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 Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual exper ...

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 ''The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come'' is a 1678 Christian allegory written by John Bunyan. It is regarded as one of the most significant works of theological fiction in English literature and a progenitor of ...

'' *

Jonathan Edwards Jonathan Edwards may refer to: Musicians *Jonathan and Darlene Edwards, pseudonym of bandleader Paul Weston and his wife, singer Jo Stafford *Jonathan Edwards (musician) (born 1946), American musician ** ''Jonathan Edwards'' (album), debut album ...

(1703–1758), American Puritan theologian and preacher in the First Great Awakening *

John Wesley John Wesley (; 2 March 1791) was an English people, English cleric, Christian theology, theologian, and Evangelism, evangelist who was a leader of a Christian revival, revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The soci ...

(1703–1791), English clergyman; founder of Methodism * Charles Wesley (1707–1788), English clergyman; brother of John Wesley, hymnwriter of Methodism *

George Whitefield George Whitefield (; 30 September 1770), also known as George Whitfield, was an Anglican cleric and evangelist who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement. Born in Gloucester, he matriculated at Pembroke College at th ...

(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 The African Methodist Episcopal Church, usually called the AME Church or AME, is a predominantly African American Methodist denomination. It adheres to Wesleyan-Arminian theology and has a connexional polity. 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 Robert Murray M'Cheyne (21 May 1813 – 25 March 1843) was a minister in the Church of Scotland from 1835 to 1843. He was born at Edinburgh on 21 May 1813, was educated at the university and at the Divinity Hall of his native city, and was ...

(1813–1843), Scottish preacher and minister of St Peter's, Dundee *

Joseph M. Scriven Joseph Medlicott Scriven, (10 September 1819 – 10 August 1886) was an Irish-born Canadian poet, best known as the writer of the poem which became the hymn "What a Friend We Have in Jesus". Life Joseph Scriven was born in 1819 of prosperous par ...

(1819–1886), Irish poet, moved to Canada and wrote ''

What a Friend We Have in Jesus "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" is a Christian hymn originally written by preacher Joseph M. Scriven as a poem in 1855 to comfort his mother, who was living in Ireland while he was in Canada. Scriven originally published the poem anonymously, a ...

'' *

William Henry Green William Henry Green (January 27, 1824February 10, 1900), was an American scholar of the Hebrew language. He was born in Groveville, New Jersey, Groveville, near Bordentown, New Jersey. Green was descended in the sixth generation from Jonathan D ...

(1825–1900), chairman of the Old Testament committee for the American Standard Version (1901) * Robert Pearsall Smith (1827–1899) and

Hannah Whitall Smith Hannah Tatum Whitall Smith (February 7, 1832 – May 1, 1911) was a lay speaker and author in the Holiness movement in the United States and the Higher Life movement in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. She was also active in ...

(1832–1911), leaders in the

Holiness movement The Holiness movement is a Christian movement that emerged chiefly within 19th-century Methodism, and to a lesser extent other traditions such as Quakerism, Anabaptism, and Restorationism. The movement is historically distinguished by its emph ...

* William Booth (1829–1912) and

Catherine Booth Catherine Booth (''née'' Mumford, 17 January 1829 – 4 October 1890) was co-founder of The Salvation Army, along with her husband William Booth. Because of her influence in the formation of The Salvation Army she was known as the 'Mothe ...

(1829–1890), founders of The Salvation Army. *

James Hudson Taylor James Hudson Taylor (; 21 May 1832 – 3 June 1905) was a British Baptist Christian missionary to China and founder of the China Inland Mission (CIM, now OMF International). Taylor spent 51 years in China. The society that he began was respons ...

(1832–1905), British missionary to China and founder of the

China Inland Mission OMF International (formerly Overseas Missionary Fellowship and before 1964 the China Inland Mission) is an international and interdenominational Evangelical Christian missionary society with an international centre in Singapore. It was founded i ...

* Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892), English Baptist preacher and advocate of Calvinism *

Dwight L. Moody Dwight Lyman Moody (February 5, 1837 – December 26, 1899), also known as D. L. Moody, was an American evangelist and publisher connected with Keswickianism, who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massa ...

(1837–1899), American evangelist, pastor and educator

Twentieth century

(This list is organized chronologically by birth) *

Fanny Crosby Frances Jane van Alstyne (née Crosby; March 24, 1820 – February 12, 1915), more commonly known as Fanny J. Crosby, was an American mission worker, poet, lyricist, and composer. She was a prolific hymnist, writing more than 8,000 hymns ...

(1820–1915), blind American writer of many famous hymns including "

Blessed Assurance "Blessed Assurance" is a well-known Christian hymn. The lyrics were written in 1873 by blind hymn writer Fanny Crosby to the music written in 1873 by Phoebe Knapp. History Crosby was visiting her friend Phoebe Knapp as the Knapp home was having a ...

" * Alexander Maclaren (1826-1910), Scottish Baptist minister * Joseph Parker (1830-1902), theologian, Congregationalist minister, pastor of City Temple *

Edward McKendree Bounds Edward McKendree Bounds (August 15, 1835 – August 24, 1913) prominently known as E.M. Bounds, was an American author, attorney, and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South clergy. He is known for writing 11 books, nine of which ...

, (1835-1913), American author and member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South clergy *

Phineas F. Bresee Phineas F. Bresee (December 31, 1838 – November 13, 1915) was the primary founder of the Church of the Nazarene, and founding president of Point Loma Nazarene University. Early life and ministry Bresee was born on a farm near Franklin, New ...

, (1838–1915), founder of the Church of the Nazarene *

Albert Benjamin Simpson Albert Benjamin Simpson (December 15, 1843 – October 29, 1919), also known as A. B. Simpson, was a Canadian preacher, theologian, author, and founder of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), an evangelical denomination with an emphasis ...

