WRITTEN BY: LEE RONDGANGER
South African evangelical pastor Ray McCauley, who founded the Rhema Bible Church, has died.
He died in Johannesburg at the age of 75 on Tuesday.
“It is with deep sorrow and profound sadness that we announce the passing of pastor Ray McCauley, founder of Rhema Bible Church, an evangelical leader,” McCauley’s son, Joshua McCauley, a senior pastor at the church, said in a statement.
“At 75, pastor Ray had stepped back from active church duties but remained fully committed to serving the body of Christ,” the statement continued.
In 1978, McCauley attended the Rhema Bible Training Centre in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, in the United States alongside his first wife, Lyndie.
Upon returning to South Africa, the couple founded Rhema Bible Church, initially holding services in the McCauley family home with just 13 attendees.
Under Ray’s leadership, the congregation grew rapidly, moving through a series of venues before settling in a 7 500-seat auditorium in Randburg, Johannesburg.
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