Background
Rolf McPherson was born on March 23, 1913 in Providence, Rhode Island.
Rolf McPherson was born on March 23, 1913 in Providence, Rhode Island.
McPherson attended college, first studying engineering. He switched to religion in 1930 after his mother became ill, and also completed divinity school, earning a doctorate. McPherson began his career as a preacher in one of the churches.
He assisted his mother in leading the denomination.
After his mother"s death in 1944, McPherson became minister at her 5,000-seat Angelus Temple in Los Los Angeles He was described as "very sharp, a "savvy and brilliant administrator" who guided the denomination into "the mainstream of American evangelicalism." Foreign 44 years, he led the denomination his mother had founded, and brought it into the evangelical mainstream, which supported its tremendous development in the United States and expansion internationally.
He retired in 1988. After retirement, he continued to attend church every week, serving in congregational ministry.
He resigned from all church duties in 1997. He died on May 21, 2009, at his home in Los Feliz, California.
He was 96 years old.
