Newsmax's 100 Most Influential Evangelicals in America

newsmax ^ | Nov 17, 2017 | Jen Krausz

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Evangelicals come from many different Christian denominations, but they all have a common belief in the holiness of scripture and the centrality of faith in Jesus Christ for their lives.

The Pew Research Center estimates that about 25.4 percent of Americans, or about 62 million adults, are evangelicals.

The evangelical faith of these prominent Americans has shaped their lives and influenced their politics, morality, and careers, as well as their personal lives.

This Newsmax list of the 100 Most Influential Evangelicals in America includes pastors, teachers, politicians, athletes, and entertainers — men and women from all walks of life whose faith leads them to live differently and to help others in a variety of ways.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

The list, for those who can't be bothered to click on the link:

1. Billy Graham 2. Franklin Graham 3. Joel Osteen 4. Mike Huckabee 5. Pat Robertson
6. Rick Warren 7. Jerry Falwell Jr. 8. Joyce Meyer 9. Mike Pence 10. Mark Burnett and Roma Downey
11. Sarah Palin 12. Creflo Dollar 13. John Hagee 14. Tony Perkins 15. Gordon Robertson
16. Charles Stanley 17. T.D. Jakes 18. Dr. James Dobson 19. Dr. Alveda King 20. Paula White
21. Johnnie Moore 22. John Piper 23. David and Steve Green 24. Ted Baehr 25. Ralph Reed
26. Mark DeMoss 27. David Brody 28. David Ramsey 29. Tim Keller 30. David Jeremiah
31. Ravi Zacharias 32. David Barton 33. Stuart Epperson 34. R.C. Sproul 35. Alan Sears
36. Alvin Plantinga 37. Mark Noll 38. Michele Bachmann 39. John MacArthur 40. Bill Hybels
41. Robert Jeffress 42. Richard Land 43. Josh McDowell 44. Howard and Roberta Ahmanson 45. Loren Cunningham
46. Pat Boone 47. Anne Graham Lotz 48. Rev. Samuel Rodriguez 49. David and Nicole Crank 50. Chuck Swindoll
51. Phil Robertson 52. Robert P. George 53. Jeremy Lin 54. Kirk Cameron 55. Candace Cameron Bure
56. Tim Tebow 57. Penny Nance 58. Michael L. Brown 59. Miles McPherson 60. Dr. Tony Evans
61. Kay Arthur 62. Jay Sekulow 63. Lee Strobel 64. Eric Metaxas 65. Beth Moore
66. Priscilla Shirer 67. Joni Eareckson Tada 68. Alex and Stephen Kendrick 69. Trip Lee 70. David Wise
71. Jaeson Ma 72. Dr. Brenda Salter McNeil 73. Willie Robertson 74. Rev. Luis Cortés Jr. 75. Jim Wallis
76. Max Lucado 77. Philip Yancey 78. Andy Crouch 79. Judah Smith 80. TobyMac
81. Matt Walsh 82. Annie F. Downs 83. Jen Hatmaker 84. Jennie Allen 85. Pastor Harry Thomas
86. Shane Claiborne 87. Ken Ham 88. Rev. William Barber II 89. Cameron Strang 90. Steven Curtis Chapman
91. Eugene H. Peterson 92. Russell Moore 93. Chris Tomlin 94. Donald Miller 95. Rich Stearns
96. Glennon Doyle Melton 97. Steven Furtick 98. Andy Stanley 99. Ralph F. Winter 100. Art Rorheim

[ifinnegan]

Joel Osteen is an evangelical?

[ifinnegan]

And thanks, I wasn’t going to click through.

[pollywog]

Joel Osteen is an evangelical?

No.........

[iowamark]

That is a very mixed bunch! A third saints, a third heretics, and a third frauds and criminals.

[caww]

Evangelical today isn’t what it use to mean so I could question more than a few on that list as ‘something else’.....

[UnwashedPeasant]

"Joel Osteen is an evangelical?"

How does he outrank Ned Flanders?:-)

[Oshkalaboomboom]

That is a very mixed bunch! A third saints, a third heretics, and a third frauds and criminals.

I didn't make the list. I just posted it so you could discuss it. I was surprised when I saw Creflo Dollar on the list though.

[HonkyTonkMan]

Thanks for posting. List is flush with fraudulent research, socially liberal, and questionable individuals. Easy to see why many mainline memberships declining and baptisms down.

[Salvavida]

What a sad list.

Most are headline grabbers, so its put together from there perspective of name recognition. And the black pastors mentioned are heretical prosperity doctrine "God is a slot machine" adherents.

Mike Licona? Greg Koukl? Mark Devers? Bobby Conway? Frank Turek? J.I. Packer? Roy Zuck? John Walvoord? Alister Begg?

[Bob434]

[[I didn’t make the list.]]

Well keep trying- some day you may make it onto the list :)

[metmom]

The Pew Research Center estimates that about 25.4 percent of Americans, or about 62 million adults, are claim to be evangelicals.

Fixed it.

Creflo Dollar?

TD Jakes?

Really?

[metmom]

Alister Begg?

He's pretty solid from what I've heard.

[HarleyD]

The wheat and the tares.

[Tucker39]

Kenneth Copeland isn’t even ON the list; but IMHO should be in the first 10. When the 100+ clergy met with DJT at Trump Tower in 2016 and prayed for him, Copeland LED them in prayer.

Flamers and Haters: Ready. Set. GO!

[mountn man]

Art Rorheim will be 100 years old in May

[mountn man]

When the 100+ clergy met with DJT at Trump Tower in 2016 and prayed for him, Copeland LED them in prayer.

At least, that is what he said.

[freepertoo]

My former pastor should be on the list...the best Bible teacher I have ever had. He recently retired. Lon Solomon.

[Psalm 73]

"Joel Osteen is an evangelical?"

Well, he's great at evangelizing for Joel Osteen....

[ealgeone]

Joel Osteen, Rick Warren, Joyce Meyer, Creflo Dollar do not belong under the Evangelical column.