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This is a list of the top-level leaders for religious groups with at least 50,000 adherents, and that led anytime since January 1, 2001. It should likewise only name leaders listed on other articles and lists.
Spiritual & Political leader 2 Isaac Newton: 1643–1727 Scientist 3 Jesus: 4 BC–33 AD Spiritual leader 4 Gautama Buddha: 563–483 BC Spiritual leader 5 Confucius: 551–479 BC Philosopher 6 Paul the Apostle: 5–67 AD Christian apostle 7 Cai Lun: 50–121 AD Inventor of paper 8 Johannes Gutenberg: c. 1400–1468 Inventor of the printing press 9
This is a list of the top-level leaders for religious groups with at least 50,000 adherents, and that led anytime from January 1, 1901, to December 31, 2000. It should likewise only name leaders listed on other articles and lists.
The top 50 fit into six broad categories: 12 are political leaders (kings, generals, presidents), four are spiritual leaders (Sufi shaykhs), 14 are national or international religious authorities, three are "preachers", six are high-level scholars, 11 are leaders of movements or organizations.
Islamic religious leaders have traditionally been people who, as part of the clerisy, mosque, or government, performed a prominent role within their community or nation.. However, in the modern contexts of Muslim minorities in non-Muslim countries as well as secularised Muslim states like Turkey, and Bangladesh, the religious leadership may take a variety of non-formal sha
Organization Worth (billion USD) Country Religion/Belief Notes The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: 265.0 United States Non-Trinitarian Christianity
Edward Cooney (1867–1960), evangelist and early leader of the Cooneyites and Go-Preachers sects; Harry Ironside (1876–1951), evangelist and pastor of the Moody Church in Chicago (1930–48). Karl Barth (1886–1968), leader of dialectical theology and author of Church Dogmatics; Toyohiko Kagawa (1888-1960), Japanese evangelist and social ...
Monarch of the United Kingdom: King Charles III is the supreme governor of the Church of England, [2] which places him as the titular leader of Anglican Christians in England. Justin Welby, most recent Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of All England. The Presiding Bishop and Primate of the Episcopal Church is the Most Rev. Sean Rowe.