List of Assemblies of God people
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Notable people associated (past or present) with the Assemblies of God
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| A. A. Allen A. A. Allen Asa A. Allen , better known as A.A. Allen, was a controversial evangelist with a Pentecostal healing and deliverance ministry. He was, for a time, associated with the "Voice of Healing" movement founded by Gordon Lindsay. He died at age 59 in San Francisco... |
preacher active in the 1950s and 60s | United States of America | known for his "raise the dead" campaign |
| John Ashcroft John Ashcroft John David Ashcroft is a United States politician who served as the 79th United States Attorney General, from 2001 until 2005, appointed by President George W. Bush. Ashcroft previously served as the 50th Governor of Missouri and a U.S... |
Former US attorney General, Missouri senator (1995), and Missouri Governor (1985–93) | United States of America | Known as the first Assemblies of God congressman |
| Jim Bakker Jim Bakker James Orsen "Jim" Bakker is an American televangelist, a former Assemblies of God minister, and a former host of The PTL Club, a popular evangelical Christian television program.A sex scandal led to his resignation from the ministry... |
Founder of The PTL Club The PTL Club The PTL Club , later called The Jim and Tammy Show, and in its last days PTL Today and Heritage Today, was a Christian television program first hosted by evangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, which ran from 1974 to 1989... |
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| Tammy Faye Bakker | Ex-wife of Jim Bakker Jim Bakker James Orsen "Jim" Bakker is an American televangelist, a former Assemblies of God minister, and a former host of The PTL Club, a popular evangelical Christian television program.A sex scandal led to his resignation from the ministry... and PTL co-leader |
United States of America | Subject of film "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" |
| Moya Brennan Moya Brennan Moya Brennan, born Máire Ní Bhraonáin , also known as Máire Brennan , is an Irish folk singer, songwriter, harpist, and philanthropist who began performing professionally in 1970, when her family formed the band Clannad, and is now widely considered as the "First Lady of Celtic Music"... |
Grammy award winning Irish singer | ||
| Alan Chambers Alan Chambers (Exodus International) Alan Chambers is the president of Exodus International, headquartered in Orlando, Florida. Before coming to Exodus, Chambers served on the pastoral team at Calvary Assembly of God, one of the largest churches in Orlando.... |
President of Exodus International Exodus International Exodus International is a non-profit, interdenominational ex-gay Christian organization founded by Michael Bussee, Gary Cooper, Frank Worthen, Ron Dennis, and Greg Reid... , the largest "ex-gay" organization in the world |
United States of America | |
| Gary Chapman Gary Chapman (musician) Gary Chapman is an American Contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter and former television talk show host.-Early life and music career:... |
Singer/songwriter | United States of America | Parents (Mary [1936-2002] and Terry) were both ordained Assemblies of God ministers and pastored an Assemblies of God church in Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in... . Once married to Amy Grant Amy Grant Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"... , Chapman was divorced in 1997. |
| Toni Childs Toni Childs Toni Childs is an American singer-songwriter from Orange, California. She has released four studio albums and is best known for her songs "Don't Walk Away" , "I've Got To Go Now", a Top 5 hit in Australia in 1991, and the Emmy-winning "Because You're Beautiful" Toni Childs (born October 29, 1957)... |
Pop singer, raised in the Assemblies of God. | United States of America | |
| David Yonggi Cho David Yonggi Cho David Yonggi Cho is a Korean Christian minister. He is Senior Pastor and founder of the Yoido Full Gospel Church , the world's largest congregation with a membership of 1,000,000... |
Senior Pastor of the largest church in the world, Yoido Full Gospel Church Yoido Full Gospel Church Yoido Full Gospel Church is a Pentecostal church on Yeouido in Seoul, South Korea. With about 1,000,000 members , it is the largest Pentecostal Christian congregation in South Korea, and the world... in Seoul, South Korea |
Korea Korea Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the... |
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| Vern Clark Vern Clark Admiral Vernon E. Clark USN was the Chief of Naval Operations in the United States Navy. He retired 22 July 2005, making his tenure of five years the second-longest serving CNO behind Arleigh Burke. He currently sits on the board of directors of Raytheon and SRI International... |
Admiral (United States Navy United States Navy The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S... , Retired) - Former Chief of Naval Operations, graduate of Evangel College Springfield, Missouri Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. According to the 2010 census data, the population was 159,498, an increase of 5.2% since the 2000 census. The Springfield Metropolitan Area, population 436,712, includes the counties of... . |
