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In 1940, Word of Life Fellowship Bible Conference was founded by Jack Wyrtzen. [1] In 1941, he founded the Word of Life Camp Ministry, and in 1946 he purchased an island on Schroon Lake, New York, and opened Word of Life Camp in 1947. [2]
John Von Casper "Jack" Wyrtzen (April 22, 1913 – April 17, 1996) was an American youth evangelist and founder of Word of Life ministries, which operates Christian camps, conference centers and Bible institutes. Wyrtzen produced the Word of Life radio program, heard by a nationwide audience. He led the organization for fifty years until his ...
Word of Life (Swedish: Livets Ord) is a megachurch in Uppsala and an international association of churches, within the Swedish Word of Faith movement. Livets Ord is the foremost example of the Neo-charismatic movement in Sweden, closely related to Word of Faith, and it may be viewed as a Swedish expression of similar Pentecostal elements in American Christianity.
Bruce Leonard, the father of the victim in the Word of Life Church case, was released from prison on parole on Thursday after just over seven years at Marcy Correctional Facility.. Leonard, 73 ...
Word of Life Christian Church, in New Hartford, New York; Kale Heywet Word of Life Church, church in Ethiopia; Livets Ord (Swedish for "Word of Life"), a church founded by Ulf Ekman; Born Again Movement (From the subtitle of Yalin Xin's book) Large Asian House-Church Network/Fellowship; Word of Life Bible Church, headquartered in Warri, Nigeria
It originally became known as Sonrise Chapel, and later Word of Life Church. The church's first permanent facility was built in 1979. This is now known as Alpha Hall, one of four buildings on what for many years was the campus of Valor Christian College (the college moved to the main church campus in 2011).
In October 2015, 19-year-old Lucas Leonard died from injuries sustained during repeated and severe beatings at the Word of Life Christian Church in Chadwicks, New York.The beatings were part of "spiritual counseling" for Lucas and his 17-year old brother Christopher, who survived with severe injuries.
Word of Faith Fellowship began in 1979, when Jane Whaley, then a math teacher, and her husband Sam Whaley converted a former steakhouse into a chapel. Jane Whaley, the daughter of a plumber and a homemaker in rural North Carolina, led the group as it grew to a membership of 750.