, (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 Reuben Archer Torrey (28 January 1856 – 26 October 1928) was an American evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer. He aligned with Keswick theology. Biography Torrey was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, the son of a banker. He graduated from ...

(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 * Billy Sunday (1862–1935), American evangelist and proponent of Prohibition * William Irvine (1863–1947), Scottish evangelist, founder of the

Cooneyites : ''This article refers to the Christian sect founded by Edward Cooney. In some places, the term ''Cooneyites'' refers to Two by Twos, the church from which this sect split in 1928.'' The Cooneyites are a Protestant sect which split from the namel ...

and Two by Twos sects *

G. Campbell Morgan Reverend Doctor George Campbell Morgan D.D. (9 December 1863 – 16 May 1945) was a British evangelist, preacher, a leading Bible teacher, and a prolific author. A contemporary of Rodney "Gipsy" Smith, Morgan preached his first sermon at ...

(1863-1945), British evangelist and pastor of

Westminster Chapel Westminster Chapel is an evangelical free church in Westminster, central London. The church is in Buckingham Gate, on the corner of Castle Lane and opposite the junction with Petty France. Buckingham Gate is just off Victoria Street and near ...

Edward Cooney Edward Cooney (1867–1960) was an Irish evangelist from the 1890s to the 1950s. Cooney was born in Enniskillen, Ireland to William R. Cooney, a wealthy local merchant. He was the third of eight children and joined the family business after fin ...

(1867–1960), evangelist and early leader of the

and Go-Preachers sects *

Harry Ironside Henry Allan "Harry" Ironside (October 14, 1876 – January 15, 1951) was a Canadian-American Bible teacher, preacher, theologian, pastor, and author who pastored Moody Church in Chicago from 1929 to 1948. Biography Ironside was born in Toronto, O ...

(1876–1951), evangelist and pastor of the

Moody Church The Moody Church (often referred to as Moody Memorial Church, after a sign hung on the North Avenue side of the building) is a historic evangelical Christian (Nondenominational Christianity) church in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago, Ill ...

in Chicago (1930–48). *

Karl Barth Karl Barth (; ; – ) was a Swiss Calvinist theologian. Barth is best known for his commentary '' The Epistle to the Romans'', his involvement in the Confessing Church, including his authorship (except for a single phrase) of the Barmen Declara ...

(1886–1968), leader of

dialectical theology In Christianity, Neo-orthodoxy or Neoorthodoxy, also known as theology of crisis and dialectical theology, was a theological movement developed in the aftermath of the First World War. The movement was largely a reaction against doctrines of ...

and author of ''Church Dogmatics'' * Toyohiko Kagawa (1888-1960), Japanese evangelist and social reformer *

Aimee Semple McPherson Aimee Elizabeth Semple McPherson (née Kennedy; October 9, 1890 – September 27, 1944), also known as Sister Aimee or Sister, was a Canadian Pentecostalism, Pentecostal Evangelism, evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s,Ob ...

(1890–1944), Pentecostal preacher and founder of

Foursquare Church The Foursquare Church is an Evangelical Pentecostal Christian denomination founded in 1923 by preacher Aimee Semple McPherson. The headquarters are in Los Angeles, California, United States. History The church has its origins in a vision of " ...

* Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889-1929?), Indian missionary *

Clarence Bouma Clarence Bouma (November 30, 1891 in Harlingen, Friesland – August 12, 1962 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) was a theologian and professor at Calvin Theological Seminary. Early life and education Bouma was born Klaas Bouma in the Netherlands in 18 ...

(1891–1962), first president of the Evangelical Theological Society *

William F. Albright William Foxwell Albright (May 24, 1891– September 19, 1971) was an American archaeologist, biblical scholar, philologist, and expert on ceramics. He is considered "one of the twentieth century's most influential American biblical scholars." ...

(1891–1971), ceramics expert, founder of the biblical archaeology movement *

Donald Barnhouse Donald Grey Barnhouse (March 28, 1895 – November 5, 1960), was an American Christian preacher, pastor, theologian, radio pioneer, and writer. He was pastor of the Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1927 to his de ...

(1895–1960), former pastor of

Tenth Presbyterian Church Tenth Presbyterian Church is a congregation of approximately 1,600 members located in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Tenth is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), a denomination in the Reformed (Calvi ...

, founder of '' Eternity'' magazine *

D.P. Thomson David Patrick Thomson (17 May 1896 – 17 March 1974) was a minister of the Church of Scotland who followed a vocation in Christian evangelism as a student, a parish minister, a director of Residential Centres, and as a Christian author and publi ...

(1896–1974), Scottish evangelist, exponent of visitation and lay evangelism, Warden of the St Ninian's Training Centre, Crieff *

Aiden Wilson Tozer Aiden Wilson Tozer (April 21, 1897 – May 12, 1963) was an American Christian pastor, author, magazine editor, and spiritual mentor. For his accomplishments, he received honorary doctorates from Wheaton and Houghton colleges. Early life Toz ...

(1897–1963), preacher, author of ''The Pursuit of God'' and ''The Knowledge of the Holy'' * Martyn Lloyd Jones (1899–1981), reformed preacher at

Frank E. Gaebelein Frank Ely Gaebelein (March 31, 1899 – January 19, 1983) was an American evangelical educator, author, and editor who was the founding headmaster of The Stony Brook School in Long Island, New York. He is the author of more than twenty books, a ...

(1899–1983), founding headmaster of

The Stony Brook School The Stony Brook School is a 7–12 private, Christian, co-educational, college-preparatory boarding and day school in Stony Brook, New York, United States. It was established in 1922 by John Fleming Carson and fellow members of the Stony Brook ...

