‘The Walking Bible’ Televangelist Jack Van Impe Dies

Televangelist Jack Van Impe, the host of the show "Jack Van Impe Presents," has died at the age of 88. Impe led more than 8 million to faith in Christ over the duration of his 68-year ministry. At the height of its popularity in the mid-'90s, his show reached 25,000 cities weekly and more than 150 countries. "Jack Van Impe Presents" aired its final episode this month. 

Van Impe's ministry, Jack Van Impe Ministries International, announced the news on its website.  "The beloved Dr. Jack Van Impe was welcomed into Heaven by His blessed Savior and Lord who he had so faithfully served in ministry for over 70 years.

Please pray for his beloved wife and lifelong ministry partner Rexella and their families as they grieve this immense loss and for wisdom as she and the Board lead the ministry in the days ahead.

Further details about Dr. Van Impe's homecoming celebration will be published later."

For more than 30 years, Van Impe hosted his own weekly half-hour television series "Jack Van Impe Presents" from his ministry's headquarters in Detroit, MI.  Van Impe offered End Times commentary on the news of the week through an interpretation of the Bible. His wife, Rexella, also served as co-host. 

The television series aired in 150 countries around the world.  

"We only report the news from the latest papers and magazines," Van Impe once said, "but we use the Word of God to show you that it means Christ is coming."

Van Impe was also known as the "Walking Bible" after he memorized most of the King James Version of the Bible.  

"Few reached a larger audience than evangelist Jack Van Impe," historian Paul Boyer wrote in his landmark study of prophecy belief in modern America. "Bible quotations studded Van Impe's apocalyptic predictions, including not only the familiar ones from Revelation, Zechariah, and 2 Peter ... but also more obscure selections from Joel, Zephaniah, Malachi, and ... Ezekiel."

Please pray for his beloved wife and lifelong ministry partner Rexella and their families as they grieve this immense loss and for wisdom as she and the Board lead the ministry in the days ahead.

Further details about Dr. Van Impe's homecoming celebration will be published later.

 

 

 

 

 

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