Robert Harold Schuller was an American Christian televangelist, pastor, motivational speaker and author. In his 40 years of television he was principally known for the weekly Hour of Power television program which he hosted from 1970 until his retirement in 2010. He began the program after he had been encouraged by a visit from his long time friend Billy Graham in 1969. Robert was also the founder of the Crystal Cathedral in Garden Grove, California where the program was later broadcast from. Robert’s grandparents were Dutch Immigrants. He was youngest of 5 children. When he was still only 4 an uncle, who was a minister, told him to become an evangelist Single most defining moment of my early life he called it. He studied at Hope College, located in Holland, Michigan and in 1950 received an MD degree from Western Theological Seminary. He was ordained in the reformed Church of America. He worked first in Ivanhoe Reformed Church in Riverdale, Illinois before moving to Garden Grove, California. He opened it at a drive-in movie theatre! 4 miles away he rented a 300 seat former Baptist church. On the Sunday he presided firstly at the church and then drove with his organ to the drive-in for another service! As the congregations grew he bought some land and combined the 2 congregations! Started in 1958, finished in 1961 at a cost of $3 million. Dedicated 5th November 1961. Architect was Richard Neutra. He was able to preach his sermon to both the drive-in (500 cars) and the church congregation. In 1968 the Tower of Hope building (13 storeys high) was added with a 90 foot illuminated cross. After purchasing more land Crystal Cathedral was built. Architect Philip Johnson The church has glass walls and ceiling and dedicated 14th September 1980. Cost $18 million (Found colour photos on Google but unable to download) Robert, in his lavender and purple vestments, was viewed on Sundays on the world’s most widely watched hour long church service Hour of Power. It was one of the first USA megachurches. He had an imposing pulpit from which to reach his global flock. The stage was so roomy for the Christmas Nativity he had live camels and horses. with angels overhead on cables. In 2006 Robert stepped down as senior pastor. He had built an Empire Preaching Self-belief. His son, Robert, became senior pastor, but resigned in 2008. His eldest daughter Sheila Schuller Coleman took over in July 2010. October 2010 the Crystal Cathedral (CC) sort bankruptcy protection in the midst of what became known as the ’ Great Recession’. CC sold in 2012 . ( Read - Final years and death) Robert's wife, Arvella died in 2014. They were married for 63 years. Robert had cancer and died on 2nd April, 2015. He was interred next to his wife in Garden Grove , California. Sources used The New York Times Wikipedia

Frederick is the founder and presiding bishop of Crenshaw Christian Centre (CCC). located in South Los Angles, California. He is known for his Ever Increasing faith ministries broadcast - which is aired weekly on the radio and television He was born on 3rd January, 1932, in Santa Monica, California. When he started courting his high school sweetheart Betty Ruth Scott he began attending church services… They married in 1953. After they were married he stopped going to church. There was a week of old fashioned tent revivals in their town- Betty went first, he later joined her. He received Jesus as his personal saviour and soon after was born again. He felt the call to the ministry. He heard a voice say ‘You are going to preach my Gospel’. To begin with he carried on working as a paper cutter and being a part time assistant pastor in a Baptist church 1955-7. He struggled to define himself - served as pastor in 4 different Christian denominations. Losing his 8 year old son, Frederick 111, in 1962, killed by a car, did not help. On 28th February 1970, he received the baptism of the Holy Spirit. and the evidence of speaking in tongue,he started considering starting his own ministry. He co- founded with his wife Betty, the Crenshaw Christian Center (CCC) in West Los Angeles, California. In November 1973 he moved to Inglewood, California. The membership continued to grow from the original 300. In 1977 they needed 2 services, by 1982 it needed 3 because the 1,400 seat sanctuary was always filled to capacity. In 1981 the church bought the Pepperdine University campus. Ground was broken for the ‘The Faith Dome’ on 28th September 1986. Construction completed in 1989. 21st January 1990 the $10 million Faith Dome was dedicated, it sat 10,146. It was debt FREE In 1978 Apostle Frederick was instructed from God to begin a television broadcast. ‘Ever Increasing Faith Ministries’ was the result. This broadcast has gone global. In 1990 Apostle Frederick founded the Fellowship of International Christian Word of Faith Ministries (FICWFM). He has established several schools for ministry and formal education. Apostle Frederick is the author of 50 books. (See - Selected books written by Price) His ministry has been recognized- notably by Horatio Alger and the Kelly Smith Interfaith awards. After 35 years of service (1973-2008) he has stepped aside as pastor from CCC and installed his son, Frederick K. Price Jr as his successor. -after 8 years he resigned. He has been married to Dr. Betty Price for 67 years - they have 4 children, 10 grandchildren and 4 great-grand children. May they all get to know Jesus as their Lord. Apostle Frederick is the founder of CCC in Los Angeles. He began CCC in 1973 and shepherd it into a ministry of world renown, with services held in the 10,000+ Faith Dome. Sources used Ever Increasing Faith Ministries Encyclopedia.com Google Search Wikipedia

