...is a totally different model than the more intentionally monolithic Roman Catholic Church. In a way, the fact that there is not a single voice is one of the reasons why there was a Protestant Reformation. 
And for the mainline denominations I'm aware of, the top leadership roles are not lifelong, but rather are terms. (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a.k.a. the Mormons, are different, but they aren't a mainline Protestant denomination, I'd say.) Terms of even a decade or so in general work against a person becoming "famous" in a way that breaks through into our busy news cycles.
If you look at any footage of the ongoing protests against ICE and the attempted totalitarian takeover, you will see clergy, often wearing their clerical signifiers. Those are the Protestant leaders, speaking as loud as they can, and taking risks of livelihood and liberty that the Pope need not fear, at least as things are now.
Perhaps one of the loudest voices so far, breaking into public awareness, was Bishop Budde, at the National Cathedral service that Trump had to sit through. I am sure she has not stopped working and speaking, even when her role means preaching on different topics. She mostly got "famous" because Trump railed against her and magats joined in with threats. But in general, Americans who don't have a church leader coming across their screens already might not hear anti-war messages as clearly as Roman Catholics are getting. That's just how Protestant churches are structured.
A quick search resulted in these items:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/04/16/archbishop-canterbury-pope-leo-mullally-peace-trump/
https://episcopalnewsservice.org/2026/04/15/church-panelists-argue-us-war-in-iran-fails-tests-of-both-just-war-and-pacifist-traditions/
Oh, and the Episcopal Church is one of the denominations opposing the Trump administration in court on a number of issues related to immigration enforcement. https://episcopalnewsservice.org/2026/02/17/episcopal-presiding-officers-sign-court-brief-opposing-trump-administrations-asylum-policies/
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