United States of America | |
| Jan Crouch | co-founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network Trinity Broadcasting Network The Trinity Broadcasting Network is a major American Christian television network. TBN is based in Costa Mesa, California, with auxiliary studio facilities in Irving, Texas; Hendersonville, Tennessee; Gadsden, Alabama; Decatur, Georgia; Miami, Florida; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Orlando, Florida; and New... |
United States of America | |
| Paul Crouch Paul Crouch Paul Franklin Crouch is a religious broadcaster and, along with his wife Jan, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network .-Biography:... |
co-founder of Trinity Broadcasting Network | United States of America | |
| Nicky Cruz Nicky Cruz Nicky Cruz is a Christian evangelist, the founder of Nicky Cruz Outreach, an evangelistic Christian ministry. He was also once the director of Teen Challenge, serving under David Wilkerson before founding another ministry home himself in California... |
Former gang member; now Assemblies of God minister. Author of autobiography Run Baby Run | United States of America | |
| Richard Dortch Richard Dortch Richard W. Dortch was a former Assemblies of God District Superintendent for Illinois and an Assemblies of God Executive Presbyter... |
Illinois District Superintendent from 1971 til 1983 when he joined PTL. He was the 2nd PTL executive to spend time in Federal Prison for his crimes related to the PTL Scandal. | ||
| Iliafi Esera Illiafi Esera Iliafi Esera is a Christian minister of the Assemblies of God movement.Pastor Iliafi is an internationally renowned speaker amongst Christian organizations.... |
Senior Pastor of Faith City Church in Wanganui Wanganui Whanganui , also spelled Wanganui, is an urban area and district on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand. It is part of the Manawatu-Wanganui region.... , NZ. Currently General Superintendent of the Assemblies of God in New Zealand Assemblies of God in New Zealand The Assemblies of God in New Zealand is a Pentecostal denomination in New Zealand and a member of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, the world's largest Pentecostal denomination. In 2007, the denomination had nearly 200 congregations and preaching points and 30,000 members and adherents,... and Assistant Superintendent of the AGNZ from 2003-2011. |
New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
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| Andrew Evans | Previously Senior Pastor of Paradise Church. Founder of the Family First Party Family First Party The Family First Party is a socially conservative minor political party in Australia. It has two members in the South Australian Legislative Council... and Member of the South Australian Legislative Council South Australian Legislative Council The Legislative Council, or upper house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. Its central purpose is to act as a house of review for legislation passed through the lower house, the House of Assembly... |
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
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| Mickey Gilley Mickey Gilley Mickey Leroy Gilley is an American country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the country charts, but the pop charts as... (born March 9, 1936) |
Rock-n-Roll and Country star, singer, pianist, guitarist. | United States of America | Performed with cousins Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The... and Jimmy Swaggart Jimmy Swaggart Jimmy Lee Swaggart is a Pentecostal American pastor, teacher, musician, television host, and televangelist. He has preached to crowds around the world through his weekly telecast... at the Ferriday First Assemblies of God church (Ferriday, Louisiana Ferriday, Louisiana Ferriday is a town in Concordia Parish in northeastern Louisiana, United States. The population, which is three-fourths African American, was 3,723 at the 2000 census.... ). |
| Jon and Kate Gosselin | United States of America | In one episode they state that they attend an Assembly of God church | |
| Jessica Hahn Jessica Hahn Jessica Hahn is an American model and actress. She is best known for a sex scandal involving televangelist Jim Bakker while she was employed as a church secretary.-Jim Bakker scandal:... |
Church Secretary whose sexual involvement with Jim Bakker was one factor that triggered the PTL Ministry scandal and subsequent investigation. | ||
| Steve Hill | Evangelist who led the Brownsville Revival Brownsville Revival The Brownsville Revival was a widely-reported religious phenomenon that began within the Pentecostal movement on Father's Day June 18, 1995 at Brownsville Assembly of God in Pensacola, Florida... in Pensacola, Florida in the 1990s |
United States of America | |
| Benny Hinn Benny Hinn Toufik Benedictus "Benny" Hinn הין; born December 3, 1952) is a televangelist, best known for his regular "Miracle Crusades" – revival meeting/faith healing summits that are usually held in large stadiums in major cities, which are later broadcast worldwide on his television program, This Is Your... (born 1953) |
Televangelist, hosts "This Is Your Day" on TBN, was ordained by the Assemblies of God in 1994, and subsequently resigned his ordination in 1996. | United States of America | |
