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Hugh Marjoe Ross Gortner (born January 14, 1944) is an American former evangelist preacher and actor. He first gained public attention during the late 1940s when his parents arranged for him to be ordained as a preacher at age four due to his extraordinary speaking ability, making him the youngest known in that position to this day.
Marjoe Gortner was a child preacher, who was popular in the American South starting in 1949. His parents earned large sums of money off of his preaching; Gortner speculated their take to be in the millions. The novelty of Gortner's youthfulness wore off at age 14, causing his father to leave. At 16, he decided to stop preaching and left his ...
Steven Gaines (born 1946) is an American author, journalist, and radio show host. His books include Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons, The Love You Make: An Insider's Story of The Beatles, Heroes and Villains: The True Story of the Beach Boys, and Marjoe, the biography of evangelist Marjoe Gortner.
Now, with Season Nine out on Netflix as of Dec. 11, the Fab Five members talk to TODAY.com about how Brent helped the series enter its renaissance era. “It’s crazy how after I thought, when we ...
Speak Up, America starred former child televangelist Marjoe Gortner and basically expanded the opening segment of Real People (in which audience members were encouraged to sound off about any topics they wished) into a full hour program.
The Year Without a Santa Claus, a Christmas special from Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin, Jr., turns 50 this December. The beloved special was adapted from the book of the same name by Phyllis ...
The post Mark May: What The Former ESPN Analyst Is Doing Now appeared first on The Spun. Mark May was once one of ESPN’s most well-known college football analysts, but seemingly vanished from ...
One of the most prominent child preachers was Marjoe Gortner, who was the subject of the 1972 documentary Marjoe. According to Randall Balmer, the appeal of having child preachers is in its novelty, making it "a kind of a carnival side-show". [1]