Christian Leaders

🇦🇷Argentina

• Christian Leader
• Catholic

Role:

Pope (2013–2025)

Organization:

Roman Catholic Church

🇦🇺Australia

• Christian Leader
• Worship leader
• Pentecostal

Role:

Worship leader and songwriter

🇧🇷Brazil

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder, Universal Church of the Kingdom of God

Organization:

Universal Church of the Kingdom of God

🇨🇩DR Congo

• Christian Leader
• Prophet
• African Initiated Churches

Role:

Founder figure of the Kimbanguist Church

Organization:

Kimbanguist Church

🇪🇬Egypt

• Christian Leader
• Pope of Alexandria
• Orthodox

Role:

Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark

Organization:

Coptic Orthodox Church

🇩🇪Germany

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Lutheran

Role:

Pastor and theologian

🇩🇪Germany

• Christian Leader
• Reformer
• Lutheran

Role:

Protestant Reformer

🇩🇪Germany

• Christian Leader
• Evangelist
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder, Christ for all Nations

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Apostle
• Pentecostal

Role:

Chairman, The Church of Pentecost; President, Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council

Organization:

The Church of Pentecost

Re-elected Church of Pentecost chairman with 99% of votes in 2023

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Apostle General (as publicly used)
• Charismatic

Role:

Founder and Apostle General, Royalhouse Chapel International

Organization:

Royalhouse Chapel International

Leads Royalhouse Chapel, reported to have more than 30,000 members

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Apostle
• Pentecostal

Role:

Former Chairman, The Church of Pentecost (2008–2018); theologian

Organization:

The Church of Pentecost

Theologian who chaired The Church of Pentecost for a decade

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Apostle
• Pentecostal
• African Initiated Churches

Role:

Chairman, Christ Apostolic Church International

Organization:

Christ Apostolic Church International

Elected CACI chairman in March 2023

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Pentecostal
• Charismatic

Role:

Founder and Presiding Archbishop, Perez Chapel International

Organization:

Perez Chapel International

Founder of Perez Chapel (formerly Word Miracle Church) and Perez University College

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Catholic

Role:

Archbishop of Cape Coast

Organization:

Catholic Archdiocese of Cape Coast

Former Archbishop of Accra, transferred to Cape Coast in 2018

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Catholic

Role:

Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra

Organization:

Catholic Archdiocese of Accra

Archbishop of Accra since 2019; host of West Africa Youth Days 2026

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Charismatic

Role:

Founder and Presiding Archbishop, Action Chapel International

Organization:

Action Chapel International

Founded Action Chapel, credited as Ghana's first indigenous charismatic church (1979)

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Catholic

Role:

Archbishop Emeritus of Kumasi; anthropologist

Organization:

Roman Catholic Church

Anthropologist-archbishop known for work on faith and Akan culture

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Pentecostal
• Charismatic

Role:

Founder and Presiding Bishop, United Denominations Originating from the Lighthouse Group of Churches

Organization:

Lighthouse Chapel International

Medical doctor who started Lighthouse Chapel International in 1988

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Charismatic

Role:

Founder, Fountain Gate Chapel and Eastwood Anaba Ministries

Televangelist and founder of Fountain Gate Chapel

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Catholic

Role:

Bishop of Sunyani; President, Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference

Organization:

Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference

President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops' Conference since 2022

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Cardinal
• Catholic

Role:

Chancellor, Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences

Organization:

Roman Catholic Church

Ghana's first cardinal from the Archdiocese of Cape Coast (2003)

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Cardinal
• Catholic

Role:

Cardinal; Bishop of Wa (2016–2022)

Organization:

Roman Catholic Church

Created a cardinal in August 2022, three months before his death

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Gospel artist

Role:

Gospel singer and songwriter

Ghanaian gospel singer who began in churches and crusades

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Gospel artist

Role:

Gospel singer and songwriter

Rose from backing vocalist to Ghana Music Awards Artiste of the Year

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Gospel artist

Role:

