Kenneth
Erwin Hagin was an influential American Charismatic preacher born on
August 20, 1917 in McKinney, Texas to the family of Lillie Viola Drake
Hagin and Jess Hagin. He was so small and lifeless that the doctor
thought that he was stillborn.
Personal Life
He
was married to Oretha Rooker. They had two children, a son, Kenneth
Wayne Hagin, who is presently the pastor of Rhema Bible Church and
President of Kenneth Hagin Ministries, and a daughter, Patricia
Harrison. She is the widow of the late Doyle “Buddy’ Harrison and is the
owner and publisher of Harrison House, located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
According
to Hagin’s testimony, he was sickly as a child, suffering from a
deformed heart and what was believed to be an incurable blood disease.
He became bedfast at age 15 and was not expected to live. In April 1933
during a dramatic conversion experience, he reported dying three times
in 10 minutes, each time seeing the horrors of hell and then returning
to life. But in August 1934, he was miraculously healed, raised off a
deathbed by the power of God and the revelation of faith in God’s Word.
Jesus appeared to Rev. Hagin eight times over the next several years in
visions that changed the course of his ministry.
Two years later he preached his first sermon as the pastor of a small community church in Roland, Texas, 9 miles from McKinney.
In 1967, he began a regular radio broadcast that continues today as Rhema for Today.
His
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”.
Many
of his followers often called him “Dad Hagin”, “Papa Hagin”, and more
commonly “Brother Hagin”. He is also often referred to as the “father”
(or “granddaddy”) of the “Word of Faith” movement. Hagin never received
any formal theological training, however, he received an honorary
doctorate from Oral Roberts University in the 1970s.
Ministry
Hagin
began an itinerant ministry as a Bible teacher and evangelist in 1949.
He was also a part of the Voice of Healing Revival in the U.S. in the
40s and 50s together with Oral Roberts, Gordon Lindsay and T. L. Osborn.
In 1963, Kenneth E. Hagin Evangelistic Association was incorporated,
and in 1966, the ministry offices moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. That same
year, he taught for the first time on radio — on KSKY in Dallas. In
1967, he began a regular radio broadcast that continues today as Faith
Seminar of the Air. Teaching by his son, Rev. Kenneth Wayne Hagin, is
also heard on the program.
Since its inception in 1963, his organization grew to include numerous media outreaches and ministries. These are:
Faith Library Publications – with 65 million book copies in circulation
“RHEMA Praise” – a weekly television program 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 600,000 subscribers
crusades conducted throughout the nation
RHEMA Correspondence Bible School
the RHEMA Prayer and Healing Center, located on the Rhema campus in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
RHEMA Bible Training College
Rhema Bible Training Centre
In
1974 Rev. Hagin founded what is now Rhema Bible Training College
(RBTC). RBTC is an unaccredited Bible institute located on 110 acres
(0.45 km2) in Broken Arrow, a suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. The
curriculum is taught from a Charismatic/Pentecostal heritage. There are
seven ministry concentrations specializing in Children’s Ministry, Youth
Ministry, Evangelism, Pastoral Care, Missions, Biblical Studies, and
Supportive Ministry.
The
school has campuses in many countries of the world including Austria,
Brazil, Colombia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Peru,
Romania, Singapore, South Africa, the South Pacific, Thailand, Nigeria,
Zambia, Egypt, and the Philippines.
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RBTC also has over 40,000 graduates who reside and minister in more than 100 countries.
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.
After Kenneth E. Hagin’s death in 2003, his son Kenneth W. Hagin continued to run the RBTC.
Others
Until
shortly before his death on September 19, 2003 at the age of 86, Rev.
Hagin continued to travel and teach throughout the United States and
into Canada conducting All Faiths’ Crusades and other special meetings.
Known as the “father of the modern faith movement,” Rev. Hagin was a
dynamic preacher, teacher, and prophet. His teachings and books are
filled with vivid stories that show God’s power and truth working in his
life and the lives of others. He will be remembered not only as a great
minister but as a great family man—for his family was his heart. He was
there at every milestone ready to talk, to answer, to pray. He was a
man whose belly laugh filled the room at the sight of one of his
grandchildren or great-grandchildren.
Books written by Kenneth E. Hagin
Kenneth Erwin Hagin was an influential American Charismatic preacher and a great writer.
>A Better Covenant
>A Commonsense Guide to Fasting
>A Fresh Anointing
>Authority of the Believer
>Baptism in the Holy Spirit [Study Guide]
>Bible Faith Study Course
>Bible Prayer Study Course
>Biblical Keys to Financial Prosperity
>Bodily Healing and the Atonement
>Casting your cares upon the Lord
>Classic Sermons
>Concerning Spiritual Gifts
>Don’t Blame God
>El Shaddai
>Exceedingly Growing Faith
>Faith Food Devotions for Autumn
>Faith Food Devotions for Spring
>Faith Food Devotions for Summer
>Faith Food Devotions for Winter
>Following God’s Plan For Your Life
>Gifts of the Holy Spirit
>Growing Up, Spiritually
>He gave Gifts unto men: A Biblical perspective of Apostles, Prophets and Pastors
>Healing Belongs to Us
>Healing Scriptures
>Health Food: A Daily Guide To Spiritual Nourishment For The Soul
>How to Keep Your Healing?
>How to Turn Your Faith Loose?
>How you can be led by the Spirit of God?
>How you can know the will of God?
>I Believe in Visions
>Laying on of Hands
>Love: The Way to Victory
>Marriage, Divorce & Remarriage
>Ministering to your Family
>Mountain-Moving Faith
>Must Christians Suffer?
>New Thresholds of Faith
>Obedience in Finances
>Plans, Purposes and Pursuits
>Prayer Secrets
>Praying to get Results
>Prevailing Prayer to Peace
>Redeemed from Poverty, Sickness and Spiritual Death
>Right and Wrong Thinking
>Seven steps for judging Prophecy
>Seven Things You Should Know about Divine Healing
>Seven Vital Steps to Receiving the Holy Spirit
>The Art of Prayer
>The Believer’s Authority
>The Gift of Prophecy
>The Holy Spirit and His Gifts
>The Human Spirit
>The Interceding Christian
>The Key to Scriptural Healing
>The Midas touch: a balanced approach to biblical prosperity
>The Ministry Gifts (Study Guide)
>The Name of Jesus
>The New Birth
>The Present-Day Ministry of Jesus Christ
>The Real Faith
>The Threefold Nature of Man
>The Triumphant Church: Dominion over all the Powers of Darkness
>The Women Question
>Three Big Words
>Turning hopeless Situations around
>Understanding How to Fight the Good Fight of Faith
>Understanding the Anointing
>Welcome to God’s Family: A Foundational Guide for Spirit-Filled Living
>What Faith is?
>What to do when Faith seems weak and Victory lost?
>Zoe: The God-Kind of Life
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