caption website death_date birth_place nationality birth_date image article_title name occupation
oliver b. greene -lrb- 1967 -rrb- -lsb- http://www.thegospelhour.org thegospelhour.org -rsb- 26 july 1976 greenville , south carolina , united states american 14 february 1915 oliverbgreene.jpg oliver b. greene
 oliver b. greene evangelist
oliver b. greene

oliver boyce greene -lrb- february 14 , 1915 -- july 26 , 1976 -rrb- was an independent fundamental baptist evangelist and author .
he converted in 1935 at the age of 20 .
over 200,000 confessions of faith were recorded as a result of his ministry .
he attended north greenville baptist college briefly before entering full-time ministry , conducting revival meetings in tents and in churches across the eastern united states for 35 years .
greene wrote over 100 books and brief booklets about the bible .
in 1956 , he founded the gospel hour , inc. as a christian outreach ministry .
it included a radio program of his preaching called `` the gospel hour '' , which began on one station in georgia and gradually became syndicated until the point it spanned the nation .
the gospel hour was heard on 150 stations at the time of his death .
the cause of death was a cardiac aneurysm .
the broadcast is currently on over 80 stations , including international stations and the internet .
taped copies of the program are still aired today on the fundamental broadcasting network and other christian radio stations .
greene had a wife and two sons .