Gospel singer

First gospel musician to win Ghana Music Awards Artiste of the Year

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Professor
• Presbyterian / Reformed
• Evangelical

Role:

Founding Rector, Akrofi-Christaller Institute; theologian

Leading voice of African Christian theology

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Primate, Church of the Province of West Africa; Archbishop of the Internal Province of Ghana

Organization:

Anglican Church (Internal Province of Ghana)

Primate of West Africa who hosted the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2026

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Presiding Bishop
• Methodist / Wesleyan

Role:

Presiding Bishop, Methodist Church Ghana

Organization:

Methodist Church Ghana

Scholar of African Pentecostalism elected Methodist Presiding Bishop in 2024

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder, The Church of Pentecost

Organization:

The Church of Pentecost

Missionary founder of The Church of Pentecost

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Charismatic
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder and General Overseer, International Central Gospel Church; Chancellor, Central University

Organization:

International Central Gospel Church

Founded ICGC from a 20-person fellowship in 1984

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Gospel artist

Role:

Gospel singer

Award-winning Ghanaian gospel singer

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Reverend Dr

Role:

General Secretary, Christian Council of Ghana

Organization:

Christian Council of Ghana

General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Reverend Dr
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder and Executive Director, Salt & Light Ministries

Organization:

Salt & Light Ministries

Former government minister who founded Salt & Light Ministries

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Evangelist
• Evangelical

Role:

Founding President, Worldwide Miracle Outreach

Organization:

Worldwide Miracle Outreach

London-based Ghanaian televangelist honoured by the Hungarian government

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Baptist

Role:

Chairman, Christian Council of Ghana; Executive President, Ghana Baptist Convention

Organization:

Christian Council of Ghana

Elected Christian Council of Ghana chairman in May 2026

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• General Superintendent
• Pentecostal

Role:

General Superintendent, Assemblies of God, Ghana

Organization:

Assemblies of God, Ghana

Re-elected with almost 90% of the vote in August 2026

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Moderator
• Presbyterian / Reformed

Role:

Moderator of the General Assembly, Presbyterian Church of Ghana

Organization:

Presbyterian Church of Ghana

19th Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (from December 2023)

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Pentecostal
• Charismatic

Role:

Founder and General Overseer, Life International Church; 1st Vice President, GPCC

Organization:

Life International Church

First Vice President of the Ghana Pentecostal and Charismatic Council

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Moderator
• Presbyterian / Reformed

Role:

Moderator, Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana

Organization:

Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana

Elected 15th Moderator of the E.P. Church in August 2026

🇬🇭Ghana

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Charismatic

Role:

Gospel singer, songwriter and pastor

UK-born Ghanaian worship leader and songwriter

🇮🇳India

• Christian Leader
• Saint Teresa of Calcutta
• Catholic

Role:

Founder, Missionaries of Charity

Organization:

Missionaries of Charity

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Apostle (as publicly used)
• African Initiated Churches
• Pentecostal

Role:

Evangelist; spiritual leader of Christ Apostolic Church

Organization:

Christ Apostolic Church

Revivalist regarded by CAC as its spiritual father

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Apostle (as publicly used)
• Pentecostal
• Charismatic

Role:

Founder and Senior Pastor, Eternity Network International (Koinonia)

Organization:

Eternity Network International (Koinonia)

Founded Eternity Network International (Koinonia) in 2011

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Catholic

Role:

Archbishop of Lagos; Vice President, CBCN

Organization:

Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos

Archbishop of Lagos; appointed by Pope Leo XIV to a Vatican dicastery

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder, Church of God Mission International

Organization:

Church of God Mission International

Pioneer of Nigerian Pentecostalism; founded Benson Idahosa University's forerunner

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• African Initiated Churches

Role:

President, Christian Association of Nigeria; General Overseer, Christ Holy Church International

Organization:

Christian Association of Nigeria

First CAN president from the African Instituted Churches bloc

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Primate of All Nigeria, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

Organization:

Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion)

Primate of All Nigeria since 2020

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Catholic

Role:

