a life devoted to the good news of jesus

Luis Palau | 1934-2021

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official obituary

Reflect on God’s goodness through the life story of Luis Palau.

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a legacy of evangelism

The vision lives on—you can carry on the legacy of Luis Palau.

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in his own words

Remember the heart of the core messages Luis held so dear.

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notable reflections

Notable Reflections on the life of Luis Palau

A few of Luis's last words to Wendy Palau.

The word, “evangelist” means bearer of Good News. And Papa (as I called him) taught me to love the Gospel—and not only to love it but to never move past it. And to always share it.

Ted Bruun on how Luis Palau leveraged his experience to invest in the next generation of evangelists.

Over the past, almost 20 years, Luis and his team have quietly come alongside young unknown and often relatively undeveloped visionaries and evangelists.

Short Reflections from Will Graham, Sam Rodriguez, Michael W. Smith, and more...

Many leaders from around the world have been expressing their gratitude for Luis Palau—he truly was an influencer of influencers.

Biola President, Barry Corey, remembers Luis Palau.

Luis and his world-wide ministry have meant so much to Biola University over the years. Few have equaled Luis Palau in his humble passion for the Great Commission, leading countless souls to Christ in Latin America and around the world over so many years.

Doug DeVos remembers Luis's focus on innovation and faithfulness.

“I think it's a beautiful tribute to the creativity that he [Luis] had by being rock solid but always sharing the Good News in new and unique ways so that more and more people could come to Christ.”

Matt Redman considers the immeasurable impact of Luis Palau.

The most defining moment of my life happened at the age of 10, standing in a London soccer stadium. For that was the night I heard Luis Palau preach the Gospel and decided that I was going to be a worshipper of Jesus Christ.

Thank you from the Palau family

…thank you for the amazing expressions of love and support in this challenging season of celebrating but crying over the death of our amazing Dad, Luis Palau.

Lee Strobel shares heartwarming reflections on Twitter.

Among Luis Palau’s last words to me: “At the end of your life, when all is said and done, you’ll never regret being courageous for Christ.”

Steven Curtis Chapman's Final Message to Luis

In the final days of Luis’s life, his friend Steven Curtis Chapman sent him this touching video. We think you’ll be blessed by it too…

Roma Downey and Mark Burnett express their gratitude for Luis Palau.

We are just so grateful for all that he has done in furthering the Gospel around the world.

"Luis inspired me to be sold out for Jesus." —Larry Ortega

Luis inspired me to be sold out for Jesus. I’m sad right now and that is OK.

Pat Gelsinger's five words to remember Luis...

If you were in his presence, you knew you were going to feel the presence of Jesus because he just believed everybody needed to go with him to meet his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.