| Brian Houston Brian Houston (pastor) Brian Houston is a pastor in the Australian Christian Churches. He is currently the Senior Pastor at Hillsong Church which has locations in Sydney and Brisbane, Australia, London, Cape Town, Kiev, Germany, Paris, Moscow, Stockholm and New York City. He was also the National President of Australian... |
Senior Pastor of Hillsong Church Hillsong Church Hillsong Church is a Pentecostal megachurch affiliated with Australian Christian Churches and located in Sydney, Australia. The church's senior pastors, Brian and Bobbie Houston, began the church in 1983 as the Hills Christian Life Centre in Baulkham Hills... |
Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... |
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| The Jonas Brothers | Pop stars | United States of America | Father Paul Kevin Jonas, Sr. is ordained Assemblies of God Minister and former Pastor in Wyckoff, New Jersey Wyckoff, New Jersey Wyckoff is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 16,696. As of the 2000 Census, Wyckoff ranked 54th in 100 highest-income places in the United States... |
| Phil Keaggy Phil Keaggy Phil Keaggy is an American acoustic and electric guitarist and vocalist who has released more than 50 albums and contributed to many more recordings in both the contemporary Christian music and mainstream markets... |
Guitarist, singer, songwriter and founding member of rock band Glass Harp Glass Harp Glass Harp is a Youngstown, Ohio based power trio consisting of guitarist Phil Keaggy, drummer John Sferra and bassist Daniel Pecchio.-Early years:... . |
United States of America | Two weeks after Keaggy's mother died in 1970 he became a Christian and attended a small Assemblies of God church in Boardman, Ohio |
| Sam Kinison Sam Kinison Samuel Burl "Sam" Kinison was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Kinison was known for his intense, harsh and politically incorrect genre humor... |
Controversial comedian in the late 80's and early 90's. Before he was a comedian he was an Assembly of God evangelist. | United States of America | |
| Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The... |
Rock-and-roll star, pianist, singer. At age 8 sang for Ferriday First Assemblies of God church (Ferriday, Louisiana), played at tent revivals. | United States of America | Cousin to Jimmy Swaggart Jimmy Swaggart Jimmy Lee Swaggart is a Pentecostal American pastor, teacher, musician, television host, and televangelist. He has preached to crowds around the world through his weekly telecast... and Mickey Gilley Mickey Gilley Mickey Leroy Gilley is an American country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the country charts, but the pop charts as... |
| Linda Gail Lewis Linda Gail Lewis Linda Gail Lewis is an American singer and pianist. She is the sister of Jerry Lee Lewis.She plays piano and has recorded with Stephen Ackles, Van Morrison, and with her brother. She also has recorded with her two daughtersMaryJean Ferguson, and Annie Marie Dolan in a group called The Lewis 3... |
Singer | United States of America | Sister to Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The... , began performing with Jerry Lewis at the Ferriday First Assemblies of God church (Ferriday, Louisiana). |
| Aimee Semple McPherson Aimee Semple McPherson Aimee Semple McPherson , also known as Sister Aimee, was a Canadian-American Los Angeles, California evangelist and media celebrity in the 1920s and 1930s. She founded the Foursquare Church... |
Former Assemblies of God church planter and evangelist who later became the founder of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel International Church of the Foursquare Gospel The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, commonly referred to as the Foursquare Church, is an evangelical Pentecostal Christian denomination. As of 2000 it had a worldwide membership of over 8,000,000, with almost 60,000 churches in 144 countries. In 2006, membership in the United States... . |
United States of America | |
| Danny Nalliah Danny Nalliah Danny Nalliah is an Australian Christian evangelist pastor and young earth creationist. He is the leader of Rise Up Australia, a prayer organisation, and the President of Catch the Fire Ministries. Danny Nalliah successfully defended a law suit commenced by the Islamic Council of Victoria under... |
Pastor of The Fire Ministries in Melbourne, Victoria | Australia | |
| Sarah Palin Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was... |
Former Governor of Alaska and GOP Vice President Candidate. Attended Assemblies of God Church for 2 decades until 2002. | United States of America | |
| Scott Perkins Scott Perkins Scott Perkins is an American composer, singer and choral conductor. His works have been performed in the USA and Europe. He is winner of the 2004 BMI Student Composer Award for his choral work A Word Out Of The Sea . He served as music director and conductor of the choral ensemble "Kairos" in 2004... |
Radio personality. Known as the "Country Parson" to country music listeners in the Topeka, Kansas Topeka, Kansas Topeka |Kansa]]: Tó Pee Kuh) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the county seat of Shawnee County. It is situated along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, located in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was... market. He pastors the FarmHouse Cowboy Church in Topeka, Kansas. |
