Paul David Washer (born 1961) is Director of the Heart Cry Missionary Society, an American Christian society that supports indigenous missionary work. He is also a Southern Baptist itinerant preacher who is known for his revivalist style of preaching. Washer became well known when a video clip of him preaching what has been called a fire and brimstone message at a youth conference in 2002 surfaced on the internet. Washer's sermons tend to have a particular focus on the Gospel and the doctrine of Assurance of salvation, and he frequently speaks out against evangelistic practices such as Altar calls, the Sinner's prayer, and church growth. Washer has cited George Muller, Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, Charles Spurgeon, Leonard Ravenhill, John Wesley and A.W. Tozer, among others, as influences.