Bill McCartney, the founder of the Christian men’s ministry Promise Keepers, is receiving heavenly rewards for leading a ministry that blessed millions of families with a biblical representation of Godly manhood through stadium events across the country and in the nation’s capital.
“Our beloved founder, Coach Mac, has gone to glory,” Promise Keepers posted to its social media account, along with a news report of McCartney’s death on Jan. 10.
McCartney coached the University of Colorado football team for 12 years and tallied the most wins in the school’s history, leading the Buffaloes to their only national championship in 1990 during a period when a Vineyard pastor, James Ryle, was CU chaplain for the squad.
CU also announced the winning coach’s passing, sharing the following heartwarming message from the McCartney family with the Daily Camera newspaper, which covered the school’s football team:
“It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Bill McCartney, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend, who left this world peacefully at the age of 84 after a courageous journey with dementia.
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