List of evangelical Christians

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 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
*Henry Venn (1725 - 1797) - founder of the small, but highly influential Clapham Sect in Britain. His grandson, also named Henry Venn (1796 - 1873), pioneered the basic principles of indigenous church mission theory
*John Newton (1725 - 1807) - English clergyman; author of "Amazing Grace"
*William Wilberforce (1759 - 1833) - worked to abolish slavery in the British Empire.
*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 the Holiness movement
*Charles Spurgeon, 19th century English Baptist preacher and advocate of Calvinism
*Billy Sunday (1862 - 1935) - American evangelist and proponent of Prohibition
*James Hudson Taylor (1832 - 1905) - British missionary to China and founder of the China Inland Mission.
*Aimee Semple McPherson (1890 - 1944) Pentecostal preacher and founder of Foursquare Church.
*Dr Martyn Lloyd Jones (1899 - 1981) Former minister Westminster Chapel

Contemporaries

*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)
*Miles Bateman Host of Christian Commentary Radio/Television Program and Internet Ministry.
*Ralph Blair, founder of "Evangelicals Concerned" ministry
*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 of Growing Pains.
*Anthony "Tony" Campolo, Pacifist Baptist Pastor. Professor in Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Leader from Compassion Ministry. (associated with the Christian 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
*Justin Lee, founder of GCN
*Dick Lucas former rector St Helen's Bishopsgate, London
*Luis Palau Argentinian Evangelist. Southern Baptist.
*Tony Perkins
*John Stott - former Rector of All Souls, Langham Place
*Jimmy Swaggart - former leader of the Assemblies of God. Currently leading the Jimmy Swaggart Ministries.
*Jim Wallis of Sojourners
*Ravi Zacharias (born 1946), Canadian apologist, born in India.
*Phillip Jensen notable Sydney Anglican
*Peter Jensen Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Australia.
*Winkie Pratney Christian Apologist and Evangelist.
*Antolìn Tovar. Venezuelan Baptist Pastor. Martyr in fight against dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez.
*Jonas Brothers American Pop/ Rock Band.

cholars and theologians

*Dr.Thomas Mathews - Indian missionary pioneer, theologian, and scholar
*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 Reconstructionism
*Craig 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 - Calvinist Presbyterian theologian and Reformed Theological Seminary professor
*Norman Geisler
*Carl F. H. Henry (1913 - 2003) - founding editor of Christianity Today
*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 Jersey
*J.I. Packer - British-born Canadian theologian
*Andrew 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 at Yale College; author, *Lament for a Son*
*Edwin 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 - Evangelical dispensationalist novelist, best known for the popular "Left Behind" fictional series on the end times
*John MacArthur (b. 1939) - Calvinist and dispensationalist author and pastor of Grace community Church in Sun Valley, CA.
*Chuck Missler - author, conservative Bible teacher, and founder of the Koinonia House ministry [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koinonia_Partners] based out of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.
*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 (1889 – 1886)- 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 author
*Rick Warren (b. 1954) - Pastor of Saddleback Church and popular author of "The Purpose Driven Life", "The Purpose Driven Church", among others.
*Philip Yancey - author and editor "Christianity Today" columnist
* 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