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Verna Elisha Howard (September 29, 1911 – September 28, 2000), known as V. E. Howard, was an American minister and radio evangelist based in Texarkana, Texas, who founded the International Gospel Hour.
V.E. Howard was born at Farmersville, Louisiana on September 29, 1911. He passed away on September 28, 2000 at Texarkana, Texas, just one day short of his 89th birthday. His parents were Elisha John (“Hardy”) and Corrine (Smith) Howard.
Radio broadcasts, lectures and sermons by V. E. Howard, twentieth century evangelist for churches of Christ
Verna Elisha (V.E.) Howard, through the influence of brother J. L. Hines, began attending the church of Christ. Six months after he was baptized into Christ in October 1930, V.E. decided that he wanted to preach the Gospel.
V.E. Howard, well known preacher for the International Gospel Hour, who preached on the radio for fifty years, punctuated his sermons with the sobering question, “Are You Listening?”.
E. Howard, a Louisiana native, started International Gospel Hour in Hot Springs, Arkansas in 1934, and continued as its principal speaker for 61 years. His voice was instantly recognized by thousands who were listening as he forcefully and clearly preached the gospel of Christ.
V. E. Howard, Evangelist of the church of Christ from Texarkana, Texas, is the featured speaker on World Radio U.S.A. weekly broadcasts. He has the distinction of being a regular speaker on radio broadcasts longer than any man in the brotherhood of churches of Christ. Brother Howard, a native of Farmerville, Louisiana, began preaching the gos-
