- Tony Pastor
Antonio Pastor (May 28, 1837-August 26, 1908) was a variety performer and theatre owner who became one of the founding forces behind American vaudeville in the mid-to-late nineteenth century. The strongest elements of his entertainments were an almost jingoistic brand of United States patriotism and a strong commitment to attracting a mixed-gender audience, the latter being something revolutionary in the male-oriented variety halls of the mid-century.
- Amy Wynn Pastor
Amy Wynn Pastor (born May 9, 1976 in Philadelphia, PA) is best known as a carpenter on the TLC reality shows "Trading Spaces" and "Trading Spaces: Family Edition". Pastor is the younger daughter of a professional trombone player and a teacher and grew up in a Conservative Jewish family in Philadelphia. She was in several television commercials as a child and majored in theater at Pennsylvania State University, graduating in 1999.
- Aurelio Pastor
Aurelio Pastor Valdivieso is a Peruvian politician and a Congressman representing San Martín for the 2006-2011 term. Pastor belongs to the Peruvian Aprista Party.
- Robert Pastor
Robert Pastor was the United States national security advisor on Latin America and the Caribbean under President Jimmy Carter. Pastor was nominated by President Bill Clinton in 1994 to serve as the Ambassador to Panama. However, President Clinton withdrew his nomination when he was brought under fire during his confirmation hearing for overseeing the return of the Panama Canal to the Panamians during his term under Carter.
- Toon Pastor
Antonius ("Toon") Franciscus Pastor (born January 10, 1929 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a former boxer from the Netherlands, who competed for his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he lost on points (1-2) in the quarterfinals of the Men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) division to Karl Kistner of Germany.
- Paco Cabanes Pastor
Paco Cabanes Pastor is a retired professional Valencian pilota player known by his town's name, Genovés I, and who has begun a "pilotaris" saga with his son, "Genovés II". He's been regarded as one of the best players of the history, alongside with "El Nel de Murla", Juliet d'Alginet and "Rovellet", and he deserved to be in the "Honor Gallery" of the Pelayo trinquet. He's been also member of the Valencian Pilota Squad.
- Jean-Philippe Pastor
Jean-Philippe Pastor is a Paris-based philosopher who specializes in hypertextual thought, working in numerical areas such as 3G mobile applications and wireless e-book development. He is the author of numerous scientific articles at the Sorbonne in Paris. His fields of specialty are ancient Greek culture and the history of technology theory. At the EHESS in Paris, he works mainly on the ontology of artworks and of cultural artefacts in general.
- George Pastor
George Pastor is a former U.S. soccer forward who was a prolific indoor soccer goal scorer. He also earned seven caps with the U.S. national team in 1988 and 1989.
- Iván Navarro Pastor
Iván Navarro Pastor is a professional tennis player from Spain. He was born in Alicante, Spain and lives in San Vicente, Spain. He turned professional in 2001.
- Ed Pastor
Edward Lopez "Ed" Pastor, American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since 1991, representing (map). The district includes most of downtown and southern Phoenix, along with most of Glendale. He was born in Claypool, Arizona, was educated at Arizona State University and was an assistant to Arizona Governor Raúl Castro and a Maricopa County Supervisor before entering the House.
- Rosana Pastor
Rosana Pastor (born 7 August 1960 in Alboraya) is a Spanish actress, best known for her role as Blanca in "Land and Freedom". She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 2002 Goya Awards for her role in "Juana la Loca".
- Ernesto Pastor
Ernesto Pastor Lavergne (born 4th April 1892-1921) was the first, and so far only, Puerto Rican bullfighter ("torero") to gain international fame.
- Jeremiah Wright
Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. (born September 22, 1941) is a former pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC), a largely African-American megachurch in Chicago with 10,000 members. He retired on February 10, 2008, after 36 years as the senior pastor of that congregation.
- John Hagee
John C. Hagee (b. April 12, 1940) is the founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas, a non-denominational evangelical church with more than 18,000 active members. Hagee is the President and CEO of John Hagee Ministries which telecasts his national radio and television ministry carried in America on 160 TV stations, 50 radio stations and eight networks. The ministries can be seen and heard weekly in 99 million homes.
