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This is a list of people who are notable due to their influence on the popularity or development of evangelical Christianity or for their professed
evangelicalism .
Historical
(This list is organized chronologically by birth)
William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536), first published use of the term
evangelical in English (1531)
John Bunyan (1628–1688), persecuted English
Puritan
Baptist preacher and author of
Pilgrim's Progress
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), American
Puritan theologian and preacher in the
First Great Awakening
John Wesley (1703–1791), English clergyman; founder of
Methodism
Charles Wesley (1707–1788), English clergyman; brother of John Wesley, hymnwriter of Methodism
George Whitefield (1714–1770), English clergyman; early Methodist preacher and associate of John Wesley
Isaac Backus (1724–1806), advocate of the
separation of church and state
Henry Venn (1725–1797), founder of the small, but highly influential
Clapham Sect in Britain
John Newton (1725–1807), Scottish clergyman, author of
Amazing Grace
William Cowper (1731–1800), English poet/author of numerous hymns, including "
There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood "
Francis Asbury (1745–1816), founder of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
William Wilberforce (1759–1833), worked to abolish slavery in the British Empire
Henry Thornton (1760–1815), banker, philanthropist, reformer and Member of Parliament
Richard Allen (1760–1831), founder of the
African Methodist Episcopal (AME) denomination (1816)
William Carey , (1761–1834) British missionary to India. Known as the "father of modern missions"
Nathan Bangs (1778–1862), editor of the
Christian Advocate , president of
Wesleyan University
Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875), preacher in the
Second Great Awakening , advocate of "New Measures"
Henry Venn (1796–1873), grandson of Henry Venn, pioneered the basic principles of
indigenous church mission theory
Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813–1843), Scottish preacher and minister of St Peter's, Dundee
Joseph M. Scriven (1819–1886), Irish poet, moved to Canada and wrote
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
William Henry Green (1825–1900), chairman of the Old Testament committee for the
American Standard Version (1901)
Robert Pearsall Smith (1827–1899) and
Hannah Whitall Smith (1832–1911), leaders in the
Holiness movement
William Booth (1829–1912) and
Catherine Booth (1829–1890), founders of
The Salvation Army .
James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905), British
missionary to China and founder of the
China Inland Mission
Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892), English
Baptist preacher and advocate of
Calvinism
Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899), American evangelist, pastor and educator
Twentieth century
(This list is organized chronologically by birth)
Fanny Crosby (1820–1915), blind American writer of many famous hymns including "
Blessed Assurance "
Alexander Maclaren (1826-1910), Scottish Baptist minister
Joseph Parker (1830-1902), theologian, Congregationalist minister, pastor of
City Temple
Edward McKendree Bounds , (1835-1913), American author and member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South clergy
Phineas F. Bresee , (1838–1915), founder of the
Church of the Nazarene
Albert Benjamin Simpson , (1843–1919), preacher, writer, founder of the
Christian and Missionary Alliance
Maria Woodworth-Etter (1844–1924), was an American healing evangelist. Her ministry style served as a model for Pentecostalism.
William Mitchell Ramsay , (1851–1939), archaeologist known for his expertise in Asia Minor
R. A. Torrey (1856–1928), American evangelist, pastor and educator and one of the founders of modern evangelical fundamentalism
Oswald Thompson Allis (1856–1930), co-founder of
Westminster Theological Seminary
Robert Dick Wilson (1856–1930), linguist committed to defending the reliability of the Hebrew Bible
Charles Studd (1860–1931), missionary in China, India and the Congo, founder of
WEC International
Billy Sunday (1862–1935), American evangelist and proponent of
Prohibition
William Irvine (1863–1947), Scottish evangelist, founder of the
Cooneyites and
Two by Twos sects
G. Campbell Morgan (1863-1945), British evangelist and pastor of
Westminster Chapel
Edward Cooney (1867–1960), evangelist and early leader of the
Cooneyites and
Go-Preachers sects
Harry Ironside (1876–1951), evangelist and pastor of the
Moody Church in Chicago (1930–48).
