Current Celebrity Preacher Rankings

Below is the list of rated televangelists and mega church leaders in order from most well-known, to least well-known.

Click here for the details and the full list provided by HCD Research Inc.

Total (n=803)
Billy Graham

88%
Pat Robertson

80%
Jimmy Swaggart

73%
Oral Roberts

69%
Joel Osteen

67%
Jeremiah Wright

56%
Rick Warren

49%
Benny Hinn

48%
T.D. Jakes

40%
Robert A. Schuller

38%
Ted Haggard

36%
Robert Tilton

29%
Creflo Dollar

25%
Rod Parsley

23%
Joseph Lowery

23%
Eddie Long

13%
Frederick Eikerenkoetter (“Rev Ike”)

13%
Charles Blake

11%
H. Edwin Young

10%
Bill Hybels

10%
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Cow struck by lightning … and lives

HOLY cow! This hunk of beef is believed to have been struck by lightning – and somehow survived.

And we’re not cooking this up. It’s entirely feasible, James Cook University geo-sciences expert Jon Nott says.

“Cows are susceptible to lightning strikes because of both sets of legs being on the ground, and they’re eating grass from where electricity is conducted from the strike so it is possible it happened but, more often than not, cows die from it,” he told the Cairns Post.

“The electricity from a lightning strike would enter the front set of legs and exit out the back legs so, again, based on the picture, it is possible it happened.

“While I can’t explain the knee wounds, the ankle wounds would be consistent with those of a lightning strike.”

The lightning strike happened at a property near Gladstone, central Queensland, last month.

The Daily Telegraph

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Turning the Altar into a Boxing Ring

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Jerry James took a right to the chops for Jesus the other night.

Clad in sweats, boxing gloves and headgear, the former standout amateur boxer stood inside the ropes during the homily Saturday night at New Life Church in Sioux Falls.

The church bulletin referred to it as “Saturday Night Slam.” But Pastor Alex Klimchuk’s intent in turning his altar into a boxing ring was more enticement than entertainment. “We try to reach out to those who aren’t already going, who think church is boring,” says Klimchuk, 30. “The truth is, the church is having problems getting young men inside them. So we ask, ‘What will reach the guys?’ This seems like a perfect answer.”

For three weeks last month, the church used a fight ring as a parable for the spiritual battles of mankind. New Life staged a tae kwon do bout and submission matches. James and four other pugilists went through a half-dozen two-minute rounds of sparring in front of 75 to 100 mostly young males. It is putting on a self-defense program.

Each round was followed by a message from Klimchuk.

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