Ernest Winston Angley (August 9, 1921 – May 7, 2021) was an American Christian evangelist, author, and television station owner who was based in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio from the 1950s until his death in 2021.
In his autobiography, he details his early life being raised in the Charlotte, North Carolina, area as a Baptist, and at the age of 18 accepting Jesus Christ as his Savior.
[4] Ernest Angley's ministry once operated a Boeing 747SP, named Star Triple Seven[5] and bearing registration P4-FSH,[6] which was used to transport missionaries and humanitarian aid internationally.
[8] In September 2019 it was reported the plane was in disrepair and had not been flown for over nineteen months, with church funds being unable to provide $140,000 for needed repairs.
Angley also had hosted The 90 & 9 Club, named in reference to Matthew 18:12–13,[10] weekdays on his ministry owned TV station WBNX-TV 55 in Cleveland, Ohio until his final years due to age and health issues.
[11] Angley's Christian faith-based teachings, in particular his claims (based on the Biblical scripture Mark 9:23 "Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.")
In March 2007, the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa, after receiving a complaint, cancelled a newspaper ad for Angley's ministry, based on lack of preliminary filing of medical documentation at that time for healing of AIDS through prayer.
In the same 2007 television broadcast, he displayed what he claimed was medical documentation from four alleged former HIV-positive patients of their negative tests results.
[20] Angley, who has spoken out against homosexuality as a sin,[21] was accused of sexual abuse by male former Grace Cathedral pastor Rev.
[24] Allegations of further sexual abuses, including forced vasectomies and abortions, have been reported by the Akron Beacon Journal and Forbes.