Peter Frederick Jensen is a retired Australian Anglican archbishop, theologian and academic Principal of Moore Theological College (1985-2001). Archbishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of the Province of New South Wales in the Anglican Church of Australia (2001-13). Founding member of Global Anglican Future Conference(GAFCON) (2007) and former General Secretary. Peter was born in Sydney, Australia on 11th July 1943. He was educated at Bellevue Hill public School and The Scots College. He studied law for 2 years and worked as an article clerk before teaching in a primary school. In the 1960s he entered Moore Theological College. He was ordained in the Anglican Church of Australia as a deacon in 1969 an as a priest in 1970. He was a curate at St. Barnabas, Broadway (1969-76). While at Oxford(1976-9), studying for his D.Phil, he was allowed to officiate in the Diocese. He has an MA (1976) from Sydney. BD from London and D. Phil from Oxford (1979 Peter lectured on systematic and biblical theology at Moore Theological College between (1973-6) and 1980-4). He was appointed principal (1985-2001 On 5th June 2001 Peter became the 11th Archbishop of Sydney. He gained a reputation as a gifted preacher. He encouraged an increase in church planting. 136 new congregations were planted between 2002-8. The number of ordination candidates rose from 20-30 to 40-50. He has the reputation with the Australian media for being an outspoken advocate for evangelical Christianity. He opposed to having women as bishops. He is for the lay person to be licensed to preside at Holy Communion Read - ‘Views’ for more information ) Peter retired as bishop on his 70th birthday - 11July, 2013. He retired as General Secretary of GAFCON) at the beginning on 2019. As of 2014 he is co-editor of the Reformed Theological Review, He has written several books. He authored the Lenten study *Power and Promise *in late 20i4. Sources used GAFCON Wikipedia

Billy Joe Daugherty was founder and pastor of Victory Christian Center (now Victory Church) in Tulsa. He was also the founder of Victory Christian School, Victory Bible institute and Victory World Missions training Center (now Victory College. Originally from Magnolia, Ark. , he attended Oral Roberts University, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Christian education. He was youth pastor in the 1970s at Sheridan Christian Center and became senior pastor at the church in 1976, on retirement of the previous incumbent. 1980, when the attendance had grown from 300 to 2,000, he sought to relocate the church. The church leaders decided not to move so he started what is now the Victory Christian Centre. They meet briefly in a former car leadership building. In 1984 they moved into the vacant Thorau Junior High School. When that building was sold they moved to its present site at 7700 S. Lewis Av. and held services in the Mabee Centre across the road. 2007 they moved into its state of the art, £32 million, 5,000 seat Tulsa Dream Centre built without borrowing money. The same year Billy was named interim president of Oral Roberts University. As of January 2010 Victoria Christian Center reported average Sunday attendance of 9,612 and reported to be the second largest church in Tulsa. Victory’s bus ministry brings 1,000-2,000 children and teens from this area each Saturday for Kids Ministry and S.O.U.L. Youth Ministry. Billy’s daily radio and television broadcast Victory in Jesus reaches vast numbers of households across North America, as well as via satellite and internet internationally. With his wife, co-pastor Sharon, they wrote more than 12 books. In October 2009 Billy was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma -a form of cancer. That same month, on the 15th, he made his last appearance at Victory Christian Centre to officiate at his youngest son, Paul’s wedding to Ashley McAuliff. Sunday, 22nd November, aged 57, he died at 4:40 am in hospital, in Houston. In church that day pastor Bruce Edwards said We miss him, but he is with Jesus. His entire life was about one thing, loving God, and out of that love, he loved people. We will continue in his legacy, loving people. He fought the good fight. He touched so many people. Son-in law, Caleb Wehrli (Read - Billy Joe Daugherty dies) Billy was one of America's best known charismatic pastors, preaching an upbeat and somtimes controversial message that Jesus came to brig spiritual, emotional and physical healing, blessing and prosperity yo mankind.

