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Youngstown – January 30, 2010. Bishop Norman L. Wagner, longtime pastor of Mount Calvary Pentecostal Church on Oak Hill Avenue and past Presiding Bishop (1998-2004) of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, died today. He was 68.
Services for Bishop Norman L. Wagner, 68, who died Saturday in St. Elizabeth Health Center, are scheduled Monday through Wednesday next week.
“The Celebration of a Shepherd and Statesman” will be from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday at Calvary Ministries International with public viewing. Services will be at 7 with representatives of civic and political communities.
“The Celebration of a King Among Princes” will be Wednesday at the Covelli Centre, 229 E. Front St. Public viewing will be from 9 to 11 a.m. The national service of home-going will begin at 11.
The presiding bishop, Dr. Horace Smith, will be the eulogist. All Pentecostal Assemblies of the World bishops and leadership are requested to wear their official garb. The interment will be in Green Haven Lawn Cemetery in Canfield.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests monetary contributions be made payable to Calvary Ministries care of the N.L. Wagner Foundation mailed to 4235 Pebble Beach Drive, Canfield, OH 44406.
The Youngstown native graduated from South High School and Youngstown State University before earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees in theology and was installed as pastor of Mount Calvary in June 1971.
Jason Whitehead, the mayor’s chief of staff and an assistant pastor at Mount Calvary, described Wagner as a “visionary” and “an exceptional religious leader of his time.”
Wagner was bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World’s 13th Episcopal district, which is the state of Texas, Whitehead said. As a national evangelist, he was much sought after as a preacher and teacher in Pentecostal apostolic circles, he said. He had also served as a bishop in Europe for Assemblies, with his diocese being the European Council of Nations, Whitehead said.
Wagner’s service as pastor to his church would have reached 39 years in March. He grew up in Mount Calvary, Whitehead said, explaining that his mother had been a charter member of the church.
He went on to author several books and establish a varied ministry that brought him national recognition.
He is survived by his wife, Rita, along with their daughters, Christian, Camille, and granddaughter, British.
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Our prayers are with the family and Church Family.
To: First Lady Rita Wagner just a word to let you and the family know that our prayers will continue and that G-D will see you throught what must be a diffcult time. The joy is that Bishop Wagner knew the Lord and serverd Him and the Kingdom for many years. There are many souls thankful having been spiritually touched by such a great man, your husband, Bishop Norman Wagner. I am one of those souls, thank G-D for Bishop Norman Wagner who will truly be missed