, general editor of the ''Expositor's Bible Commentary'' * John Sung (1901-1944), Chinese evangelist *

Frank Jenner Frank Arthur "Bones" Jenner (surname often misspelled Genor; 2 November 1903– 8May 1977) was an Australian evangelist. His signature approach to evangelism was to ask people on George Street, Sydney, "If you died within 24 hours, where wou ...

(1903–1977), English Australian evangelist *

Bakht Singh Bakht may refer to: People * Bakht Singh, Indian evangelist *Bakht Khan, Indian commander in the 19th century * Bakht Zamina, Afghan Pashto singer *Bidar Bakht, 15th/16th century Indian Mughal prince *Bakht-un-Nissa Begum, Mughal princess *Sikander ...

(1903-2000), pioneer of the Indian Church movement * Harold Ockenga (1905–1985), first president of the National Association of Evangelicals *

James Gordon Lindsay James Gordon Lindsay (June 18, 1906 – April 1, 1973) was a revivalist preacher, author, and founder of Christ for the Nations Institute. Born in Zion, Illinois, Lindsay's parents were disciples of John Alexander Dowie, the father of healing re ...

(1906–1973), revivalist preacher, author, and founder of Christ for the Nations Institute *

Carl Fredrik Wisløff Carl Fredrik Wisløff (31 December 1908 – 25 June 2004) was a Norwegian Lutheran theologian and preacher, who spent much of his professional career at the MF Norwegian School of Theology. He is considered among the most important lay preac ...

(1908–2004), theologian, professor in church history, preacher in Norwegian Lutheran Mission *

William M. Branham William Marrion Branham (April 6, 1909 – December 24, 1965) was an American Christian minister and faith healer who initiated the post-World War II healing revival, and claimed to be a prophet with the anointing of Elijah, who had come ...

(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 Frederick Fyvie Bruce (12 October 1910 – 11 September 1990), usually cited as F. F. Bruce, was a Scottish biblical scholar who supported the historical reliability of the New Testament. His first book, ''New Testament Documents: Are They ...

(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 Francis August Schaeffer (January 30, 1912 – May 15, 1984) was an American evangelical theologian, philosopher, and Presbyterian pastor. He co-founded the L'Abri community in Switzerland with his wife Edith Schaeffer, , a prolific author ...

(1912–1984), theologian, philosopher, founder of L'Abri, author of ''A Christian Manifesto'' *

Carl F. H. Henry Carl Ferdinand Howard Henry (January 22, 1913 – December 7, 2003) was an American evangelical Christian theologian who provided intellectual and institutional leadership to the neo-evangelical movement in the mid-to-late 20th century. His earl ...

(1913–2003), founding editor of ''

Christianity Today ''Christianity Today'' is an evangelical Christian media magazine founded in 1956 by Billy Graham. It is published by Christianity Today International based in Carol Stream, Illinois. ''The Washington Post'' calls ''Christianity Today'' "evange ...

'' *

Robert Pierce Robert Pierce (1914–1978) was an American Baptist minister and relief worker. He is best known as the founder of the international charity organizations World Vision International in 1950 and Samaritan's Purse in 1970. Early life and educati ...

(1914–1978), founder of World Vision and Samaritan's Purse *

Bruce M. Metzger Bruce Manning Metzger (February 9, 1914 – February 13, 2007) was an American biblical scholar, Bible translator and textual critic who was a longtime professor at Princeton Theological Seminary and Bible editor who served on the board of the A ...

(1914–2007), biblical scholar and translator who served on the board of the American Bible Society *

Gleason Archer Gleason Leonard Archer Jr. (May 22, 1916 – April 27, 2004) was a biblical scholar, theologian, educator and author. Early life Gleason Archer was born in Norwell, Massachusetts in 1916 and became a Christian at a young age through the infl ...

(1916–2004), theologian, educator, and author *

T. L. Osborn Tommy Lee "T.L." Osborn (December 23, 1923 – February 14, 2013) was an American Pentecostal televangelist, singer, author and teacher whose Christian ministry was based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In six decades as a preacher, Osborn hosted the rel ...

(1923–2013), American Pentecostal evangelist, singer, author, teacher and designer. *

D. James Kennedy Dennis James Kennedy (November 3, 1930 – September 5, 2007) was an American pastor, evangelist, Christian broadcaster, and author. He was the senior pastor of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from 1960 until hi ...

(1930–2007), founder of

Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church is a Christian megachurch within the Presbyterian Church in America located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It was founded in 1960 by D. James Kennedy (1930–2007), who served as the church's senior pastor until s ...

and

Knox Theological Seminary Knox Theological Seminary is an independent, evangelical seminary in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, founded in 1989 by D. James Kennedy. The school offers ministry training at its residential facility in Fort Lauderdale and through its internet camp ...

Jerry Falwell Jerry Laymon Falwell Sr. (August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007) was an American Baptist pastor, televangelism, televangelist, and conservatism in the United States, conservative activist. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, ...

(1933–2007), founder of Liberty University and the Moral Majority * James Montgomery Boice (1938–2000), former pastor of

. *

Greg Bahnsen Greg L. Bahnsen (September 17, 1948 – December 11, 1995) was an American Reformed philosopher, apologist, and debater. He was a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and a full-time Scholar in Residence for the Southern Californi ...

(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 Craig L. Blomberg (born August 3, 1955) is an American New Testament scholar. He is currently a Distinguished Professor of the New Testament at Denver Seminary in Colorado where he has been since 1986. His area of academic expertise is the New ...

