List of preachers

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The following is a list of famous preachers.

Contents 1 Catholic 2 Lutheran 3 Reformed 4 Presbyterian 5 Anglican 6 Puritan/Congregationalist/Noncomformist 7 Baptist 8 Methodist 9 Church of Christ 10 Members Church of God International 11 Charismatic 12 Non-denominational 13 Messianic 14 Preachers noted for secular achievements 15 See also

[edit] Catholic

• Ignatius of Antioch, (35-107) (also claimed by the Eastern Orthodox Church)
• Polycarp (69-155) (also claimed by the Eastern Orthodox Church)
• John Chrysostom, (347-407) (also claimed by the Eastern Orthodox Church)
• John Bromyard, (d.c.1352)
• Jan Huss, (1369-1415) (condemned and executed as a heretic)
• Girolamo Savonarola, (1452-1498)
• John Henry Cardinal Newman, (1801-90), converted from Anglicanism
• Edward J. Flanagan, (1886-1946)
• Charles Coughlin (1891-1975)
• Bishop Fulton Sheen, (1895-1975)
• Pope John Paul II, (1920-2005)

[edit] Lutheran

• Martin Luther (1483-1547)
• C.F.W. Walther (1811-1887)
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)

• Ken Klaus, current host of the The Lutheran Hour
• David Benke

[edit] Reformed

• Ulrich Zwingli, (1484-1531)
• John Calvin, (1509-1564)

[edit] Presbyterian

• John Knox, (1513-1572)
• Billy Sunday (1862-1935)
• Peter Marshall, (1903-1949)
• Ian Paisley (b. 1926)
• Fredrick Beuchner (b. 1926)

[edit] Anglican

• Hugh Latimer, (1470-1555)
• Lancelot Andrewes, (1555-1626)
• John Tillotson, (1630-1694)

[edit] Puritan/Congregationalist/Noncomformist

• John Davenport (1597-1670)
• Matthew Henry (1662-1714)
• Cotton Mather (1663-1958)
• Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)

[edit] Baptist

• Roger Williams, (1603-1684)
• John Bunyan, (1628-1688)
• C. H. Spurgeon, (1834-1892)
• Mordecai Ham, Baptist (d. 1961)
• Billy Graham, (b. 1918)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
• Fred Phelps, (b. 1929)
• Moishe Rosen (b. 1932), founder of Jews for Jesus
• Jerry Falwell, (b. 1933)
• R. Albert Mohler, Jr. (b. 1959)
• Richard Rossi, (b. 1963)
• Ivan Collinson, (b. 1944)
• Carl Wilberforce Smethurst, (b. 1975)
• Rev. Dr. Alyn E. Waller, (b. 1964)
• Rev. Dr. Keith W. Reed, (b. 1957)
• Rev. Dr. Gardner Calvin Taylor, (b. 1918)

[edit] Methodist

• John Wesley, (1703-1791)
• George Whitefield, (1714-1770)
• Francis Asbury, (1747-1816]
• Peter Cartwright, (1785-1873)
• Bob Jones, Sr., (1883-1968)
• Carl Stuart Hamblen, (1908-1989)
• William Willimon,
• Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr., (1935)

[edit] Church of Christ

• Max Lucado, (b. 1955)

[edit] Members Church of God International

• Eliseo Soriano, (b. 1947)

[edit] Charismatic

• David Wilkerson
• Joyce Meyer, (b. 1943)
• Richard Rossi, (b. 1963)

[edit] Non-denominational

• Dwight Moody (1837-1899)
• John MacArthur (b. 1939)

[edit] Messianic

• Zola Levitt (d. 2006)
• Reggie White (d. 2004)

[edit] Preachers noted for secular achievements

• John Danforth (b. 1936), Episcopalian, republican Senator from Missouri.
• Cristóbal Diatristán de Acuña, (1597-1676), Catholic, explorer
• John Donne, (1572-163]), Anglican, poet
• Laurence Sterne,(1713-1759), Anglican, novelist
• Ralph Waldo Emerson, (1803 - 1882), Unitarian, poet
• James Garfield, (1831-1851), Disciples of Christ, U. S. President
• Eric Liddell, (1902-1945), Baptist, olympian featured in the movie Chariots of Fire
• Hugh Beaumont, (1903-1984), Methodist, Television actor
• Jerry Clower, (1926-1998), Baptist, rural humorist
• David Bauer, (1924 - 1988), Roman Catholic, hockey player
• Fred Rogers, (1928-2003), Presbyterian, children's television host
• Della Reese, (b. 1931), non-denomoniational, actress
• Bill Moyers, (b. 1935), Baptist, White House Press Secretary
• Clifton Davis, (b. 1945) Seventh-day Aventist, actor
• George Foreman, (b. 1949), boxer
• Sam Kinison (1953-1992), charismatic, comedian
• Ernie Fletcher, (b. 1956), Baptist (former lay preacher) Govenor of Kentucky
• Richard Rossi, (b. 1963) Filmmaker and musician
• Reggie White, (1961-2004), Baptist/Messianic (Torah-observant), football player
• Kirk Cameron, (b. 1970), evangelical, actor

[edit] See also

List of United States televangelists Rev. L.A. Artis, (Lenore A. Smith-Artis) Associate Minister of Union Gospel Tabernacle, United Holy Church of America, Inc. - Founder of L.A. Artis Ministries, Inc., Cross Training Youth Ministries and the LambSpeak Foundation. Born 1966 in Newark, NJ to Grace J. (Turner) Smith and Leroy Smith. Wife of Michael B. Artis. Outstanding homilist, plenary speaker and evangelist.