Several years ago I started an blog series that provided brief profiles of influential evangelicals. The purpose was to help those who may see a name mentioned by the media—Albert Mohler, Richard Land, Jim Wallis—but not know about them or why they are significant.
At the instigation of Justin Taylor, I’ve decided to bring that series to Evangel. I’m hoping that my fellow contributors will adopt the format and produce entries of their own.
If you have a recommendation for a profile, please leave it in the comments section.
September 22nd, 2010 | 4:34 pm | #1
RC Sproul
Tim Keller
CJ Mahaney
September 22nd, 2010 | 5:17 pm | #2
Gretchen Passantino
September 22nd, 2010 | 5:31 pm | #3
D. A. Carson
Mark Dever
John MacArthur
The big name signatories of The Gospel Coalition that haven’t been mentioned already.
September 22nd, 2010 | 5:40 pm | #4
Joe:
I was on the list last time. What say you now? :-)
http://evangelicaloutpost.com/archives/2004/08/know-your-evangelicalsfrancis-beckwith.html
September 22nd, 2010 | 6:19 pm | #5
Dr. Beckwith,
How about…
“Know your Tiber Swimmers”?
(and why you don’t want to follow them).
;-)
September 22nd, 2010 | 6:35 pm | #6
J. Ligon Duncan
Sinclair B. Ferguson
Alistair Begg
September 22nd, 2010 | 8:29 pm | #7
I can’t believe anyone (myself included) has mentioned Mark Driscoll yet. What was I thinking?
September 22nd, 2010 | 8:29 pm | #8
/hasn’t/
September 22nd, 2010 | 9:11 pm | #9
Mark Driscoll
September 23rd, 2010 | 10:31 am | #10
John Stott
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
J. I. Packer
Charles Colson
James Montgomery Boice
Carl F. H. Henry
Billy Graham
Luis Palau
Ravi Zacharias
Michael Horton
Joni Eareckson Tada
Rosemary Jenkins
Elizabeth Elliot
September 23rd, 2010 | 10:38 am | #11
Nancy Pearcey
Sarah Sumner
Mary Kassian
Brent Waters
Richard Land
D. James Kennedy
September 23rd, 2010 | 11:28 am | #12
Paul Zahl – his books are subtlely influential, and he was a part TGC (no more, alas)
September 23rd, 2010 | 11:35 am | #13
JP Moreland
William Lane Craig
Os Guinness
William Dembski
Phillip Johnson
Wayne Grudem
Millard Erickson
Roger Olson
September 23rd, 2010 | 10:21 pm | #14
While I understand the hesitation, I believe that a list of influential evangelicals is incomplete if it doesn’t also include those of whom we may be less proud. For example,
George Alan Rekers, Kent Hovind, Mike Warnke, Tim LaHaye, Mel Gibson, Carrie Prejean, Scott Lively, Christine O’Donnell, Tom Delay, George W. Bush, Jerry Falwell, Ted Haggard,….
September 24th, 2010 | 2:37 am | #15
C. Ehrlich:Mel Gibson is a Traditionalist Catholic.
September 24th, 2010 | 3:13 am | #16
Ah, that explains his behavior. :)
September 24th, 2010 | 7:47 am | #17
Alvin Plantinga
Mark Noll
Timothy George
Josh McDowell
Randy Forbes and Mike McIntyre (co-leaders of the Congressional Prayer Caucus; see related info here.)
There could be room for another series on non-evangelicals who have contributed significantly to evangelical thought and action. That would extend the list too far, perhaps, but I couldn’t help thinking of Rodney Stark and Robert George.
I assume we’re focusing on living men and women, people who might, as you say, pop up in the media or (more likely, for most of the names mentioned here) on blogs or forums.
September 24th, 2010 | 9:41 am | #18
Some folks that are more “behind the scenes” but definitely had an influence on the current generation of evangelicals:
Richard Lovelace
Gordon Fee
David Wells
September 24th, 2010 | 12:20 pm | #19
I’m betting (with regrets) that the most influential evangelical of the past several decades is Tim LaHaye.
September 24th, 2010 | 12:20 pm | #20
Or perhaps Joel Osteen?
October 5th, 2010 | 4:12 am | #21
Do Rousas J. Rushdoony, Gary North, Ray Sutton, George Grant, Gary DeMar, Greg Bahnsen, James Jordan and David Chilton count?
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