Archbishop of Abuja

Organization:

Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja

Former Archbishop of Jos; known for Christian–Muslim dialogue

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Pentecostal

Role:

Archbishop, Church of God Mission International; Chancellor, Benson Idahosa University

Organization:

Church of God Mission International

Described as Africa's first female Pentecostal archbishop

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Catholic

Role:

Archbishop of Kaduna; President, Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria

Organization:

Catholic Bishops' Conference of Nigeria

Elected CBCN president in February 2026

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder and Presiding Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners' Chapel)

Organization:

Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners' Chapel)

Founded Winners' Chapel in Ilesha on 2 May 1981

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Catholic

Role:

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto

Organization:

Catholic Diocese of Sokoto

Outspoken voice on governance and insecurity; Mundo Negro Fraternity Award winner

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder and Presiding Bishop, The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM)

Organization:

The Redeemed Evangelical Mission

Launched TREM on 4 January 1981

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

First African Anglican bishop; Bible translator

Consecrated the first African Anglican bishop in 1864

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Pentecostal

Role:

National President, Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria; Founder, Sword of the Spirit Ministries

Organization:

Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria

Re-elected national president of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Cardinal
• Catholic

Role:

Cardinal; Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos

Organization:

Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos

Archbishop Emeritus of Lagos, celebrated at 90 in 2026

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Cardinal
• Catholic

Role:

Cardinal; former Archbishop of Onitsha

Organization:

Roman Catholic Church

Former prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for Divine Worship

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Cardinal
• Catholic

Role:

Cardinal; Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja

Organization:

Roman Catholic Church

Archbishop of Abuja 1994–2019; cardinal since 2012

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Cardinal
• Catholic

Role:

Cardinal; Bishop of Ekwulobia

Organization:

Roman Catholic Church

Created a cardinal by Pope Francis in August 2022

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder and Presiding Pastor, Salvation Ministries

Organization:

Salvation Ministries

Started Salvation Ministries with 34 people in 1997

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Dr
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder and General Overseer, Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries

Organization:

Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries

Molecular geneticist who founded MFM in 1989

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder and Senior Pastor, Dunamis International Gospel Centre

Organization:

Dunamis International Gospel Centre

Medical doctor who founded Dunamis in 1996

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Worship leader

Role:

Worship leader, songwriter and pastor

Nigerian worship leader signed with Integrity Music

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Gospel artist

Role:

Gospel singer, producer and instrumentalist

Gospel producer who began as a seven-year-old instrumentalist

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Prelate
• Methodist / Wesleyan

Role:

Prelate, Methodist Church Nigeria

Organization:

Methodist Church Nigeria

Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Gospel artist

Role:

Gospel singer

Winner of Nigerian Idol season 2 (2012)

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Evangelist
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder and President, Mount Zion Faith Ministries

Organization:

Mount Zion Faith Ministries

Pioneer of Nigerian Christian drama and film

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Gospel artist

Role:

Gospel singer and songwriter

Popular contemporary Nigerian gospel singer

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal

Role:

Gospel singer, trumpeter and pastor; convener of the Hallelujah Challenge

Started the online #HallelujahChallenge worship hour in 2017

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder and first General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God

Organization:

Redeemed Christian Church of God

Founded the Redeemed Christian Church of God in 1952

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder and Senior Pastor, Word of Life Bible Church; CAN president 2010–2016

Organization:

Word of Life Bible Church

Fifth president of the Christian Association of Nigeria (2010–2016)

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal
• Charismatic

Role:

Founder and President, LoveWorld Inc. (Christ Embassy)

Organization:

Christ Embassy (LoveWorld Inc.)

