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'''Kenneth Erwin Hagin''' (August 20, 1917 - September 19, 2003) was a famous Pentacostal preacher, recognized as a leading light of the Word of Faith movement. He received an honorary doctorate from Oral Roberts University in the 1970s.
'''Kenneth Erwin Hagin''' (August 20, 1917 - September 19, 2003) was a famous Pentecostal preacher, recognized as a leading light of the Word of Faith movement. He received an honorary doctorate from Oral Roberts University in the 1970s.
== Personal life ==
== Personal life ==
== Healed as a Youth ==
== Healed as a Youth ==
Pastor Hagin was sickly as a child, suffering from a deformed heart and an incurable blood disease. He was not expected to live and at age 15 he was confined to his bed. In April 1933, Kenneth was saved. He had passed away three times in 10 minutes, each time seeing the horrors of hell and then returning to life. In 1934 he was again in his deathbed, but was raised therefrom by "the revelation of faith in God's Word". {{fact}}
Pastor Hagin was sickly as a child, suffering from a deformed heart and an incurable blood disease. He was not expected to live and at age 15 he was confined to his bed. In April 1933, Kenneth was saved. He had passed away three times in 10 minutes, each time seeing the horrors of hell and then returning to life. In 1934 he was again in his deathbed, but was raised therefrom by "the revelation of faith in God's Word". {{fact}} That time his near-death experience involved a vision of heaven, rather than hell.
In 1936, he began his career in the ministry, pastoring a small church in Roland Texas. Over the next twelve years he pastored five more Assemblies of God churches in Texas.
In 1936, he began his career in the ministry, pastoring a small church in Roland, Texas. Over the next twelve years he pastored five more Assemblies of God churches in Texas.
Pastor Hagin's favorite scripture was Mark 11:23: "For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass, he shall have whatsoever he saith".
Pastor Hagin's favorite scripture was Mark 11:23: "For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass, he shall have whatsoever he saith".
Over the years, the small radio-based media ministry expanded into a conglomerate, including: Faith Library Publications, with over 65 million books in print; "RHEMA Praise," a weekly television program enjoyed on the Trinity Broadcasting Network; "Faith Seminar of the Air," a radio program heard on many stations nationwide and on the Internet; "The Word of Faith," a free monthly magazine with roughly 250,000 subscribers; travelling crusades; RHEMA Correspondence Bible School; and the RHEMA Prayer and Healing Center, located on the Rhema campus in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Over the years, the small radio-based media ministry expanded into a conglomerate, including: Faith Library Publications, with over 65 million books in print; "RHEMA Praise," a weekly television program enjoyed on the Trinity Broadcasting Network; "Faith Seminar of the Air," a radio program heard on many stations nationwide and on the Internet; "The Word of Faith," a free monthly magazine with roughly 250,000 subscribers; travelling crusades; RHEMA Correspondence Bible School; and the RHEMA Prayer and Healing Center, located on the Rhema campus in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
Hagin was acquainted with [[William Branham]], an evangelist who also placed emphasis on faith healing. The main two disagreements that they had were on the nature of the Godhead (Rev. Hagin believed that "God in three persons" was an adequate description of the Trinity, whereas Rev. Branham considered that to be modified a form of neoclassical tritheism, and preferred "God in three manifestations" to describe the unity of God as well as the triplicity of the Godhead), and on issues of gender roles (Rev. Branham was a [[complementarian]], whereas Rev. Hagin was an [[egalitarian]]).
In 1974, Hagin founded RHEMA Bible Training Center USA, which now has training centers in fourteen countries and has 23,000 alumni. In 1979, he founded the Prayer and Healing Center there to provide a place for the sick to come to "have the opportunity to build their faith",. Its Healing School continues to be held free of charge twice daily on the RHEMA campus. There are many other outreaches and RBTC graduates throughout the world.
In 1974, Hagin founded RHEMA Bible Training Center USA, which now has training centers in fourteen countries and has 23,000 alumni. In 1979, he founded the Prayer and Healing Center there to provide a place for the sick to come to "have the opportunity to build their faith",. Its Healing School continues to be held free of charge twice daily on the RHEMA campus. There are many other outreaches and RBTC graduates throughout the world.
[[category:Religious people|Hagin, Kenneth]]
[[category:Religious people|Hagin, Kenneth]]