Christian comedy is a subgenre of

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where the material presented is aimed towards a Christian audience. The performances are typically held on church grounds or at off-site, church-sponsored venues. The material often contains Christian references, although this is not a requirement. From 2006 notable performers like

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, Sinbad and Patricia Heaton appeared on a DVD series for the Christian market entitled, ''Thou Shalt Laugh''. Christian comedy is increasingly being used as an

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, with the idea that a comedy show is an effective method to bring people into church who may have never thought about coming. Christian comedy is also used as a method to renew and refresh the spirit of church members, based on the Bible passage that says laughter does a heart good, like medicine.Christian Comedy Acts
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Notable Christian comedians

John Branyan John Branyan (born 1965) is an American comedian and writer. He is known for his clean stand-up comedy. Career Branyan has been a professional comedian since prior to 1997. Although best known for performing stand-up comedy, he also performs imp ...

* Henry Cho *

* John Crist *Ken Davis * Anthony Griffith *

Tim Hawkins Timothy Aaron Hawkins (born March 30, 1968) is an American Christian comedian, songwriter, and singer, best known for parodying popular songs such as Carrie Underwood's "Jesus, Take the Wheel", Kansas's "Dust in the Wind", and " The Candy Man", ...

Milton Jones Milton Hywel Jones (born 16 May 1964) is an English comedian. His style of humour is based on one-liners involving puns delivered in a deadpan and slightly neurotic style. Jones has had various shows on BBC Radio 4 and was a recurring guest p ...

* Trey Kennedy *

Mark Lowry Mark Alan Lowry (born June 24, 1958) is an American singer, comedian, minister and songwriter. He is best known for co-writing the song "Mary, Did You Know?" and being a member of the Gaither Vocal Band from 1988 to 2001, and 2009 to 2013, alon ...

* Taylor Mason * Jeff Allen ishler*

Tyler Perry Tyler Perry (born Emmitt Perry Jr., September 13, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and playwright. He is the creator and performer of the Madea character, a tough elderly woman. Perry's films vary in style from orthodox filmma ...

* Chonda Pierce * Kerri Pomarolli * Anita Renfroe * Marty Simpson *

Brad Stine Brad Stine (born January 21, 1960Adam GreenSTANDUP FOR THE LORD the New Yorker, August 2, 2004) is an American comedian, actor, and author. Relatively unknown until 2003, Stine first gained exposure when he was identified as a conservative Chri ...

* Daren Streblow * Tim Vine *

Mike Warnke Michael Alfred Warnke (born November 19, 1946) is an American Christian evangelist and comedian who was exposed in 1992 for inventing stories of his past as a Satanist. Before being debunked by the Christian magazine ''Cornerstone'', he was v ...

Lester Barrie Lester Barrie (born October 1, 1965) is a Southern California Christian pastor, a professional stand-up comedian, and former movie and television actor. Reverend Barrie is currently the assistant at the Atherton Baptist Church in Hawthorne Califor ...

Notable Christian comedy troupes

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Notable Christian comedians

Notable Christian comedy troupes

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