He died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease) at his home in Fresno, California.
The team was sponsored by the World Council of Churches with the task of rebuilding foundations of destroyed buildings in Germany and France.
By the 1960s, the group was focused on East Germany and known as the “Berlin Fellowship.” [3] [4] Louis and his family moved to Washington to minister at the National Presbyterian Church, where most American presidents have attended services and visitors have included Queen Elizabeth and Mother Teresa.
Mears led several of Louis Evans Jr.'s friends to evangelism and ministry including Bill Bright, and Richard Halverson.
[7] Original Hollywood Christian Group participants included Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, Billy Graham, Colleen Townsend Evans, Jane Russell, Stuart Hamblen, Ronald Reagan[8] and many others, in the living room of Henrietta Mears home, The group was chaplained by J. Edwin Orr from 1949-1951.