Douglas Evans Coe (October 20, 1928 – February 21, 2017) was an American evangelist who served as the associate director of the Fellowship Foundation (also known as The Fellowship ), a religious and political organization known for hosting the annual National Prayer Breakfast . Coe has been referred to as the "stealth Billy Graham ". In 2005, Coe was named one of the 25 most-influential evangelicals in the United States by Time . Coe was an ordained ruling elder and lay minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA) .