, 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 Millard J. Erickson (24 June 1932), born in Isanti County, Minnesota, is an Evangelical Christian theologian, professor of theology, and author. Early life and education He earned a B.A. from the University of Minnesota, a B.D. from Northern Bap ...

, former president of the Evangelical Theological Society *

Gordon D. Fee Gordon Donald Fee (May 23, 1934 – October 25, 2022) was an American-Canadian Christian theologian who was an ordained minister of the Assemblies of God (USA). He was professor of New Testament Studies at Regent College in Vancouver, British ...

, 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 Sinclair Buchanan Ferguson (born 21 February 1948) is a Scottish theologian known in Reformed Christian circles for his teaching, writing, and editorial work. He has been Chancellor's Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Sem ...

, 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 Graeme Goldsworthy (born 7 September 1934) is an Australian evangelical Anglican theologian specialising in the Old Testament and biblical theology. His most significant work is a trilogy: ''Gospel and Kingdom'', ''Gospel and Wisdom'', and ''The ...

, Australian

Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...

theologian *

Paula Gooder Paula Gooder (born 1969) is a British theologian and Anglican lay reader, who specialises in the New Testament. She is Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral. She has previously taught at two theological colleges, Ripon College Cuddesdon and ...

, British theologian and Canon Chancellor of

St Paul's Cathedral St Paul's Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in London and is the seat of the Bishop of London. The cathedral serves as the mother church of the Diocese of London. It is on Ludgate Hill at the highest point of the City of London and is a Grad ...

. * Wayne Grudem, co-founder of the

Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) is an evangelical Christian organization promoting a complementarian view of gender issues. According to its website, the "mission of The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood is to set fort ...

, 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'' * Andreas Köstenberger, editor of the '' Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society'' *

Richard Longenecker Richard N. Longenecker (July 21, 1930 - June 7, 2021) was a prominent New Testament scholar. He held teaching positions at Wheaton College and Graduate School (1954-57; 1960-63); Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (1963-72); Wycliffe College (T ...

, professor of New Testament at

McMaster Divinity College McMaster Divinity College, also known as MDC, is a Baptist Christian seminary in Hamilton, Ontario affiliated with McMaster University and the Canadian Baptists of Ontario and Quebec ( Canadian Baptist Ministries). The institution's mission is to ...

* John Warwick Montgomery, writer, lecturer and public debater in the field of Christian apologetics *

J. P. Moreland James Porter Moreland (born March 9, 1948), better known as J. P. Moreland, is an American philosopher, theologian, and Christian apologist. He currently serves as a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Talbot School of Theology at Biola Univ ...

, 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 James Innell Packer (22 July 192617 July 2020) was an English-born Canadian evangelical theologian, cleric and writer in the low-church Anglican and Calvinist traditions. He was considered one of the most influential evangelicals in North Amer ...

, theological editor for the

English Standard Version The English Standard Version (ESV) is an English translation of the Bible. Published in 2001 by Crossway, the ESV was "created by a team of more than 100 leading evangelical scholars and pastors." The ESV relies on recently published critic ...

, author of ''

Knowing God ''Knowing God'' is a book by J. I. Packer, a British-born Canadian Christian theologian. It is his best-known work, having sold over 1,000,000 copies in North America alone. Originally written as a series of articles for the ''Evangelical Magazin ...

'' * Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame, philosopher, Warrant and Christian Belief *

Frederick K. C. Price Frederick K. C. Price (January 3, 1932 – February 12, 2021) was an American televangelist and author who was the founder and apostle of Crenshaw Christian Center (CCC), located in South Los Angeles, California. He was known for his ''Ever Incre ...

, founder and head pastor of Crenshaw Christian Center (CCC). *

Andrew Purves Andrew Purves (born 1946) is a Scottish theologian in the Reformed tradition through the Church of Scotland (and later, the Presbyterian Church .html" ;"title="SA/nowiki>">SA/nowiki>). He holds the Chair in Reformed Theology at Pittsburgh Theolo ...

, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary *

Bong Rin Ro Bong Rin Ro is an American theologian and missiologist. He is a founding leader and former executive secretary of the Asian Theological Association as well as former dean of the Asian Graduate School of Theology. He served as the director of th ...

, theologian and missiologist *

Moisés Silva Moisés Silva (born September 4, 1945) is a Cuban-born American biblical scholar and translator. Biography Silva was born in Havana, Cuba, and has lived in the US since 1960. He has taught biblical studies at Westmont College (1972–1981), West ...

, 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. * John Stott, former

Rector Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to: Style or title *Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations *Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...

All Souls Church, Langham Place All Souls Church is a conservative evangelical Anglican church in central London, situated in Langham Place in Marylebone, at the north end of Regent Street. It was designed in Regency style by John Nash and consecrated in 1824. As it is d ...

* Miroslav Volf, professor at Yale Divinity School *

Stephen H. Webb Stephen H. Webb (March 13, 1961 – March 5, 2016) was a theologian and philosopher of religion. Webb graduated from Wabash College in 1983, earned his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago, and taught at Wabash College as Professor of Religion an ...

, professor at Wabash College * Ben Witherington III, Amos professor of New Testament for Doctoral Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary and doctoral faculty at

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* Nicholas Wolterstorff, professor emeritus of philosophical theology, and Fellow of

Berkeley College (Yale) Berkeley College is a residential college at Yale University, opened in 1934. The eighth of Yale's 14 residential colleges, it was named in honor of Bishop George Berkeley (1685–1753), dean of Derry and later bishop of Cloyne, in recognition of ...

; author, ''Lament for a Son'' *

Edwin M. Yamauchi Edwin Masao Yamauchi (born 1937 in Hilo, Hawaii) is a Japanese-American historian, Christian apologetics, (Protestant) Christian apologist, editor and academic. He is Professor Emeritus of History at Miami University, where he taught from 1969 u ...

