Sarah Jakes Roberts kicked off her sandals and jumped barefoot in front of 40,000 women at Globe Life Field last fall, and what she said next is the kind of line that gets clipped and shared a thousand times over.
“I can’t tell you about Buddha. I can’t tell you about Allah. But baby, I can tell you something about Jesus! He’s the sweetest thing I know,” Roberts told the crowd at her Woman Evolve conference.
Roberts is one of a growing number of influencers, streamers and creators who have built massive platforms — some in ministry, some in gaming, some in music — without hiding what they believe. Movieguide® has covered plenty of them individually over the years. Here are 15 who are open about their faith in Jesus, in their own words.
1. Sarah Jakes Roberts (Instagram, nearly 3 million followers)
The co-pastor of The Potter’s House at One LA has turned her Woman Evolve platform into one of the largest women’s conferences in the country. “I don’t need you to come in here and be perfect. You don’t have to know all the songs or all the Scriptures, but if you have a heart to experience who God is, then I have a space for you at Woman Evolve,” she said.
2. Tyler “Ninja” Blevins (Twitch, 19 million followers)
One of the most-watched gamers alive told fans exactly how he starts his day. “The first thing I do when I wake up is I stretch, I read the Bible and I pray,” Blevins said, adding that he’s felt like “a better person and in a better mindset since I started praying every night.”
3. Sadie Robertson Huff (Instagram and the “WHOA That’s Good” podcast)
The DUCK DYNASTY alum has built a ministry around telling young women that Jesus is the answer to their anxiety, not just a Sunday-morning idea. “Jesus, if you’re the light of the world, and you called me to be a light of the world, help me do that. Fill me, Lord, with your spirit so that I can do that,” she said at the Forward Conference.
4. Bethany Hamilton (Instagram)
The surfer who lost her arm to a shark at 13 has spent two decades telling audiences, including the Obamas at a National Prayer Breakfast, where her peace comes from. Asked what she’d tell her 13-year-old self, Hamilton said, “I would say, pick Jesus first. Don’t be selfish.”
5. Jefferson Bethke (YouTube)
Bethke’s 2012 spoken-word video “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus” has logged more than 25 million views, and he’s spent the years since explaining what he meant. He said the video tapped into a “constantly growing chasm” between modern evangelical culture and “this vibrant, beautiful, revolutionary, new creation oriented world Jesus launched at the resurrection.”
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6. Cole and Savannah LaBrant (YouTube and TikTok)
The family vloggers, parents of five, have built their entire channel around their Christian faith. “Aside from Jesus, truly, I have no joy and I have no peace,” Cole said, and their videos regularly show their kids singing hymns like “Jesus Loves Me” at home.
7. Lecrae (Instagram and X)
The four-time Grammy winner released his album Reconstruction last year after a public season of wrestling with his faith, and he’s been clear about where he landed. “What Jesus is bringing is a completely new Kingdom — and that new Kingdom is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, self-control, goodness,” he said.
8. Candace Cameron Bure (Instagram)
The FULL HOUSE actress and self-described “Queen of Christmas” talks openly about prayer as a constant, not an occasional habit. “Throughout my day, I’m constantly having conversations with God,” Bure said. “It’s a constant dialogue and I trust that He hears me.”
9. Chandler Moore (Instagram and TikTok)
The Maverick City Music worship leader has built a following on songs about honesty with God, not just praise choruses. “I think our relationship with God is all about honesty and truth and bringing ourselves to the table and not trying to present anything other than truth,” Moore told Movieguide® in an exclusive interview.
10. Jamie Grace (YouTube and Instagram)
The singer, who has Tourette Syndrome, has used her platform to talk about mental health and faith side by side. “For me, my faith has to be at the core. I have to stay prayed up,” Grace has said of how she’s gotten through seasons of depression.
11. Judah Smith (Instagram and the Churchome podcast)
The Churchome pastor, known for his friendship with Justin Bieber, keeps circling back to one point about who Jesus is. “And I want to say this: I have learned more about Jesus and more about God from Justin Bieber than I’ve ever taught him. And the reason for that is because platform has an acute pressure and pain,” Smith said.
12. KB (Instagram)
The Christian rapper has said his faith has cost him industry opportunities, and he’s fine with that trade. “The reward of getting closer to my savior has been more satisfying than every victory that I can ever imagine. Even the good ones! Jesus is better,” KB said.
13. Forrest Frank (TikTok and Instagram)
The Grammy-nominated artist behind “Child of God” has said he’d walk away from social media entirely if it meant following God. “None of this matters except for the kingdom and Jesus,” Frank has said, and his music now regularly includes him sharing the gospel outright and inviting listeners to accept Christ.
14. Nick Vujicic (YouTube and Instagram)
Born without arms or legs, the evangelist just launched a new podcast, “No Limbs, No Limits,” built entirely around conversations on faith and adversity. “I never thought God would use me the way He has,” Vujicic said in the podcast’s launch announcement. “We all have a purpose in Christ.”
15. Korie Robertson (Instagram)
The DUCK DYNASTY matriarch has said her family’s faith, not their fame, is what actually holds them together. “Our faith is not just a part of our lives, our faith is our life,” Robertson has said, crediting God with reshaping the Robertson family “for generations.”
Fifteen creators, five platforms,and one thread running through all of it: none of them are shy about who they’re following. That’s not nothing in an industry that usually rewards creators for staying vague about faith, and it’s exactly the kind of story Movieguide® has spent more than 40 years trying to tell.
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