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
John Bunyan , (1628 -1688 ) - persecuted EnglishPuritan Baptist preacher and author ofPilgrim's Progress Jonathan Edwards (1703 -1758 ) - AmericanPuritan theologian and preacher in the FirstGreat 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- Henry Venn (
1725 - 1797) - founder of the small, but highly influential Clapham Sect in Britain. His grandson, also namedHenry Venn (1796 -1873 ), pioneered the basic principles of indigenous church mission theory John Newton (1725 - 1807) - English clergyman; author ofAmazing Grace - William Wilberforce (1759 -
1833 ) - worked to abolish slavery in the British Empiremission theory]]. - Charles Grandison Finney (
1792 -1875 ) - preacher in the Second Great Awakening, advocate of "New Measures" Robert Murray M'Cheyne (1813 - 1843) - Scottish preacher and minister of St Peter's, Dundee.Fanny Crosby (1820 - 1915) - blind American hymnwriter of many famous hymns including Blessed Assurance, Jesus is Mine- Phineas F. Bresee (1838–1915) - founder of the Church of the Nazarene
Robert Pearsall Smith and Hannah Whitall Smith, leaders in theHoliness movement - Charles Spurgeon, 19th century English
Baptist preacher and advocate of Calvinism Billy Sunday (1862 - 1935) - American evangelist and proponent of Prohibition- Gareth Davies - a Methodist preacher and a leader of Evangelicalism in Wales
James Hudson Taylor (1832 -1905 ) - British missionary to China and founder of theChina Inland Mission .- Dr Martyn Lloyd Jones (
1899 -1981 ) Former minister Westminster Chapel
Contemporaries
Many could be listed under
- John Ashcroft Former U.S. Senator, Governor of Missouri, and U.S. Attorney General.
- George Barna, directing leader of the Barna Group, Ltd. (Christian research and training organization)
Nathan Braun , activist and author, founder of the Christian Vegetarian Association- George W. Bush, current President of the United States of America.
United Methodist Church . Kirk Cameron , former child star, Mike Seaver ofGrowing Pains .- Anthony "Tony" Campolo,
Pacifist Baptist Pastor. Professor in Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Leader from Compassion Ministry. (associated with theChristian left ) Charles Colson , founder of Prison Fellowship; author, columnist and speaker. Southern Baptist. Columnist in First Things and Christianity Today Magazines. Political libertarian with ties to the Christian Right.- Philippe Decourroux, Swiss singer.
- James C. Dobson, Christian Psychologist, Church of Nazarene member, founder of
Focus on the Family (Associated with the Christian Right) Billy Graham (b.1918 ) Best known living evangelist and author. Southern Baptist. First Baptist Church.Franklin Graham (b.1952 ), son of Billy Graham. Southern Baptist. Evangelist. Current leader of Samaritan's Purse Ministry. Builder of houses for poor Shiites Muslims in Lebanon.- Ron Hamilton, singer, songwriter, voice actor, and evangelist, more widely known by his nickname "Patch the Pirate".
Frank Laubach missionary, writer, founder of Laubach Literacy- Dick Lucas former rector St Helen's Bishopsgate, Lomdon
Luis Palau Argentinian Evangelist. Southern Baptist.Tony Perkins - John Stott - former
Rector ofAll Souls, Langham Place Jimmy Swaggart - former leader of theAssemblies of God . Currently leading the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries.Jim Wallis ofSojourners Ravi Zacharias (born 1946), Canadian apologist, born in India.- Phillip Jensen notable
Sydney Anglican Peter Jensen AnglicanArchbishop of Sydney, Australia.Winkie Pratney Christian Apologist and Evangelist.- Antolìn Tovar. Venezuelan Baptist Pastor. Martyr in fight against dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez.
