

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. Kenneth Erwin Hagin (Aug– September 19, 2003) was an influential American Pentecostal preacher.
