The couple appeared together in tent revivals, auditoriums, and churches throughout the south before moving the ministry to Springfield Township, southeast of Akron, in 1954.
Within a few years, the church had matured from a pop-up tent in a parking lot to a $1 million building that drew thousands of followers a week.
Angley also aired his services on radio until he bought WBNX-55, which has been in operation since 1985.
Author Stephen Pullum told Cleveland.com that "Angley offered hope to the hopeless."
But he also drew controversy when he was arrested in Germany in 1984 over charges of fraud and practicing medicine without a license. And he was criticized by officials in Guyana, South America in 2006 for allegedly claiming that he could cure AIDS.