Kenneth E. Hagin

=== Personal life ===
Kenneth E. Hagin was born August 20, 1917, in [[McKinney, Texas]], the son of Lillie Viola Drake Hagin and Jess Hagin.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}} According to Hagin's testimony, he was born with a [[Congenital heart defect|deformed heart]] and what was believed to be an incurable [[blood disease]]. He was not expected to live and at age 15 he became paralyzed and bedridden.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rhema.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=291&Itemid=224|title=Kenneth Hagin Ministries|access-date=May 14, 2016}}</ref> In April 1933 he converted to Christianity. During a dramatic [[religious conversion|conversion]] [[religious experience|experience]], he reported dying, due to the deformed heart, three times in 10 minutes, each time seeing the horrors of [[hell]] and then returning to life.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url= http://www.rhema.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8&Itemid=137|title=Founder's Memorial |website=Kenneth Hagin Ministries|language=en-US|access-date= 2017-08-04}}</ref> He remained paralyzed after his conversion.<ref name=":1" />

On August 8, 1934, he says he was raised from his deathbed by a revelation of "faith in God's Word" after reading Mark 11:23–24.<ref name= ":0" /> He was also healed of his paralysis and never struggled with walking. His dramatic healing is detailed in Roberts Liardon's book ''God's Generals''.

{{Bibleverse || Mark|11:23–24|KJV}} defined his ministry and was his most frequently quoted verse:<ref name=":1" />{{blockquote |For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass, he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.}}