Christian and Missionary Alliance - Prominent Former Members

Prominent Former Members

• David Berg (deceased), who left and eventually founded the Children of God, now known as The Family International
• Billy Graham, evangelist, preached his first sermons as a licensed assistant/youth pastor at the Tampa Gospel Tabernacle of the Christian and Missionary Alliance in 1933-1937.
• Jack Hayford, president of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel. Attended Neighborhood Church of the C&MA, Oakland, CA, as a teenager.
• Felix Manalo, who later founded the Iglesia ni Cristo (Church of Christ)
• Frederick K.C. Price, prominent African-American Word of Faith, Prosperity Gospel mega-church pastor, formerly a C&MA pastor.
• Paul Rader, a pioneer in radio evangelism, pastor of Moody Memorial Church and Chicago Gospel Tabernacle. Served as president of C&MA, 1919–1924, after A.B. Simpson's death.
• Oswald J. Smith, pastor of People's Church, Toronto. Served as a C&MA pastor in the 1920s.
• Charles Templeton, post-World War II evangelist. Subsequently left and became an agnostic.