutheran Church (Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod) in Milwaukee, WI, and the preacher for Time of Grace[2][3]
- Walter A. Maier (1893–1950) host of The Lutheran Hour from 1930–1950
- Matthew C. Harrison (born 1962) current President of LCMS
- John Warwick Montgomery (born 1931) Lutheran apologist
- Gerhard Forde (1927–2005)
- Rod Rosenbladt (born 1942)
Reformed
- Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531)
- John Calvin (1509–1564)
ONE GOD Believer Christian Churches
- Louie R. Santos Jesus Christ "To God Be The Glory International., "Friends Again" TV Program
Presbyterian
- John Knox (1513–1572)
- Peter Marshall (1903–1949)
- Ian Paisley (born 1926)
- Frederick Buechner (born 1926)
- Timothy J. Keller (born 1950)[4]
- R.C. Sproul (born 1939)
- Douglas Wilson (born 1953)
Anglican/Episcopalian
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- Nicholas Ridley (1555) one of the Oxford Martyrs
- Hugh Latimer (1470–1555) another of the Oxford Martyrs (1470–1555)
- Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556) Archbishop of Canterbury and an Oxford Martyr
- Lancelot Andrewes (1555–1626)
- John Donne (1572–1631) also a famous poet
- John Tillotson (1630–1694)
- John Wesley (1703–1791) remained an Anglican priest until death.
- George Whitefield (1714–1770) remained an Anglican priest until death.
- Phillips Brooks (1835–1893) Bishop of Massachusetts
- N. T. Wright (born 1948) former Bishop of Durham, Rt Revd Professor, St. Andrews
- Michael Bruce Curry (born 1953) Bishop of North Carolina
- Lindsay Urwin (born 1956) former Bishop of Horsham,now Administrator of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
- Edward Thomas Parker (1950-2009) Layman in the Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin until death.
Puritan/Congregationalist/Nonconformist
- Robert Abbot (1588–1622)
- John Davenport (1597–1670)
- John Harvard (1607–1638) benefactor of New College in Massachusetts which later changed its name in his honor
- Joseph Alleine (1634–1668)
- Matthew Henry (1662–1714)
- Cotton Mather (1663–1728)
- Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758)
- Peter Taylor Forsyth (1848-1921)
- G. Campbell Morgan (1863–1945)
- Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981)
Baptist
- Roger Williams (1603–1684)
- John Bunyan (1628–1688)
- Benjamin Keach (1640–1704)
- John Gill (1697–1771)
- William Miller (1782–1849)
- William Garrett Lewis (1834–1885)
- C.H. Spurgeon (1834–1892)
- Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910)
- John Alexis Edgren (1839–1908)
- Oswald Chambers (1874–1917)
- F.B. Meyer (1847–1929)
- George W. Truett (1867–1944)
- J. Frank Norris (1877–1952)
- Mordecai Ham (1877–1961)
- Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969)
- W.A. Criswell (1909–2002)
- E.V. Hill (1934–2003)
- Tony Campolo (born 1935)
- Duke Kimbrough McCall (born 1914)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968)
- Moishe Rosen (born 1932)
- Jerry Falwell (1933–2007)
- Adrian Rogers (1931-2005)
- Charles Stanley (born 1932)
- Mark Driscoll (born 1970)
- James T. Draper, Jr. (born 1935)
- John MacArthur (born 1939)[5][6]
- Jesse Jackson (born 1941)
- Lewis Brown (born 1941)
- Neiliezhü Üsou (1941–2009)
- Stephen F. Olford (1918-2004)
- John Piper, (1946-)[7]
- Albert Mohler (born 1959)
- Mark Dever (born 1960)
- Corey J. Hodges (born 1971)
- Douglas W. Phillips (born 1965)
- Kent Hovind, creationist
- Johnny Hunt (born 1952)
- Paul Washer (born 1961)
- Roger Spadlin (born 1954) co-Senior Pastor of Valley Baptist Church of Bakersfield
Methodist
- Daniel Rowland (1713–1790)
- Francis Asbury (1747–1816)
- Peter Cartwright (1785–1873)
- William Booth (1829–1912) – founder of the Salvation Army
- Bob Jones, Sr. (1883–1968)
- William Edwin Sangster (1900-1960)
- Carl Stuart Hamblen (1908–1989)
- William Willimon (born 1946)[4]
Church of Christ
- Batsell Baxter (1886–1956)
- Batsell Barrett Baxter (1916–1982)
- B. C. Goodpasture (1895–1977)
- Marshall Keeble (1878–1968)
- Max Lucado (born 1955)
- Ira North (1892–1984)
- Cline Paden (1919–2007)
- Walter Scott (1796–1861)
- Kenneth W. Wright (born 1945)
Members Church of God International
- Eliseo Soriano (born 1947)
- Daniel Razon (born 1967)
Charismatic
- David Du Plessis (1905–1987)
- Derek Prince (1915–2003)
- Chuck Smith (1927-2013) founder of Calvary Chapel movement
- John Wimber (1934–1997) a founding leader of the Vineyard Movement
- Reinhard Bonnke (born 1940)
- Joyce Meyer (born 1943)
- Jaerock Lee (born 1943)
- Willie George founder of Church on the Move and the Gospel Bill Show
- T. D. Jakes founder and senior pastor of the Potter's House Church in Dallas, Texas
- W.F. Kumuyi (born 1941)
- Michael A. McCain (born 1985) Founder of Kingdom Builders Assembly International Inc. The author of "Prayerology" & " The Purpose Driven Prayer Life".