, former president of the Evangelical Theological Society * Ravi Zacharias, apologist, author

Pastors, preachers and evangelists

* Leith Anderson, pastor of Wooddale Church, president of the National Association of Evangelicals * Jim Bakker, former

Assemblies of God The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination."Assemblies of God". ...

minister, host of the PTL Club, convicted federal fraud felon, and current end-of-days evangelical preacher *

Alistair Begg Alistair Begg (born May 22, 1952) is the senior pastor of Cleveland's Parkside Church (located in Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio), a position he has held since 1983. He is the voice behind the Truth For Life Christian radio preaching a ...

, pastor of Parkside Church, radio preacher of ''Truth for Life'' *

Francis Chan Francis Chan ��恩藩(born August 31, 1967), is an American Protestant author, teacher, and preacher. He is the former teaching pastor of Cornerstone Community Church, an Evangelical church in Simi Valley, California founded by Chan in 1994. ...

, former teaching pastor of Cornerstone Community Church *

Douglas Coe Douglas Evans Coe (October 20, 1928 – February 21, 2017) was an American activist and businessman who served as the associate director of The Fellowship, a religious and political organization known for hosting the annual National Prayer Break ...

, leader of the

Fellowship Foundation The Fellowship, also known as The Family and the International Foundation, is a U.S.-based religious and political organization founded in 1935 by Abraham Vereide. The stated purpose of The Fellowship is to provide a fellowship forum for deci ...

Mark Dever Mark E. Dever (born August 28, 1960) is a theologian and the senior pastor of the Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., and the president of 9Marks (formerly known as the Center for Church Reform), a Christian ministry he co-founded "i ...

, pastor of

Capitol Hill Baptist Church Capitol Hill Baptist Church is a Baptist church located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., six blocks from the United States Capitol. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Mark Dever serves as the senior pastor of the church, wh ...

, founder of

9Marks Ministries Mark E. Dever (born August 28, 1960) is a theologian and the senior pastor of the Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C., and the president of 9Marks (formerly known as the Center for Church Reform), a Christian ministry he co-founded " ...

* D. G. S. Dhinakaran, evangelical preacher, founder of Jesus Calls Ministries and the Karunya University * Steven Furtick, founding pastor and evangelist at

Elevation Church Elevation Church is a Baptist Evangelical multi-site megachurch pastored by Steven Furtick, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.Southern Baptist ConventionElevation sbc.net, USA, Retrieved January ...

Charlotte, NC Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populous ...

. *

Bill Gothard William W. Gothard Jr. (born November 2, 1934) is an American Christian minister, speaker, and writer, and the founder of the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), an ultra-conservative Christian organization. His conservative teachings ...

, founder of the

Institute in Basic Life Principles The Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP) is a nondenominational Christian fundamentalist organization that serves as an umbrella organization for several ministries established by American Christian minister Bill Gothard in 1961. The stat ...

who was later removed from ministry due to sexual misconduct allegations * Billy Graham,

evangelist Evangelist may refer to: Religion * Four Evangelists, the authors of the canonical Christian Gospels * Evangelism, publicly preaching the Gospel with the intention of spreading the teachings of Jesus Christ * Evangelist (Anglican Church), a c ...

and spiritual counselor to multiple U.S. presidents *

Craig Groeschel Craig Groeschel (born December 2, 1967) is the founder and senior pastor of Life.Church, an American evangelical multi-site church with locations in 12 U.S. states. Early life and education Groeschel grew up in southern Oklahoma, attending Ar ...

, founder and pastor of

Life.Church Life.Church (pronounced "Life Church", formerly known as LifeChurch.tv, Life Covenant Church, and Life Church) is an American evangelical multi-site church based in Edmond, Oklahoma. Craig Groeschel is the founder and senior pastor of Life.Chur ...

Nicky Gumbel Nicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel (born 1955), known as Nicky Gumbel, is an English Anglican priest and author in the evangelical and charismatic traditions. He is known as the developer of the Alpha Course, a basic introduction to Christianity suppor ...

, 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 Jack Williams Hayford (born June 25, 1934) is an American author, Pentecostal minister, and Chancellor Emeritus of The King's University (formerly The King's College and Seminary). He is a former senior pastor of The Church On The Way in Van N ...

, past president of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel * Gordon Hugenberger, former pastor of Park Street Church *

Johnny Hunt Johnny M. Hunt (born July 17, 1952) is an American evangelical Christian pastor, author, and former president of the Southern Baptist Convention. He was also formerly senior pastor of First Baptist Church Woodstock, in Woodstock, Georgia. He w ...

, past president of the

Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination, and the largest Protestant and second-largest Christian denomination in the United States. The wor ...

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,

Archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...

Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain ...

, Australia *

Phillip Jensen Phillip David Jensen (born 1945) is an Australian cleric of the Anglican Diocese of Sydney and the former Dean of St Andrew's Cathedral. He is the brother of Peter Jensen, the former Anglican Archbishop of Sydney. Early life and conversion J ...

, Sydney Anglican *

Timothy J. Keller Timothy J. Keller (born September 23, 1950) is an American pastor, theologian, and Christian apologist. He is the chairman and co-founder of Redeemer City to City, which trains pastors for service around the world. He is also the founding pastor ...

, pastor of

Redeemer Presbyterian Church Redeemer Presbyterian Church ( PCA), is a church located in New York City, founded in 1989 by Timothy J. Keller, who retired as pastor in July 2017. The family of Redeemer churches includes Redeemer Downtown (Sr. Pastor John Lin), Redeemer West Si ...

