List of Christian preachers explained

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

Roman Catholic

• 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

• 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) ^[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

• 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)^[2]

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)
• 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

• 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

• 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)^[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

• 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)

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–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

• 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
• Paul Dhinakaran (1962-present) Jesus calls ministries worldwide
• 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)
• 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)
• Warryn Campbell (1975-present) *
• Demond Wilson (1946-present) *
• Rosey Grier (1932-present) *

Notes and References

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. Preaching Magazine. The 25 Most Influential Pastors of the Past 25 Years. Michael Duduit. 2011-06-04.
3. http://www.moody.edu Moody Bible Institute
4. http://www.ttb.org Thru the Bible
5. http://www.equip.org Christian Research Institute
6. http://www.calvarychapelcostamesa.com Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa
7. http://www.rzim.org Ravi Zacharias International Ministries