- Jim Orate (born 1945)
- Jimmy Swaggart (born 1935)
- Minolan Ethan Pillay (born 1996)
Pentecostal
- Alexander Boddy (1854–1930)
- Smith Wigglesworth (1859–1947)
- Bishop Charles Harrison Mason (1866-1961)
- William J. Seymour (1870–1922)
- Bishop Garfield Thomas Haywood (1880-1931)
- Lewi Pethrus (1884–1974)
- Kathryn Kuhlman (1907–1976)
- William Marrion Branham (1909–1965)
- Oral Roberts (1918-2009)
- David Wilkerson (1931–2011)
- Bernie L. Wade (born 1963)
- Geoffrey Kusinyi Wafula (born 1977)
- Pastor Anthony Wynn (born 1960)
- Mark J. Sheppeard (born 1982–present) Founder and host of Faith Talk Radio
- Isaiah Olayinka Adio (Born 1970)
Seventh-day Adventist
- Joseph Bates (1792 – 1872)
- Ellen G. White (1827-1915)
- John Nevins Andrews (1829 - 1883)
- H. M. S. Richards, Sr. (1894–1985)
- Mark Finley
- Jan Paulsen
- Doug Batchelor
- David Asscherick
- Dwight Nelson
- Wintley Phipps
- George Vandeman (1916-2000)
Four Square Gospel
- Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944)
- Jack W. Hayford (born 1934)[4]
- James Ranger Senior Pastor of Bakersfield New Life Center
- Matthew Barnett Senior Pastor of Angelus Temple in Los Angelus
Independent
- Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899) Moody Bible Institute
- William Irvine (1863–1947) Two by Twos
- Edward Cooney (1867–1960) Two by Twos
- J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988) Thru the Bible
- Chuck Smith (1927-2013) Calvary Chapel
- Robb Moser (1958-) Genesis to Revelation Verse by Verse
Other
- Dr. John Bodkin Adams (1899–1983) a preacher among the Plymouth Brethren but arrested in 1956 for murdering two patients. Controversially found not guilty but suspected of up to 163 deaths.[8]
- Bill "Parson" Brownlow (1805–1877) Methodist, anti-secessionist newspaper owner and journalist, and later governor of Tennessee
- John Danforth (born 1936) Episcopalian, Republican Senator from Missouri.
- B.G. Dyess (born 1922) Baptist, Louisiana state senator and Rapides Parish voter registrar
- Cristóbal Diatristán de Acuña (1597–1676), Catholic, explorer
- Laurence Sterne (1713–1759), Anglican, novelist
- Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787–1851) Congregationalist, deaf educator, Gallaudet University is named in his honor.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882), Unitarian, poet
- James Garfield (1831–1851), Disciples of Christ, U. S. President
- Eric Liddell (1902–1945), Baptist, Olympian featured in the movie Chariots of Fire
- Hugh Beaumont (1903–1984), Methodist, Television actor
- Jerry Clower (1926–1998), Baptist, rural humorist
- David Bauer, (1924–1988), Roman Catholic, hockey player and coach
- Fred Rogers (1928–2003), Presbyterian, children's television host
- Della Reese (born 1931), non-denominational, actress
- Bill Moyers (born 1935), Baptist, White House Press Secretary
- Grady Nutt (1937–1982), Baptist, Christian comedian, Hee Haw regular (1979–82)[9]
- Clifton Davis (born 1945), Seventh-day Adventist, actor
- George Foreman (born 1949), boxer
- Mike Huckabee Baptist (2008 Presidential candidate and former governor of Arkansas)[10]
- Ernie Fletcher (born 1956), Baptist (former lay preacher) Governor of Kentucky
- Richard Rossi (born 1963) Filmmaker and musician
- Christopher Priest (born 1961) Baptist, comic book author and editor
- Reggie White (1961–2004), Baptist/Messianic (Torah-observant), football player
- Kirk Cameron (born 1970), evangelical, actor
- John Williams, Uniting Church in Australia, scientist
Fictional preachers
This section lists fictional ministers of religion who were notable for their preaching.
