Press Release – Statement from Endtime Ministries

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE / Tuesday, November 3, 2020, 9:30 PM

The Rev. Irvin Baxter, pastor and televangelist of Endtime Ministries died Tuesday of complications from COVID-19.

He was 75.

A memorial service is planned for Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at North Cities in Garland, TX.

Baxter was hospitalized last Tuesday after testing positive for coronavirus.

Since then, individuals from around the world and a vast network of churches and ministries have been in almost constant prayer for him.

The Texas-based ministry kept partners and their immense social media following updated over the weekend about his condition until his passing was announced Tuesday afternoon.

Dave Robbins, co-host of Endtime’s television program, End of the Age, said Tuesday night, “Irvin went on to his great reward. We celebrate his life, but at the same time, there is sorrow, there is grieving.”

While Baxter’s passing was unexpected, the ministry is poised to continue. With Irvin’s guidance and blessing, Robbins has assumed a more active role in content creation and on-camera teaching over the last few years.

“We will miss him, but he’s with Jesus,” Robbins said. “His entire life was about one thing, sharing the message of the Gospel. We will continue in his legacy, sharing the message and good news.”

Over the course of a few hours Tuesday night many partners of the ministry had already reached out to share their support and condolences for the family.

Baxter’s grandson and Operations Director, Vince Stegall said Tuesday, “While this was unexpected, it is amazing to feel the prayers and support from our friends and partners. There is peace knowing he has heard the words, ‘Well done, my good and faithful servant.’ It was a peaceful passing with family by his side.” Similar to Robbins’ increased involvement in the content Endtime produces, Baxter has been grooming Stegall in leadership, operations, and strategic planning.

Irvin Baxter Jr. was a Pentecostal minister, televangelist, author, and biblical scholar who hosted the internationally syndicated biblical prophecy television program, End of The Age, and, who also was the founder and president of Endtime Ministries, a Christian organization devoted to giving people peace and understanding by explaining current events through the eyes of Bible prophecy. Baxter was also an author, publisher, broadcaster, and international prophecy teacher. Before he founded Endtime Ministries, Baxter served as pastor of Oak Park Church in Richmond, Indiana for approximately 32 years.

The television show, End of the Age, reaches more than 100 million households in North America, in addition to satellite and internet distribution worldwide. Baxter leaves behind his wife Judy, three adult children, eight grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren, and a host of wonderful partners and friends.

Who is Irvin Baxter?

Irvin Baxter is the founder and president of Endtime Ministries. He is a television and radio talk-show host, author, publisher, and international prophecy teacher.

Irvin felt God call him to start traveling as an evangelist at the age of 19. He began pastoring when he was 26, and continued for 34 years until he made the decision to devote all of his time to Endtime Ministries.

Endtime Ministries focuses on explaining world events from a biblical perspective. The ministry’s purpose is to prove that we are now at the end of the era of human government and very near the beginning of the prophesied Kingdom of God.

Irvin authored A Message for the President in 1986. In the book, he identified for the first time the United States, Great Britain, Russia, and other modern nations in the Bible. He also stated that the Berlin Wall would be torn down; East and West Germany would be reunited; and that these events would be the catalyst that would propel the world into the New World Order. The Wall did come down in 1989, and we have continually heard about the New World Order ever since.

Publication of Endtime magazine began in 1991 and has now become the most widely circulated prophecy magazine in the world. Irvin designed, authored, and published Understanding the Endtime in 1995. This popular series was updated in 2011.

Irvin Baxter is the host of his 20-year-old radio talk show, live webcast and television program, End of the Age, which currently airs on TBN, Daystar, TCT, WHT, FETV, WACX, PTL, Uplift TV, Faith TV and many AM and FM radio stations. He regularly conducts prophecy conferences throughout the United States. In March 2006, Irvin Baxter launched the “No National ID” campaign to make people aware of the dangers of “The Real ID Act” which President Bush signed on May 11, 2005. This topic was discussed in detail in the May/June 2006 edition of Endtime magazine. As a result of these and other efforts, the implementation of the “Real ID Act” has been postponed yet again, and is now scheduled to be fully enforced by October 1, 2020.

Irvin launched The Israel Project in 2013. This project encompasses: The Ram Bam Hospital, Another Jewish Holocaust Ahead!, our Emergency Magazine Mailer to Israel, America’s God-Given Destiny and the Jerusalem Prophecy College on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem. Irvin made the decision to make classes available online to everyone last year, and it now has over 4,000 students attending. Since we’ve done all of this, Endtime has now become a partner with The Jewish Agency and has helped many Jews make Aliyah (come home to the land of Israel).

Irvin Baxter produced Revelation—The Unveiling of Jesus Christ Volume One in 2019. John was told to write the things that were, the things that are and the things which are to come. In this series, he explains the prophecies contained in the Book of Revelation like never before! This commentary contains 10 DVDs and a 268-page full color book about the dramatic unveiling or revealing of the Second Coming of Jesus Christ! Volume Two is scheduled to be released in 2020.

Irvin has appeared on HBO, Discovery Channel and CNN, and has been interviewed by Cloud Ten Pictures, The Washington Post, The History Channel and Associated Press. He has been a frequent guest on Daystar with Marcus and Joni Lamb, TBN’s Praise the Lord with the late Dr. Paul Crouch and Coast to Coast with George Noory.

Irvin and his wife, Judy, have three children, eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. They reside in Richardson, Texas.