WORD-FAITH PUBLISHER HARRISON DIES

Following what Charisma magazine labeled “a long bout with cancer,” Doyle “Buddy” Harrison, died Nov. 28 in Tulsa, Okla. He was 59.

Harrison was a prevailing influence within the Word-Faith element of Charismatic circles for more than two decades. In the 1970s, he founded Harrison House, which became a leading publisher of Word-Faith literature. Authors for Harrison House included Kenneth Hagin Sr., Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, Charles Capps, Joyce Meyer, Roberts Liardon, Oral Roberts and many others who promoted the “health and wealth” gospel message. In all, Harrison’s enterprise has published “more than 700 titles by nearly 70 authors,” Charisma reported.

Harrison also established Faith Christian Fellowship International, an affiliation of hundreds of churches. In December 1987, Harrison’s organization reordained Jim Bakker, who had been defrocked by the Assemblies of God after admitting to sexual and financial improprieties.

Harrison’s funeral was held last Dec. 2 at the Rhema Bible Church founded by Hagin Sr., who also was his father-in-law. The last years of Harrison’s life, apparently, were a contradiction of the message he promoted.

—MKG

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