List of Christian preachers

Christian Cross

Most members of the Christian clergy and many lay people have been a preacher to the unconverted. This is an incomplete list of people known for their preaching including their published sermons.

Early Church

Paul

• Steven (?–34) Stoned
• James (?–44) Apostle
• Barnabas (?–61) Disciple
• Paul (5–67) Beheaded
• Peter (?–67) Crucified
• Mark (?–68) Gospel of Mark
• Philemon (?–68) Epistle to Philemon
• Luke (?–84) Four Evangelists
• Timothy (17–97) Ephesus
• John (6–100) Book of Revelation
• Silas (?–100) Silvanus of the Seventy
• Ignatius (35–107) Apostolic Fathers
• Titus (?–107) Paul the Apostle
• Simeon (?–117) Jewish Christian
• Polycarp (69–155) Bishop of Smyrna
• Matthew (?) Bible
• Ananias (?) Jesus
• Apollos (?) New Testament
• Priscilla and Aquila (?) Christian Missionary
• Stephanas (?) Apostle Paul

Catholic

Louis Bourdaloue (1632-1704), French Jesuit

• Peter Chrysologus (406-450)
• Pope Leo I (400-461)
• Fulgentius of Ruspe (c 462-533)
• Martin of Braga (520-580)
• Saint Boniface (675-754)
• Saint Dominic (1170-1221)
• Anthony of Padua (1195-1231)
• Johannes Tauler German Dominican (1300-1361), his 80 sermons in German were read for centuries after his death
• Oliver Maillard, French Franciscan (c.1430-1502)
• Savonarola Italian Dominican (1452-1498) famous for the Bonfire of the Vanities in Florence, finally executed for heresy
• John of Capistrano (1386-1456), Italian Franciscan, working in Central Europe, where he led resistance to a Turkish invasion
• Vincent Ferrer (1350-1419) Spanish Dominican
• Bernardino of Siena (1380-1444), emotive Italian
• Julian Maunoir (1606–1683) French Jesuit "Apostle of Britanny"
• Tomasz Młodzianowski (1622-1686), Polish Jesuit
• Paolo Segneri (1624-1694), Italian Jesuit
• Junípero Serra, (1713–1784)
• Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet (1627-1704)
• Louis Bourdaloue (1632-1704), Jesuit
• Tobia Lionelli (1647-1714), Slovene in Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
• Jean Baptiste Massillon (1663-1742)
• Theobald Mathew (1790-1856), Irish Capuchin and temperance reformer
• Aloysius Gentili (1801-48) Italian Rosminian, working in England
• Charles Coughlin (1891-1979)
• Fulton J. Sheen (1895-1979)

Pre-Reformation

• John Wycliffe (1320–1384) Lollards
• Jan Hus (1369–1415)

Lutheran

Martin Luther

• Martin Luther (1483–1547) The Ninety-Five Theses
• Philipp Melanchthon (1497–1560)
• Lars Levi Laestadius (1800–1861)
• Bernt B. Haugan (1862) ^[1]
• C.F.W. Walther (1811–1887)
• Martin Niemöller (1892–1984)
• Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906–1945)
• Walter A. Maier (1893–1950)
• J.A.O. Preus II (1920–1994)
• Gerhard Forde (1927–2005)
• Rod Rosenbladt (1942–)
• Gerald B. Kieschnick (1943–)
• Mark Hanson (1946–)

Calvinist

John Calvin

• John Oecolampadius (1482–1531)
• Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531)
• Martin Bucer (1491–1551)
• Peter Martyr Vermigli (1500–1562)
• Wolfgang Musculus (1497–1563)
• Andreas Hyperius (1511–1564)
• John Calvin (1509–1564)
• Guillaume Farel (1489–1565)
• Heinrich Bullinger (1504–1575)

Presbyterian

• John Knox (1513–1572) Protestant Reformation
• Jonathan Goforth (1859–1936) Canadian Presbyterian Mission
• Peter Marshall (1903–1949) New York Avenue Presbyterian Church
• James Montgomery Boice (1938–2000) Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
• D. James Kennedy (1930–2007) Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
• Ian Paisley (1926–2014)
• Frederick Buechner (1926–)
• Timothy J. Keller (1950–)^[2]

Anglican

• Hugh Latimer (1470–1555) Oxford Martyrs
• Thomas Cranmer (1489–1556) Oxford Martyrs
• Lancelot Andrewes (1555–1626)
• John Donne (1572–1631)
• John Tillotson (1630–1694)
• John Newton (1725–1807) Author of Amazing Grace
• Laurence Sterne (1713–1759), mainly in book form
• Samuel Clapham (known as Theophilus St. John) (1755–1830)
• J. C. Ryle (1816-1900)
• Phillips Brooks (1835–1893)
• John Stott (1921–2011)
• Dick Lucas (1925–)
• John Chapman (evangelist) (1930–2012)
• Peter Jensen (1943–)
• Phillip Jensen (1945–)
• N. T. Wright (1948–)
• Michael Bruce Curry (1953–)

Puritan

• John Harvard (1607–1638)
• Joseph Alleine (1634–1668)
• John Davenport (1597–1670)
• Matthew Henry (1662–1714)
• Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758)
• G. Campbell Morgan (1863–1945)
• Martyn Lloyd-Jones (1899–1981)