(NY City); author of ''

The Reason for God ''The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism'' (2008) is a book and DVD on Christian apologetics by Timothy J. Keller, a scholar and founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. Book ''The Reason for God: Belief i ...

'' *

Greg Laurie Greg Laurie (born December 10, 1952) is an American author and pastor who serves as the senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship with campuses in Riverside, Orange County and Maui. Laurie came to faith at the age of 17 as the Jesus Moveme ...

, pastor of

Harvest Christian Fellowship Harvest Christian Fellowship is a Baptist Evangelical multi-site megachurch based in Riverside, California, affiliated with the Calvary Chapel Association and the Southern Baptist Convention. History Harvest Christian Fellowship was founded in 1 ...

and evangelist of

Harvest Crusades Harvest Crusades is an Evangelical Christian organization based in Los Angeles, United States, that organizes evangelistic conferences. History The conference has its origins in a public evangelistic event in Los Angeles founded in 1990, by the s ...

* Nicky Lee, creator of The Marriage Course, and associate vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton in London *

John MacArthur John MacArthur or Macarthur may refer to: *J. Roderick MacArthur (1920–1984), American businessman *John MacArthur (American pastor) (born 1939), American evangelical minister, televangelist, and author * John Macarthur (priest), 20th-century pro ...

, pastor of

Grace Community Church (California) Grace Community Church is a non-denominational, evangelical megachurch founded in 1956 and located in Sun Valley, a neighborhood in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. Noted speaker and radio evangelist John MacArthur is the senior past ...

, editor of the ''

MacArthur Study Bible The ''MacArthur Study Bible'', first issued in 1997 by current HarperCollins brand W Publishing, is a study Bible edited by evangelical Calvinist preacher John F. MacArthur with introductions and annotations to the 66 books of the Protestant Bibl ...

'', founder and president of

The Master's Seminary The Master's Seminary (TMS) is the graduate seminary division of The Master's University and Seminary and is located on the campus of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. It is accredited by the WASC Senior College and University ...

* James S. MacDonald (born 1960), American pastor, non-denominational Bible teacher, and author *

C. J. Mahaney Charles Joseph Mahaney, commonly known as C.J., is an American Christian minister. He is the senior pastor at Sovereign Grace Church of Louisville, and was formerly president of Sovereign Grace Ministries, now known as Sovereign Grace Churches (f ...

, leader of

Sovereign Grace Ministries Sovereign Grace Churches (SGM; previously Sovereign Grace Ministries and People of Destiny International, ''PDI'') is a group of Reformed, neocharismatic, Evangelical, restorationist, Christian churches primarily located in North America. It has ...

* 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 Oral Roberts University (ORU) is a private evangelical university in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founded in 1963, the university is named after its founder, evangelist Oral Roberts. Sitting on a campus, ORU offers over 70 undergraduate degree programs ...

Philip Ryken Philip Graham Ryken (born 1966) is an American theologian, Presbyterian minister, and academic administrator. He is the eighth and current president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Early life and education Ryken was born on September 2 ...

, former pastor of

, current president of

Wheaton College Wheaton College may refer to: * Wheaton College (Illinois), a private Christian, coeducational, liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois * Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Wheaton College is a private liberal arts college in Norton, Massachus ...

* Chuck Smith, founder of the Calvary Chapel fellowship of churches * Andy Stanley, founder of

North Point Community Church North Point Community Church is a non-denominational, evangelical megachurch located in Alpharetta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. North Point currently averages more than 38,589 people in attendance across eight locations in the north metro Atlan ...

Charles Stanley Charles Frazier Stanley (born 1932) is Pastor Emeritus of First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, after serving as senior pastor for 49 years. He is the founder and president of In Touch Ministries, which widely broadcasts his sermons through te ...

, founder and president of In Touch Ministries * Chuck Swindoll, pastor, founder and president of Insight for Living *

Gardner C. Taylor Gardner Calvin Taylor (June 18, 1918 – April 5, 2015) was an American Baptist preacher. He was admired for his eloquence as well as his understanding of Christian faith and theology. He became known as "the dean of American preaching". He learne ...

, known as "the dean of American preaching" *

Jack Van Impe Jack Leo Van Impe ( ; February 9, 1931 – January 18, 2020) was an American televangelist known for his half-hour weekly television series ''Jack Van Impe Presents'', an eschatological commentary on the news of the week through an interpre ...

, 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 Jerry Bridges (December 4, 1929 – March 6, 2016) was an evangelical Christian author, speaker and staff member of The Navigators. Born in Tyler, Texas, United States, he was the author of more than a dozen books, including ''The Pursuit of Holi ...

, speaker with The Navigators (organization), author of ''The Pursuit of Holiness'' *

Tony Campolo Anthony Campolo (born February 25, 1935) is an American sociologist, Baptist pastor, author, public speaker and former spiritual advisor to U.S. President Bill Clinton. Campolo is known as one of the most influential leaders in the evangelical ...

, pastor, sociologist, author, public speaker and leader of the

Red-Letter Christian Red-Letter Christians constitute a non-denominational movement within Christianity. "Red-Letter" refers to New Testament verses and parts of verses printed in Red letter edition, red ink, to indicate the words attributed to Jesus without the use ...

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 Focus on the Family (FOTF or FotF) is a fundamentalist Protestant organization founded in 1977 in Southern California by James Dobson, based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The group is one of a number of evangelical parachurch organizations ...

, author of ''Dare to Discipline'' * Tony Evans, widely syndicated radio broadcaster * Alex McFarland, apologist * Louie Giglio, speaker and founder of

Passion Conferences Passion Conferences (also referred to as Passion and the 268 Generation, originally named Choice Ministries) is a Christian organization founded by Louie Giglio in 1997. The organization is known for its annual gatherings of young adults between ...