Karl Barth (1886–1968), leader of
dialectical theology and author of Church Dogmatics
Toyohiko Kagawa (1888-1960), Japanese evangelist and social reformer
Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944), Pentecostal preacher and founder of
Foursquare Church
Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889-1929?), Indian missionary
Clarence Bouma (1891–1962), first president of the
Evangelical Theological Society
William F. Albright (1891–1971), ceramics expert, founder of the
biblical archaeology movement
Henri Lanctin (1892-1986), French Protestant evangelist active in Canada
Donald Barnhouse (1895–1960), former pastor of
Tenth Presbyterian Church , founder of
Eternity magazine
D.P. Thomson (1896–1974), Scottish evangelist, exponent of visitation and lay evangelism, Warden of the St Ninian's Training Centre, Crieff
Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897–1963), preacher, author of The Pursuit of God and The Knowledge of the Holy
Martyn Lloyd Jones (1899–1981), reformed preacher at
Westminster Chapel
Frank E. Gaebelein (1899–1983), founding headmaster of
The Stony Brook School , general editor of the Expositor's Bible Commentary
John Sung (1901-1944), Chinese evangelist
Frank Jenner (1903–1977), English Australian evangelist
Bakht Singh (1903-2000), pioneer of the Indian Church movement
Harold Ockenga (1905–1985), first president of the
National Association of Evangelicals
James Gordon Lindsay (1906–1973), revivalist preacher, author, and founder of
Christ for the Nations Institute
Carl Fredrik Wisløff (1908–2004), theologian, professor in church history, preacher in
Norwegian Lutheran Mission
William M. Branham (1909–1965), preacher and prophet, pacesetter and initiator of the Tent Revival Era of the 1940s and 1950s
Merrill Unger (1909–1980), Old Testament professor at
Dallas Theological Seminary , defender of
biblical inerrancy
F. F. Bruce (1910–1990), apologist, one of the founders of the modern evangelical understanding of the Bible
A. A. Allen (1911–1970), was a minister with a Pentecostal ministry, associated with the "Voice of Healing" movement.
Francis Schaeffer (1912–1984), theologian, philosopher, founder of
L'Abri , author of A Christian Manifesto
Carl F. H. Henry (1913–2003), founding editor of
Christianity Today
Robert Pierce (1914–1978), founder of
World Vision and
Samaritan's Purse
Bruce M. Metzger (1914–2007), biblical scholar and translator who served on the board of the
American Bible Society
Gleason Archer (1916–2004), theologian, educator, and author
T. L. Osborn (1923–2013), American Pentecostal evangelist, singer, author, teacher and designer.
D. James Kennedy (1930–2007), founder of
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and
Knox Theological Seminary
Jerry Falwell (1933–2007), founder of
Liberty University and the
Moral Majority
James Montgomery Boice (1938–2000), former pastor of
Tenth Presbyterian Church .
Greg Bahnsen (1948–1995), minister, educator, apologist, and a major figure in
Christian Reconstructionism
Contemporary
Bible scholars, philosophers, and theologians
Gregory Beale , former president of the
Evangelical Theological Society
Craig Blomberg , New Testament scholar at
Denver Seminary , author of How Wide the Divide? An Evangelical and a Mormon in Conversation
Greg Boyd , theologian, author and senior pastor of Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.
William Lane Craig , professor of philosophy at
Talbot School of Theology , author of
The Kalam Cosmological Argument
Millard Erickson , former president of the
Evangelical Theological Society
Gordon D. Fee , theologian, succeeded F.F. Bruce as editor of the New International Commentary on the New Testament , author of How to Read the Bible for All its Worth (co-authored with Douglas Stuart).
