Background
He was born in South Africa and has resided in Tampa, Florida, United States of America since the mid-1990s.
Christian preacher pastor of The River
He was born in South Africa and has resided in Tampa, Florida, United States of America since the mid-1990s.
In 1987 the family immigrated to the United States. This gave rise to the term "holy laughter", and "Holy Ghost bartender", which refer to audience members spontaneously laughing loudly during his services. In 1989, in upstate New York, revivals "broke out" in church meetings that Howard-Browne was leading or attending.
The manifestations at the Toronto Revival became so contentious that the Vineyard Association of Churches severed ties with the Toronto church.
Howard-Browne serves as the pastor of a church in Tampa, Florida, which he founded in 1996.