For Black Americans, the primary figures have generally been preachers, notably Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
They are scientists, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, CEOs, economic developers, preachers, politicians, gurus and pundits and more.
Indeed, white southern Christianity seems more Christian since its preachers stopped preaching white supremacy.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has promised to ban militant Muslim preachers from entering the country.
In our own time, preachers such as Robert Schuller, Joel Osteen and T.
"There were some black preachers telling him he was out of his element, " LaFayette said.
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Techies invoke the names of richly acquired startups in the manner that preachers reference saints.
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Their preachers have often had relatively little education but lots of energy and drive.
Its travelling part-time preachers come from all walks of life, and pay their own way.
Of course, many Christians, including many priests and preachers, take neither theology nor its political implications seriously.
Those attending can text personal messages to the screens, or use them to ask the preachers questions.
When freed from such constraints, many indigenous Catholics turn out to be the most dynamic evangelical preachers.
And like the Muslims, the Mormons will be preachers in the world pulpit in the third Christian millennium.
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Most Kenyans are Christian and Mr Moi is acutely aware of the power preachers can exercise over voters.
This is the context for looking at the Da'wa activities of imams and preachers in the non-Muslim world, too.
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Years later he was there to do a signing himself, after writing Everything (A Book About Manic Street Preachers).
Welsh bands in particular have done well of late, led by the Manic Street Preachers, Catatonia and Super Furry Animals.
That is when a believer rejects traditional Islamic mentors in favor of "Salafist, " or more radical, fundamentalist preachers and friends.
Mr Sarkozy said he would not allow militant preachers to attend an Islamic conference due to take place in April.
On Saturday, Sheen had a "last supper" of beer and sandwiches at a social club where the Manic Street Preachers performed.
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The NYPD maintains close ties to Muslim preachers and community leaders, as well as a network of tipsters and undercover operatives.
But in this era of diminished corporate chieftains, Sarb-Ox second-guessing and hectoring from corporate-responsibility preachers, will his views make any difference?
Entertainers such as Joe Loss, Clara Novello, Tom Jones, the Stranglers and Manic Street Preachers are said to have played there.
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Politicians, preachers, lawyers, bureaucrats and, one suspects, journalist-novelists like himself, also flunk his test of masculinity by engaging in namby-pamby occupations.
But he has little in common with the turbanned scholars of Egyptian tradition, or the fiery militant preachers of the 1980s.
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Kenya's Muslim religious body, the Council of Imams and Preachers of Kenya (CIPK), also condemned TV stations for showing the one-minute-long advert.
Possibly the most active in multimedia among Brazilian preachers is the singer, composer and televangelist Romildo Ribeiro Soares, simply known as R.
It faced closure in 2006, but was saved after a vigorous campaign by local politicians and musicians including the Manic Street Preachers.
With its charismatic preachers, dramatic testimonials and miraculous cures, Pentecostalism is telegenic.
Some famous preachers act as power brokers as well as religious leaders.
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