Christian Leaders in North America

🇺🇸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)