Mark (b. 1945) is the former host and director of the weekly television show It Is Written (1991-2004) for which he travelled around the world as a televangelist. He was the first Seventh-day Adventist pastor to do a satellite evangelistic series. He best known for his association with Experience Hope a weekly broadcast on the Hope Channel. He has preached 17 NET series broadcasts throughout the world. He had written more than 70 books. He uses his preaching and evangelical gifts to teach others in seminars, field schools and evangelism institutes. On the 12th June 2020 members of the seventh -day Advent church were informed that he has a condition which could be termed pre-myeloma so he has been advised to cut down on activities, rest and limit his travel commitments. Let us pray he makes a full recovery. Sources Adventist Today Amazon Wikipedia

George Edward Vandeman (21 st. October 1916- 3rd November 2000) was a seventh-day adventist who founded the It is Written television ministry. He also founded the New Galley Centre in London. Aged 21 he attended Emmanuel Missionary College in Berrien Springs, Michigan. He found a job working at a weekly 15 minute radio broadcast in Elkkhart, Indiana. He married Nellie Johnson on 2nd October 1938. After completing his second year at college he began working as a full-time evangelist. In 1946 he received a MA from the University of Michigan in speech and communication. he was then ordained as a minister and worked for 4 years as a filed instructor in evangelism at Emmanuel Missionary College. In 1947 he became the associate secretary Ministerial Association at the General Conference. Aged 33 he beacme the youngest to work in Adventist church leadership. After WW11, along with other charismatic Adventist speakers, he spearheaded a drive for public evangelism in major cities like Pittsburgh (1948). Washington (1951) and London (1952). Back in 1946 he had been encouraged to try television as means of reaching others with the Gospel,. He did create a 6 month experimental evangelistic effort but due to lack of financial support it was put on hold. !0 years later, in the Spring of 1956***It Is Writtenwas launched. It was in black and white. Later it became one of the first religious programs in colour. It was based on It is written, man shall not live by bread alone, but every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. Matthew ch 4 v 4 George had a new style - instead of preaching he quietly shared insights from God’s word to meet people’s needs, ( Read ‘Style’ by Mark Finley The program went from strength to strength and received many awards. It received 10 Angel from Religion in Media. It was one of the first religious telecasts to be aired on soviet television. Viewers in the 1990s exceeded 1.5 million. (Read ‘It Is Written’) George acted as director of * It Is Written * from 1956 until 1991 when he retired. Today the program is still running. George was the primary speaker- ‘voice’ - from 1956-1991. Mark Finley succeeded him. Today the program is hosted by John Bradshaw. ‘What I Like About’ was also a popular series where he explored common ground between different Christian faiths. George died, aged 84, on 3rd November 2000 at his home in Newbury Park, California *George Vanderman has completed his earthly ministry in his 84 Year, When the roll is called up yonder and you and I hear that gently persuasive voice again . . . . we’ll know we made it to the right place. * Paul Harvey Sources used itiswritten.com Find a Grave Memorial Wikipedia

Charles Rozell Swindoll is an evangelical Christian pastor, author, educator and radio preacher. In 1979 he founded Insight for Living a radio program which today is broadcast on more than 2,000 stations around the world in 15 languages. In July 1994 he became President of Dallas Theological College (DTC)- he is now Chancellor. In 1998 he founded Stonebriar Community Church (SCC) in Frisco, Texas. He was born with a stutter and credits his drama teacher, Dick Niema, for helping him to manage it. While at school he was part of the marching band and learned to play all the instruments in the woodwind section. He fulfilled his military obligation with the US Marine Corps and played in their marching band. In 1959 he attended Dallas Theological Seminary. In 1963 he graduated magna cum laude Charles was ordained in 1963. He has held 4 pastorate roles. He spent 2 years in Dallas. 2 years in Waltham Massachusetts (1965-7). 4 years at Irving, Texas (1967-71). 23 years at Fullerton, California (1971-94). He started his current senior pastorate in Frisco, Texas in 1998. The roots for Insight for Living goes back to the summer of 1977 when his sermons from First Evangelical Free church in Fullerton were broadcast on the radio. The 30 minute daily radio broadcast program is still heard on more than 2,100 stations, as well as web and podcasts and translated into 15 languages. Aged 86, on October 18th 2020, he continues to broadcast. Charles founded Stonebriar Community Church (SCC) in 1998. The first services were held at Collin County College ( now Collin College) then it moved to its permanent home on Legendary Drive as the congregation grew from 100s to 1,000s. Many of the pastors are former graduates from Dallas Theological Seminary. The church is known for its missionary work in India and other countries. He has written more than 70 books - most are based on research and preparation for sermons preached each Sunday. ( See Selected Publications) In celebration of its 50th anniversary** Christianity Today** named Charles as one of the top 25 most influential preachers of the past 50 years (1956-2006). Charles or Chuck Swindoll is still in the pulpit preaching ‘Jesus saves’ as he nears his 86 birthday… Sources used Insight for Living Insight for Living Ministries Wikipedia

