Jordan Winston Early (June 17, 1814 – November 19, 1903) was an American Methodist preacher, he is considered to have been one of the pioneers of African American Methodism (working with the African Methodist Episcopal Church) spread in the West and South of the United States. In 1868, he married Sarah Jane Woodson Early, and the couple were prominent in spreading Methodism and black nationalism, and his wife taught wherever he preached.