arlie petree HAS SERVED THE CHURCH WORLD AS PASTOR, AUTHOR, EVANGELIST, SONGWRITER AND SINGER.

HIS LIFE AND MINISTRY HAS AFFECTED THIS NATION FOR GOD.  THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN BLESSED AND HEALED AND SAVED. 

KNOWN FOR HIS SONGWRITING AND SINGING GIFTS ESPECIALLY, HIS SONGS HAVE BEEN SUNG AND HEARD AROUND THE WORLD AND RECORDED BY KNOWN GOSPEL SINGING GROUPS AND HEARD ON NATIONAL CHRISTIAN TELEVISION NETWORKS AND ON NATIONAL RADIO.

ARLIE PETREE IS WIDELY KNOWN AS A MAN OF GREAT PRAYER AND FASTING.  HIS UNIQUE STYLE OF DELIVERY IN PREACHING HAS AFFECTED AND INSPIRED OTHER PREACHERS IN HIS CIRCLE OF INFLUENCE.  hIS PERSONALITY STYLE AS WELL, EVEN HIS PHYSICAL GESTURES HAVE BEEN COPIED.  ABOVE ALL HOWEVER, ARLIE PETREE IS A PERSONAL WITNESS OF JESUS CHRIST.

HIS MOST POPULAR COMPOSITION IS “HE’LL BE THERE” WHICH WAS PENNED JUST 2 DAYS FOLLOWING A LONG SEVEN MONTH BATTLE WITH HODGKIN'S DISEASE AND SUBSEQUENT HEALING.  THE NEWS OF THIS EVENT HAS SPREAD AROUND THE WORLD. 

GIVEN UP TO DIE BY A STAFF OF DOCTORS IN 2 HOSPITALS,  IT SEEMED HIS LIFE WOULD END.  ON September the 5th, 1959 9:30 pm, THE LORD JESUS HEALED ARLIE PETREE.  ARLIE'S WIFE JEANIE STOOD IN PROXY FOR HIM IN A WORSHIP SERVICE AND HIS MOTHER FASTED ALL DAY.  TO THIS DAY HE CONTINUES TO PREACH THE GOSPEL, TESTIFY OF GOD’S HEALING POWER AND WRITE AND SING SONGS TO HONOR THE LORD.

ARLIE WAS BORN OCTOBER 26, 1936 IN FONDE KENTUCKY; A COAL MINE COMMUNITY.  HE WAS RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN HOME BY A GODLY MOTHER AND HARDWORKING FATHER, SIMON AND ANNA PETREE.  

ARLIE MET HIS WIFE JEANIE IN DAYTON OHIO IN 1956, THEY MARRIED IN 1957, AND HAVE 4 CHILDREN; SHARON, LARRY, (GOSPEL SONGWRITER), TERESA AND DARYL (FULL TIME EVANGELIST).  ALL 4 CHILDREN ARE CHRISTIANS AND ACTIVE IN THE WORK OF THE CHURCH.  arlie and jeanie ALSO have 10 grand-children and 5 great- grandchildren.

ARLIE AND JEANIE WERE CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY IN 1958.   SHORTLY THERE AFTER, HE BECAME ILL AND SPENT MOST OF 1959 FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE.

HIS WIFE JEANIE AND MOTHER ANNA PETREE WERE THE ONLY 2 PEOPLE WHO NEVER LOST FAITH FOR ARLIE THAT HE WOULD BE HEALED.  OTHERS BELIEVED FOR HEALING, BUT ARLIE'S CONDITION WAS GRAVE AND IT SEEMED THERE WAS NO HOPE, IN TIME, OFTEN PEOPLE LOSE THEIR FAITH, JEANIE PETREE AND ANNA PETREE NEVER LOST FAITH THAT GOD WOULD BRING HEALING TO ARLIE. 

FOLLOWING HIS HEALING, IN 1960 ARLIE ACCEPTED THE CALL TO THE PREACHING MINISTRY AND HAS BEEN ACTIVE IN THAT CALLING AND WORK SINCE THAT TIME.  ARLIE IS PRESENTLY PASTORING A CHURCH IN WILLIAMSBURG, KENTUCKY.

HE HAS RECENTLY PRODUCED A 5 SET COLLECTION OF SONGS DATING BACK FROM 45 YEARS, FEATURING HE AND HIS WIFE JEANIE AND THEIR CHILDREN.  ARLIE HAS AUTHORED 3 BOOKS, INCLUDING ONE THAT IS A COLLECTION OF HIS OWN POETRY.

THESE ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE ON THIS WEB PAGE!

FOR A VIDEO TRIBUTE TO ARLIE'S MOTHER, CLICK HERE: http://youtube.com/watch?v=l-HSzodj__Q