Sinclair Ferguson , former editor of
Banner of Truth Trust
John Frame , theologian noted for his work in
epistemology and
presuppositional apologetics , author of The Doctrine of the Knowledge of God
Norman Geisler , co-founder of
Southern Evangelical Seminary , co-author of General Introduction to the Bible
Graeme Goldsworthy , Australian
Anglican theologian
Paula Gooder , British theologian and Canon Chancellor of
St Paul's Cathedral .
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Wayne Grudem , co-founder of the
Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood , author of Systematic Theology
Gary Habermas , author, lecturer, and debater on the topic of the
Resurrection of Jesus
Kenneth Kitchen ,
Egyptologist , author of
On the Reliability of the Old Testament
Craig Keener , Bible scholar, F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at
Asbury Theological Seminary
Andreas Köstenberger , editor of the
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
Richard Longenecker , professor of New Testament at
McMaster Divinity College
John Warwick Montgomery , writer, lecturer and public debater in the field of
Christian apologetics
J. P. Moreland , professor of philosophy at
Talbot School of Theology
Nancey Murphy , professor of Christian philosophy, author, and ordained minister.
Thomas C. Oden , father of
Paleo-Orthodoxy ; theologian associated with
Drew University
J. I. Packer , theological editor for the
English Standard Version , author of
Knowing God
Alvin Plantinga , University of Notre Dame, philosopher, Warrant and Christian Belief
Frederick K. C. Price , founder and head pastor of Crenshaw Christian Center (CCC).
Andrew Purves ,
Pittsburgh Theological Seminary
Bong Rin Ro , theologian and missiologist
Moisés Silva , former president of the
Evangelical Theological Society
R. C. Sproul , Reformed theologian, founder and chairman of
Ligonier Ministries
Elaine Storkey , British philosopher and theologian, author of numerous books on Christianity, feminism, gender, and women.
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John Stott , former
Rector of
All Souls Church, Langham Place
Miroslav Volf , professor at
Yale Divinity School
Stephen H. Webb , professor at
Wabash College
Ben Witherington III , Amos professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at
Asbury Theological Seminary and doctoral faculty at
St. Andrews University
Nicholas Wolterstorff , professor emeritus of philosophical theology, and Fellow of
Berkeley College (Yale) ; author, Lament for a Son
Edwin M. Yamauchi , former president of the
Evangelical Theological Society
Pastors, preachers and evangelists
Leith Anderson , pastor of
Wooddale Church , president of the
National Association of Evangelicals
Jim Bakker , former
Assemblies of God minister, host of the
PTL Club , convicted federal fraud felon, and current end-of-days evangelical preacher
Alistair Begg , pastor of Parkside Church, radio preacher of Truth for Life
Reinhard Bonnke , evangelist and organizer of gospel crusades throughout Africa
Francis Chan , former teaching pastor of Cornerstone Community Church
Douglas Coe , leader of the
Fellowship Foundation
Mark Dever , pastor of
Capitol Hill Baptist Church , founder of
9Marks Ministries
D. G. S. Dhinakaran , evangelical preacher, founder of Jesus Calls Ministries and the
Karunya University
Steven Furtick , founding pastor and evangelist at
Elevation Church in
Charlotte, NC .
