Peter Youngren

Peter Youngren, also known as Peter Ljunggren, is a Canadian Christian evangelist, pastor, and author. He is the founder of World Impact Ministries (WIM), an international Christian organization with outreaches in more than 100 nations. In recognition of his success in Gospel ministry in non-Christian nations, Ministry Today listed Youngren as one of the most influential international evangelists of the 20th century. in Sweden as Peter Ljunggren into a missionary family, Youngren relocated to Canada 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.

Personal life Youngren's third wife, Taina Kuusiluoma, assists him in his ministries. 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.

In 1991, around 200,000 people attended Youngren's crusade in the Central Square in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Professional life Youngren founded World Impact Ministries (WIM) in 1976, while still a student in Rhode Island.

Youngren established the Open Bible Faith Fellowship in 1994. he had fathered a child in an affair with one of the women in his Niagara congregation.

In 2005, Youngren founded Way of Peace, a ministry focused on Israel and the Middle East. a name it retained until his partnership with Daystar in 2013 led to its rebranding as Daystar Canada. Currently, his You Are Loved telecast is aired throughout the week across the United States, Canada, India, Indonesia and the Middle East.

In 2011, Finnish religious organization Evankeliumi Kaikkiin Maihin complained to Finnish police that, after they had suspended Youngren from some activities for his separation from his second wife, Youngren had misappropriated their confidential mailing list and were using it themselves. 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.

Books My Muslim Friends, Celebrate Publications (2006) The Faith That Works, Graceworld (2015) Great faith for Great Miracles, Celebrate Jesus International (2004) One Sacred Hour, Dominion Media Productions (1994) The Sign, Dominion Media Productions (1996) Salvation: God's Gift to You, Dominion Media Productions (1994) ASIN 1895868041 Fire from Heaven, Dominion Media Productions (1982) Blood-Bought Victory, Dominion Media Productions, (1994)