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Literature
- Bishop Manuel Aringarosa, Catholic – The Da Vinci Code (later a film)
- Friar Lawrence, Catholic (Anglican) - Romeo and Juliet
- Reverend Bunting, unspecified denomination – The Invisible Man
- Dr. Chasuble, unspecified – The Importance of being Earnest
- Arthur Dimmesdale, Puritan/Congregationalist – The Scarlet Letter
- Paul Ford, unspecified – Pollyanna
- Elmer Gantry, unspecified (charismatic) – Elmer Gantry (later a film)
- Tim Kavanaugh, Episcopalian – At Home in Mitford (and sequels)
- Lankaster Merrin, Catholic – The Exorcist
- Father Mulcahy – M*A*S*H (later a film and a television series)
- Reverend Harry Powell – The Night of the Hunter (later a film)
- Reverend Sykes, AME – To Kill a Mockingbird
- Chaplain Tappman, Anabaptist Catch-22 (later a film)
Film
- Henry Biggs, Baptist – The Preacher's Wife
- Bishop Henry Broughman, unspecified (possibly Episcopalian, Methodist or Lutheran) – The Bishop's Wife
- Sonny Duvall, Pentecostal – The Apostle
- Father Fitzgibbon, Catholic – Going My Way
- Graham Hess, Episcopalian – Signs
- Tim O'Dowd, Catholic – Going My Way
- Chuck O'Malley, Catholic – Going My Way and The Bells of Saint Mary's
- Jonas Nightengale, unspecified (charismatic) – Leap of Faith
- Samuel Whitehead, Methodist – Angel in My Pocket
- Reverend Ford, unspecified - Pollyanna
- Jacob DeBarge, unspecified (probably Baptist, Pentecostal, or Charismatic) - Let it Shine
Television
- Alexander Anderson, Catholic Hellsing
- David Randolph, Charismatic, Good News
- Robert Alden, unspecified (possibly Lutheran or Congregationalist) – Little House on the Prairie
- Eric Camden, unspecified Mainline Protestant, 7th Heaven
- Frank Dowliing, Catholic – Father Dowling Mysteries
- Mr. Eko, Catholic (self-proclaimed) – Lost
- Matthew Fordwick, Baptist – The Waltons
- Reuben Gregory, unspecified – Amen
- Reverend Timothy Lovejoy, Presbylutheran – The Simpsons
- Reverend Gaylord Pierson – According to Jim
- Francis Xavier Reyneux (Father Ray), Catholic – Nothing Sacred
- Noah "Hardstep" Rivers, Catholic – *** Town
- Mike Weber, Episcopalian – Soul Man
- Chris Stevens, Worldwide Church of Truth and Beauty, (which, like the Universal Life Church, offers at large ordination regardless of training or theological ideology. In Stevens' case, he answered an ad in the back of Rolling Stone) – Northern Exposure
- Karen Stroup, Methodist – King of the Hill
- Daniel Webster, Episcopalian – Book of Daniel
- Rev. Grady Williams, Baptist – The Grady Nutt Show[11]
- Bishop Louie Santos - Jesus Christ "To God Be The Glory International Church" 1985, Calamba, Quezon City, Philippines. "Friends Again" - TV Program every Saturday.. Sunday Service at Cuneta Astrodome, Manila
See also
- List of United States televangelists
- List of Campus Preachers
- List of ministers of the Universal Life Church
- Lists of Roman Catholics
References
- ^ Øverland, Orm The Western Home (published by Norwegian-American Historical Association, distributed by the University of Illinois Press. 1996, Chapter 14, page 196)
- ^ http://www.stmarcus.com/index.html
- ^ http://www.timeofgrace.org
- ^ a b c Michael Duduit. "The 25 Most Influential Pastors of the Past 25 Years". Preaching Magazine. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
- ^ Center for Baptist Studies
- ^ Michael Duduit. "The 25 Most Influential Pastors of the Past 25 Years". Preaching Magazine. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
- ^ Michael Duduit. "The 25 Most Influential Pastors of the Past 25 Years". Preaching Magazine. Retrieved 2011-06-04.
- ^ Cullen, Pamela V., "A Stranger in Blood: The Case Files on Dr John Bodkin Adams", London, Elliott & Thompson, 2006, ISBN 1-904027-19-9
- ^ H. Allen Anderson: Grady Lee Nutt from the Handbook of Texas Online. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
- ^ Gretel C. Kovach, Sarah Elkins, Suzanne Smalley and Sarah Kliff. "A Pastor's True Calling." Newsweek December 17, 2007. Retrieved January 6, 2008.
- ^ "The Grady Nutt Show" Yahoo! TV.