# List of Christian preachers
## 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

## Western Church

* 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

## Roman Catholic

* 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)

## Proto-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)
* 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)

## 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) 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) Church of the Open Door
* Walter Martin (1928–1989) 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) Calvary Chapel
* John MacArthur (1939–present) Grace Community Church
* Ravi Zacharias (1946–2020) 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)
* Daniel Olukoya (1989 - present) Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries Worldwide

## 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
* 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 (1934–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)
* Denzel Washington (1954-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) *

## Gallery

* John Knox
* Jonathan Edwards
* Charles Spurgeon
* D.L. Moody
* Ralph Waldo Emerson