Ernest Angley
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Ernest Angley (born August 9, 1921 in Gastonia, North Carolina) is an international Christian evangelist, based in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
A native of rural North Carolina, he was raised a Baptist, and at the age of 18 he said he underwent a "life-changing experience" with Jesus. In the early 1950s, traveling with their tent, he and his wife arrived in northeast Ohio as a traveling salvation and healing evangelist; the locals embraced them, and he has lived in the Cuyahoga Falls area ever since.
He emphasizes 1) Salvation through Christ Jesus, and 2) Praying for the sick in the name of Jesus, in an inter-denominational ministry that takes him all over the world via television and crusades.
The author of many books ([1]) as well as gospel songs, he contributes all royalties to sending the gospel throughout the world. Ernest Angley continues to live in the same small house that he shared with his wife Esther "Angel" before her death.
He can be seen on The 90 and 9 Club (show named in reference to Matt. 18:12-13) weekdays on his ministry owned TV station WBNX-TV 55 in Cleveland, Ohio, as well as the weekly Ernest Angley Hour seen in the United States, Canada, Caribbean Islands, South America, United Kingdom, Africa, India, China, Japan, Philippines and Indonesia. His program reaches over 1 billion people and continues to expand.
Angley owns a huge complex in his home base of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, a complex formerly owned by another television evangelist, Rex Humbard, and formerly known as the Cathedral of Tomorrow. This complex now includes the Grace Cathedral, the Cathedral Buffet restaurant, WBNX as well as other companies which lease space. His ministry owns a Boeing 747SP which it uses to transport missionaries and humanitarian aid around the world ([2], [3],[4]).
Outside of Ernest Angley's morning talk show, WBNX operates as a secular TV station, and is currently affiliated with The CW Network. Previously a WB station, It had been consistently one of the top 15 WB affiliates in the country. It became affiliated with the CW Network in Fall 2006 ([5]).
Before purchasing the former Cathedral of Tomorrow, Angley's ministry was based at Grace Cathedral (originally named "Temple of Healing Stripes") in Springfield Township. He is now converting that location into a Bible college with the purpose of offering training to those from underprivileged nations ([6]).
Hurry Friday is the title of his autobiography which was published in June 2004. In it he discusses his childhood, family and his wife Esther (affectionately nicknamed, Angel). He also reveals the heartache he endured when his wife died in late 1970 and how he had to learn to live again. Reverend Angley never remarried and has no children.
