Word of Faith Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==History== The Baptist minister [[E.W. Kenyon]] (1867β1948) is generally cited as the originator of Word of Faith's teachings. Kenyon's writings influenced Kenneth Hagin Sr., the recognized "father" of the Word of Faith movement.<ref name="pugh">{{cite book |last1=Pugh |first1=Ben |title=Bold Faith: A Closer Look at the Five Key Ideas of Charismatic Christianity |date=2017 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |location=Eugene |isbn=9781498280341}}</ref>{{rp|76}} Hagin, who had founded a [[Ministry (religious)|ministry]] known as the Kenneth E Hagin Evangelistic Association, started disseminating his views in the ''Word of Faith'' magazine in 1966, and subsequently founded a seminary training Word of Faith ministers.<ref name="harrison" />{{rp|6β7}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page