Born in 1954 in Sweden as Peter Ljunggren into a missionary family, Youngren relocated to the United States as a teenager. He attended Zion Bible College in Rhode Island, pursuing further education years thereafter at the Florida Christian University, where he obtained a Doctorate of Philosophy in 2001 and an Honorary Degree of Christian Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration in 2002.
Youngren is known for his Friendship Festivals, having conducted them in over 60 nations during the last 35 years. Some of the Friendship Festivals have gathered as many as 600,000 people in a single service - with 16 million new believers having received followup. In 1990 Youngren held a stadium crusade in the Soviet Union.
Youngren founded World Impact Ministries (WIM) in 1976, while still a student in Rhode Island.
Ordained in 1982, he started working in television in 1985. In 1988, he opened the World Impact Bible Institute (WIBI), a small Christian college that began in Niagara Falls, New New York
Youngren established the Open Bible Faith Fellowship in 1994. The organization has subsequently severed ties.
The church subsequently became the base of the WIBI. In 2009, Youngren purchased Canada"s The Christian Channel, relaunching it as "Grace television", a name it retained until his partnership with Daystar in 2013 led to its rebranding as Daystar Canada.
Youngren countered that he had rights to the list, which he said he had compiled from his own work. In 2013, a Finnish court fined Youngren"s third wife Tania Youngren, as WIM"s Finnish representative, for using the list without right. World Impact Ministries, Official Website Toronto International Celebration Church, Official Website World Impact Bible Institute, Official Website Grace television External Coverage Religious Faiths Collide in Russia.
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