Baptist

• Roger Williams (1603–1684)
• John Bunyan (1628–1688)
• Benjamin Keach (1640–1704)
• John Gill (1697–1771)
• Robert Hall (1764-1831)
• William Miller (1782–1849)
• William Garrett Lewis (1834–1885)
• C.H. Spurgeon (1834–1892) Metropolitan Tabernacle
• John Alexis Edgren (1839–1908)
• Alexander Maclaren (1826–1910)
• Oswald Chambers (1874–1917)
• George W. Truett (1867–1944)
• Joseph Harrison Jackson (1900–1990)
• J. Frank Norris (1877–1952)
• Mordecai Ham (1877–1961)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968)
• Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969)
• W.A. Criswell (1909–2002) Southern Baptist Convention
• Stephen F. Olford (1918–2004)
• Billy Graham (1918–2018)
• Adrian Rogers (1931–2005)
• Jerry Falwell (1933–2007)
• Neiliezhü Üsou (1941–2009)
• Charles Stanley (1932–)
• Tony Campolo (1935–)

Methodist

• George Whitefield (1714–1770)
• Daniel Rowland (1713–1790)
• John Wesley (1703–1791)
• Francis Asbury (1747–1816)
• Peter Cartwright (1785–1873)
• William Booth (1829–1912) The Salvation Army
• Bob Jones, Sr. (1883–1968) Bob Jones University
• William Willimon (1946–)

Independent

• Nicolaus Zinzendorf (1700–1760), Moravian Church
• Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899)^[3] Moody Bible Institute
• Billy Sunday (1862–1935) Evangelist
• A.W. Tozer (1897–1963)
• J. Vernon McGee (1904–1988)^[4] Church of the Open Door
• Walter Martin (1928–1989)^[5] Christian Research Institute
• Paris Reidhead (1919–1992) Christian and Missionary Alliance
• Leonard Ravenhill (1907–1994) Evangelist
• David Wilkerson (1931–2011) Times Square Church
• Chuck Smith (1927–2013)^[6] Calvary Chapel
• R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) Ligonier Ministries
• John MacArthur (1939–) Grace Community Church
• Ravi Zacharias (1946–)^[7] Christian Apologist

Seventh-day Adventist

• William Miller (1782–1849) Millerites
• Joseph Bates (1792–1872) Great Disappointment
• James White (1821–1881) Adventist Review
• John Nevins Andrews (1829–1883) Andrews University
• Ellen G. White (1827–1915) Conflict of the Ages (book series)
• James Edson White (1849–1928) Review and Herald Publishing Association
• H.M.S. Richards, Sr. (1894–1985) Voice of Prophecy
• George Vandeman (1916–2000) It Is Written
• Mark Finley (1945–) It Is Written

Church of Christ

• Walter Scott (1796–1861)
• Batsell Baxter (1886–1956)
• Marshall Keeble (1878–1968)
• Batsell Barrett Baxter (1916–1982)
• Ira North (1892–1984)
• Cline Paden (1919–2007)
• Kenneth W. Wright (1945–)

Pentecostal

• William J. Seymour (1870–1922) Azusa Street Revival
• Charles Parham (1873–1929) Speaking in Tongues
• Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944) Foursquare Church
• Smith Wigglesworth (1859–1947) Pentecostalism
• William Branham (1909–1965) Faith Healer / Prophet
• Kathryn Kuhlman (1907–1976) Faith Healer
• Derek Prince (1915–2003) Faith, Spiritual Warfare, Demonology
• Kenneth E. Hagin (1917–2003) Word of Faith
• Oral Roberts (1918–2009) Oral Roberts University
• Jimmy Swaggart (1935–) Assemblies of God
• David Yonggi Cho (1936–) Yoido Full Gospel Church|Assemblies of God Discipleship/ Church Growth
• Jim (1940–) and Tammy Bakker (1942–2007) (Assemblies of God televangelists)
• Dag Heward-Mills (1963–) Pentecostal/ Evangelical/ Church planter

Charismatic

• Paul Cain (1929-) Kansas City Prophets
• John Wimber (1934–1997) Vineyard Movement
• Kenneth Copeland (1936–) Word of Faith
• Joyce Meyer (1943–) Prosperity theology
• Benny Hinn (1952–) Prosperity theology
• T.D. Jakes (1957–) Prosperity theology
• Nicholas Duncan-Williams (1957–) Faith, Spiritual Warfare, Prayer
• Mensa Otabil (1959–) Prosperity theology
• Joseph Prince (1963–) Prosperity theology
• Joel Osteen (1963–) Prosperity theology

Preachers with secular professions

• James Garfield (1831–1881)
• Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787–1851)
• William Gannaway Brownlow (1805–1877)
• Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
• Eric Liddell (1902–1945)
• Grady Nutt (1937–1982)
• Hugh Beaumont (1903–1984)
• Carl Stuart Hamblen (1908–1989)
• Jerry Clower (1926–1998)
• Fred Rogers (1928–2003)
• Reggie White (1961–2004)
• B.G. Dyess (1922–)
• Bill Moyers (1935–)
• John Danforth (1936–)
• Clifton Davis (1945–)
• George Foreman (1949–)
• Ernie Fletcher (1956–)
• Richard Rossi (1963–)
• Kirk Cameron (1970–)

Gallery

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  John Knox
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  Jonathan Edwards
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  Charles Spurgeon
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  D.L. Moody
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  Ralph Waldo Emerson

References