|
** After
posting the notice on Kenneth Hagin's passing, I realized that I should have
added Steve Shultz's insightful comments on Reverenced Hagin and his
wonderful ministry.
My apologies,
Kevin Kleint, Elijah List Webmaster
Kenneth E. Hagin,
world-renowned minister and author, Goes Home after nearly 70 years in
ministry
Special Note from Steve Shultz on Kenneth
Hagin's Home going:
Heaven is rejoicing this day to receive into
his true home, our brother, Kenneth Hagin. Scripture records that: 'The
elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double
honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching."
(1 Tim 5:17)
What a wealth of double honor does this dear
Saint deserve from and through the Church and what a GREATER HONOR will he
receive from the Father Himself.
Lately, we have "lost" several great men and
women of God, including Dr. Bill Bright and not that long ago, Sister Ruth
Heflin.
While we mourn, and Heaven mourns with us, yet
Heaven must also rejoice, as the "Great Cloud of witnesses" who have
cheered these men and women on, get to now go visit with them and ask them
questions about their experiences and vice versa. I love it! We should
ALL love this knowledge of generations of men and women of God getting to
know one another in Heaven
What that all means is that now---even
more and greater numbers of "Caleb's" and "Joshua's," "Deborah's" and
"Esther's" with even higher anointings will be continually promoted and
emerge to be cheered on by Brother Hagin from his own heavenly perspective
along with that great "Cloud of Witnesses."
Reading this, I am blessed to learn that
Pastor Hagin and I shared the same birthday (just 38 years apart!). Now
he has a new birthday!
Please forward this to all your friends and
relatives who would appreciate this information. They are welcome to
freely join the nearly 80,000 Elijah List subscribers who receive almost
daily prophetic revelation and important news, plus emergency calls to
pray for certain situations and all nations.
Here is the complete release on Kenneth
Hagin's Home going.
Standing the great gap together which was left
by Brother Hagin,
Steve Shultz
THE ELIJAH LIST
 Kenneth E. Hagin, world-renowned minister
and author, dies after nearly 70 years in ministry
Update from www.rhema.org
Broken Arrow, OK - September
19, 2003 - Reverend Kenneth E. Hagin, founder of Kenneth Hagin Ministries,
went home to be with the Lord on September 19 at 7:00 a.m.
Details regarding funeral
arrangements will be posted at
www.rhema.org/update, or for more information, call (918) 258-1588, Ext.
2238, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST. In lieu of flowers,
the family is accepting donations to Kenneth Hagin Ministries, P.O. Box
50126, Tulsa, OK 74150.
On Saturday evening
September 13, Reverend Hagin went to bed feeling well. Sunday morning, he
woke up and prepared for the day. Friends came over and cooked breakfast for
he and his wife, Oretha. After finishing his breakfast, Rev. Hagin sat at
the end of the table, smiled at Oretha, sighed, and his head fell to his
chest.
He was quickly transported
by ambulance to a local hospital where he was admitted to the cardiac
intensive care unit. He remained hospitalized with his family at his side
until the time of his passing.
Rev. Hagin was born August
20, 1917 and was in the ministry for nearly 70 years from the time God
miraculously healed him of a deformed heart and an incurable blood disease
at the age of 17. He was raised from a deathbed in 1934 by the revelation of
faith in God's Word.
Known as the "father of the
modern faith movement," Rev. Hagin was a dynamic preacher, teacher, and
prophet known for ministering healing and for the message of faith. 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 wrote in his Bible, 'The
Bible says it, I believe it, and that settles it!'" said his son, Reverend
Kenneth Hagin Jr., Executive Vice President of Kenneth Hagin Ministries and
Pastor of RHEMA Bible Church. "Brother Hagin was not a man who merely
practiced what he preached," said Rev. Hagin Jr. "He preached what he lived.
His great legacy of faith will live on in the countless lives that have been
healed, touched, and changed through his ministry."
Since its inception, Kenneth
Hagin Ministries has expanded to include numerous media outreaches and
ministries that will continue to grow and impact the world. These include
Faith Library Publications, which has more than 65 million books in print;
RHEMA Praise, a weekly television program; Faith Seminar of the Air, a radio
program which is heard on scores of stations nationwide and on the Internet
worldwide; The Word of Faith, a free monthly magazine with nearly 250,000
subscribers; crusades conducted throughout the nation; RHEMA Correspondence
Bible School; and the RHEMA Prayer and Healing Center.
Rev. Hagin long carried a
passion to help those who suffered in pain and sickness the way he himself
had once suffered. In 1979, he founded the Prayer and Healing Center to
provide a place where the sick could come and have the opportunity to build
their faith. Healing School continues to be held free of charge twice daily
on the RHEMA campus.
In 1974, Rev. Hagin founded
RHEMA Bible Training Center USA, which has 23,000 alumni. There are RHEMA
Bible Training Centers in 13 other nations of the world: Austria, Brazil,
Colombia, Germany, India, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Romania, Samoa, Singapore,
South Africa, and Thailand.
"Brother Hagin traveled and
ministered throughout the United States and Canada as part of his goal to
raise funds to underwrite the Training Center. The best tribute we can give
him is to keep that going forever," said Rev. Hagin Jr.
Rev. Hagin is survived by
his wife, Oretha; two children, Kenneth Hagin Jr. and Pat Harrison; 5
grandchildren; and 8 great-grandchildren.
Visit
www.rhema.org for more information on
Kenneth Hagin Ministries.
Permission is granted (and you
are also encouraged) to reprint these articles in hard copy form, as well as
sending them to your own email lists and posting them on your own websites.
We ask only that you keep Elijah List website, email contact info, and author
contact information intact. Thank you and blessings, Steve Shultz, Publisher,
The Elijah List
http://www.elijahlist.com
|
The
Voice of Healing
The
Faith Connection