Kent Hovind Kent E. Hovind (born January 15, 1953) is an American Christian fundamentalism, Christian fundamentalist evangelist and tax protester. He is a controversial figure in the Young Earth creationism, Young Earth creationist movement whose ministry ...

, dangers of evolution, scientific evidence for the Bible *

Sergei Kourdakov Sergei Nikolayevich Kourdakov (Russian: Сергей Николаевич Курдаков; March 1, 1951 – January 1, 1973) was a former KGB agent and naval officer who from his late teen years carried out more than 150 raids in underground ...

, former KGB agent who persecuted Christians in Russia, but converted and defected to Canada *

Tim Lahaye Timothy Francis LaHaye (April 27, 1926 – July 25, 2016) was an American Baptist evangelical Christian Minister of religion, minister who wrote more than 85 books, both fiction and non-fiction, including the ''Left Behind (series), Left Behind ...

dispensationalist Dispensationalism is a system that was formalized in its entirety by John Nelson Darby. Dispensationalism maintains that history is divided into multiple ages or "dispensations" in which God acts with humanity in different ways. Dispensationali ...

novelist, author of '' Left Behind'' series *

Jeri Massi Jeri M. Massi (born September 4, 1960 in Levittown, Pennsylvania) is a technical writer and an Evangelical Christian author whose novel ''Valkyries: Some Through the Fire'' (2003) was nominated for a Christy Award. Since 2001, Massi has attacked ...

, author of the

Christy Award The Christy Awards, established in 1999, are awarded each year to recognize fiction of excellence written from a Christian perspective with matters of faith at its core. Awards are given in several genres, including contemporary (stand-alone novel ...

-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 Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archai ...

, Argentinian evangelist * Joni Eareckson Tada, author, radio host, and founder of ''Joni and Friends'' * Jim Wallis, founder and editor of ''

Sojourners Magazine ''Sojourners'' is a progressive monthly magazine and daily online publication of the American Christian social justice organization Sojourners, which arose out of the Sojourners Community. It was first published in 1971 under the original titl ...

'', political activist and leader of the Red-Letter Christian movement *

David F. Wells David Falconer Wells (born May 11, 1939) is Distinguished Senior Research Professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of several books in which his evangelical theology engages with the modern world. He has taught at Tri ...

, author of ''No Place for Truth or Whatever Happened to Evangelical Theology'', motivator for

The Cambridge Declaration The Cambridge Declaration is a statement of faith written in 1996 by the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, a group of Reformed and Lutheran Evangelicals who were concerned with the state of the Evangelical movement in America, and throughout th ...

Philip Yancey Philip Yancey (born November 4, 1949) is an American author who writes primarily about spiritual issues. His books have sold more than 15 million copies in English and have been translated into 40 languages, making him one of the best-selling con ...

, ''

'' 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 Barry H. Corey (born November 28, 1961) is the eighth and current president of Biola University, located in Southern California. Corey became Biola's president on July 1, 2007, succeeding Clyde Cook, who retired after serving as Biola's president ...

, president of

Biola University Biola University () is a private, nondenominational, evangelical Christian university in La Mirada, California. It was founded in 1908 as the Bible Institute of Los Angeles. It has over 150 programs of study in nine schools offering bachelor's, ...

W. A. Criswell Wallie Amos Criswell (December 19, 1909 – January 10, 2002), was an American pastor, author, and a two-term elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1968 to 1970. As senior pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas for five ...

, former president of the

Ligon Duncan Jennings Ligon Duncan III (born November 29, 1960) is an American Presbyterian scholar and pastor. Early life and education Duncan is native to Greenville, South Carolina. His father was an eighth-generation Southern Presbyterian ruling elder. ...

, president of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals * Robert Godfrey, president of

Westminster Seminary California Westminster Seminary California is a Reformed tradition, Reformed and Presbyterianism, Presbyterian Christianity, Christian seminary in Escondido, California. It was initially a branch campus of Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia un ...

Kenneth E. Hagin Kenneth Erwin Hagin (August 20, 1917 – September 19, 2003) was an American preacher. He is known for pioneering the Word of Faith movement. Biography Personal life Kenneth E. Hagin was born August 20, 1917, in McKinney, Texas, the son of ...

, Charismatic preacher and founder of RHEMA Bible Training College (RBTC) *

John D. Hannah John D. Hannah (born c. 1940s) is an author and professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. His official title is "Distinguished Professor of Historical Theology, Research Professor of Theological Studies." He served as the department chair of Hist ...

, author and professor at Dallas Theological Seminary *

Irving Hexham Irving R. Hexham (born 14 April 1943) is an English-Canadian academic who has published twenty-three books and numerous articles, chapters, and book reviews. Currently, he is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Calgary, Alberta, ...

, Professor of Religious Studies, University of Calgary *

D. Michael Lindsay David Michael Lindsay (born 16 November 1971) is an American sociologist and president of Taylor University. He was also president of Gordon College, a private, Evangelical Christian liberal arts college on Boston's North Shore from 2011 to ...

, president of Taylor University * R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of

Southern Baptist Theological Seminary The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) is a Baptist theological institute in Louisville, Kentucky. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. The seminary was founded in 1859 in Greenville, South Carolina, where it was at ...

in Louisville, Kentucky * Richard Mouw, president of Fuller Theological Seminary * Mark Noll, history professor at the University of Notre Dame *

Nicholas Perrin Nicholas Perrin is an American academic administrator and religious scholar, currently serving as the 16th president of Trinity International University, a Christian university located in Deerfield, Illinois. Early life and education Perrin ear ...

