Germany
- Christian Leader
- Pastor
- Lutheran
- Role:
- Pastor and theologian
Pending editorial verification
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Germany
Germany
- Christian Leader
- Reformer
- Lutheran
- Role:
- Protestant Reformer
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Germany
- Christian Leader
- Evangelist
- Pentecostal
- Role:
- Founder, Christ for all Nations
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Russia
Patriarch
Patriarch Kirill
Russia
- Christian Leader
- Patriarch
- Orthodox
- Role:
- Patriarch of Moscow and all Rus'
- Organization:
- Russian Orthodox Church
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Switzerland
Switzerland
- Christian Leader
- Reformer
- Presbyterian / Reformed
- Role:
- Protestant Reformer in Geneva
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Turkey
Patriarch
Bartholomew I
Turkey
- Christian Leader
- Ecumenical Patriarch
- Orthodox
- Role:
- Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
- Organization:
- Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →United Kingdom
Senior Pastor
Agu Irukwu
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Theologian
Alister McGrath
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Evangelist
Andy Hawthorne
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Archbishop
Archbishop Cherry Vann
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Archbishop
Archbishop Richard Moth
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Archbishop
Archbishop Sarah Mullally
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)
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Archbishop
Archbishop Stephen Cottrell
United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- Archbishop
- Anglican / Episcopal
- Role:
- Archbishop of York
- Organization:
- Church of England
98th Archbishop of York, in office since 2020
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Senior Pastor
Archie Coates
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Ministry Founder
Bishop John Francis
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Bishop
Bishop Mike Royal
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- Author
- Anglican / Episcopal
- Role:
- Author, scholar and lay theologian
Author of Mere Christianity and The Chronicles of Narnia
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Cardinal
Cardinal Vincent Nichols
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- Pastor
- Baptist
- Role:
- Pastor, Metropolitan Tabernacle
- Organization:
- Metropolitan Tabernacle
Known as the "Prince of Preachers"
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Christian Humanitarian Leader
Christine Allen
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Christian Humanitarian Leader
Dr Krish Kandiah
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Denominational President
Gavin Calver
United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- CEO
- Evangelical
- Role:
- CEO, Evangelical Alliance
- Organization:
- Evangelical Alliance
Third generation of his family to lead the Evangelical Alliance
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Worship Leader
Graham Kendrick
United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- Songwriter
- Evangelical
- Role:
- Songwriter and worship leader
Writer of Shine, Jesus, Shine and more than 450 songs
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- Missionary
- Evangelical
- Role:
- Founder, China Inland Mission (now OMF International)
Founded the China Inland Mission in 1865
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Evangelist
J.John
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- Reverend
- Anglican / Episcopal
- Evangelical
- Role:
- Anglican cleric, hymnwriter and abolitionist
Wrote the hymn Amazing Grace
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Christian Media Leader
Justin Brierley
United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- Broadcaster
- Evangelical
- Role:
- Writer, speaker and broadcaster; creator of Unbelievable?
Hosted the Christian–sceptic dialogue show Unbelievable? on Premier
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Archbishop
Justin Welby
United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- Bishop
- Anglican / Episcopal
- Role:
- Former Archbishop of Canterbury (2013–2025)
- Organization:
- Church of England
105th Archbishop of Canterbury (2013–2025)
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Denominational President
Lynn Green
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Denominational President
Mark Pugh
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Worship Leader
Martin Smith
United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- Worship leader
- Evangelical
- Role:
- Singer-songwriter; former frontman of Delirious?
Frontman of the worship band Delirious?
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Worship Leader
Matt Redman
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)
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Ministry Founder
Matthew Ashimolowo
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Theologian
N.T. Wright
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Pastor
Nicky Gumbel
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Christian Humanitarian Leader
Patrick Watt
United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- Chief Executive
- Role:
- Chief Executive, Christian Aid
- Organization:
- Christian Aid
Confirmed as Christian Aid chief executive in May 2022
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Christian Humanitarian Leader
Paul Williams
United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- Dr
- Role:
- Chief Executive, Bible Society
- Organization:
- Bible Society
Chief Executive of Bible Society (England and Wales)
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Ministry Founder
Pete Greig
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Christian Media Leader
Rev Kate Bottley
United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- Reverend
- Anglican / Episcopal
- Role:
- Priest and broadcaster (BBC Radio 2, Songs of Praise)
Vicar-turned-broadcaster first known from Gogglebox
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Evangelist
Rico Tice
United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- Reverend
- Anglican / Episcopal
- Evangelical
- Role:
- Founder, Christianity Explored Ministries
- Organization:
- Christianity Explored Ministries
Co-author of the Christianity Explored course
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Archbishop
Rowan Williams
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Christian Humanitarian Leader
Silas Balraj
United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- CEO
- Evangelical
- Role:
- Chief Executive, Tearfund
- Organization:
- Tearfund
Tearfund's chief executive since September 2025
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Ministry Founder
Steve Chalke
United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- Reverend
- Baptist
- Role:
- Founder, Oasis Charitable Trust
- Organization:
- Oasis
Founded Oasis in 1985 to provide housing, education and healthcare
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Christian Humanitarian Leader
Stewart McCulloch
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Ministry Founder
Terry Virgo
United Kingdom
- Christian Leader
- Pastor
- Charismatic
- Evangelical
- Role:
- Founder, Newfrontiers
- Organization:
- Newfrontiers
Founder of the Newfrontiers family of churches
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Christian Humanitarian Leader
Tiffany Barrans
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Worship Leader
Tim Hughes
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Senior Pastor
