This week we dedicate our episode to Walter E. Arties, who passed to his rest on June 26, 2022, in Phoenix, Arizona. Best known as a gospel singer, Elder Arties founded Breath of Life Television Ministries in 1974. He was an ordained minister in the Seventh-day Adventist church, a recording artist whose albums touched thousands, a member of the Breath of Life Quartet, and the director of the Walter Arties Chorale. In a career spanning six decades, Pastor Arties mastered every aspect of music and ministry. He’s listed in the “Who’s Who Among Black Americans,” and he traveled the world doing evangelism with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association as well as with Breath of Life and Voice of Prophecy.
Connie Vandeman Jeffery discusses some of her personal memories of Pastor Arties and shares footage of his songs from It Is Written classics.
A memorial service is scheduled for August 7, 2022 at 1 p.m. at the Oakwood University Church. Condolences may be sent to: Breath of Life Ministries, c/o Amalia Dugal, P.O. Box 5960, Huntsville, AL 35814. In lieu of flowers: please send donations to Breath of Life Ministries (same address above).
Read the Adventist Review Tribute:
https://adventistreview.org/news/breath-of-life-founder-walter-e-arties-dies-at-80/
Read the NAD online Tribute:
A Sweet Singer in Israel, Walter Arties III, Passes to His Rest
Breath of Life website:
Songs of Walter Arties:
IIW Classic with Walter Arties song – 1989
https://itiswritten.tv/it-is-written-classics/iiw-classics—famous-last-words
20:37-22:59 – “When I come to the end of the Road”
IIW Christmas show – A Christmas Story – 1987
https://itiswritten.tv/programs/it-is-written-classics/a-christmas-story
19:26 – 22:15 “O Holy Night” – Marilyn Cotton & Walter Arties
IIW Classic with Walter Arties song – 1990
https://itiswritten.tv/it-is-written-classics/secret-of-fatima
20:58 – 21:15 – He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands
IIW Classic with Walter Arties song – 1989
https://itiswritten.tv/it-is-written-classics/the-truth-about-aids
20:38 – “Does Jesus Care”
IIW Classic with Walter Arties – 1989
https://itiswritten.tv/it-is-written-classics/iiw-classics—standing-against-the-tide
19:51 – “That’s Why I Love Him So”