United States of America | |
| David du Plessis David du Plessis David Johannes du Plessis was a South African-born Pentecostal minister. He is considered one of the main founders of the charismatic movement, in which the Pentecostal experience of baptism with the Holy Spirit spread to non-Pentecostal churches worldwide.-Biography:Born to missionary parents, an... |
one of the founding fathers of the charismatic movement Charismatic movement The term charismatic movement is used in varying senses to describe 20th century developments in various Christian denominations. It describes an ongoing international, cross-denominational/non-denominational Christian movement in which individual, historically mainstream congregations adopt... outside of the traditional Pentecostal churches. |
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| Elvis Aron Presley (born 1935, died 1977) | "King of Rock & Roll," singer, actor, born in Tupelo, Mississippi, sang in choir at First Assemblies of God (Tupelo) and at camp meetings. | United States of America | |
| Samani Pulepule Samani Pulepule Dr Samani Pulepule was a Samoan minister since the early 1960's in the Assemblies of God movement. Dr Pulepule was also the General Superintendent of the Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand for over 40 years. Recently during a World Conference in Samoa in 2006, Dr Pulepule was elected as the... |
General Superintendent of the Samoan Assemblies of God Samoan Assemblies of God The Sāmoan Assemblies of God Fellowship or SAOG is a Pentecostal fellowship of churches. Established in 1928 on the Islands of American Sāmoa, it reached the Western Islands and outer countries with large Sāmoan communities, such as New Zealand, America and Australia... Worldwide Fellowship since 1967. Also Senior Pastor of the largest Samoan congregation in the World, Auckland Samoan Assembly of God |
Samoa Samoa Samoa , officially the Independent State of Samoa, formerly known as Western Samoa is a country encompassing the western part of the Samoan Islands in the South Pacific Ocean. It became independent from New Zealand in 1962. The two main islands of Samoa are Upolu and one of the biggest islands in... , based in New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga... |
regarded as the eldest serving pastor and superintendent in the Assemblies of God Worldwide |
| Jane Russell Jane Russell Jane Russell was an American film actress and was one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940s and 1950s.... |
Hollywood actress | United States of America | Funeral was conducted by the Pacific Christian Center, an Assemblies of God congregation in Santa Maria, California Santa Maria, California Santa Maria is a city in Santa Barbara County, on the Central Coast of California. The 2010 census population was 100,062, putting it ahead of Santa Barbara for the first time and making it the largest city in the county... |
| Gene Scott Gene Scott William Eugene "Gene" Scott was an American pastor and teacher who served for almost 50 years as an ordained minister and religious broadcaster in Los Angeles, California.-Broadcasting:... |
Internationally known preacher, former president of University Network and helped found Oral Roberts University Oral Roberts University Oral Roberts University , based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the United States, is an interdenominational, Charismatic Christian, comprehensive university with an enrollment of about 3,790 students from 49 U.S. states along with a significant number of international students from 70 countries... . |
United States of America | |
| Guy Sebastian Guy Sebastian Guy Theodore Sebastian is an Australian pop, R&B, and soul singer-songwriter who was the first winner of Australian Idol in 2003. He is currently a judge on the Australian version of The X Factor. Sebastian has released six top ten platinum/multi platinum albums, including a number-one and... |
pop Pop music Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop... , R&B, and soul Soul music Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of... singer-songwriter who attended Paradise Community Church Paradise Community Church Paradise Community Church is a multi-campus Christian church, located in Paradise, situated in north east Adelaide, South Australia, affiliated with Australian Christian Churches. The church was founded in 1907 by British evangelist Smith Wigglesworth. In 1969, Andrew Evans became its first... . He was the first winner of Australian Idol Australian Idol Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive... (2003) and is a judge on the Australian version of The X-Factor The X Factor (Australia season 2) The X Factor is an Australian television reality music competition, based on the original UK series, to find new singing talent. The 2010 season premiered on 30 August 2010 and was won by Altiyan Childs on 22 November 2010. Ronan Keating emerged as the winning mentor of the series... . |
Australia | Has sung with the then Paradise Community Church Youth Conference Planetshakers Planetshakers Planetshakers is a Christian youth movement that began as an annual conference and grew into an international ministry and large church in Melbourne, Australia. The conference was born out of Paradise Community Church in Adelaide, South Australia by Pastor Russell Evans... . |