Author of the daily devotional Rhapsody of Realities

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal

Role:

General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God

Organization:

Redeemed Christian Church of God

General Overseer of RCCG since 1981

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal

Role:

Senior Pastor, Trinity House

Organization:

Trinity House

Chartered accountant who leads Trinity House, Lagos

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder and Lead Pastor, Streams of Joy International; Convener, NSPPD

Organization:

Streams of Joy International

Convener of the NSPPD online prayer broadcast

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Evangelical
• Charismatic

Role:

Founder and Senior Pastor, House on the Rock; Convener, The Experience

Organization:

House on the Rock

Convener of The Experience gospel concert in Lagos

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal
• Charismatic

Role:

Founder and Senior Pastor, The Covenant Nation (Covenant Christian Centre)

Organization:

The Covenant Nation

Founded Covenant Christian Centre in 1994 at the age of 25

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• African Initiated Churches
• Pentecostal

Role:

President, Christ Apostolic Church Worldwide

Organization:

Christ Apostolic Church

Eighth president of Christ Apostolic Church (since 2021)

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder and Senior Pastor, Daystar Christian Centre

Organization:

Daystar Christian Centre

Founded Daystar Christian Centre in Lagos in November 1995

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal

Role:

Co-founder and Senior Pastor, The Fountain of Life Church

Organization:

The Fountain of Life Church

Co-founder of The Fountain of Life Church, Lagos

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal

Role:

Serving Overseer, The Citadel Global Community Church

Organization:

The Citadel Global Community Church

Founded Latter Rain Assembly (now Citadel Global Community Church) in 1989

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder and General Superintendent, Deeper Christian Life Ministry

Organization:

Deeper Christian Life Ministry

Began Deeper Life as a 15-student Bible study in 1973

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Primate
• African Initiated Churches

Role:

Primate, The Church of the Lord (Aladura) Worldwide

Organization:

The Church of the Lord (Aladura) Worldwide

First WCC president from an African Instituted Church

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Reverend Dr
• Baptist

Role:

President, Nigerian Baptist Convention

Organization:

Nigerian Baptist Convention

New president of the Nigerian Baptist Convention (2026)

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Pentecostal

Role:

Co-founder, Agape Christian Ministries

Co-founder of Agape Christian Ministries with Bishop Felix Adejumo

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Worship leader
• Pentecostal
• Charismatic

Role:

Gospel singer and songwriter

Writer of Way Maker (2015)

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Founder
• African Initiated Churches

Role:

Founder, Eternal Sacred Order of the Cherubim and Seraphim

Organization:

Cherubim and Seraphim Church

Founded the Cherubim and Seraphim movement in 1925

🇳🇬Nigeria

• Christian Leader
• Gospel artist

Role:

Gospel singer and film music composer

Leading Yoruba-language gospel singer

🇵🇭Philippines

• Christian Leader
• Cardinal
• Catholic

Role:

Cardinal; former Archbishop of Manila

Organization:

Roman Catholic Church

🇵🇱Poland

• Christian Leader
• Catholic

Role:

Pope (1978–2005)

Organization:

Roman Catholic Church

🇷🇺Russia

• Christian Leader
• Patriarch
• Orthodox

Role:

Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'

Organization:

Russian Orthodox Church

🇸🇬Singapore

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Non-Denominational

Role:

Senior Pastor

Organization:

New Creation Church

🇿🇦South Africa

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Archbishop of Cape Town

🇰🇷South Korea

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal

Role:

Co-founder, Yoido Full Gospel Church

Organization:

Yoido Full Gospel Church

🇨🇭Switzerland

• Christian Leader
• Reformer
• Presbyterian / Reformed

Role:

Protestant Reformer in Geneva

🇹🇷Turkey

• Christian Leader
• Ecumenical Patriarch
• Orthodox

Role:

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople

Organization:

Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal

Role:

Senior Pastor, Jesus House for All Nations

Organization:

Jesus House for All Nations

Former national leader of RCCG in the UK

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Professor
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Andreas Idreos Professor of Science and Religion, University of Oxford

Theologian and scientist known for apologetics on science and faith

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Evangelist
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder and Global CEO, The Message Trust

Organization:

The Message Trust

Founded The Message Trust in Manchester in 1992

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Archbishop of Wales; Bishop of Monmouth

Organization:

Church in Wales

Elected the 15th Archbishop of Wales in July 2025

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Catholic

Role:

