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Aug. 9, 1921: Ernest Angley is born in rural western North Carolina, the middle child of what would be Julius Robert Angley and Fannie Waugh Angley’s seven children. 

June 1940: The Church of God Evangel newspaper reports: “E.W. Angley of Gastonia, N.C. reports that he has been saved and sanctified and desires the prayers of all that he may receive the Holy Ghost." The article says Angley praised the Lord for healing one of his sisters after she was “poisoned by something she ate” and asked for prayers for the “unsaved” in his home, according to information provided by Lee University.

Spring 1941: Angley starts preaching as a teen before he has training, first to groups from his local Church of God and then at local revivals. 

Summer 1941: Angley holds a two-week meeting in Mooresville, North Carolina, where 41 were saved, 29 sanctified, 21 filled with the Holy Ghost, and five joined the church, according to information provided by Lee University.

Fall 1941: Angley enrolls in Tennessee’s Church of God Bible Training School, which is now known as Lee University. There, he serves as student body treasurer in the Christian Workers’ department. At school, he meets his future wife, Esther Lee Sikes, whom he nicknamed “Angel.”

1943: Angley graduates from bible training school, marries Sikes and settles in Tampa, Florida, where Sikes had attended college. That year, Angley is licensed as an Evangelist with the Church of God and later advanced to full ordination, according to Lee University.

1943-1954: Angley and his wife travel, holding tent revival meetings to overflowing crowds. Angley also publishes the first of several books: “Raptured A Novel on The Second Coming of the Lord,” which is popular in Pentacostal and Evangelicals across the U.S., according to Lee University. (A Kindle version of the book is available on Amazon for $2.50).

1954: Angley and the Church of

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In 1996, internationally known televangelist Ernest Angley admitted to his assistant minister that he had had sexual relations with a man who was employed by their church, Grace Cathedral in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

The telephone conversation was tape-recorded and made available to the Akron Beacon Journal and Ohio.com last month.

The person who provided the tape did so for a promise of anonymity. That person felt called to action after reading about an exchange of lawsuits between Angley and another former Grace Cathedral pastor, the Rev. Brock Miller. Miller sued Angley in August, claiming that sexual abuse Angley inflicted upon him has caused permanent damage. Angley has countersued for defamation.

The source believed releasing the tape would show that Angley, who has preached vehemently against the “sin” of homosexuality, has a history of sexual abuse involving his employees.

The assistant minister on the tape is the Rev. Bill Davis, who left the church after learning about Angley’s activities. Although Davis made the original recording, he did not provide the tape and had absolutely nothing to do with initiating this story. In fact, he only reluctantly agreed to talk about t

Ernest Winston Angley (August 9, 1921 – May 7, 2021) was an American Christianevangelist, author and television station. Born in Gastonia, North Carolina, his career began in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.

Career

Angley's ministry was originally based at Grace Cathedral (a.k.a. the "Temple of Healing Stripes") near Akron. That church is now known as Grace Cathedral – Akron. Angley's ministry operates a Boeing 747SP, named Star Triple Seven and bearing registration P4-FSH.

He hosts a one hour program called The Ernest Angley Hour.

Controversy

Angley was known for being against homosexuality as he saw it as a sin. In January 2019, he was accused of sexual abuse by former Grace Cathedral pastor, Rev. Brock Miller. Miller filed a lawsuit against Angley and claims that he was abused for nine years. A 1996 tape recording of Angley admitting to sexual relations with a different man. Allegation of further sexual abuses have been reported by the Akron Beacon Journal and Forbes.

Death

Angley died on May 7, 2021 in Akron, Ohio, just three months before his 100th birthday.

References

American Christian evangelist (1921–2021)

Ernest Winston Angley (August 9, 1921 – May 7, 2021) was an American Christian evangelist, author, and television station owner who was based in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio from the 1950s until his death in 2021.

Ernest Angley was born in Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina. In his autobiography, he details his early life being raised in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area as a Baptist, and at the age of 18 accepting Jesus Christ as his Savior. In the early 1950s, he moved to Northeast Ohio as a traveling "salvation and healing" Pentecostalevangelist.

Facilities

Grace Cathedral

Angley's non-denominational ministry was originally based at Grace Cathedral (a.k.a. the "Temple of Healing Stripes") in Springfield Township, Ohio, southeast of Akron. That church is now known as Grace Cathedral – Akron and is used by their youth ministry and for church weddings, funerals, and Bible study. In 1984, Angley purchased part of a large complex in his home base of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, that was formerly owned by televangelist Rex Humbard, which includes the church formerly known as the Cathedral of Tomorrow (which was rededicated as Grace Cathedral) and its next-door television studios.

Humbard's Cathedral of Tomorrow complex was sold in 1984 to television evangelist Ernes