11/9/2022 0 Comments Kenneth hagin the midas touchThe Word of Faith churches and movement grew in size and followers. The new liberty and blessings taught by the Word of Faith churches were a welcomed alternative. Many local churches taught the saints about the horrors of hell without much emphasis on the grace of God. There were so many churches where few really understood the word but they taught in faith what they had been taught and many people followed in fear of the consequences of disobedience. Where some ministers saw answers to prayers and help for their true service through Hagin’s teaching, of course, there were some who saw an opportunity for great wealth and fame through teaching the bible to uneducated followers of Christ. We know that he best laid plans and intentions can go awry. Allen, William Branham, Jim and Tammy Bakker and Oral Roberts, and others. Some widely known preachers of faith during that time were Kathryn Kuhlman, A. There were other well-known evangelists, faith healers and word of faith preachers during this period as well. Hagin was not the first teacher of faith, healings or miracles, but most of today’s sensational teaching sprung through a host of his followers. Kenneth Hagin began to have large followings and multitudes of meetings to teach spiritually hungry believers who needed real answers from God. People were seeing the miraculous moves of God through faith and the Word reinforced the teaching of Hagin. He appeared to be humble and obedient to God in execution of the word. Kenneth Hagin became a well-known preacher/teacher and prospered with his new teaching. God was surely faithful to bless the giver who trusted Him according to His word. Because the people believed that they, too, would be delivered from poverty if they gave the preacher of their resources they began to give greatly in expectation of a sizable return for their generosity, as they still do today. Not only did they begin to operate in a faith walk with God for meeting their needs but they taught the people to believe by faith as well for their own financial blessings. Ministers would stand on God’s word and believe God to respond with a supply of their needs if they were faithful. Hagin, of course, began to teach his own followers what he had learned and the Word of Faith Ministry was launched. God never intended for his servants to suffer poverty while ministering for Him and He began to show Hagin His true plan for their financial well-being. He wrote that he addressed the problem to God and was given revelation into God’s plan for financial prosperity. He recalled the difficulty he experienced when pastors did not give him his fair share of the offering raised from his preaching and how he suffered financially. He wrote of how he went to preaching engagements in faith believing God for traveling expenses, housing and funds to support his family back home. Kenneth Hagin wrote in his books about his own experiences with being defrauded and suffering lack while trying to faithfully serve God. It was a system in need of repair as the faithful were sometimes being mistreated by those to whom they ministered. They were often ill paid for their services by poor churchgoers or duped by the hosting church leader. Evangelists would stay in the homes of church members or leaders who welcomed them in their spare room with free meals. Pastors were experiencing the same general problem of lack while trying to be faithful to God in ministering the Word. As preachers were working as itinerant preachers, travelling around to churches declaring the word of God, they suffered lack of provisions in their personal lives. Hagin’s teachings excited a sluggish church movement where preaching the gospel did not seen to work out very well for the preacher or the people. His experiences led him to establish a teaching/evangelistic ministry in 1949 and a school in 1974. Hagin told the story in his books of a spiritual encounter that brought healing, inspiration and revelation of Jesus Christ while he was bedridden as a little boy. While the public’s distaste for prosperity teachers does not disqualify Hagin or his teachings, it does help us to discover how we got where we are today. Many of today’s prominent evangelical teachers sprung from the lineage of the Kenneth Hagin faith movement. Hagin and his many teachings on spiritual gifts and church leadership. If we traced the present prosperity movement back to its springboard, we would find Kenneth E.
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