Archbishop of Westminster

Organization:

Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales

12th Archbishop of Westminster, appointed by Pope Leo XIV in December 2025

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Archbishop of Canterbury

Organization:

Church of England

First woman to serve as Archbishop of Canterbury (enthroned March 2026)

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Archbishop of York

Organization:

Church of England

98th Archbishop of York, in office since 2020

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Anglican / Episcopal
• Evangelical

Role:

Vicar, Holy Trinity Brompton

Organization:

Holy Trinity Brompton

Succeeded Nicky Gumbel as Vicar of HTB in September 2022

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder and Senior Pastor, Ruach City Church

Organization:

Ruach City Church

Founded Ruach City Church in December 1992

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Pentecostal

Role:

General Secretary, Churches Together in England

Organization:

Churches Together in England

General Secretary of Churches Together in England since March 2022

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Bishop of Dover and Bishop in Canterbury

Organization:

Church of England

First Black woman to become a Church of England bishop

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Author
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Author, scholar and lay theologian

Author of Mere Christianity and The Chronicles of Narnia

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Cardinal
• Catholic

Role:

Cardinal; Archbishop Emeritus of Westminster

Organization:

Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales

Archbishop of Westminster from 2009 until his retirement in December 2025

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Baptist

Role:

Pastor, Metropolitan Tabernacle

Organization:

Metropolitan Tabernacle

Known as the "Prince of Preachers"

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Methodist / Wesleyan
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Hymnwriter and leader of the Methodist movement

Organization:

Methodist Church in Britain

Wrote more than 6,500 hymns, including Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Director
• Catholic

Role:

Director and CEO, CAFOD

Organization:

CAFOD (Catholic Agency for Overseas Development)

Leads the Catholic aid agency for England and Wales

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Dr
• Baptist
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder and Director, Sanctuary Foundation

Organization:

Sanctuary Foundation

Founder of Sanctuary Foundation, supporting refugees arriving in the UK

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• CEO
• Evangelical

Role:

CEO, Evangelical Alliance

Organization:

Evangelical Alliance

Third generation of his family to lead the Evangelical Alliance

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Songwriter
• Evangelical

Role:

Songwriter and worship leader

Writer of Shine, Jesus, Shine and more than 450 songs

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Missionary
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder, China Inland Mission (now OMF International)

Founded the China Inland Mission in 1865

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Canon
• Anglican / Episcopal
• Evangelical

Role:

Evangelist; Founder, Philo Trust

Organization:

Philo Trust

Founded Philo Trust in 1980 to support his evangelistic ministry

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Anglican / Episcopal
• Evangelical

Role:

Anglican cleric, hymnwriter and abolitionist

Wrote the hymn Amazing Grace

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Anglican / Episcopal
• Evangelical

Role:

Rector, All Souls Langham Place; Founder, Langham Partnership

Organization:

All Souls, Langham Place

A principal author of the 1974 Lausanne Covenant

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Methodist / Wesleyan
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Founder of the Methodist movement

Organization:

Methodist Church in Britain

Principal leader of the Methodist revival

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Broadcaster
• Evangelical

Role:

Writer, speaker and broadcaster; creator of Unbelievable?

Hosted the Christian–sceptic dialogue show Unbelievable? on Premier

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Former Archbishop of Canterbury (2013–2025)

Organization:

Church of England

105th Archbishop of Canterbury (2013–2025)

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Baptist

Role:

General Secretary, Baptists Together (Baptist Union of Great Britain)

Organization:

Baptists Together (Baptist Union of Great Britain)

General Secretary of the Baptist Union of Great Britain

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• General Superintendent
• Pentecostal

Role:

General Superintendent of the Elim Pentecostal Churches

Organization:

Elim Pentecostal Church

Elim's General Superintendent since May 2024

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Worship leader
• Evangelical

Role:

Singer-songwriter; former frontman of Delirious?

Frontman of the worship band Delirious?

