From The New York Times-Quick: Name a famous American preacher.
Chances are you came up with an television evangelist. The names come easily: Billy Graham, Robert H. Schuller and Oral Roberts; Jimmy Swaggart and Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker; Joel Osteen and T. D. Jakes. Since World War II, American preaching has been synonymous with high-tech, media-savvy soul-winning, usually with a conservative, evangelical theology.
But while these evangelicals have sizable audiences and book sales, they appeal primarily to like-minded Christian conservatives. For those in the more liberal wings of the Congregational, Episcopal, Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist and Presbyterian Churches, there is a parallel world of preaching stars.
Last month, Minneapolis was the center of that sphere.
More here-
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/07/us/festival-draws-stars-of-christian-preaching-not-as-seen-on-television.html?smid=fb-share&_r=1
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