List of evangelical Christians

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.^[1]
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.^[2]^[3]
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
Mike Signorelli, founder and pastor of V1 Church and MVMNT Network of Churches.
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^[4]
George W. Bush, former President of the United States^[5]
Jimmy Carter, former President of the United States^[6]
Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator from Texas^[7]
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^[8]
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
^ "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.
^ "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.

[1] Langley, Jonathan (September 20, 2015). "Five reasons why Paula Gooder is going to influence your theology". Christian Today. Retrieved August 21, 2019.

[elainestorkey1-2] 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

[elainestorkey2-3] "Unbelievable? What's got evangelicals interested in the Orthodox Church?". Premier Christian Radio. October 4, 2014. Retrieved January 19, 2018. evangelical theologian Elaine Storkey

[4] Buncombe, Andrew (November 10, 2004). "John Ashcroft, hero of religious right, quits administration". Retrieved August 20, 2019.

[5] Borger, Julian (October 7, 2005). "How born-again George became a man on a mission". The Guardian. Retrieved December 3, 2017.

[6] Baumer, Randall (August 9, 2014). "Jimmy Carter and the Evangelical Divide". Huffington Post. Retrieved December 3, 2017.

[7] "Ted Cruz's Testimony". Voting Revival. Retrieved December 3, 2017.

[8] Gardner, Amy (July 13, 2017). "Pawlenty releases video on his faith as he seeks Iowa evangelical vote". Huffington Post. Retrieved December 3, 2017.

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