10 Notable Christian Deaths in 2017

By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Twitter

Tony Alamo – May 2

The late Tony Alamo and his wife Susan.
The late Tony Alamo and his wife Susan. | (Photo: Screen shot)

Controversial evangelist Tony Alamo, of the California-based Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, died in prison at age 82 while serving a 175-year sentence for having sex with underage girls.

A Pentecostal minister, Alamo was the subject of many controversies in his decades of ministry, weathering allegations of heading a cult and in 1988 allegedly beating up the 11-year-old son of a member of his church.

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In 2009, Alamo was convicted of taking underage girls across state lines for sex. For their part, Tony Alamo Christian Ministries has long maintained their founder's innocence.

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