Morris Cerullo
| Morris Cerullo | |
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| Born |
October 2, 1931 Passaic, New Jersey, US |
| Other names | Dr. Morris Cerullo |
| Occupation | Evangelist, inspirational speaker, missionary, author, |
| Spouse(s) | Theresa, 1952–present |
| Children |
David (b. 1952) Susan (b. 1954) Mark (b. 1957-1993) |
| Religion | Judaism, then Pentecostalism |
| Church | Christianity (Pentecostal) |
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Offices held
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Founder, Morris Cerullo World Evangelism Founder, Morris Cerullo Schools of Ministry |
Morris Cerullo (born October 2, 1931) is an American pentecostal evangelist. He has traveled extensively around the world for his ministry. He hosts "Victory Today," a daily television program, and has published more than 80 books.
Cerullo was born in Passaic, New Jersey to a Russo-Jewish/Italian family. His parents died in an automobile accident when he was very young. He was raised in various orphanages, the last being an Orthodox Jewish orphanage in nearby Clifton, New Jersey. He received Jesus Christ as his personal savior at age 14 with the guidance of a nurse in the Clifton, New Jersey, orphanage. Soon after, Jewish orphanage directors restricted him from practicing certain matters of his new faith, so he ran away from the orphanage. He began preaching the gospel at the age of 16, after claiming to have seen a vision from God, in which he witnessed people suffering torments in Hell. He attended and graduated from divinity school in New York state in 1953, and began ministering with the help of his then soon-to-be bride Theresa. In the early 1950s, he was ordained in the Assemblies of God.
For many years Morris Cerullo conducted repeated "Schools of Ministry" in several countries like Mexico, Brazil, The Philippines, Korea, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Nigeria, Indonesia, Netherlands and many others. During these "SOMs" one of the days of the conferences he would preach in an open air crusade, or a large theater/arena, and lead people in a commitment to Jesus Christ and then would pray for healings to happen in the crowd. He would have the school of ministry students test the genuineness of the reports from the people's testimonies. After the large mass meetings he would charge the "SOM," School Of Ministry, students to reach out to their countrymen with the same message being inspired by the results of the public rally. Cerullo often stated that not he, but Jesus Christ was the healer. He would encourage faith in, as he would say, "the written and the living word of God."
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