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Dr
• Evangelical
• Presbyterian / Reformed

Role:

Minister, Westminster Chapel

Organization:

Westminster Chapel

Physician who became minister of Westminster Chapel for almost 30 years

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Worship leader
• Evangelical

Role:

Worship leader, songwriter and author

Co-writer of the two-time Grammy winner 10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord)

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder and Senior Pastor, Kingsway International Christian Centre

Organization:

Kingsway International Christian Centre

Founded KICC in London in 1992 with 200 adults and 100 children

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Senior Research Fellow, Wycliffe Hall, Oxford; former Bishop of Durham

Organization:

Wycliffe Hall, Oxford

New Testament scholar and author of more than 70 books

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Anglican / Episcopal
• Evangelical

Role:

Pioneer of the Alpha course; Vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton (2005–2022)

Organization:

Alpha

Developed the Alpha course, run by churches of many traditions

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Chief Executive

Role:

Chief Executive, Christian Aid

Organization:

Christian Aid

Confirmed as Christian Aid chief executive in May 2022

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Dr

Role:

Chief Executive, Bible Society

Organization:

Bible Society

Chief Executive of Bible Society (England and Wales)

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Charismatic
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder, 24-7 Prayer International

Organization:

24-7 Prayer International

Started the 24-7 Prayer movement in 2000

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Priest and broadcaster (BBC Radio 2, Songs of Praise)

Vicar-turned-broadcaster first known from Gogglebox

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Anglican / Episcopal
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder, Christianity Explored Ministries

Organization:

Christianity Explored Ministries

Co-author of the Christianity Explored course

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Former Archbishop of Canterbury (2002–2012); theologian and poet

Organization:

Church of England

104th Archbishop of Canterbury; later Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• CEO
• Evangelical

Role:

Chief Executive, Tearfund

Organization:

Tearfund

Tearfund's chief executive since September 2025

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Cardinal
• Catholic

Role:

Theologian and cardinal; canonised 2019

Organization:

Roman Catholic Church

Canonised in 2019 and declared a Doctor of the Church in 2025

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Baptist

Role:

Founder, Oasis Charitable Trust

Organization:

Oasis

Founded Oasis in 1985 to provide housing, education and healthcare

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• CEO
• Evangelical

Role:

Chief Executive, Christians Against Poverty

Organization:

Christians Against Poverty

Leads the debt-help charity CAP since January 2024

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Charismatic
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder, Newfrontiers

Organization:

Newfrontiers

Founder of the Newfrontiers family of churches

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• CEO
• Evangelical

Role:

CEO, Open Doors UK & Ireland (from 7 September 2026)

Organization:

Open Doors UK & Ireland

Succeeded Henrietta Blyth at Open Doors UK & Ireland in September 2026

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Anglican / Episcopal
• Charismatic

Role:

Vicar, St Luke's Gas Street, Birmingham; worship leader

Organization:

Gas Street Church (St Luke's Gas Street)

Writer of the worship song Here I Am to Worship

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Anglican / Episcopal
• Evangelical

Role:

Rector, St Ebbe's Oxford; Director, Proclamation Trust

Organization:

St Ebbe's Church, Oxford

Rector of St Ebbe's, Oxford, since 1998

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• General
• Methodist / Wesleyan

Role:

Co-founder and first General of The Salvation Army

Organization:

The Salvation Army UK and Ireland Territory

Founded The Salvation Army with his wife Catherine in 1865

🇬🇧United Kingdom

• Christian Leader
• MP
• Anglican / Episcopal
• Evangelical

Role:

Evangelical politician and abolitionist

Led the parliamentary campaign that abolished the British slave trade in 1807

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Methodist / Wesleyan

Role:

Senior Pastor, United Methodist Church of the Resurrection

Organization:

Church of the Resurrection

Leads the largest United Methodist congregation in the U.S.