- Jerry Lamon Falwell Jr
Last week, the city of Lynchburg, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the entire country lost one of our dearest sons in the passing of Rev. Falwell. Today Dr. Falwell was laid to rest. I am sad that business here in Washington kept many of us from being able to attend today's services, but since we were unable to attend, we have joined here tonight to pay homage to this great leader. Dr. Falwell's legacy is one that will not soon be forgotten.
- Condoleezza Rice
Condoleezza Rice (born November 14 1954) is the 66th United States Secretary of State, and the second in the administration of President George W. Bush to hold the office. Rice is the first African American woman, second African American (after Colin Powell, who served before her from 2001 - 2005), and second woman (after Madeleine Albright who served from 1997 to 2001, before Colin Powell) to serve as Secretary of State.
- Ted Haggard
Ted Arthur Haggard (born June 27, 1956) is a former American evangelical preacher. Known as Pastor Ted to the congregations he has served, he is the founder and disgraced former pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado; a founder of the Association of Life-Giving Churches; and was leader of the National Association of Evangelicals from 2003 until November 2006.
- Joel Osteen
Joel Osteen is a native Texan and the Pastor of Lakewood Church, which according to Church Growth Today is America's largest and fastest growing church. On July 16, 2005 after completing $95 million dollars in renovations, Joel moved Lakewood Church into its new 16,000-seat home - the former Compaq Center. It is the largest regularly-used worship center in the United States. Each week Joel delivers God's message of hope and encouragement to more than 38,000 attendees.
- Brian McLaren
Brian D. McLaren is a prominent, controversial voice in the Emerging Church movement. He was recognized as one of "Time" magazine's "25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America," and is the founding pastor of Cedar Ridge Community Church in Spencerville, Maryland.
- Mark Driscoll
Mark Driscoll (born October 11, 1970 in Grand Forks, ND) is an American minister and author. The co-founder and teaching pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington, he also co-founded the Acts 29 Network, and has contributed to the "Faith and Values" section of the Seattle Times. He also recently helped to start The Resurgence, a repository of missional theology resources. Driscoll graduated in 1989 from Highline High School, …
- Max Lucado
Max Lucado is a best-selling Christian author and well-known minister. Lucado has written more than 50 books with 28 million copies in print, and currently serves as senior minister at Oak Hills Church (formerly Oak Hills Church of Christ) in San Antonio, Texas. After serving in this capacity for 20 years, Lucado announced in early 2007 that he is stepping down due to health concerns related to atrial fibrillation. Lucado was born in 1955 in San Angelo, Texas, …
- Ulf Ekman
Rev. Dr. Ulf Ekman is a Swedish pastor and founder of the charismatic church Livets Ord (Word of Life). He has also founded Livets Ord University and Word of Life Bible School. The church, which brought the Word of Faith Movement to Sweden, was founded in Uppsala 1983 and Ekman remained as local pastor until passing on the pastorship to Robert Ekh in 2002 to focus on international work.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (February 4, 1906 - April 9, 1945) was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, participant in the German Resistance movement against Nazism, and a founding member of the Confessing Church. He was involved in plots planned by members of the Abwehr (the German Military Intelligence Office) to assassinate Adolf Hitler. He was arrested in March 1943, imprisoned, and eventually hanged just before the end of the World War II in Europe.
- R. C. Sproul
Robert Charles Sproul, (born 1939 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American Calvinist theologian and pastor. He is the founder and chairman of Ligonier Ministries (named after the Ligonier Valley just outside of Pittsburgh, where the ministry started as a study center for college and seminary students) and can be heard daily on the "Renewing Your Mind" radio broadcast in the United States and throughout 60 countries.
- Rob Bell
Robert "Rob" Bell (born August 23 1970) is an author, Christian speaker, and the founding pastor of Mars Hill Bible Church located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He is also the featured speaker in the first series of spiritual short films called NOOMA. Bell and his wife, Kristen, have two boys and live in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which he affectionately calls "G-Rap".