Bill Gothard , founder of the
Institute in Basic Life Principles who was later removed from ministry due to sexual misconduct allegations
Billy Graham ,
evangelist and spiritual counselor to multiple U.S. presidents
Craig Groeschel , founder and pastor of
Life.Church
Nicky Gumbel , pioneer of the
Alpha course and vicar of
Holy Trinity Brompton in London
John Hagee , founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in
San Antonio ,
Texas
Ted Haggard , former pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado; former leader of the National Association of Evangelicals
Jack W. Hayford , past president of the
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel
Gordon Hugenberger , former pastor of
Park Street Church
Johnny Hunt , past president of the
Southern Baptist Convention and pastor of the First Baptist Church
Woodstock, Georgia
Bill Hybels , founder and former pastor of
Willow Creek Community Church
Harry R. Jackson Jr. , senior pastor at Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland and Presiding Bishop of the International Communion of Evangelical Churches
Peter Jensen ,
Anglican
Archbishop of
Sydney , Australia
Phillip Jensen ,
Sydney Anglican
Timothy J. Keller , pastor of
Redeemer Presbyterian Church (NY City); author of
The Reason for God
Greg Laurie , pastor of
Harvest Christian Fellowship and evangelist of
Harvest Crusades
Nicky Lee , creator of The Marriage Course, and associate vicar of
Holy Trinity Brompton in London
John MacArthur , pastor of
Grace Community Church (California) , editor of the
MacArthur Study Bible , founder and president of
The Master's Seminary
James S. MacDonald (born 1960), American pastor, non-denominational Bible teacher, and author
C. J. Mahaney , leader of
Sovereign Grace Ministries
J. Vernon McGee , pastor, Bible teacher, theologian, and radio minister
John Piper , pastor of
Bethlehem Baptist Church ; author of Desiring God
David Platt , pastor and president of the Southern Baptist Convention's International Mission Board
Oral Roberts , founder of
Oral Roberts University
Philip Ryken , former pastor of
Tenth Presbyterian Church , current president of
Wheaton College
Chuck Smith , founder of the
Calvary Chapel fellowship of churches
Andy Stanley , founder of
North Point Community Church
Charles Stanley , founder and president of
In Touch Ministries
Chuck Swindoll , pastor, founder and president of Insight for Living
Gardner C. Taylor , known as "the dean of American preaching"
Jack Van Impe , pastor and host of Jack Van Impe Presents
Rick Warren , pastor of
Saddleback Church , author of
The Purpose Driven Life ,
The Purpose Driven Church
Paul Washer , founder of HeartCry Missionary Society
Justin Welby , Archbishop of Canterbury
John Wimber , pastor and founder of the
Association of Vineyard Churches
Authors and speakers
Jerry Bridges , speaker with
The Navigators (organization) , author of The Pursuit of Holiness
Tony Campolo , pastor, sociologist, author, public speaker and leader of the
Red-Letter Christian movement
Shane Claiborne , writer, political activist and leader of the Red-Letter Christian movement
Charles Colson , founder of
Prison Fellowship , author of Born Again
James Dobson , psychologist, founder of
Focus on the Family , author of Dare to Discipline
Tony Evans , widely syndicated radio broadcaster
Alex McFarland , apologist
Louie Giglio , speaker and founder of
Passion Conferences
Charlie Kirk , American
conservative political activist, radio talk show host, and founder of
Turning Point USA
Kent Hovind , dangers of evolution, scientific evidence for the Bible
Sergei Kourdakov , former
KGB agent who persecuted Christians in Russia, but converted and defected to Canada
Tim Lahaye ,
dispensationalist novelist, author of
Left Behind series
Jeri Massi , author of the
Christy Award -nominated Valkyries: Some Through the Fire
Joyce Meyer , charismatic speaker, author of Battlefield of the Mind: Winning the Battle in Your Mind
Chuck Missler , apologist, author, founder of Koinonia House Ministries
Luis Palau , Argentinian evangelist
Joni Eareckson Tada , author, radio host, and founder of Joni and Friends
Jim Wallis , founder and editor of
Sojourners Magazine , political activist and leader of the Red-Letter Christian movement
David F. Wells , author of No Place for Truth or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology , motivator for
The Cambridge Declaration
Philip Yancey ,
Christianity Today editor, columnist, author of The Jesus I Never Knew and What's So Amazing About Grace
Ed Young , writer, speaker, artist, and the founding and senior Pastor of Fellowship Church
Educators and professors
Darrell Bock , former president of the
Evangelical Theological Society
Don Carson , professor at
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Barry Corey , president of
Biola University
