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Joel Belz (August 10, 1941 – February 4, 2024) was an American publisher who was the founder of God's World Publications, which began with It's God's World for Children in 1981 and today also includes WORLD magazine, a biweekly Christian newsmagazine, launched in 1986; the World Journalism Institute, started in 1999; various websites, and a ...
Joel Belz, founder of WORLD News Group, died Sunday at his home in Asheville, N.C., from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 82. Those who knew Belz esteemed him as an exemplary son, brother, husband, father, grandfather, elder, teacher, journalist, and publisher.
Feb 14, 2024 · Joel Belz, the founder of World, a pioneering Christian magazine covering politics, culture and other topics through a biblical lens while occasionally drawing wider notice for its reporting on...
Feb 9, 2024 · Belz is survived by his wife of 49 years, Carol Esther; daughters Jenny Gienapp, Katrina Costello, Alice Tucker, Elizabeth Odegard, and Esther Morrison; their children and grandchildren; and a ...
Feb 7, 2024 · When Joel Belz died Feb. 4, Iowa lost a native son, and Christian journalism lost a founding father. Who would have guessed that a preacher’s kid from flyover country would leave his fingerprints—nine of them, at least—all over the world? Maybe his college professors had an inkling.
- Kim Henderson
Feb 6, 2024 · Joel Belz, of Asheville, N.C., died on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, at his home in Haw Creek. He was 82. His wife Carol Esther, who was by his side, had supported him over many years since diagnoses...
WORLDNews Group founder Joel Belz died this past weekend after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. In the early 1980s, Belz launched a newspaper targeting middle-schoolers to help them see the world from a Christian perspective.
