In 1950, when he was just a wee 14 year old, Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter began big-time preaching as an assistant pastor at a Baptist church in Ridgeland, South Carolina. Eikerenkoetter, who was ...

*The son of Rev. Ike has penned a book about his impact on the Blach church titled “Reverend Ike: An Extraordinary Life of Influence” with the motivational speaker Mark Victor Hansen. Religious News ...

Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, better known as Reverend Ike, owned 16 Rolls Royce vehicles, plus, extensive worldly possessions accrued with followers’ donations. Rev. Ike wielded a pastoral notice — ...

Dr. Ike Butterworth, head pastor of First Presbyterian Church, will retire at the end of May after 48 years in the ministry, the last 31 of those in Wichita Falls. The last sermon he'll deliver from ...

Pastor Ike Butterworth of First Presbyterian Church reflects on retirement after 40-plus years as a pastor, his love for his congregation and Easter during a global pandemic.

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 ...

Although Björk is reportedly not a big fan of organized religion, she’ll be playing at a church when she next performs in New York. And she’s not the only one. In the next month, Bloc Party and the ...