Cornelius, born Kornelis, was a Dutch- American Christian Philosopher and Reformed theologian who has been credited as being the originator of Modern presuppositional apologetics. Cornelius was born in Grootsgast, Netherlands. At the age of 10 his family moved to Highland, Indiana. USA. He graduated from Calvin college in 1922. He received a ThM from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1927. He received a PhD from Princeton University in 1927. For 2 years he taught at Princeton before moving, with the conservative group , to the new Westminster Theological Seminary (WTS) in1929 . He spent 43 years at WTS as professor of apologetics and systematic theology. On retiring in 1972 he continued to teach occasionally until 1979. He was also a minister in the Christian Reformed Church in North America and the Orthodox Presbyterian Church from the 1930s until his death in 1987. Cornelius is probably best known for the development of a fresh approach to the task of defending the Christian faith. His apologetics focused on the role of presuppositions, the point of contact between believers and unbelievers, and the antithesis between Christian and non-Christian view points ( He did not like the ‘label’ o f ’ presuppositional’ but accepted it as a matter of convention.) He also argued that the Trinity is of indispensable and insuperable value to a Christian philosophy. He was also embroiled in a bitter dispute with Gordon Clark over God’s incomprehensibility known as the Clark-Van Til Controversy. Cornelius’ ‘ground motive’ of a Christian philosophy was that it must be derived from the historical terms of the Christian faith. Sources used Theopedia wikipedia

Matthew Henry was a nonconformist minister and author. He was born in Wales but spent most of his life in England. He founded in Presbyterian Chapel in Trinity Street, Chester. He is best remembered for his 6 volume biblical commentary Exposition of the Old and New Testaments. Matthew was born on the Broad Oak family estate which bordered Flintshire and Shropshire. He was baptized the next day by the parish rector. As a young child he was frequently ill with fevers. His father provided much of Henry’s early education and by the age of 9 he was able to write Latin and read part of the Greek New Testament. In 1668 he was tutored in grammar by William Turner. Aged 18 he was sent to a school in Islington, London to be tutored by Thomas Doolittle. He then transfered to Grey’s Inn to study Law. He also studied French and Literature. He then gave up his law studies for theology. His friend George Illidge invited him to give his first sermon at Nantwich. In 1686 he was invited to move to Chester. England to establish a congregation. Reluctant at first he accepted and was ordained on 9th May 1687. He continued to live in Chester until 1712. He married twice, Katherine Hardware and Mary Warburton. Matthew spent significant amounts of time studying and writing his sermons and lectures in advance. After he had established himself in Chester he began to travel almost weekly to speak in nearby cities. His impassioned expository speaking style was well received by his listeners and contributed to his growing popularity but his speaking engagements began to impact on his health. He was frequently ill with fevers. In 1698 he travelled to speak in London, for the first time since moving to Chester. He stopping at various places to speak on the way down. The congregation in Chester grew and in 1699 he oversaw the construction of a new building- the Presbyterian Chapel in Trinity Street. In 1704 he travelled to London again. In August he fainted while he was speaking. It took 3 weeks for him to recover. 18th May 1712 he and his family moved to Mare Street, Hackney. He kept busy by giving catechetical lectures in London and his Bible commentary was approaching the publication stage. 1713 his health continued to decline - he had frequent attacks of nephritis (kidney problems) but he continued to maintain his frequent speaking engagements and work on his commentary. 21st June, on his way to Nantwich, he was thrown off his horse. He denied injury to his companions and insisted on continuing his journey. His companions noted he lacked energy and they stopped at the Queen’s Aid House. The next day,22nd June, he lost consciousness and died. Matthew’s legacy is his Bible commentaries. Charles Spurgeon stated, *Every minister ought to read it entirely and carefully through once at least. * ( Read also John Wesley long comment) Sources used wikipedia

Walter was a prominent Baptist theologian and educator on the faculty of the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) at Fort Worth, Texas from 1910 to 1949. Walter was born at Rowell, Arkansas on 19th January 1877. Aged 15 his family moved to the West Texas community of Tebo (now Tye). Education 1896-8 Simmons College (now Hardin-Simmons Uni.) 1908 Baylor University M.A. 1908 Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary degree 1910 Rochester Theological Seminary B.D. 1916 Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) Th.D 1931 SBTS Ph.D. He was baptized by W.M. Reynolds and received into the fellowship of Harmony Baptist Church (HBC) at Caps, Texas. He was ordained by HBC in 1899 where he was serving as pastor. He served as pastor at a number of other Baptist churches. Walter’s enduring legacy to Southern Baptist life lies in his 39 year teaching career at SBTS. He joined SBTS in 1910. Systematic theology was his main responsibility he distinguished himself as the preeminent Southern Baptist theologian during the 1930s and 1940s. He was able to communicate with both laymen and scholars. His theological works reflect a biblical rather than a systematic approach. In the Southern Baptist Convention he often lectured at conferences and assemblies and spoke at state and national conventions. The Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board used him as a counsellor and advisor in selecting missionary candidates. He was a member of the Southwestern Society of Biblical Study and Research. Walter gave the Wilkinson Lectures at Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Chicago in 1946. He wrote 15 books and numerous articles for professional journals and periodicals. Walter’s complete theological system is apparently best expressed in his works - *Revelation and God (1936) and The Gospel of Redemption (1945). Walter died on 26th May 1952 and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth. Sources used Encyclopedia.com TSHA Texas State Historical association THE wikipedia

