This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (July 2009) Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II Born ( 1935-06-01)June 1, 1935, Ridgeland, South Carolina Died July 28, 2009(2009-07-28) (aged 74), Los Angeles Nationality American Spouse(s) Eula M. Dent Website http://www.scienceoflivingonline.com/ Reverend Ike (June 1, 1935 -- July 28, 2009) was an American minister and electronic evangelist based in New York City. He was best known for the slogan "You can't lose with the stuff I use!" His preaching is considered a form of prosperity theology. Background edit: Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II was born in Ridgeland, South Carolina, and was of African American and Indo (Dutch-Indonesian) descent. He began his career as a teenage preacher and became assistant pastor at Bible Way Church in Ridgeland, South Carolina. After serving a stint in the Air Force as a Chaplain Service Specialist (a non-commissioned officer assigned to assist commissioned Air Force chaplains), he founded, successively, the United Church of Jesus Christ for All People in Beaufort, South Carolina, the United Christian Evangelistic Association in Boston, Massachusetts (which was his main corporate entity), and the Christ Community United Church in New York City. Known popularly as "Reverend Ike," his ministry reached its peak in the mid 1970s, when his weekly radio sermons were carried by hundreds of stations across the United States. He was famous for his Blessing Plan--radio listeners sent him money and in return he blessed them. He said doing this would make radio listeners who did it more prosperous. In the 1990s, he was active on the Internet and in a syndicated television program. He fully restored and owned the Christ United Church ("Palace Cathedral") in Manhattan's Washington Heights section, formerly the Loews 175th Street movie theatre. Restorations included the seven-story high, twin chamber Robert Morton organ. The "Miracle Star of Faith," visible from the George Washington Bridge, tops the building's cupola. He was also the "chancellor" of the United Church Schools, including the Science of Living Institute and Seminary (which awarded him, his wife, and his son Doctor of the Science of Living degrees); the Business of Living Institute (home of Thinkonomics); and other educational projects. Family edit: Ike and his wife, Eula M. Dent, had one son, Xavier Frederick Eikerenkoetter. Upon Ike's death, his son has taken command of the non-denominational, non-traditional metaphysical church founded by his father. Reverend Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II ("Reverend Ike") was related to E. Bernard Jordan another preacher who preaches prosperity. Other efforts edit: This section requires expansion with: Any non-religious efforts. (August 2009) Ike also made a guest appearance on Hank Williams, Jr.'s single "Mind Your Own Business", a Number One country music hit in December 1986. This song is Reverend Ike's only chart single. John Lennon used a phrase he heard from Reverend Ike, while channel surfing one night, as inspiration to write his song "Whatever Gets You thru the Night". Death edit: Reverend Ike died in Los Angeles at age 74 on July 28, 2009, after having not fully recovered from a stroke in 2007.

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