13 Facts About Ernest Angley

Ernest Winston Angley was an American Christian evangelist, author, and television station owner who was based in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio from the 1950s until his death in 2021.

Ernest Angley was born in Mooresville, Iredell County, North Carolina.

In 1984, Ernest Angley purchased part of a large complex in his home base of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, that was formerly owned by televangelist Rex Humbard, which includes the church formerly known as the Cathedral of Tomorrow and its next-door television studios.

Ernest Angley began an online Bible college through his website in 2011 with the purpose of providing Bible study courses for laymen, missionaries, teachers and pastors.

In March 2007, the Advertising Standards Authority of South Africa, after receiving a complaint, cancelled a newspaper ad for Ernest Angley's ministry, based on lack of preliminary filing of medical documentation at that time for healing of AIDS through prayer.

Ernest Angley later claimed to have verifiable medical documentation from former AIDS patients that he offered to submit to any country that required it.

Ernest Angley's ministry paid $100,000 in a settlement to Blondheim's family.

In March 2017, a federal district court ordered Ernest Angley to pay $388,000 in damages and back wages to a group of unpaid employees at the Cathedral Buffet whom Ernest Angley considered unpaid volunteers.

Ernest Angley defended the Cathedral Buffet, stating he believed nothing wrong had been done, since the buffet served a religious purpose and the government's claims were a violation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.

Ernest Angley appealed, and said he had spoken with about 75 people who worked at the buffet who said they did not feel pressured to work there.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed the district court and ruled in Ernest Angley's favor, concluding that the cafeteria workers had no expectation of being paid.

Miller filed a lawsuit against Ernest Angley, claiming that he was abused for nine years.

Ernest Angley married the former Esther Lee "Angel" Sikes on November 25,1943; they continued in ministry together and remained married until her death in 1970.