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Rex Humbard Sr.


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August 13, 1919 Born Alpha Rex Emmanuel Humbard in Little Rock, Arkansas to Alpha Emmanuel and Martha Bell Humbard, both of who had been been involved in itinerant evangelistic ministries. His mother consecrated him to God's service when he was 2 days old. His family started Pentecostal churches and holding evangelistic meetings all over the United States and he was involved in this ministry, including radio broadcasting, from a young age.
1942 Married Maude Aimee Jones in Dallas, Texas. They had four children: Rex Emmanuel Jr., Don Raymond, Aimee Elizabeth, and Charles Raymond.
1943 Ordained to ministry in the Evangelical Church.
Summer 1952 Left the family ministry to start an independent, nondenominational church in Akron, Ohio. While watching a baseball game on a television set in a store window, he had a vision of the use of television in evangelistic work.
February, 1953 Incorporated Calvary Temple, Inc and began television broadcasts of his sermons. He also held rallies around the United States and in many other countries, including Brazil.
1958 Dedicated his new four million dollar church building, the Cathedral of Tomorrow, in the Akron suburb of Cuyahoga Falls. It was one of the first churches specially equipped for television broadcasts.
1970 Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Trinity College, Dunedin, Florida, USA.
1971 Wrote his autobiography, Miracles in My Life.
1970s Acquired or started several enterprise, including Macinac College and businesses in various parts of the United States.
1973 After complaints from federal and state agencies about securities sales, he sold off most properties.
1973 Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
1974 Delegate to International Congress on World Evangelization in Lausanne, Switzerland
1977 Preached at the funeral of Elvis Presley.
1978 Humbard's program, Cathedral of Tomorrow, was carried by 378 television stations in North America and on about 1,200 in other countries. His audience was estimated at twenty million.
1982 Moved to Florida and his son, Rex Jr., followed him as leader of the ministry.
1993 Inducted into the Broadcaster's Hall of Fame.
1994 Cathedral of Tomorrow facilities sold to evangelist Ernest Angley.
December 27, 1999 Named by U.S. News and World report one of the "Top 25 Principle Architects of the American Century."
September 21, 2007 Died in a hospital near his home in Lantana, Florida, USA of natural causes.




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