Lewis Ashmore
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Board of directors
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of the Universal Life Church
Universal Life Church
The Universal Life Church is a religious organization that offers anyone semi-immediate ordination as a ULC minister free of charge. The organization states that anyone can become a minister immediately, without having to go through the pre-ordination process required by other religious faiths...
founded by Kirby J. Hensley
Kirby J. Hensley
The Reverend Kirby James Hensley was the president and founder of the Universal Life Church Hensley was born as second in a family of seven children on July 23, 1911, in the mountains of Lowgap, North Carolina. For over 65 years he studied and preached religion throughout the United States...
. He ran a church in Tehachapi, California
Tehachapi, California
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. While a member of the church he wrote the book The Modesto Messiah: The Famous Mail-Order Minister and produced a movie of the same title.
Ashmore was also a noted exorcist
Exorcist
In some religions an exorcist is a person who is believed to be able to cast out the devil or other demons. A priest, a nun, a monk, a healer, a shaman or other specially prepared or instructed person can be an exorcist...
having performed hundreds of exorcisms since 1950s.