The famous Ruth Carter Stapleton was an American Christian evangelist. She was the youngest sister of United States President Jimmy Carter.
In 1977, she became friends with pornographer Larry Flynt and managed to briefly convert him to Christianity. She was portrayed during this portion of Flynt’s life by Donna Hanover in the film The People vs. Larry Flynt.
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She died of pancreatic cancer on September 26, 1983, aged 54. One month after her death, her mother died of breast cancer, aged 85.
Stapleton was also known for her involvement in the healing ministry, especially in the healing of memories. Her books The Gift of Inner Healing, The Experience of Inner Healing, and In His Footsteps: The Healing Ministry of Jesus, Then and Now, illustrate her beliefs on inner healing, which involved the healing of memories in which a person would go over their memories and bring Jesus into the memory to help them forgive or be comforted as required by Jesus.
