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• n  an evangelist who conducts services on television

• AGE: 39 OCCUPATION: Muslim preacher NUMBER OF PTI COVERS: 0 PREVIOUS APPEARANCES ON THE PTI 100: 0 PRO: Egyptian televangelist hugely popular with the urban middle and .
• The televangelist's Thomas Road Baptist Church pays the household utilities, as well as health and life insurance.
• Rival televangelist Jerry Falwell, who owns a small cable outfit, got burned while running PTL and stayed out of the fray.

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• Christian author to speak Thursday at Tsongas Center
  LOWELL -- Best-selling Evangelical Christian author, televangelist and pastor David Jeremiah will be at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell Thursday to talk about his newest book God Loves You: He Always Has -- He Always Will.
  June 12, 2013 - Lowell Sun
• Evangelicals In Brazil Rise In Power With Consequences For Catholics, Gays
  (Reuters) - When televangelist Silas Malafaia gathered 40,000 followers outside Brazil's Congress this week, it wasn't just to raise their arms to the sky and praise the Lord.
  June 10, 2013 - The Huffington Post
• Evangelical Christians gain political clout in Catholic Brazil
  By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) - When televangelist Silas Malafaia gathered 40,000 followers outside Brazil's Congress this week, it wasn't just to raise their arms to the sky and praise the Lord. The rally was a show of support for lawmakers who oppose abortion and same-sex marriage and a message to other politicians that they should not ignore Brazil's fast-growing evangelical churches ...
  June 9, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News