24 Facts About Rod Parsley

Rodney Lee Parsley was born on January 13,1957 and is an American Christian minister, author, television host and evangelist.

Rod Parsley is senior pastor of World Harvest Church, a large nondenominational church in Canal Winchester, Ohio; a suburb of Columbus, which has a sister campus in Elkhart, Indiana.

Rod Parsley was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and was raised primarily in the Columbus area.

Rod Parsley's parents had grown up in eastern Kentucky, and his family traveled there often to visit relatives when Parsley was a young boy.

At 8 years old, Rod Parsley had a salvation experience during a revival in a small Pentecostal church outside of Columbus.

Rod Parsley enrolled at Circleville Bible College, but dropped out after two years.

Rod Parsley founded his church in 1977, after leading a Bible study in his parents' backyard while still a college student.

Rod Parsley is the host of Dominion Camp-Meeting, an annual summer conference held on the World Harvest Church campus.

Rod Parsley is a critic of liberal positions on social issues, including abortion and the movement to expand the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples.

Rod Parsley has worked on behalf of prison re-entry legislation, women's rights initiatives and anti-poverty programs.

Rod Parsley became increasingly involved in US politics following his work on the 2003 Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.

Rod Parsley openly criticized Sweden for the conviction of Ake Green under Sweden's hate crimes legislation.

On October 3,2004, Rod Parsley gave a sermon titled "Uncensored: While Freedom Still Rings".

Rod Parsley has said that the US government, by funding Planned Parenthood, is complicit in black genocide, that is, genocide against African Americans, because Planned Parenthood performs abortions in the black community.

Rod Parsley has encouraged citizens of other states with similar marriage amendments on their ballots to vote similarly, and he headlined the "Silent No More" tour in order to register Christian voters.

Rod Parsley is an author of several books, including Silent No More, which was released in April 2005 by Charisma House.

Rod Parsley personally endorsed the presidential campaign of Republican nominee John McCain, who called Rod Parsley a "spiritual guide".

McCain later rejected Rod Parsley's endorsement based on Rod Parsley's statements regarding Islam.

Rod Parsley was quoted as stating that he "do[es] not believe that our country can truly fulfill its divine purpose until we understand America was founded, in part, with the intention of seeing this false religion destroyed" and that Muhammad is "the mouthpiece of a conspiracy of spiritual evil".

Rod Parsley has been identified as a prominent player in the so-called dominionist movement by both TheocracyWatch and commentator Bill Moyers.

Rod Parsley supports the claim that Islam is an enemy of both the United States and Christianity.

The complaining clergy alleged that Rod Parsley violated the tax-exempt status of his church by supporting various political causes.

Author Chris Hedges' 2006 book American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America quoted Rod Parsley as using militaristic metaphors in a sermon concerning his critics:.

In 2015, Rod Parsley was treated for vocal cord cancer, but has since recovered.