Johnny M. Hunt is an evangelical Christian pastor, author and former President of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC). He was formerly the senior pastor of First Baptist Church Woodstock, Georgia. Johnny was born in Lumberton , North Carolina. He is a member of the Lumbee Native American Indian tribe based in North Carolina. His father left the family when he was just 7. Johnny became an alcoholic and gambler at a young age -dropping out of school and ‘managing’ a pool room. In his book Out of the Poolroom he tells how he had a radical conversion to Christianity. He was mentored by several men from his home church in Wilmington, North Carolina and came to the realization that God had called him to the ministry. He earned degrees at Gardner- Webb College (B.A)1979 and the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary (MD) 1981. He ministered at a number of churches, including his home church of Longleaf Baptist Church in Wilmington. He became senior minister at First Baptist Church (FBC) in Woodstock Georgia (1986 -December 2019). FBC Woodstock when he joined had about 1,000 members , It grew to more than 19,000 members during his 33 years of ministry and is now one of the largest churches in the USA. In June 1996 he was named President of SBC Pastor’s Conference. On 11th March 1997 the Johnny Hunt Chair of Biblical Preaching was established at the Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. In June 2008 he became president of the SBC (2008-10). He has also received 3 honorary doctorates for his work in ministry. November 2016 he celebrated his 40 years in ministry and 30 years of serving as senior pastor at FBC ,Woodstock. He published 12 books . (see Publications) In August 2018 he announced, with his wife Janet, he would be transitioning out of his full time pastoral position to fulfill a Senior VP ministry for the North American Mission Board. Others That singular focus summarizes the contagious passion that Pastor Johnny has imparted to the countless lives across the globe that his preaching and shepherding have touched. Sources used The preaching Ministry of Johnny Hunt wikipedia

I found a list of 19 current Christian leaders on Google. I decided to find some information about each of the leaders and their organization. There is a brief sheet about each leader each organization. I could not find a picture of all the leaders. The 19 different church leaders and organizations are listed on the first piece of paper. I hope some of you can find a use for this information. Sources used Google# 19 Church organizations across the world

Dag is an African evangelist, pastor, author and conference speaker based in Accra, Ghana. He is the founder and presiding Bishop of United Denomination Originating from the Lighthouse Group of Churches (UD-OLGC). He is also the founder of the Anagkazo Bible Ministry Training Center (ABMTC) located in the eastern region of Ghana. Dag also serves on the board pf directors of Church Growth International and the Pentecostal World fellowship. Dug was born on the 14th May 1963 in London to a Swiss mother Elizabeth and a Ghanaian father Nathaniel Heward-Mills. The family moved to Accra, Ghana, soon after his birth. He was converted at Achimota Secondary school. he joined Christian youth campaigns ,Scripture Union and Calvary Road Singers. He trained to be a medical doctor at University of Ghana medical school. He started the Lighthouse Chapel International (1987) while still a student having felt a strong call from God to start a church. it started in a classroom in the School of Hygiene, Korle-Bu with a group of 15. They moved to the canteen. They moved to an old cinema hall in 1992. It became the first Korle Gonno Cathedral. It continued to grow until in 2006 he commissioned the construction of The Qodesh - one of the largest church complexes in Africa. (Unable to down load pictures). Dag has inspired many of his members to become missionaries, pastors and workers to help build the denomination into an international reputable ministry. He has since planted 3,000 churches in more than 90 countries worldwide. Dag holds many camps each year across the world to encourage as many people as possible to work for God. Dag is a best selling author… His writings are now available in 27 languages. Loyalty and Disloyalty* accredited by Ghana Christian Book Awards body in 2007. He has invitations to speak at conferences and conventions. His conferences bring together 1000s of pastors, ministers, church leaders and workers of different denominations across the globe. He has founded Anagkazo Bible school. It is a full time Bible seminary with 1000s of students worldwide. It is more than a Bible school it trains some people to be shepherds of real sheep! Dag started the Healing Jesus Campaign in 2004, it has massive outdoor appeal using a convoy of trucks, 4x4s and buses. They have had gatherings of 500,000 souls in one night. They have recorded 11 million decisions for Christ. In 2018 Dag visualised one hundred million souls would be won through this idea. 100,000,000 The campaign includes free medical provision - Dag is a qualified doctor For more data on media, humanitarian efforts and First Love Center see page 4. Adelaide, his wife, an insightful speaker to women, works alongside him. Together, they are a wonderful team. Source used and information wikipedia Anagkazo Bible school Charisma News Church Growth International Pentecostal World Fellowship Healing Jesus Campaign

