Evangelist Morris Cerullo dies aged 88 , “He is gone to join the great cloud of witnesses”

The American pentecostal preacher, evangelist Morris Cerullo, 88, died on July 10th. The cause of his death was pneumonia.

Evangelist Morris Cerullo.

His ministry focused on preaching around the world and training young pastors. He trained around 5 million Christian ministers, according to his website.

Brief Biography

Cerullo was born in 1931, and raised in a Jewish orphanage in New Jersey. There, he  became a Christian through a nurse.

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When he was teenager, he started his church ministry and at the age of 17 received a scholarship to a Bible college in New York.

He was ordained by the Assemblies of God as an evangelist minister in 1952.

Dr Cerullo said his crusade to London had been a success and that he had received 746 testimonies from people saying they had been cured of various ailments after attending the rally.

An example for many faith leaders

The evangelist left a legacy and also an example for others due to his passion for serving in the work of the Lord.

Many church leaders pronounced and express their words in relation to passing of the evangelist.

Benny Hinn wrote of Morris Cerullo: “I can’t begin to imagine what my life would have been without the precious times I spent with “Papa.” I’ve never met anyone who was more on fire for the cause of Christ. The intensity of the flames that burned in his heart for the lost was contagious, and I never walked away from spending time with him without my life changed forever.”

Meanwhile, Charles Agyinasare, wrote on Twitter: My father Dr Morris Cerullo @morris_cerullo is gone to join the great cloud of witnesses after having fought a good fight and having run his course. His legacy lives on in us.”

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 Source: Premier.Christian News

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