Hagin began an itinerant ministry as a Bible teacher and evangelist in 1949. During the next twelve years he pastored five Assemblies of God churches in Texas: in the cities of Tom Bean, Farmersville (twice), Talco, Greggton, Texas, and Van. Two years later he preached his first sermon as the pastor of a small community church in Roland, Texas, from McKinney. He also claimed that he was raised from a deathbed on Augby "the revelation of faith in God’s Word" (Kenneth Hagin, I Went to Hell and What Faith Is). 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. He related that he was not expected to live and became bedfast at age 15. His most quoted scripture was Bible Beginning to preachĪccording 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. They had two children, a son named Kenneth Wayne Hagin, who is presently the pastor of Rhema Bible Church and President of Kenneth Hagin Ministries, and a daughter named Patricia Harrison. Hagin was born in McKinney, Texas, the son of Lillie Viola Drake Hagin and Jess Hagin. RBTC has trained over 40,000 graduates who reside and minister in more than 100 countries. RBTC has also established training centers in Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Romania, Singapore, South Africa, the South Pacific, Thailand, Nigeria, Zambia, and Egypt.Īfter Hagin’s death in 2003, his son Kenneth W. There are seven ministry concentrations specializing in Children’s Ministry, Youth Ministry, Evangelism, Pastoral Care, Missions, Biblical Studies, and Supportive Ministry. The curriculum is taught from a Charismatic/Pentecostal heritage. RBTC is an educational accreditation Bible institute located on in Broken Arrow, a suburb of Tulsa, Oklahoma (USA). Hagin founded Rhema Bible Training Center (RBTC) in 1974. Many of his followers often refer to him affectionately as "Dad Hagin", "Pappa Hagin" and more commonly "Brother Hagin". He is often referred to as the "father" (or "granddaddy") of the "Word of Faith" movement. He was a man whose belly laugh filled the room at the sight of one of his grandchildren or great-grandchildren.Kenneth Erwin Hagin (Aug– September 19, 2003) was an influential American Pentecostal preacher. He was there at every milestone ready to talk, to answer, to pray. He will be remembered not only as a great minister but as a great family man-for his family was his heart. 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. Hagin was a dynamic preacher, teacher, and prophet. 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. Together, the 14 schools have more than 29,000 graduates worldwide. RHEMA Bible Training Centers have opened in 13 other nations: Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Romania, Samoa, Singapore, South Africa, and Thailand. Hagin founded RHEMA Bible Training Center USA, which to date has over 24,000 alumni. Kenneth and Lynette Hagin RHEMA Correspondence Bible School RHEMA Alumni Association RHEMA Ministerial Association International the RHEMA Prayer and Healing Center and the RHEMA prison ministry. Other outreaches of Kenneth Hagin Ministries include RHEMA Praise, a weekly television broadcast hosted by Revs. Faith Library Publications also has produced more than 9 million audio teaching CDs. The publishing outreach he founded, Faith Library Publications, has circulated worldwide more than 65 million copies of books by Rev. Hagin published the first issues of The Word of Faith magazine, which now has a monthly circulation of more than 300,000. In 1967, he began a regular radio broadcast that continues today as Rhema for Today. Hagin eight times over the next several years in visions that changed the course of his ministry. Hagin was miraculously healed, raised off a deathbed by the power of God and the revelation of faith in God’s Word. He was not expected to live and became bedfast at age 15. Hagin was sickly as a child, suffering from a deformed heart and an incurable blood disease.