Religious Figure. A prominent televangelist and anticommunist, he was born in Texarkana, Texas, and first won attention in 1953 with his balloon lift sending 100,000 balloons with bible quotes into the Soviet Union. At his peak as an evangelist he was carried by over 500 radio and 250 television stations. His popularity waned when his organization, Christian Crusade, experienced a series of problems culminating with allegations, denied and unproven, of his sexual involvement with students of both sexes. Had a long-running fight with the IRS when it removed his ministry's tax-exempt status, citing his mixture of religion and politics.
Religious Figure. A prominent televangelist and anticommunist, he was born in Texarkana, Texas, and first won attention in 1953 with his balloon lift sending 100,000 balloons with bible quotes into the Soviet Union. At his peak as an evangelist he was carried by over 500 radio and 250 television stations. His popularity waned when his organization, Christian Crusade, experienced a series of problems culminating with allegations, denied and unproven, of his sexual involvement with students of both sexes. Had a long-running fight with the IRS when it removed his ministry's tax-exempt status, citing his mixture of religion and politics.
Bio by: Fred Beisser
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