| Kristy Starling Kristy Starling Kristy Starling is a Contemporary Christian Music singer, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. After marrying husband Adam in the fall of 2002, she came second in a national singing competition, Today's Superstar, NBC News' morning show. She signed to Warner Bros. Records, working with successful... |
Contemporary Christian music artist, former participant in Assembly of God National Fine Arts Festival competition | United States of America | |
| Jimmy Swaggart Jimmy Swaggart Jimmy Lee Swaggart is a Pentecostal American pastor, teacher, musician, television host, and televangelist. He has preached to crowds around the world through his weekly telecast... |
Former Assemblies of God evangelist. Televangelist, founder of Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, and gospel music artist. | United States of America | Cousin to Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The... and Mickey Gilley Mickey Gilley Mickey Leroy Gilley is an American country music singer and musician. Although he started out singing straight-up country and western material in the 1970s, he moved towards a more pop-friendly sound in the 1980s, bringing him further success on not just the country charts, but the pop charts as... , began performing at the Ferriday First Assemblies of God church (Ferriday, Louisiana). |
| Todd Tiahrt Todd Tiahrt Todd Tiahrt is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1995 until 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party. The district encompasses 11 counties in the south central region of the state, including the city of Wichita. He was succeeded by Republican Mike Pompeo.Tiahrt ran... |
U.S. Representative from Kansas 4th District, graduate of Evangel College Springfield, Missouri Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. According to the 2010 census data, the population was 159,498, an increase of 5.2% since the 2000 census. The Springfield Metropolitan Area, population 436,712, includes the counties of... . |
United States of America | |
| Doug Wead Doug Wead Doug Wead is a presidential historian, philanthropist and public speaker. He was Special Assistant to U.S. President George H. W. Bush, and is the author of more than thirty books, including the New York Times best-seller All the Presidents’ Children: Triumph and Tragedy in the Lives of the First... |
Former special assistant to George H.W. Bush and author. Once an Assemblies of God evangelist Evangelism Evangelism refers to the practice of relaying information about a particular set of beliefs to others who do not hold those beliefs. The term is often used in reference to Christianity.... . |
United States of America | |
| Smith Wigglesworth Smith Wigglesworth Smith Wigglesworth , was a British evangelist who was important in the early history of Pentecostalism.- Early life :... |
Healing Evangelist, the "Apostle of Faith," instrumental in founding future Elim and Assemblies of God national fellowships. Spoke at Assemblies of God conferences but never joined the organization. | ||
| David Wilkerson David Wilkerson David Ray Wilkerson was an American Christian evangelist, best known for his book The Cross and the Switchblade... |
former Assemblies of God evangelist. Founder of Teen Challenge Teen Challenge Teen Challenge is a Pentecostal Christian recovery program and a network of Christian social and evangelizing work centers. It is a 12-18 month program that serves drug addicts, alcoholics, gang members, prostitutes and people with other characteristics that the program considers to be... , founder and pastor of independent Times Square Church Times Square Church Times Square Church is an inter-denominational church located at 237 West 51st Street in the Theatre District of Manhattan, New York City. A large number of people representing many nationalities gather to worship together every week... in New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... from 1987 until the time of his death on April 27, 2011. Famous for book "The Cross and the Switchblade The Cross and the Switchblade The Cross and the Switchblade is a book written in 1963 by pastor David Wilkerson with John and Elizabeth Sherrill. It tells the true story of Wilkerson's first five years in New York City, where he ministered to disillusioned youth, encouraging them to turn away from the drugs and gang violence... ," instrumental in conversion of Nicky Cruz. |
United States of America | |
| Bill Wilson Bill Wilson (pastor) Bill Wilson is the founder and Sr Pastor of Metro Ministries, America’s largest ministry to children with branches in various nations. He is a well-known speaker, author, pastor and advocate for poor, inner city children all over the world.-Childhood:Wilson's mother abandoned him on a streetcorner... |
Leader of Metro Ministries Metro Ministries Metro Ministries is currently the World’s largest Sunday School weekly reaching over 21,000 children in New York City and an additional 22,000 in The Philippines, Africa and Romania. Each Saturday there are Sunday School services and they use school buses to go to pick up the children at their... International. |
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