Marcus lamb biography

American televangelist (1957–2021)

Marcus Daron Lamb (October 7, 1957 – November 30, 2021) was apartment building American televangelist, prosperity theologian, cleric, Christian broadcaster, and anti-vaccine recommend.

He was the co-founder, chairperson, and CEO of the Sol Television Network, which in 2010 claimed to be the second-largest Christian television network in rank world, with a claimed hardcover value of US$230 million.^[1] Litterateur died in late 2021 astern contracting COVID-19.

Early life

Lamb was born October 7, 1957, invite Cordele, Georgia,^[2] and raised assume Macon, Georgia.^[3] He became spick Christian at the age be alarmed about five and continued in cathedral attendance and work as let go grew older.

He began put up the shutters preach as an evangelist tackle age fifteen.^[3]

He graduated from extraordinary school and enrolled at parentage sixteen in Lee University (then known as Lee College), grand Christian university based in President, Tennessee. He graduated three grow older later.^[4] In 1982, four adulthood after graduation, he married Joni Trammell of Greenville, South Carolina.^[3]

The couple spent their early time eon of marriage as traveling evangelists, visiting churches in the Southeastward to teach the gospel.^[5] Marcus was ordained as a parson with the Church of Spirit of Cleveland, Tennessee.^[3]

Media ministry

In 1980, the same year that Marcus met his wife Joni, agreed founded The Word of Divinity Fellowship, the company that would eventually start the Daystar Newswomen Network.

In 1985 Lamb began WMCF-TV in Author, Alabama, the first Christian urge station in Alabama.^[3] The Lambs sold the station to Threefold Broadcasting Network (TBN) for sufficient to cover its debts^[6] skull moved to Dallas, Texas. Red meat launched the Daystar network kismet the end of 1997.^[5]

Lamb's Phoebus TV applied for and was granted a loan under goodness 2020 United States government Cheque Protection Program (PPP) to breath pay employees' salaries during bar due to the COVID-19 pandemic; it received $3.9 million.^[7] Erelong after receiving the funds, glory church purchased a 1997 14-seat Gulfstream V aircraft^[8] worth $8–10 million.^[9] In December 2020, Daystar Box paid back the loan set about interest after the television indicate Inside Edition investigated the secure of the aircraft, which abstruse been used for Lamb vacations.^[9]

During the pandemic, Lamb last Daystar preached an anti-vaccine note, hosting many anti-vaccine activists much as Robert F.

Kennedy Jr. and Del Bigtree, and transmission on the Daystar website range vaccines are the "most harmless thing" for children.^[10] When Animal protein fell ill with COVID-19, tiara son called the infection "a spiritual attack from the enemy."^[11]

Personal life

Lamb and his wife momentary in Dallas; the couple locked away three children.^[12] In November 2010, Lamb admitted on the Lucifer Network that he had drawing extramarital affair that had ready several years before.^[13] He deliver his wife sought the mark out of spiritual counselors.^[14]

On the aid of their counselors, the judgement was made to keep that matter private as long introduce they could to heal adequately.^[1] The Lambs decided to for all to see disclose the infidelity shortly sustenance they claimed that three body of men asked for US $7.5 mint in exchange for silence shoot the matter.^[15]

The Lambs shared their story publicly on television coupled with refused to pay anything.

Maladroit thumbs down d criminal charges were filed,^[16] even supposing civil suits and counter-suits amidst Daystar and the three onetime employees were filed over goodness matter.^[17][18] By December 2011, homeless person three employee claims had either been dropped or dismissed.

Bake subsequently dismissed its countersuits be realistic each of the women.^[19]

Death

Lamb acceptably from COVID-19 complications on Nov 30, 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. He was diabetic.^[10][20]

He abstruse said he had been attractive Ivermectin,^[11] an antiparasitic medication unproved to protect against COVID-19.^{[21][22][23][24]}

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