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Evangelist
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder, The Foursquare Church; built Angelus Temple

Organization:

The Foursquare Church

Founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Non-Denominational
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder and Senior Pastor, North Point Ministries

Organization:

North Point Ministries

Founded North Point Community Church in 1995

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Orthodox

Role:

Archbishop of America

Organization:

Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

Leads the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Catholic

Role:

Archbishop and broadcaster (Life Is Worth Living)

Organization:

Roman Catholic Church

Emmy-winning host of Life Is Worth Living

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Catholic

Role:

Archbishop of Oklahoma City; President, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

Organization:

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Elected USCCB president in November 2025

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Archbishop
• Catholic

Role:

Archbishop of New York

Organization:

Roman Catholic Church

11th Archbishop of New York, installed February 2026

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Bible teacher
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder, Living Proof Ministries

Founded Living Proof Ministries to teach women (1994)

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Charismatic

Role:

Senior Leader, Bethel Church

Organization:

Bethel Church

Senior leader of Bethel Church in Redding since 1996

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Evangelist
• Baptist
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder, Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Organization:

Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Preached to live audiences around the world in decades of crusades

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Presiding Bishop
• Church of God
• Pentecostal

Role:

Presiding Bishop of the Church of God in Christ; Senior Pastor, Greater Emmanuel Institutional COGIC

Organization:

Church of God in Christ

COGIC presiding bishop since 2021; re-elected 2024

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Catholic

Role:

Bishop of Winona–Rochester; Founder, Word on Fire

Organization:

Word on Fire

Founder of the Catholic media ministry Word on Fire

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Non-Denominational

Role:

Founder and Chairman of the Board, The Potter's House

Organization:

The Potter's House

Founded The Potter's House in 1996; handed senior pastorate to the next generation in 2025

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Reverend Dr.
• Baptist

Role:

President of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

Organization:

National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.

19th president of the National Baptist Convention, USA

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Cardinal
• Catholic

Role:

Cardinal; Archbishop of Chicago

Organization:

Roman Catholic Church

Archbishop of Chicago since 2014; cardinal since 2016

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Cardinal
• Catholic

Role:

Cardinal; Archbishop of Washington

Organization:

Roman Catholic Church

Installed as Archbishop of Washington in March 2025

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Gospel artist
• Non-Denominational

Role:

Gospel singer; founding co-pastor, Nashville Life Church

Most-awarded female gospel artist, with 18 Grammy Awards

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Church of God
• Pentecostal

Role:

Founder, Church of God in Christ

Organization:

Church of God in Christ

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Dr.
• Baptist

Role:

Founder, In Touch Ministries; Senior Pastor, First Baptist Atlanta (50 years)

Organization:

In Touch Ministries

Former SBC president and founder of In Touch Ministries

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Evangelical

Role:

Founding Pastor, Church of the Highlands; Chancellor, Highlands College

Organization:

Church of the Highlands

Founded Church of the Highlands in 2001; co-founded ARC

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Worship leader
• Evangelical

Role:

Worship leader and songwriter

Co-founder of the Passion movement; writer of How Great Is Our God

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder and Senior Pastor, Life.Church

Organization:

Life.Church

Founded Life.Church in a two-car garage in 1996; its YouVersion Bible App launched in 2008

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• General Superintendent
• Apostolic
• Pentecostal

Role:

General Superintendent of the United Pentecostal Church International

Organization:

United Pentecostal Church International

Leads the UPCI, the largest Oneness Pentecostal body

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Baptist
• Evangelical

Role:

Pastor-Teacher, McLean Bible Church; Founder, Radical

Author of Radical; former president of the International Mission Board

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• General Superintendent
• Pentecostal

Role:

General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God USA

Organization:

Assemblies of God (USA)

General superintendent since 2017; re-elected 2025

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Author
• Seventh-day Adventist

Role:

Co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church

Organization:

Seventh-day Adventist Church

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Seventh-day Adventist

Role:

President of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists

Organization:

Seventh-day Adventist Church

First South American to lead the Adventist world church (elected July 2025)

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Evangelist
• Evangelical

Role:

President and CEO, Samaritan's Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association

Organization:

Samaritan's Purse

Has led Samaritan's Purse since 1979

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal
• Evangelical

Role:

