1. Welcome to Baptist Board, a friendly forum to discuss the Baptist Faith in a friendly surrounding.

    Your voice is missing! You will need to register to get access to all the features that our community has to offer.

    We hope to see you as a part of our community soon and God Bless!

Featured Who was the greatest Evangelist of our country?

Discussion in 'General Baptist Discussions' started by righteousdude2, May 23, 2016.

Top Posters
  1. righteousdude2

    righteousdude2 Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Oct 14, 2007
    Messages:
    11,154
    Likes Received:
    242
    Faith:
    Baptist
    http://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/10-greatest-preachers-of-all-time/

    There are many great names noted in this article, but in my mind, the greatest evangelist in the last 100 years would be, hands down, Billy Graham!

    But this is a debate board/forum for a reason, so according to your view of greatness, who do you think was America's greatest Evangelists, ever?
     
    #1 righteousdude2, May 23, 2016
  2. preachinjesus

    preachinjesus Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Feb 9, 2004
    Messages:
    7,406
    Likes Received:
    101
    The author of the article has a limited view of Christian history imho. Looks like they just picked out the celebrities and went with them. Frankly, from what we know of Paul, he was a rather ineffective preacher in his day.

    For my money, while I still think Rev Graham is one of the greats, I cannot deny that others like Billy Sunday, Sam Jones, DL Moody, and Luis Palau should be seriously considered among others.
     
    #2 preachinjesus, May 23, 2016
    • Agree Agree x 1
  3. rsr

    rsr <b> 7,000 posts club</b>
    Moderator

    Joined:
    Dec 11, 2001
    Messages:
    11,864
    Likes Received:
    1,098
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Of our country? George Whitefield, who launched the First Great Awakening.

    I would agree that the aforementioned article is pretty deficient. Why in the world didn't Chrysostom make the list?
     
    #3 rsr, May 23, 2016
    • Agree Agree x 2
  4. Earth Wind and Fire

    Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2010
    Messages:
    33,898
    Likes Received:
    1,660
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Why do we care?
     
    #4 Earth Wind and Fire, May 24, 2016
  5. Earth Wind and Fire

    Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2010
    Messages:
    33,898
    Likes Received:
    1,660
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Whitefield is English
     
    #5 Earth Wind and Fire, May 24, 2016
  6. Yeshua1

    Yeshua1 Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2012
    Messages:
    52,624
    Likes Received:
    2,742
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Billy graham would be the most well known, but would say thata great evangelist would have been the one that the Lord used to witness to him and DL Moody!
     
    #6 Yeshua1, May 24, 2016
  7. TCassidy

    TCassidy Late-Administator Emeritus
    Administrator

    Joined:
    Mar 30, 2005
    Messages:
    20,080
    Likes Received:
    3,491
    Faith:
    Baptist
    There are no "great evangelists." There are no "great men of God."

    There are only common, ordinary men who have discovered they have a Great God!
     
    #7 TCassidy, May 24, 2016
    • Winner Winner x 3
    • Agree Agree x 2
    • Like Like x 1
  8. Yeshua1

    Yeshua1 Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2012
    Messages:
    52,624
    Likes Received:
    2,742
    Faith:
    Baptist
    would agree with you in a spritual sense God alone is really great, but there have been great women and man used by the Lord in His work, such as in hebrews hall of faith!
     
    #8 Yeshua1, May 24, 2016
    • Like Like x 1
  9. ReformedBaptist

    ReformedBaptist Well-Known Member

    Joined:
    Aug 7, 2007
    Messages:
    4,894
    Likes Received:
    28
    Yes, but he preached here. I am reading through his journal right now. He is one of the most extraordinary men of God in recent history. The Lord hasn't raised anything up like this since.

    Billy Graham does not get my applause because of his compromise of biblical truth, ecumenism, et. Martyn Lloyd Jones took the right stand with him when asked if he would support his crusade. He told the BG association to get the Roman Catholics out. BG refused.
     
