List of preachers
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The following is a list of famous preachers.
[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)
- Benedict XVI, (1927-)
[edit] Lutheran
- Martin Luther (1483-1547)
- C.F.W. Walther (1811-1887)
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)
- J. A. O. Preus II (1920-1994) Former President of the Lutheran Church during the Seminex affair.
- Gerald B. Kieschnick Current President of the LCMS (b. 1943)
- Mark Hanson (b. 1946)
- Karl R. Gurgel
- Dr. Wallace Schulz former host of the Lutheran Hour and former second vice President of the LCMS
- Ken Klaus, current host of the The Lutheran Hour
- David Benke
- J. A. O. Preus III (b. ce. 1954) President of Concordia University Irvine
[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/Episcopalian
- Nicholas Ridly, (?-1555) one of the Oxford Martyrs
- Hugh Latimer, (1470-1555) another of the Oxford Martyrs (1470-1555)
- Thomas Cranmer, (1489-1556), Archbishop of Canterbury and an Oxford Martyr
- Lancelot Andrewes, (1555-1626)
- John Tillotson, (1630-1694)
[edit] Puritan/Congregationalist/Noncomformist
- Robert Abbot, (c. 1588- c. 1622)
- John Davenport, (1597-1670)
- John Harvard, (1607-1638), benefactor of New College in Massachusetts which later changed its name in his honor
- Joseph Alleine (c. 1634-1668)
- Matthew Henry, (1662-1714)
- Cotton Mather, (1663-1958)
- Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
[edit] Baptist
- Roger Williams, (1603-1984)
- John Bunyan, (1628-1688)
- Benjamin Keach (1640-1704)
- William Garret Lewis
- C. H. Spurgeon, (1834-1892)
- J. Frank Norris (1877-1952]]
- Mordecai Ham, Baptist (1877-1961)
- Billy Graham, (b. 1918)
- Rev. Dr. Gardner Calvin Taylor, (b. 1918)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
- Alun McNabb
- Fred Phelps, (b. 1929)
- Moishe Rosen (b. 1932), founder of Jews for Jesus
- Jerry Falwell, (b. 1933)
- John MacArthur (b. 1939) [1]
- Jesse Jackson, (b. 1941)
- Ivan Collinson, (b. 1944)
- Al Sharpton, (b. 1954)
- Rev. Dr. Keith W. Reed, (b. 1957)
- R. Albert Mohler, Jr. (b. 1959)
- Richard Rossi, (b. 1963)
- Rev. Dr. Alyn E. Waller, (b. 1964)
- Carl Wilberforce Smethurst, (b. 1975)
[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)
- Zan Wesley Holmes, Jr., (1935)
- William Willimon, (1946)
[edit] Church of Christ
- Kenneth W. Wright, (b. 1945)
- Max Lucado, (b. 1955)
[edit] Members Church of God International
- Eliseo Soriano, (b. 1947)
[edit] Charismatic
- David Du Plessis, (1905-1987)
- Kathryn Kuhlman, (1907-1976)
- John Wimber, (1934-1997)
- Reinhard Bonnke, (b. 1940)
- Joyce Meyer, (b. 1943)
[edit] Pentecostal
- Alexander Boddy, (1854-1930)
- A. J. Tomlinson, (1865-1943)
- William Seymour, (1870-1922)
- William Durham, (1873-1912)
- Harold Horton, (1880-1968)
- Lewi Pethrus, (1884-1974)
- Fransisco Olazabal, (1886-1937)
- David Wilkerson, (b. 1931)
[edit] Four Square Gospel
- Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944)
- Jack W. Hayford (b. 1934)
[edit] Non-denominational
- Dwight Moody (1837-1899)
- Larry W. Gaiters (b. 1963)
[edit] Messianic
- Zola Levitt (1938-2006)
[edit] Preachers noted for secular achievements
- Bill "Parson" Brownlow (1805-1877), Methodist, anti-seccessionist newspaper owner and journalist, and later governor of Tennessee
- 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
- Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, (1787-1851) Congregationalist, deaf educator, Gallaudet University is named in his honor.
- 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
- Christopher Priest (b. 1961) Baptist, comic book author and editor
- Reggie White, (1961-2004), Baptist/Messianic (Torah-observant), football player
- Kirk Cameron, (b. 1970), evangelical, actor
- John Williams, Uniting Church in Australia, scientist
[edit] Fictional Preachers
[edit] Literature
- Bishop Manuel Aringarosa, Catholic The Da Vinci Code (later a film).
- Reverend Bunting, unspecified, The Invisible Man
- Dr. Chauseble, unspecified - The Importance of being Earnest.
- Arthur Dimmesdale, Puritan/Congregationalist - The Scarlet Letter
- Paul Ford, unspecified, Pollyanna
- Elmer Gantry, unspecified (charismatic) - Elmer Gantry (later a film)
- Tim Kavanaugh, Episcopalian, - At Home In Mitford (and sequals)
- Damien Karras, Catholic - The Exorcist (later a film)
- Friar Lawrence, Catholic - Romeo and Juliet
- Lankaster Merrin, Catholic - The Exorcist
- Father Mulcahy, M*A*S*H (later a film and a television series)
- Reverend Sykes, AME -To Kill a Mockingbird
- Chaplain Tappman, Anabaptist Catch-22 (later a film)
- Friar Tuck, Catholic, - Robin Hood
[edit] Film
- Henry Biggs, Baptist - The Preacher's Wife
- Bishop Henry Broughman, unspecified (possibly Episcopalian, Methodist or Lutheran), The Bishop's Wife
- Sonny Duvall, Pentecostal - The Apostle
- Father Fitzgibbon, Catholic -Going My Way
- Graham Hess, Episcopalian - Signs
- Tim O'Dowd, Catholic - Going My Way
- Chuck O'Malley, Catholic - Going My Way and 'The Bells of Saint Mary's
- Jonas Nightengale, unspecified (charismatic) - Leap of Faith
- Samuel Whitehead, Methodist - Angel In My Pocket
[edit] Television
- Alexander Anderson, Catholic Helsing
- Robert Alden, unspecified (possibly Lutheran or Congregationalist) - Little House on the Prairie
- Eric Camden, unspecified Mainline Protestant, 7th Heaven
- Frank Dowliing, Catholic -- Father Dowling Mysteries
- Mr. Eko, Catholic (self-proclaimed) - Lost
- Matthew Fordwick, Baptist - The Waltons
- Reuben Gregory, unspecified - Amen
- Reverend Timothy Lovejoy, Presbylutheran, The Simpsons
- Reverend Gaylord Pierson, According to Jim
- Francis Xavier Reyneux (Father Ray), Catholic - Nothing Sacred
- Noah "Hardstep" Rivers, Catholic Helltown
- Mike Weber, Episcopalian - Soul Man
- Chris Stevens, Worldwide Church of Truth and Beauty, (which, like the Universal Life Church, offers at large ordination regardless of training or theological ideology. In Stevens' case, he answered an ad in the back of Rolling Stone), Northern Exposure
- Daniel Webster, Episcopalian - Book of Daniel
