11 Facts About Paul Crouch

Paul Crouch soon became interested in amateur radio and announced he would use such technology to send the Gospel around the world.

Paul Crouch graduated from the Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri in 1955 with a degree in theology.

Paul Crouch began his career in broadcasting by helping to build an educational AM station on campus while a student at Central Bible Institute and Seminary.

Paul Crouch was responsible for the ongoing production of films focusing largely on foreign missions and foreign missionary works, as well as the Assemblies of God's large inventory of audiovisual materials and children's teaching aids.

From 1965 to 1970 Paul Crouch was general manager of KREL radio in Corona, California.

Paul Crouch left KHOF in 1973 and with his wife, Jan, founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network along with Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.

Paul Crouch was executive producer for such Christian films as China Cry, The Omega Code, Carman: The Champion, Megiddo: The Omega Code 2, and Time Changer.

Paul Crouch died at his home in Orange, California, on November 30,2013, after 10 years with degenerative heart disease.

In 2000, Paul Crouch was sued for $40 million by author Sylvia Fleener, who accused Paul Crouch of plagiarism in his popular end-times novel, The Omega Code.

In September 2004, the Los Angeles Times reported that in 1998 Paul Crouch paid Enoch Lonnie Ford, a former employee, a $425,000 formal settlement to end a wrongful termination lawsuit.

Paul Crouch received $400,000 in executive salary as president and his wife $365,000 as first vice president of TBN.