List of Christian preachers

The following is a list of Christian clergy who are notable for their preaching in various settings.

Paul

Early Church

John

• James (44)
• Paul (5–67)
• Peter (67)
• Mark (68)
• Luke (84)
• Timothy (17–97)
• John (6–100)
• Silas (100)
• Ignatius (35–107)
• Polycarp (69–155)
• Matthew
• Mary Magdalene
• Apollos

Catholics

• State church of the Roman Empire (380-)

Protestants

John Wycliffe

• John Wycliffe (1320-1384) Lollards
• Jan Hus (1369-1415)
• John Oecolampadius (1482–1531)
• Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531)
• William Tyndale (1494–1536)
• Wolfgang Capito (1478–1541)
• Martin Bucer (1491–1551)
• Peter Martyr Vermigli (1500–1562)
• Wolfgang Musculus (1497–1563)
• Andreas Hyperius (1511–1564)
• John Calvin (1509–1564)
• William Farel (1489-1565)
• Guillaume Farel (1489–1565)
• Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575)

Lutheran

Martin Luther

• Martin Luther (1483–1547)
• Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560)
• Lars Levi Laestadius (1800–1861)
• Bernt B. Haugan (1862)
• 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-)
• Rod Rosenbladt (1942-)
• Gerald B. Kieschnick (1943-)
• Mark Hanson (1946-)
• David Benke (1946-)
• Don Wharton (1951-)
• Matthew C. Harrison (1962-)

Presbyterian

John Knox

• John Knox (1513–1572)
• Peter Marshall (1903–1949)
• D. James Kennedy (1930–2007) Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
• Ian Paisley (1926–)
• Frederick Buechner (1926–)
• R.C. Sproul (1939–) Ligonier Ministries
• Timothy J. Keller (1950–)
• Douglas Wilson (1953–)

Anglican

John Wesley

• Nicholas Ridley (1555) Oxford Martyrs
• Hugh Latimer (1470–1555) Oxford Martyrs
• Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556) Oxford Martyrs
• Lancelot Andrewes (1555–1626)
• John Donne (1572–1631)
• John Tillotson (1630–1694)
• Phillips Brooks (1835–1893)
• N.T. Wright (1948–)
• Michael Bruce Curry (1953–)
• Lindsay Urwin (1956–)

Puritan

Jonathan Edwards

• Robert Abbot (1588–1622)
• John Harvard (1607–1638)
• Joseph Alleine (1634–1668)
• John Davenport (1597–1670)
• 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

Charles Spurgeon

• 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)
• Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892)
• John Alexis Edgren (1839–1908)
• Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910)
• Oswald Chambers (1874–1917)
• George W. Truett (1867–1944)
• J. Frank Norris (1877–1952)
• Mordecai Ham (1877–1961)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968)
• Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969)
• W.A. Criswell (1909–2002)
• Stephen F. Olford (1918–2004)
• Adrian Rogers (1931–2005)
• Jerry Falwell (1933–2007)
• Neiliezhü Üsou (1941–2009)
• Duke Kimbrough McCall (1914–)
• Moishe Rosen (1932–)
• Charles Stanley (1932–)
• Tony Campolo (1935–)
• James T. Draper, Jr. (1935–)
• John MacArthur (1939–) Grace Community Church
• Jesse Jackson (1941–)
• John Piper (1946–) Bethlehem Baptist Church
• Johnny Hunt (1952–)
• Kent Hovind (1953–)
• Albert Mohler (1959–) Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• Mark Dever (1960–)
• Paul Washer (1961–)
• Mark Driscoll (1970–)
• Corey J. Hodges (1971–)

Methodist

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John Wesley

• 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
• Carl Stuart Hamblen (1908–1989)
• William Willimon (1946–)

Church of Christ

Walter Scott

• Walter Scott (1796–1861)
• Batsell Baxter (1886–1956)
• Marshall Keeble (1878–1968)
• Batsell Barrett Baxter (1916–1982)
• Ira North (1892–1984)
• Cline Paden (1919–2007)
• Kenneth W. Wright (1945–)
• Max Lucado (1955–)

Independent

D.L. Moody

• Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899) Moody Bible Institute
• A.W. Tozer (1897-1963) Minister
• J. Vernon McGee (1904–1988) Church of the Open Door
• Walter Martin (1928-1989) Christian Research Institute
• Leonard Ravenhill (1907–1994) Minister
• Chuck Smith (1927–2013) Calvary Chapel
• Ravi Zacharias (1946–) Christian Apologist
• Robb Moser (1958–) Minister

Seventh-day Adventist

• Joseph Bates (1792-1872)
• John Nevins Andrews (1829-1883)
• Ellen G. White (1827-1915)
• H.M.S. Richards, Sr. (1894-1985)
• George Vandeman (1916-2000)

Pentecostal

• William J. Seymour (1870–1922)
• Alexander Boddy (1854–1930)
• Garfield Thomas Haywood (1880–1931)
• Smith Wigglesworth (1859–1947)
• Charles Harrison Mason (1866-1961)
• William Marrion Branham (1909–1965)
• Lewi Pethrus (1884–1974)
• Kathryn Kuhlman (1907–1976)
• Oral Roberts (1918–2009)
• David Wilkerson (1931–2011)
• Jimmy Swaggart (1935–)
• Bernie L. Wade (1963–)

Four Square Gospel

• Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944)
• Jack W. Hayford (1934–)
• James Ranger
• Matthew Barnett

Charismatic

• John Wimber (1934–1997) Vineyard Movement
• Joyce Meyer (1943–)
• T.D. Jakes (1957-)
• Joel Osteen (1963-)

Other

Ralph Waldo Emerson

• 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.
• Bill "Parson" Brownlow (1805–1877) Methodist, anti-secessionist newspaper owner and journalist, and later governor of Tennessee
• John Danforth (1936–) Episcopalian, Republican Senator from Missouri.
• B.G. Dyess (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 (1931–), non-denominational, actress
• Bill Moyers (1935–), Baptist, White House Press Secretary
• Grady Nutt (1937–1982), Baptist, Christian comedian, Hee Haw regular (1979–82)
• Clifton Davis (born 1945), Seventh-day Adventist, actor
• George Foreman (born 1949), boxer
• Mike Huckabee Baptist (2008 Presidential candidate and former governor of Arkansas)
• Ernie Fletcher (1956–), Baptist (former lay preacher) Governor of Kentucky
• Richard Rossi (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 (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.

Literature

• Bishop Manuel Aringarosa
• Friar Lawrence
• Reverend Bunting
• Arthur Dimmesdale
• Father Mulcahy
• Reverend Harry Powell
• Chaplain Tappman

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
• 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