, president of

Trinity International University Trinity International University (TIU) is an evangelical Christian university headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois. It comprises Trinity College, Trinity Graduate School, a theological seminary (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), a law school ...

* Haddon Robinson, president of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary * Phil Ryken, president of

Klyne Snodgrass Klyne Ryland Snodgrass (born December 28, 1944) is an American theologian and author, who served as professor of New Testament Studies at the North Park Theological Seminary in Chicago, Illinois from 1974 to 2015. His publication ''Stories with In ...

, professor at

North Park Theological Seminary North Park Theological Seminary is a seminary located in the North Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is the sole graduate theological school of the Evangelical Covenant Church. History In 1891, the school was founded by the Evangelical ...

, author of ''Between Two Truths'' * Chuck Swindoll, former president of Dallas Theological Seminary * Donald Sweeting, president of

Colorado Christian University Colorado Christian University (CCU) is a private Christian university in Lakewood, Colorado. CCU was founded by Clifton Fowler in 1914 as the Denver Bible Institute. History CCU's heritage dates back to the formation of Denver Bible Institute in ...

Kevin Vanhoozer Kevin Jon Vanhoozer (born March 10, 1957) is an American theologian and current Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (TEDS) in Deerfield, Illinois. Much of Vanhoozer's work focuses on systematic theolog ...

, professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Influencers and innovators

Howard Ahmanson, Jr. Howard Fieldstad Ahmanson Jr. (born February 3, 1950) is an American philanthropist and writer whose public activities focus on deepening awareness and fostering better policy regarding issues including housing affordability, land use, the abuse ...

, 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 Loren Duane Cunningham (born June 30, 1935) is founder of the international Christian missionary movement Youth with a Mission (YWAM) and the University of the Nations. Cunningham founded YWAM in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1960 with his wife, Darle ...

, founder of Youth with a Mission (YWAM) and

University of the Nations The University of the Nations (U of N) is an unaccredited Christianity, Christian university. The University of the Nations operates under the umbrella organization of the Youth With A Mission (YWAM) network. History The institution was founded ...

Stuart Epperson Stuart W. Epperson is co-founder and chairman of Salem Media Group, and a member and the president (as of 2016) of the conservative Council for National Policy ("CNP"). In 1984 and 1986, Epperson was the Republican nominee for the fifth Congr ...

, co-founder and chairman of Salem Communications *

Franklin Graham William Franklin Graham III (born July 14, 1952) is an American evangelist and missionary. He frequently engages in Christian revival tours and political commentary. He is president and CEO of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) and ...

, son of Billy Graham and leader of Samaritan's Purse *

Chip Ingram Ralph Browne "Chip" Ingram II (born June 21, 1954) is an American Christian pastor, author, and teacher. He is the founder, teaching pastor, and CEO of Living on the Edge, an international teaching and discipleship ministry. A pastor for over 30 ...

, founder and teaching pastor of ''Living on the Edge'' *

T. D. Jakes Thomas Dexter Jakes (born June 9, 1957), known as T. D. Jakes, is an American bishop, author and filmmaker. He is the bishop of The Potter's House, a non-denominational American megachurch. Jakes's church services and Evangelistic sermons are ...

, pastor, author, filmmaker, and bishop of The Potter's House * Richard Land, president of the

Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) is the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, the second-largest Christian denomination in the United States, with over 16 million members in over 43,000 independent churches. Pr ...

* Frank Laubach, missionary, writer, developer of the "Each One Teach One" literacy program * Joel Osteen, pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas *

John Osteen John Hillery Osteen (August 21, 1921 – January 23, 1999) was an American pastor and founding pastor of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, from its beginnings in 1959 until his death in 1999. His television program, ''John Osteen,'' ran for 16 ...

, 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 Daniel Keauhou Matsu Yamashiro (born December 5, 1967), also known as D. K. M. Yamashiro, is an American clergyman, author, radio and podcast host, researcher, Christian media personality, and a chaplain at MIT who survived a fall from the ridg ...

, chaplain at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, scholar on

American presidents The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. The officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government an ...

and childhood trauma

Political figures

* John Ashcroft, former U.S. Attorney General and U.S. Senator from Missouri *

George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...

, former President of the United States * Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States * Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator from Texas * Jim DeMint, former U.S. Senator from South Carolina *

Mike Huckabee Michael Dale Huckabee (born August 24, 1955) is an American politician, Baptist minister, and political commentator who served as the 44th governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007. He was a candidate for the Republican Party presidential nomina ...

, former Governor of Arkansas * James Lankford, U.S. Senator from Oklahoma *

Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin (; Heath; born February 11, 1964) is an American politician, commentator, author, and reality television personality who served as the ninth governor of Alaska from 2006 until her resignation in 2009. She was the 2008 R ...

, 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and former Governor of Alaska * Tim Pawlenty, former Governor of Minnesota *

Mike Pence Michael Richard Pence (born June 7, 1959) is an American politician who served as the 48th vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 50th ...

, former Vice President of the United States *

Rick Perry James Richard Perry (born March 4, 1950) is an American politician who served as the 14th United States secretary of energy from 2017 to 2019 and as the 47th governor of Texas from 2000 to 2015. Perry also ran unsuccessfully for the Republica ...

, former U.S. Secretary of Energy and former Governor of Texas *

Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...

, former President of the United States, who despite being a nominal mainline Protestant, became a hero of the Christian rightWilliams D.K. (2008) "Reagan’s Religious Right: The Unlikely Alliance between Southern Evangelicals and a California Conservative." In: Hudson C., Davies G. (eds) ''Ronald Reagan and the 1980s. Studies of the Americas.'' Palgrave Macmillan, New York * Ben Sasse, U.S. Senator from Nebraska * John Thune, U.S. Senator from South Dakota

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