Marilyn Hickey: Prosperity Gospel Pioneer Passes

0:00Marilyn Hickey, the trailblazing TV evangelist and faith healer who championed the prosperity gospel, passed away on Saturday, April 25th. She was 94 years old. Her ministry announced the news, marking the end of a career that touched millions through bold preaching and miraculous promises. She launched her show, Today With Marilyn, back in 1973, and later teamed up with her daughter, Sarah Bowling in 1996. Rebranding it, Today With Marilyn and Sarah. She had ran on big Christian networks like Trinity Broadcasting and Daystar, often right before hits like the 700 Club. Hickey style hooked folks with creative fundraising, sending out miracle carrot seeds, blessed ropes, anointed cloths, or even red elastic bands to, donors. She wrote over 150 books and tapes, urging listeners to speak prosperity into their wallets and checkbooks, turning faith into everyday, wealth talk. Born in 1931 in Dowhart, Texas, she married Pastor Wallace Hickey in 1954, and they hit

1:01the road with tent revivals, nationwide. She served on oral Roberts University's board, earned an honorary doctorate, and in 2012, drew over 400,000 to a massive prayer, crusade in Pakistan. Her legacy lives on through Marilyn Hickey Ministries in Centennial, Colorado, where she spent her final days, inspiring a generation to claim. Fundance through unwavering belief. That's the story for today, Birmingham News Today, Driven by AI.