Interesting_FACTS_about_Evangelist_MORRIS_CERULLO!
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As we eulogize this legend, for the time being, here are just 18 things we want you to know about him.
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- Morris Cerullo was October 2, 1931 and died on July 11, 2020.
- He was an American pentecostal evangelist who traveled extensively around the world for his ministry.
- He was the host of Victory Today, a daily television program.
- He published more than 80 books.
- Cerullo was born in Passaic, New Jersey to a Russo-Jewish/Italian family.
- His parents died in an automobile accident when he was very young.
- He was raised in various orphanages, the last being an Orthodox Jewish orphanage in nearby Clifton, New Jersey.
- He converted to Christianity at age 14 with the guidance of a nurse in the Clifton, New Jersey, orphanage.Soon after, Jewish orphanage directors restricted him from practicing certain matters of his new faith, so he ran away from the orphanage.
- He began preaching the gospel at the age of 16, after claiming to have seen a vision from God, in which he witnessed people suffering torments in Hell.
- He attended and graduated from divinity school in New York state in 1953, and began ministering with the help of his then soon-to-be bride Theresa.
- In the early 1950s, he was ordained in the Assemblies of God.
- For many years Morris Cerullo conducted repeated “Schools of Ministry” in several countries like Mexico, Brazil, The Philippines, Korea, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Indonesia, Netherlands and many others.
- He is married to Theresa Cerullo (born on 1951).
- He is the father of three children, David (born on 1952), Susan (born on 1954) and Mark (born on 1957)
- His son Mark died in 1993.
- In 2015, at the age of 83, Cerullo toured Africa for nine days, during which time he held meetings in six African countries, preaching, holding training sessions and meeting with political leaders.
- He is the Founder of Morris Cerullo World Evangelism and founder of Morris Cerullo Schools of Ministry.
- His major occupation was Evangelist, inspirational speaker, missionary and author.