- Chuck Swindoll
Charles Rozell "Chuck" Swindoll (born October 18, 1934) is an evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator, and radio preacher. He is also the founder of Insight for Living, which airs a radio program of the same name on more than 2,000 stations around the world in 15 languages. Insight for Living is currently headquartered in Plano, Texas.
- Bill Hybels
Bill Hybels Senior Pastor Willow Creek Community Church Chairman of the Board Willow Creek Association
- Norman Vincent Peale
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale Norman Vincent Peale was the pastor of Marble Collegiate Church for 52 years and one of the most influential religious figures of the 20th Century. The author of 46 books, including the all-time inspirational best-seller, The Power of Positive Thinking . With Marble Church as a base, Dr. Peale launched far-reaching innovations in the decades of the 1930s, 40s and 50s.
- Mark Dever
Mark Dever (born circa 1960 in rural Kentucky) serves as the senior pastor of the Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. Mark began preaching at Capitol Hill Baptist Church on Sunday, October 2, 1994. He is also the executive director of 9Marks Ministries (formerly known as the Center for Church Reform), …
- Tim Keller
Timothy J. Keller (born 1950) is an American author, speaker, and the founding pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA) in New York City, New York.
- Ed Young
Ed Young is the name shared by two well-known megachurch pastors, father and son, both residing in the state of Texas and both having affiliations with the Southern Baptist Convention. *The father is Homer Edwin Young, pastor of the Second Baptist Church of Houston, Texas. He is the father of three sons, Ed (see below), Ben (associate pastor at Second Baptist), and Cliff (lead singer of Caedmon's Call).
- John Robinson
John Robinson (1575-1625) was the pastor of the "Pilgrim Fathers" before they left on the "Mayflower". He became one of the early leaders of the English Separatists, minister of the Pilgrims, and is regarded (along with Robert Browne) as one of the founders of the Congregational Church.
- George Soros
George Soros (born August 12, 1930, in Budapest, Hungary, as György Schwartz) is an American financial speculator, stock investor, philanthropist, and political activist. He peacefully promotes democracy in Eastern Europe. Currently, he is the chairman of Soros Fund Management and the Open Society Institute and is also a former member of the Board of Directors of the Council on Foreign Relations. His support for the Solidarity labor movement in Poland, …
- Chuck Smith
Charles Ward “Chuck” Smith is the founder of Calvary Chapel and is the senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. Smith was born in Ventura, California to Charles and Maude Smith. His wife, Kay, directs Costa Mesa’s women’s ministry, and his son Jeff works at The Word For Today organization and CSN International. Smith’s other three children also work in the ministry.
- Tony Campolo
Dr. Tony Campolo , well-known author and honorary chair of REACH Ministries , is slated to present at the "Living Plus Hope" conference hosted by Multnomah Biblical Seminary's New Wine, New Wineskins . Dr. Campolo will speak at the Friday evening session of the conference which will address the evangelical response to the issues surrounding HIV/AIDS. Tony Campolo is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pennsylvania.
- John Kennedy
John Kennedy (1813-1900) was a Scottish Congregational minister and author, born at Aberfeldy, Perthshire, and educated at Aberdeen, Edinburgh, and Glasgow universities. He was pastor of a Congregational church in Aberdeen from 1836 to 1846, when he was called to the Stepney Congregational Meeting House in London, a charge he held until his retirement in 1882. From 1872 to 1876 he was professor of apologetics at New College, London, …
- Adrian Rogers
Adrian Pierce Rogers, Th.D., was an American pastor, author, and a three-term president of the Southern Baptist Convention (1979-1980 and 1986-1988). Supporters have described him as the apostle Paul of Southern Baptists. Rogers was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, and decided to enter into the Christian ministry at the age of nineteen. Rogers was ordained by Northwood Baptist Church in West Palm Beach.
- D. James Kennedy
Dr. D. James Kennedy , Senior Pastor -- Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American essayist, poet, and leader of the Transcendentalist movement in the early nineteenth century.
- Andy Stanley
Andy Stanley is the senior pastor of North Point Community Church, Buckhead Church, and Browns Bridge Community Church. He also founded North Point Ministries, which is a worldwide Christian organization.