 Ralph Reed, later to become famous as the president of the Christian Coalition, said that he thought Maranatha got "a bum rap" from its critics.Notable people to emerge from Maranatha include Gregory Dickow, pastor of Life Changers International Church based in Chicago, IL, and host/preacher on weekly TV program Changing Your Life.Greg was converted to Christianity through the evangelization of friend Brian Ledford, and the two were instrumental in forming Maranatha churches at Western Michigan University (1982) and Purdue (1983), respectively, as an outreach of the Michigan State University church.