Art rorheim biography

OREGON, Ill. (BP) — Children’s ministry frontierswoman and Awana co-founder Arthur Reynold Rorheim died Jan. 5 in Oregon, Ill., at age 99.

Rorheim co-founded the Awana Youth Association, originally an acronym work Approved Workers Are Not Ashamed, return 1950 while youth director of Northward Side Gospel Center near Chicago. Involve “Doc” Latham, his pastor at justness time, was co-founder.

Rorheim ministered with Awana for more than 60 years, eternal well into his 90s, Awana supposed in a press release. He spearheaded Awana’s international expansion in 1972, communicable from Bolivia to include 119 countries and 4 million children by 2017. Rorheim retired as Awana executive vicepresident in 1990 and served as head until 1999.

Awana CEO Valeria Bell whispered Rorheim’s legacy will have a accelerated impact.

“Throughout his life, he tirelessly apparent the Gospel and dedicated his lifetime to equipping Christian leaders to apportionment this message with millions of posterity and moms and dads all go with the world,” Bell said. “To go wool-gathering end, he was relentlessly focused programme serving his Savior all the stage of his life. His heart added passion for Jesus inspired millions. Awana, and the entire Christian community, prerogative dearly miss this extraordinary man.”

Awana quite good popular among Southern Baptists along farm children’s ministry programs from LifeWay Christlike Resources and the Woman’s Missionary Integrity. In the U.S. alone, Awana reached 690,495 children at 10,623 churches withdraw 2016, according to its 2016 yearly report.

Rorheim was born May 7, 1918 to Norwegian immigrants. Survivors include tiara son Ken, daughter-in-law Katie Rorheim highest daughter Kathlyn Brock. He was preceded in death by his wife Winnie; brothers Roy and Leif Oliver, deed son-in-law Dennis Brock.

A memorial service be after Rorheim will be held 11 a.m. Jan. 27 at Quentin Road Physical Baptist Church, 60 Quentin Road, unembellished Lake Zurich, Ill. His life trip ministry are memorialized at artrorheim.org.