Televangelist Rex Humbard has improved slightly in the last few days while being treated for serious health problems at a Florida hospital, his son Rex Jr. said Monday. Humbard, who started his ...

AKRON, Ohio (AP) - Services remembering the life of the preacher whose televangelism ministry once reached more parts of the Earth than any other religious program will be held this weekend. The Rev.

Rex Humbard, a pioneer of television evangelism in the 1950s who remained a familiar Sunday morning presence in millions of American homes for almost half a century, died Friday. He was 88. Mr.

TYRONE, Ga. -- Growing up the son of televangelist Rex Humbard, Charles Humbard remembers family suppers with gospel music greats -- Pat Boone, June Carter Cash and The Gatlin Brothers among them.

One of America’s first national televangelists, Rex Humbard, whose ministry at one point reached more parts of the globe than any other religious program, died Sept. 21 of natural causes at a South ...