Hillsong Church, commonly known as Hillsong, is a charismatic Christian megachurch based in Australia. The church was originally called Hills Christian Life Center was established in 1983 in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales by Brian and Bobbie Houston. Hillsong is known famously for its worship music. Through the 1980s and 1990s the congregation grew from 45 members to nearly 20,000. This was the result of strategic marketing to target the younger generations. Hillsong’s successfully established a global music standard. In 1997 the church moved to Baulkham’s Hills Norwest Business Park. In 2002 a new convention centre on the 'Hiils’location was opened by John Howard - the Prime Minister at that time. During the 1990s Hillsong Kiev and London were planted. In 2007 planted in Moscow. Planted in 2008/9 South Africa and Sweden. Israel planted 2017. Canada and Mexico planted 2018 2018 Statistics . 150, 000 members in 23 countries. In Australia 30 churches and 43,000 members. September 2018 Hillsong,. lead by Brian Houston, left the Australian Christian churches to become an autonomous denomination - identifying itself more as a global and charismatic church. Music has been central to worship at the church. Worship leaders have generally enjoyed a high-profile international position They have included Geoff Bullock, Darlene Zschech and Reuben Morgan Hillsong achieved international acclaim during Darlene’s ministry. *Shout to the Lord *was an early hit Hillsong has released over 40 albums since 1992 - one platinum status and many gold status in the mainstream Australian album charts. Sold 11 million copies. In 1999 to make Hillsong Music mainstream an agreement was reached with Warner Music Australia. In 2003 Sony Music Australia also signed. In 2012 they produced* The Global Project* - a collection pf the their most popular songs, in 9 languages. 9th March USA religious broadcaster Trinity Broadcasting Network announced a partnership. The Church Channel re-imaged as the Hillsong Channel on 1st June 2016. 2018 Hillsong Worship won its first Grammy award for *What a beautiful name *. HIllsong can be found on most Christian Channels across the world. (eg.Sky 595 this morning in th U.K) Hiilsong: Let Hope Rise documentary released September2016 explores its rise to prominence as an international church The two founders responsible for getting this to happen are Brian and Bobbie Houston who are the current global senior pastors of Hillsong Church. For 12 years Brian was the national superintendent/ president of the Australian Christian Churches (1997-2009) In May 1999 Brian took over from his father, Frank, the role of senior pastor at Sydney’s Hills Christian Life Centre. Brian is an executive producer for Hillsong Music Australia which is the music ministry of Hillsong Church. I greatly enjoy singing and listening to their songs. May Hillsong continue to be driven by the Holy Spirit. Source used wikipedia

Percy Bartimus Crawford was an evangelist and Fundamentalist leader who especially emphasized youth ministry, During the late 1950s he saw the potential of FM radio and UHF television. He had a number of FIRSTS. He was the first to build a successful Christian Broadcasting network. He was the first to create a coast to coast religious program. And the first to create a religious station in the world. He also founded The King’s College and Pinebrook, a Bible conference in the Pocono Mountains. Peter was born on 20th October 1902 in Minnsdosa, Manitoba, Canada. His family moved to Vancouver. He was the youngest of 3 boys. His father left his mother so he had to drop out of school to help support the family. While still a teenager he moved to the USA. After high school he prepared to go to the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). 23rd September 1923 he was converted at Reuben Torrey’s church under the evangelist Willie Nicholson. Instead of going to UCLA he went to the Bible Institute of Los Angeles (BIOLA). At BIOLA he discovered his gift of evangelism and committed himself to a full time Christian service. I’ll give every drop of blood I have. At Wheaton Collge he earned his BA (1929) and obtained a US citizenship. During the summer months at BIOLA and Wheaton he took evangelistic tours, with his gospel quartet, across the country. He then went to Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. In the summer while there he conducted a series of open air meetings. October 1931 he broadcastYoung People’s Church of the Air.from Barnes Memorial Mission. In 10 years he built the first radio ministry that aired on over 400 stations. In 1931 he met Ruth Duvall, a gifted pianist and arranged. They married in 1933 and they began their life long partnership in evangelism. Ruth assembled a musical entourage -this distinguished them from evangelical ministries in their era (1933-60). They kept mass evangelism alive nationwide using radio broadcasts and rallies in the 1930’s and 1940s. 1933 he founded Pinebrook Bible Conference for young people. This was followed by Shadowbrook and Mountainbrook camps. Peter directed both for over 28 years. I1936 he founded The King’s College, a Christian Liberal arts college -since 1955 located in Briarcliff Manor, New York. Peter was president for 23 years. 1949 Peter’s Youth on the March went onto network (ABC) television - first coast to coast religious program. 1956 Youtharama started. Chuck Pugh directed large scale musical productions with Peter closing with the invitation and altar call . 1958 he began to build a Christian Broadcasting network.It eventually included 17thJuly 1960 world’s** first** religious television station Peter died of a heart attack on 31 st October 1960 aged 48 . Billy Graham at his funeral said I don’t know anyone who could communicate in so a short a time the Gospel Of Christ. Sources Aechives Bulletin Board Wikipedia