    #9 ReformedBaptist, May 24, 2016
    • Agree Agree x 3
  10. Earth Wind and Fire

    Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2010
    Messages:
    33,898
    Likes Received:
    1,660
    Faith:
    Baptist
    If you get a chance, read White fields sermon, METHOD OF GRACE...... Its one of my favorites. Also agree with MLJ in his attitude about Ole Billy. I also read his Sermons on SERMON ON THE MOUNT......I read it every morning in fact......enlightening.
     
    #10 Earth Wind and Fire, May 24, 2016
    • Agree Agree x 1
  11. righteousdude2

    righteousdude2 Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Oct 14, 2007
    Messages:
    11,154
    Likes Received:
    242
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Very humbling! Very Ted! Very you! Sleep
     
    #11 righteousdude2, May 25, 2016
  12. evangelist6589

    evangelist6589 Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Nov 22, 2010
    Messages:
    10,285
    Likes Received:
    163
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Of all time or of today? For today I would have to say Ray Comfort. He has inspired and trained a multitude of laymen to go hit the streets and hit the world for the gospel. As a result of him there have been an increase in open air preachers and street evangelists. Is an evangelist not to equip the saints for the works of the ministry?
     
    #12 evangelist6589, May 25, 2016
  13. Earth Wind and Fire

    Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2010
    Messages:
    33,898
    Likes Received:
    1,660
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Francis Chan
     
    #13 Earth Wind and Fire, May 25, 2016
  14. tyndale1946

    tyndale1946 Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Aug 30, 2001
    Messages:
    11,184
    Likes Received:
    2,489
    Faith:
    Baptist
    The Holy Spirit within the servant of a man of God of the cloth in his humility makes him great... It is not the man of God... It is the attributes of God and Christ in the man... That is why I love the writing of those old theologians... They show man at his lowest and the Godhead at their highest... Those are the credentials for a man of God!... I agree with TC!... Brother Glen
     
    #14 tyndale1946, May 25, 2016
    Last edited: May 25, 2016
  15. Squire Robertsson

    Squire Robertsson Administrator
    Administrator

    Joined:
    Jul 4, 2000
    Messages:
    15,371
    Likes Received:
    2,405
    Faith:
    Baptist
    With this definition in mind, I'd go with D.L. Moody and R.A. Torrey. Billy Sunday would get my nod but he went off the deep end with his support of Prohibition. I can understand his stand on total abstention. But, Prohibition brought about way too many unintended consequences.
     
    #15 Squire Robertsson, May 25, 2016
    • Agree Agree x 1
  16. TCassidy

    TCassidy Late-Administator Emeritus
    Administrator

    Joined:
    Mar 30, 2005
    Messages:
    20,080
    Likes Received:
    3,491
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Bob Shuler (although Bob went a little overboard on some things too (not to be confused with the Crystal Cathedral Schuller)) and his son Phil. Glen Schunk. Bob Jones Sr.
     
    #16 TCassidy, May 25, 2016
    • Agree Agree x 1
  17. Squire Robertsson

    Squire Robertsson Administrator
    Administrator

    Joined:
    Jul 4, 2000
    Messages:
    15,371
    Likes Received:
    2,405
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Concur.
     
    #17 Squire Robertsson, May 25, 2016
  18. Revmitchell

    Revmitchell Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Feb 18, 2006
    Messages:
    52,030
    Likes Received:
    3,657
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Billy Graham
     
    #18 Revmitchell, May 26, 2016
    • Like Like x 1
  19. Earth Wind and Fire

    Earth Wind and Fire Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Jun 5, 2010
    Messages:
    33,898
    Likes Received:
    1,660
    Faith:
    Baptist
    James Montgomery Boice should be right up there
     
    #19 Earth Wind and Fire, May 26, 2016
  20. agedman

    agedman Well-Known Member
    Site Supporter

    Joined:
    Nov 4, 2011
    Messages:
    11,023
    Likes Received:
    1,108
    Faith:
    Baptist
    Every faculty you have, your power of thinking or of moving your limbs from moment to moment, is given you by God. If you devoted every moment of your whole life exclusively to His service, you could not give Him anything that was not in a sense His own already.

    – C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
     
    #20 agedman, May 29, 2016
(You must log in or sign up to post here.)
Loading...