Vaughan Roberts
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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →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
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Vatican City
Pope
Pope Leo XIV
Vatican City
- Christian Leader
- Catholic
- Role:
- Pope; Bishop of Rome
- Organization:
- Roman Catholic Church
Pending editorial verification
View Christian Profile →Churches & ministries
RussiaOrthodox
- Church
- Founded 988 (Christianization of Kievan Rus')
Leader: Patriarch Kirill
Headquarters: Moscow, Russia
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →SwitzerlandLutheran
- Denomination
- Founded 1947
Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →TurkeyOrthodox
- Church
Leader: Bartholomew I
Headquarters: Istanbul, Turkey
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomCharismatic · Evangelical
- Ministry
- Founded 2000
Headquarters: Guildford, Surrey
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomAnglican / Episcopal · Evangelical
- Church
Headquarters: London (West End)
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomAnglican / Episcopal · Evangelical
- Ministry
- Founded 1977
Leader: Nicky Gumbel
Headquarters: London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomBaptist
- Denomination
- Founded 1813 (as the General Union of Baptist Ministers and Churches)
Leader: Lynn Green
Headquarters: Didcot, Oxfordshire
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomChristian
- Mission organization
- Founded 1804 (as the British and Foreign Bible Society)
Leader: Paul Williams
Headquarters: Swindon
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomCatholic
- Christian humanitarian organization
Leader: Christine Allen
Headquarters: London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomCatholic
- Denomination
Headquarters: London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomChristian
- Christian humanitarian organization
Leader: Patrick Watt
Headquarters: London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Ministry
Headquarters: London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Christian charity
Leader: Stewart McCulloch
Headquarters: Bradford
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomAnglican / Episcopal · Evangelical
- Mission organization
- Founded 1882
Headquarters: Sheffield
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomAnglican / Episcopal · Evangelical
- Mission organization
- Founded 1799
Headquarters: Oxford
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomAnglican / Episcopal
- Denomination
- Founded 1920 (disestablished as a separate province)
Leader: Archbishop Cherry Vann
Headquarters: Cardiff
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomAnglican / Episcopal
- Denomination
- Founded 597 (Augustine's mission); separated from Rome 1534
Leader: Archbishop Sarah Mullally
Headquarters: London (Lambeth Palace / Church House)
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomPresbyterian / Reformed
- Denomination
- Founded 1560 (Scottish Reformation)
Headquarters: Edinburgh
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomChristian
- Other
Leader: Bishop Mike Royal
Headquarters: London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomPentecostal
- Denomination
- Founded 1915
Leader: Mark Pugh
Headquarters: Malvern, Worcestershire
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomCharismatic · Evangelical
- Church
Headquarters: Guildford, Surrey
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Ministry
- Founded 1846
Leader: Gavin Calver
Headquarters: London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomAnglican / Episcopal · Charismatic
- Church
Leader: Tim Hughes
Headquarters: Birmingham
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomAnglican / Episcopal · Evangelical · Charismatic
- Church
Leader: Archie Coates
Headquarters: London (Knightsbridge)
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomPentecostal
- Church
Leader: Agu Irukwu
Headquarters: London (Brent Cross)
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomPentecostal
- Church
Headquarters: London (Notting Hill)
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Ministry
- Founded 1875 (Keswick Convention)
Headquarters: Keswick, Cumbria
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomPentecostal
- Church
- Founded 1992
Leader: Matthew Ashimolowo
Headquarters: London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Mission organization
- Founded 1974
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Bible college
- Founded 1943 (as London Bible College)
Headquarters: Northwood, London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomMethodist / Wesleyan
- Denomination
- Founded 1932 (union of Methodist churches); movement from the 18th century
Headquarters: London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomBaptist
- Church
Headquarters: London (Elephant and Castle)
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomAnglican / Episcopal · Charismatic
- Ministry
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomCharismatic · Evangelical
- Ministry
Headquarters: Brighton
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomBaptist
- Christian charity
- Founded 1985
Headquarters: London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Ministry
Leader: Tiffany Barrans
Headquarters: Witney, Oxfordshire
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Ministry
- Founded 1980
Leader: J.John
Headquarters: Chorleywood, Hertfordshire
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Christian media organization
Headquarters: London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Ministry
Headquarters: London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomPentecostal
- Church
- Founded December 1992
Leader: Bishop John Francis
Headquarters: London (Brixton)
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomAnglican / Episcopal
- Christian media organization
- Founded 1698
Headquarters: London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Christian charity
Leader: Dr Krish Kandiah
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Mission organization
- Founded 1867
Headquarters: Milton Keynes
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomAnglican / Episcopal · Evangelical
- Church
Leader: Vaughan Roberts
Headquarters: Oxford
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Christian humanitarian organization
Leader: Silas Balraj
Headquarters: Teddington, London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomApostolic · Pentecostal
- Denomination
- Founded 1916
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Mission organization
- Founded 1992
Leader: Andy Hawthorne
Headquarters: Manchester
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomMethodist / Wesleyan
- Christian charity
- Founded 1865
Headquarters: London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Christian media organization
Headquarters: Stoke-on-Trent
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Church
Headquarters: London (Westminster)
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomEvangelical
- Ministry
Leader: Rev Dr Lawrence Tetteh
Headquarters: London
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →United KingdomAnglican / Episcopal · Evangelical
- Bible college
- Founded 1877
Headquarters: Oxford
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →Vatican CityCatholic
- Christian humanitarian organization
- Founded 1951
Headquarters: Vatican City
Pending editorial verification
View Organization →Vatican CityCatholic
- Church
- Founded 1st century
Leader: Pope Leo XIV
Headquarters: Vatican City
Pending editorial verification
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