David Paul Jeremiah is an American evangelical Christian author, founder of Turning Point Radio and Television Ministries and senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church, a Southern Baptist megachurch in El Cajon, California. Jeremiah was born in Toledo, Ohio on 13th February 1941. His father, James T. Jeremiah was a baptist pastor and former president of Cedarville University. He earned BA from Cedarville University (1963) and an MA from Dallas Theological Seminary (1967). Cedarville awarded him a honorary D.D (1981). In 1969 he became senior pastor at Blackhawk Baptist Church in Fort Wayne (1969-1981). In 1981 he moved to California where he succeeded Tim LaHaye as senior pastor at Shadow Mountain Community Church (1981-present day). In 1982 he founded Turning Point Ministries - a non profit organization which is solely supported by listeners and viewers. It focuses on multi-media Bible instruction. Its flagship programme is Turning Point - a 1/2 hour radio programme. In 2000 he developed a national television programme. The radio programme is now available to nearly 1/2 a million listeners. The television programme reaches a total of 2.7 billion households world wide. Each message that is aired, whether over the radio or television is presented by David himself. Besides the radio and television there are resources for internet content, mobile applications, books, magazines and devotionals. Turning Point for God’s mission is to *deliver the unchanging Word of God to an ever changing world. Besides being a pastor and leading Turning Point Ministries he is also an author on numerous books on Christian Theology and morality . (See partial Books list and Amazon sheet)) Dr. David Jeremiah is shepherding his flocks in as many modern multi-media ways as possible besides his sermons and books ( Some in Kindle form). With the present pandemic he is streaming a special online event on September 30th - See* It’s Time to FORWARDMOVE* poster Sources used Amazon DavidJeremiah.org daystar.com Turning Point wikipedia

50 years later, Orchard Road Centre pastor still going strong Marilyn Allene Hickey is an American Christian minster and televangelist who teaches Bible studies both nationally and internationally. Born on 1st July 1931 she is 90 next year. Marilyn, aged 11 was told she had an enlarged heart which grew worse until she had surgery. She became a born again Christian when teenager. She gained a BA in Collective Foreign Languages at the University of North Colorado. According to her daughter, Susan Bowling, her father was the first to fully commit to a life of ministry but said both were passionate about God. Marilyn met Wallace Hickey at an Assemblies of God Church, where he served as pastor. . They married on Boxing day -26thDecember 1954 and were married for over 50 years (1954-2012). Together they founded and pastored at Gospel Chapel in Denver (1956-2012) . The church grew from 25 and peaked at 4,000 and was renamed Orchard Road Christian Center and enlarged 4 times. ( now called The Encounter -congregation 1,000) … They had two children. Since 1973 one pulpit has not been enough for Marilyn. The once shy teacher, leading 22 Bible study groups, encouraged by her admiring students, was nudged onto the radio. She responded to God’s call 'to cover the earth with the Word that’s when she became a televangelist. She was the founder, president and host of Today with Marilyn For nearly 50 years Marilyn has been teaching the Bible on television. The Lord has continually opened doors of opportunity for Marilyn in 138 Countries. ( Read Live the Word, Live the Miraculous/ Global Miracle Ministry) Since 1996 she has co-hosted a daily television programme with with her daughter, Sarah Bowling, Today with Marilyn and Sarah. This programme can be seen on various Christian networks - DayStar Network Channel and independent stations both in the USA and internationally. In 2012 she held a 3 day prayer and faith healing rally in Karachi, Pakistan, attended by over 400,000. 2016, on 12 th November, on her 7th visit to Katachi she aimed for 1 million in a single meeting. Sarah and husband Reece Bowling are now the senior pastors of The Encounter. Together they share the pulpit with Hickey the ‘rock star.’ Sarah is also the founder of ‘Saving Moses’. (See notes) Reece Bowling, on 31st July 2010, said of his mother-in-law. She’s as good as she’s ever been. She’s amazing. Sources used Global Miracle Ministry The Denver Post Who is Sarah Bowling Wikipedia

