Interesting piece from Leadership Network. Half of them are expositors and the only one I have not heard (or even heard of) is the one Episcopalian listed!
Graham Named Most Influential Preacher
Protestant pastors see Billy Graham as the most influential living preacher, by a large margin, according to the results of a recent survey conducted by LifeWay Research.Pastors who represent both liberal and conservative Protestant churches were asked to name three living preachers that have most influenced them. Billy Graham, who has preached to more than 200 million people in 185 countries since 1949, was mentioned by 21% of those surveyed–three times more than any other. The other nine preachers that made up the top ten were:
Charles Swindoll, senior pastor of Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, Texas, and founder of Insight for Living Ministries.
Charles Stanley, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, and founder of In Touch Ministries.
Rick Warren, senior pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif.
John MacArthur, pastor-teacher of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, Calif.
Barbara Brown Taylor, an Episcopal priest, religion professor at Piedmont College in northeast Georgia and author of 12 books.
David Jeremiah, senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church in San Diego, Calif., and founder of Turning Point Ministries.
Max Lucado, minister of writing and preaching at Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas.
John Piper, pastor of preaching at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minn.
Andy Stanley, senior pastor of North Point Community Church, Buckhead Church, and Browns Bridge Community Church–all in the Atlanta, Georgia, area.
The list was compiled from telephone interviews with 1,002 pastors in November 2009.
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