US Vice President Mike Pence mourns loss of evangelist Ravi Zacharias at service
Atlanta, USAP The world has lost a great evangelist in Ravi Zacharias, who could use his intellect and kindness to make the case for the Christian faith, Vice President Mike Pence said Friday. Pence spoke at a Georgia memorial service for Zacharias, who built an international ministry known for defending Christianity with intellectual arguments. Zacharias […]
Christian apologist Ravi Zacharias dies of cancer at 74
RNS Popular Christian evangelist and apologist Ravi Zacharias died Tuesday morning at age 74, a few months after being diagnosed with cancer. Zacharias rose to prominence in 1983 when he was invited by Billy Graham to speak at the inaugural International Conference for Itinerant Evangelists in Amsterdam, according to an obituary published by the ministry Zacharias founded. […]
Memorial for Reinhard Bonnke, German evangelist known as ‘The Billy Graham of Africa,’ draws thousands
Orlando, FloridaRNS Reinhard Bonnke, the German evangelist known as “The Billy Graham of Africa,” was lauded at a Saturday memorial service as “a giant and a general in the army of God.” The Pentecostal pastor died on 7th December at the age of 79 in Orlando, where he moved his international ministry, Christ for All […]
Evangelist Luis Palau honoured at National Religious Broadcasters convention
ASSIST News Service International evangelist Luis Palau, who recently announced he has lung cancer, was honored with the prestigious 2018 NRB Hall of Fame Award on Tuesday at Proclaim 18, the NRB International Christian Media convention in Nashville, Tennessee. “Luis Palau is a model Christian evangelist and Gospel broadcaster who has had a monumental impact […]
Crowds line up to bid Billy Graham farewell at US Capitol
RNS Stanley Holmes, of Skyline, Marylan., right, holds his grandson Royce Holmes, two, on his shoulders as they stand in line to attend the public viewing of evangelist Billy Graham’s casket in the Capitol Rotunda. “I told my grandson that we are going to go to the same thing together as I did with […]
BILLY GRAHAM: ‘AMERICA’S PASTOR’ DIES AT 99
ADELLE M BANKS and ALICIA C SHEPARD, of Religion News Service, report on the passing of Billy Graham…
Longtime evangelist Luis Palau announces cancer diagnosis
RNS Luis Palau, centre, announces his cancer diagnosis via video on his website Palau.org with his sons Andrew, left, and Kevin, right. PICTURE: Video screenshot Christian evangelist Luis Palau, who has preached across the globe for five decades, says he has late-stage lung cancer. “Everything is ready and if the Lord wants to take me […]
BILLY GRAHAM AT 99: HE KEPT THE FAITH AND (MOSTLY) DROPPED THE POLITICS
World-renowned evangelist Billy Graham turned 99 on Tuesday. Religion News Service looks back at how he grappled with his role in advocating for the Gospel and his, at times, uneasy relationship with the world of politics…
SAINTS OF PAST AGES: JOHN RIDLEY, THE MAN BEHIND ‘MR ETERNITY’
MIKE SPENCER, author of One People, One Destiny: A Christian History of Australia, writes about the life of Australian evangelist John Ridley, often referred to as the man behind Mr Eternity, Arthur Stace….