Kenneth is an American televangelist and author associated with the charismatic movement. His organization, Kenneth Copeland Ministries, is based in Tarrant County, Texas. He was born in Lubbock, Texas. He was raised near a US Army Air Forces airfield which inspired him to become a pilot. Prior to becoming a minister he was a recording artist on the Imperial Records label. He had one Billboard Top 40 which reached number 17 on 20th April 1957. Kenneth became a born again Christian in November 1962. He has devoted the last 50+ years of his life to the Gospel and ministry work. In the fall of 1967 he enrolled in Oral Roberts University where he soon became pilot and chauffeur to Oral Roberts. He has been married 3 times. His present wife, Gloria, he married in 1963. Together they co- host the ministry’s flagship broadcast The Believer’s Voice of Victory. (BVOV) For decades KCM held 3-6 day conventions across the USA. The longer set has waned in recent years. They hold week’s an annual Believers Conference in July. Kenneth and Gloria, along with family and friends, preach at other conventions and conferences throughout the world. These events are are streamed live on KCM 's website and on Christian television stations such as GodTV and Daystar Television Network. In July 2015 KCM launched the BVOV network on Channel 265 of Dish TV. In 2019 BVOVN was renamed Victory Channel and is now a free-to-air channel available on subchannels around the USA. Probably in October 2020 it will be replaced by programming by Steven Furtick of Elevation Church.l He has written at least 15 books (See Selected KCM publications and recordings) He has been identified as preaching the prosperity gospel. He calls for donations - some of which have financed his mansions, private jets , an airport and other lavish purchases. Kenneth has been involved with a number of controversies. 2006 Angel Flight 44 2008 Mike Huckabus 2013 Vaccinations 2015 Last Week Tonight criticism Covid 19 ( See Wikipedia for full information) The Copelands run the Kenneth Copeland Ministries from their base in Tarrant County, Texas. KCM’s motto is *Jesus is Lord * Romans 10 v 9 In an interview Kenneth claimed the ministry has brought over 122 million people to the Lord Jesus Sources used KCM wikipedia

Jerry is known around the world for talking people into winning. Jerry is president of Jerry Savelle Ministries International (JSMI). He has written over 70 books and has preached in more than 3,000 churches and 26 nations. JSMI has offices i Tanzania, U.K., Australia, Canada and USA headquarters in Crowley. Texas. As a child he was torn between cars and the ministry.Aged 9 he wanted to own an automobile business like his dad. At the age of 11 , while watching Oral Roberts on the television, he felt called to the ministry. His first job was working as an autobody repairman .In 1964 he went to college and in 1965 he married Carolyn Creech. In 1968 he opened Jerry’s Paint and Body shop. In early 1969 he felt another call into the ministry February 1969 he gave his life to Christ. He began to travel and study under Kenneth Copeland. Jerry established his ministry in 1974 as a travelling ministry. He has a weekly broadcast at JSMI.org and on Daystar Television Network. He has written over 70 books (See Partial list of JSMI publications and Recordings) Jerry’s ministry organization is dedicated to sharing God’s message of love, acceptance and hope across the globe.i Sources Jerry Savelle Ministries with Jerry Savelle wikipedia

Michael Amerhom Youssef is an Arab-American pastor and televangelist. He is the senior pastor of the Church of the Apostles in Atlanta, Georgia and the executive president of Leading the Way. Michael is fortunate to be alive. His mother, who was in poor health, was advised by the doctors to terminate the pregnancy. An abortion was scheduled. God intervened. Her pastor reassured her that God was involved in the pregnancy and not to be afraid. His parents accepted the pastor’s advice . Michael was born on 25th September 1948. Aged 16 he surrendered his life to the Lord. He was born in Egypt and lived in Lebanon and Australia before moving to the USA in 1977. While in Australia he studied at Moore Theological College in Sydney, was ordained a minister and met his wife Elizabeth. For 10 years he worked for the Haggai Institute, where he rose to the position of managing Director. He travelling around the world teaching courses in evangelism and church leadership to church leaders. The family settled in Atlanta, Georgia in 1984 and he became a U.S. citizen. In 1987 he founded the Church of Apostles in Atlanta. He started with a congregation of 40 adults; it now has a congregation of over 3,000. The vision of the church is Reaching the Lost and Equipping the Saints for the Work of the Ministry. In 1988 he founded Leading the Way The focus is on reaching Muslims in the Middle East. It began broadcasting on 2 local stations in 1989. Today the radio programme can be heard on 800 outlets around the USA, Canada, U.K., Australia and New Zealand. It also produces other resources including a devotional magazine (2002) to help Christians grow in their faith. Michael has also written more than 35 books including Jesus, Jihad and Peace. Michael and Elizabeth live in Atlanta and have 4 grownup children and 8 grand children. The path he has walked has given him a thorough cross-cultural understanding and a firm grasp of Scripture. He preaches, teaches and exhorts with straightforward and uncompromising delivery, based on the authority of the inspired, Infallible Word of God.