List of evangelical Christians

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This is a list of people who are notable due to their influence on the popularity or development of evangelical Christianity or for their professed evangelicalism.

Historical[]

(This list is organized chronologically by birth)

  • William Tyndale (c. 1494–1536), first published use of the term evangelical in English (1531)
  • John Bunyan (1628–1688), persecuted English Puritan Baptist preacher and author of Pilgrim's Progress
  • Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), American Puritan theologian and preacher in the First Great Awakening
  • John Wesley (1703–1791), English clergyman; founder of Methodism
  • Charles Wesley (1707–1788), English clergyman; brother of John Wesley, hymnwriter of Methodism
  • George Whitefield (1714–1770), English clergyman; early Methodist preacher and associate of John Wesley
  • Isaac Backus (1724–1806), advocate of the separation of church and state
  • Henry Venn (1725–1797), founder of the small, but highly influential Clapham Sect in Britain
  • John Newton (1725–1807), Scottish clergyman, author of Amazing Grace
  • William Cowper (1731–1800), English poet/author of numerous hymns, including "There Is a Fountain Filled with Blood"
  • Francis Asbury (1745–1816), founder of the Methodist Episcopal Church
  • William Wilberforce (1759–1833), worked to abolish slavery in the British Empire
  • Henry Thornton (1760–1815), banker, philanthropist, reformer and Member of Parliament
  • Richard Allen (1760–1831), founder of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) denomination (1816)
  • William Carey, (1761–1834) British missionary to India. Known as the "father of modern missions"
  • Nathan Bangs (1778–1862), editor of the Christian Advocate, president of Wesleyan University
  • Charles Grandison Finney (1792–1875), preacher in the Second Great Awakening, advocate of "New Measures"
  • Henry Venn (1796–1873), grandson of Henry Venn, pioneered the basic principles of indigenous church mission theory
  • Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813–1843), Scottish preacher and minister of St Peter's, Dundee
  • Joseph M. Scriven (1819–1886), Irish poet, moved to Canada and wrote What a Friend We Have in Jesus
  • William Henry Green (1825–1900), chairman of the Old Testament committee for the American Standard Version (1901)
  • Robert Pearsall Smith (1827–1899) and Hannah Whitall Smith (1832–1911), leaders in the Holiness movement
  • William Booth (1829–1912) and Catherine Booth (1829–1890), founders of The Salvation Army.
  • James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905), British missionary to China and founder of the China Inland Mission
  • Charles Spurgeon (1834–1892), English Baptist preacher and advocate of Calvinism
  • Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899), American evangelist, pastor and educator

Twentieth century[]

(This list is organized chronologically by birth)

Contemporary[]

Bible scholars, philosophers, and theologians[]

Pastors, preachers and evangelists[]

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
  • 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[]

Influencers and innovators[]

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, Vice President of the United States
  • Rick Perry, former U.S. Secretary of Energy and former Governor of Texas
  • Ronald Reagan, former President of the United States, who despite being a nominal mainline Protestant, became a hero of the Christian right[9]
  • Ben Sasse, U.S. Senator from Nebraska
  • John Thune, U.S. Senator from South Dakota

Notes[]

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