Senior Pastor, Free Chapel

Organization:

Free Chapel

Senior pastor of Free Chapel since 1989

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Non-Denominational

Role:

Senior Pastor, Lakewood Church

Organization:

Lakewood Church

Senior pastor of Lakewood Church since 1999

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Evangelical

Role:

Pastor, Grace Community Church (1969–2025); Founder, Grace to You

Organization:

Grace Community Church

Pastor of Grace Community Church for more than 55 years

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Baptist
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder and teacher, Desiring God; Chancellor, Bethlehem College & Seminary

Organization:

Desiring God

Founder of Desiring God; former pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Bible teacher
• Charismatic

Role:

President, Joyce Meyer Ministries

Organization:

Joyce Meyer Ministries

Author of Battlefield of the Mind

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Minister
• Charismatic

Role:

Founder and President, Kenneth Copeland Ministries

Organization:

Kenneth Copeland Ministries

Founded Kenneth Copeland Ministries in 1967

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Gospel artist

Role:

Gospel musician, choir director and songwriter

Winner of 20 Grammy Awards

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Artist

Role:

Christian hip hop artist; co-founder, Reach Records

Co-founded Reach Records in 2004

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Author
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder, Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics (Colorado Christian University)

Author of The Case for Christ

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Evangelical

Role:

Pastor, Passion City Church; Founder, Passion Conferences

Organization:

Passion City Church

Co-founded the Passion movement for college students in 1997

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Author
• Evangelical

Role:

President, Proverbs 31 Ministries

President of Proverbs 31 Ministries; eight New York Times bestsellers

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Reverend
• Baptist

Role:

Baptist minister and civil rights leader

Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1964)

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Evangelical

Role:

Minister, Oak Hills Church; author

Best-selling Christian author and San Antonio minister

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Bishop
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church (2015–2024)

Organization:

The Episcopal Church

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Non-Denominational

Role:

Lead Pastor, Transformation Church

Organization:

Transformation Church

Author of the New York Times bestseller Relationship Goals

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Presiding Bishop
• Anglican / Episcopal

Role:

Presiding Bishop and Primate of The Episcopal Church

Organization:

The Episcopal Church

28th Presiding Bishop, in office since November 2024

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Bible teacher
• Evangelical

Role:

Co-founder, Going Beyond Ministries

Bible teacher and co-founder of Going Beyond Ministries

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Theologian
• Presbyterian / Reformed

Role:

Founder, Ligonier Ministries

Organization:

Ligonier Ministries

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• President
• Pentecostal

Role:

President of The Foursquare Church

Organization:

The Foursquare Church

President of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Evangelical

Role:

Founding Pastor, Saddleback Church

Organization:

Saddleback Church

Author of The Purpose Driven Life

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Non-Denominational

Role:

Co-Senior Pastor, The Potter's House; Founder, Woman Evolve

Organization:

The Potter's House

Co-senior pastor of The Potter's House since July 2025

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder and Lead Pastor, Elevation Church

Organization:

Elevation Church

Founded Elevation Church with seven families in 2006

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Presbyterian / Reformed
• Evangelical

Role:

Founding Pastor, Redeemer Presbyterian Church

Organization:

Redeemer Presbyterian Church

Author of The Reason for God

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Dr.
• Evangelical

Role:

Founder, The Urban Alternative; Founding Pastor, Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship (1976–2024)

Founding pastor of Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship, Dallas

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Pentecostal

Role:

Leader of the Azusa Street Revival

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Pastor
• Baptist
• Evangelical

Role:

President of the Southern Baptist Convention; Senior Pastor, Calvary Baptist Church

Organization:

Southern Baptist Convention

Elected 66th SBC president in June 2026

🇺🇸United States

• Christian Leader
• Presiding Bishop
• Lutheran

Role:

Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Organization:

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

First Black presiding bishop of the ELCA (from October 2025)

🇻🇦Vatican City

• Christian Leader
• Catholic

Role:

Pope; Bishop of Rome

Organization:

Roman Catholic Church