W. A. Criswell , former president of the
Southern Baptist Convention
Ligon Duncan , president of the
Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals
Robert Godfrey , president of
Westminster Seminary California
Kenneth E. Hagin , Charismatic preacher and founder of RHEMA Bible Training College (RBTC)
John D. Hannah , author and professor at
Dallas Theological Seminary
Irving Hexham , Professor of Religious Studies,
University of Calgary
D. Michael Lindsay , president of
Taylor University
R. Albert Mohler, Jr. , president of
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky
Richard Mouw , president of
Fuller Theological Seminary
Mark Noll , history professor at the
University of Notre Dame
Nicholas Perrin , president of
Trinity International University
Haddon Robinson , president of
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Phil Ryken , president of
Wheaton College
Klyne Snodgrass , professor at
North Park Theological Seminary , author of Between Two Truths
Chuck Swindoll , former president of
Dallas Theological Seminary
Donald Sweeting , president of
Colorado Christian University
Kevin Vanhoozer , professor at
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Influencers and innovators
Howard Ahmanson, Jr. , philanthropist and financier of many evangelical organizations
George Barna , directing leader of
The Barna Group , a Christian research and training organization
Bill Bright , founder of
Campus Crusade for Christ
Loren Cunningham , founder of
Youth with a Mission (YWAM) and
University of the Nations
Stuart Epperson , co-founder and chairman of
Salem Communications
Franklin Graham , son of Billy Graham and leader of
Samaritan's Purse
Chip Ingram , founder and teaching pastor of Living on the Edge
T. D. Jakes , pastor, author, filmmaker, and bishop of The Potter's House
Richard Land , president of the
Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
Frank Laubach , missionary, writer, developer of the "Each One Teach One" literacy program
Joel Osteen , pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas
John Osteen , founder and first pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas
Tony Perkins , political activist and president of the
Family Research Council
Pat Robertson , founder of the
Christian Coalition of America
Jay Alan Sekulow , chief counsel for the
American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ)
Danny Yamashiro , chaplain at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology , scholar on
American presidents and
childhood trauma
Political figures
John Ashcroft , former U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from Missouri
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George W. Bush , former President of the United States
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Jimmy Carter , former President of the United States
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Ted Cruz , U.S. Senator from Texas
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Jim DeMint , former U.S. Senator from South Carolina
Mike Huckabee , former Governor of Arkansas
James Lankford , U.S. Senator from Oklahoma
Sarah Palin , 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and former Governor of Alaska
Tim Pawlenty , former Governor of Minnesota
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Mike Pence , former Vice President of the United States
Rick Perry , former U.S. Secretary of Energy and former Governor of Texas
Ben Sasse , U.S. Senator from Nebraska
John Thune , U.S. Senator from South Dakota
Notes
^ Langley, Jonathan (September 20, 2015).
"Five reasons why Paula Gooder is going to influence your theology" . Christian Today. Retrieved August 21, 2019 .
^ James, Sharon (June 2001).
"Are There Essential Differences Between the Sexes?" (PDF) . Themelios . 26 (3): 51. Retrieved January 19, 2018 . the leading British evangelical spokesperson on gender issues
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"Unbelievable? What's got evangelicals interested in the Orthodox Church?" . Premier Christian Radio . October 4, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2018 . evangelical theologian Elaine Storkey
^ Buncombe, Andrew (November 10, 2004).
"John Ashcroft, hero of religious right, quits administration" . Retrieved August 20, 2019 .
^ Borger, Julian (October 7, 2005).
"How born-again George became a man on a mission" . The Guardian. Retrieved December 3, 2017 .
^ Baumer, Randall (August 9, 2014).
"Jimmy Carter and the Evangelical Divide" .
Huffington Post . Retrieved December 3, 2017 .
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"Ted Cruz's Testimony" . Voting Revival. Retrieved December 3, 2017 .
^ Gardner, Amy (July 13, 2017).
"Pawlenty releases video on his faith as he seeks Iowa evangelical vote" .
Huffington Post . Retrieved December 3, 2017 .