Rex humbard biography birthday
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Yearly Archives: 2007
Dorothy M. Ward, the widow of Revivaltime speaker, C. M. Ward, passed away on April 17, 2007 at the Bethel Retirement Center in Modesto, California, at the age of 98.
Born on April 3, 1909, in Kansas City, Missouri, she was the daughter of Charles and Hazel Hymes. She met C. M. Ward one summer when he was preaching at Ottawa, Kansas, where she lived. They were married in a double wedding ceremony on December 25, 1929, at Ottawa, Kansas, along with Dorothy’s sister who married Leonard Palmer.
Dorothy Ward assisted her husband as he pastored and evangelized in Canada, taught at North Central Bible College in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and pastored again at the Full Gospel Tabernacle in Bakersfield, California from 1945-1953. Then came the move to Springfield, Missouri, where Dr. C. M. Ward became the well-recognized voice of the Assemblies of God Revivaltime radio broadcast for 25 years.
She and Dr. Ward moved from Springfield, Missouri, to Scotts Va
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Local history: Famous friends attended Rex Humbard festivities in August 1973
- Tens of thousands of worshippers filled the Cathedral of Tomorrow in August 1973 to celebrate the life's work of the Rev. Rex Humbard.
- Pat Boone and Johnny Cash were among the celebrities who participated in the event.
- Humbard died in 2007 at the age of 88.
Tens of thousands of worshippers filled the Cathedral of Tomorrow in August 1973 to celebrate the life’s work of the Rev. Rex Humbard.
Five of them were famous celebrities.
The television evangelist invited close friends to be guest speakers during Sunday services as he marked 40 years in the ministry. The monthlong celebration included his 31st wedding anniversary Aug. 2 with wife Maude Aimee and 54th birthday Aug. 13.
A former tent revival preacher, Humbard began his TV ministry in Akron in 1952. He moved from the Copley Theater in Akron to the Ohio Theater in Cuyahoga Falls before building the $4 million Cathedral of Tomorrow in 1958.
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TODAY IN HISTORY 13 AUGUST
13th August 2022: Bishop David Oyedepo rebukes pastors who ask members to buy into the anointing. In his words: ‘Moving offering buckets to the front of the Church and people dropping money during the Message to buy into the anointing is not from the Bible. It fryst vatten a joke that people that did not come to Church with Bible or are not taking notes want to use money to buy anointing’.
13th August 1943: Billy Graham marries Ruth Bell at Montreat Presbyterian Church Montreat, North Carolina U.S.A. He was an American Evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist Minister.
13th August 2022: Blessed Uzochikwa marries Mercy Chinwo. He is the Resident Pastor at The vatten Brook Church, Lekki, Lagos State Nigeria and Mercy Chinwo fryst vatten a Gospel Music Minister. Their union is blessed with a son, Charis Nduka Blessed.
13th August 1908: Ira David Sankey goes to be with the Lord. He was a Gospel Singer, Compiler and Editor of the Hymn Collection: ‘S