Kathryn Kuhlman

==Early life==
Kathryn Johanna Kuhlman was born in 1907 near [[Concordia, Missouri]], where her father was mayor.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Unknown |date=February 22, 1976 |title=Kathryn Kuhlman, Evangelist And Faith Healer, Dies in Tulsa |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/22/archives/kathryn-kuhlman-evangelist-and-faith-healer-dies-in-tulsa.html |website=New York Times}}</ref> She was one of four children to  [[German Americans|German-American]] parents Joseph Adolph Kuhlman and Emma Walkenhorst.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biography of Kathryn Kuhlman |url=https://healingandrevival.com/BioKKuhlman.htm |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=healingandrevival.com}}</ref> Kuhlman had some of the best Bible instruction at home thanks to her parents, both of whom were Methodist.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kathryn Kuhlman |url=https://www.christianlifeministries.com.au/people-of-faith/kathryn-kuhlman/ |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=www.christianlifeministries.com.au}}</ref> 

She had a spiritual experience at age 14 and several years later, she began [[Itinerant preacher|itinerant preaching]] with her elder sister and brother-in-law in [[Idaho]]. Later, she was ordained by the [[Evangelical Church Alliance]].<ref name=obitNY>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1976/02/22/archives/kathryn-kuhlman-evangelist-and-faith-healer-dies-in-tulsa.html | title=Kathryn Kuhlman, Evangelist And Faith Healer, Dies in Tulsa | work=[[New York Times]] |date=February 22, 1976 | first= Gary| last=  Settle| access-date =2007-11-12}}</ref>

Amanda H. Williams of [[Brooklyn|Brooklyn, New York]], a trailblazer for women in ministry and known for her healing ministry, helped to birth the healing ministry in Kuhlman.<ref name="obitNY" />