Scholars and theologians
Gleason Archer (May 22,1916 – April 27, 2004) was a Biblical scholar,theologian , educator, and author.Greg Bahnsen (September 17, 1948-December 11, 1995) was minister, educator, apologist, and a major figure in Christian ReconstructionismCraig Blomberg FF Bruce (1910-1990) - British scholar- Don Carson - Calvinist theologian, member of the
Evangelical Free Church of America, and
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School professor William Lane Craig John Frame - CalvinistPresbyterian theologian andReformed Theological Seminary professorNorman Geisler Carl F. H. Henry (1913 -2003 ) - founding editor ofChristianity Today - Gordon H. Clark
- Graeme Goldsworthy
Gary Habermas Richard Longenecker - Bruce Metzger
- John Warwick Montgomery
- J.P. Moreland
- Richard Mouw- Christian philosopher, ethicist, and author. Current president of
Fuller Theological Seminary . Harold Ockenga (June 6, 1905 - February 8, 1985)Thomas C. Oden (b. 1931) - father of Paleo-Orthodoxy; theologian associated with Drew University in New JerseyJ.I. Packer - British-born Canadian theologianAndrew Purves -Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Alvin Plantinga - University of Notre Dame, philoshopher, *Warrant and Christian Belief*- Klyne Snodgrass - Professor
North Park Theological Seminary , theologian and author of Between Two Truths. - R. C. Sproul - Reformed theologian
Merrill Unger - Kelly James Clark - Calvin College, author *Return to Reason*
Miroslav Volf - Christian theologian; professor at Yale Divinity School.Stephen H. Webb - Christian theologian; professor at Wabash College.Nicholas Wolterstorff , influential philosopher, former Noah Porter Professor of Philosophical Theological at Yale Divinity School, Professor of Philosophy atYale College ; author, *Lament for a Son*N.T. Wright - Bishop of Durham; leading British New Testament scholar and historical theologianEdwin M. Yamauchi - Christian scholar
Earlier evangelical scholars/theologians
Oswald T. Allis (1856-1930)- William Henry Green (1825 - 1900)
Robert Dick Wilson (1856–1930)- William Mitchell Ramsay (1851-1939) Archaeologist
Authors
- William Cowper (1731 -
1800 ) - English poet/author of numerous hymns - Hugh Hewitt - conservative radio talk show host, author
William Irvine (1863-1947)Tim Lahaye - fundamentalistdispensationalist novelist, best-known for the popularLeft Behind fictional series on the end times- John MacArthur (b. 1939) - Calvinist author and pastor of Grace community Church in Sun Valley, CA, which is a member church of IFCA International, the new name of the former Independent Fundamental Churches of America (I.F.C.A.). Author of Charismatic Chaos, The Gospel According to Jesus, The Gospel According to the Apostles, The MacArthur New Testament Commentary Series and The MacArthur Study Bible.
- John Piper - Calvinist
Baptist pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis and author of Desiring God and Let the Nations Be Glad - Francis Schaeffer (
1912 – 1984) - Calvinist evangelist, apologist, theologian, and author - Joseph M. Scriven - Irish poet, moved to Canada and wrote What a Friend We Have in Jesus after his fiancee's tragic death.
Albert Benjamin Simpson (1843 -1919 ) - preacher, writer, and founder of The Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA)Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897 -1963 ) - preacher and authorRick Warren (b.1954 ) - Southern Baptist pastor of Saddleback Community Church and popular author of The Purpose Driven Life- Philip Yancey - author and editor
Christianity Today columnist - Tom Sine - co-founder of Mustard Seed Associates and author of Mustard Seed versus McWorld
- Michael Zarlengo - author
Biblical archaeologists
- William F. Albright (
1891 - 1971) - ceramics expert - Kenneth Kitchen -
Egyptologist
Educators
- Don Carson - professor at
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School - R. Albert Mohler, Jr. (b. 1960) - President of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky
Dwight L. Moody (1837 -1899 ) - American evangelist, pastor and educator- Richard Mouw - President at Fuller Theological Seminary
Chuck Swindoll , former president of Dallas Theological Seminary
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