A collection of the late Rev. Frederick Eikerenkoetter Jr.’s trademark witticisms still hover on 10-foot-tall placards high on one wall of the ornate vestibule of his behemoth United Palace Cathedral ...

His proper Christian name is Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter. But he avowedly no longer is a proper Christian, and he likes to be called ”Ike.” That is as in Rev. Ike–the diamond-studded disciple of ...

A: Rev. Ike is still living. Born in Ridgeland, N.C., he was called to the ministry at the age of 14. After serving in the Air Force as a chaplain, Rev. Ike returned home and started his own church.

LOS ANGELES (AP)-- The minister known as Reverend Ike, who preached the gospel of material prosperity to millions nationwide, died Tuesday. He was 74. Family spokesman Bishop E. Bernard Jordan told ...

“Change makes your minister nervous in the service,” the Reverend Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II would tell his congregation. The controversial evangelist, known as Rev. Ike died last week in Los ...

(RNS/ENI) The Rev. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, an early proponent of the prosperity gospel best known as “Rev. Ike,” died Tuesday (July 28). He was 74. Rev. Ike was among the first in the 1970s to ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The minister known as Reverend Ike, who preached the gospel of material prosperity to millions nationwide, died Tuesday. He was 74.Family spokesman Bishop E. Bernard Jordan told The ...

Rev. Johnson died May 22, and I believe it is important that one aspect of his legacy should not be overlooked. When he founded the Coalition of Churches in Prison Ministry in 1995, he wanted to ...

The minister known as Reverend Ike, who preached the gospel of material prosperity to millions nationwide, has died. He was 74. The Rev. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II died Tuesday, according to a ...