Kenneth E. Hagin

=== Start of ministry ===
In 1936, he founded his first non-denominational church.<ref name=":1" /> He preached his first sermon as the pastor of a small, community Baptist church in Roland, Texas.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url= http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2003/septemberweb-only/9-22-11.0.html|title=Weblog: Kenneth Hagin, 'Word of Faith' Preacher, Dies at 86 |work=Christianity Today |access-date= 2017-08-04}}</ref> In 1937, he became an Assemblies of God minister.<ref name=":2" /> During the next twelve years he pastored five [[Assemblies of God]] churches in Texas: in the cities of [[Tom Bean, Texas|Tom Bean]], [[Farmersville, Texas|Farmersville]] (twice), [[Talco, Texas|Talco]], [[Greggton, Texas|Greggton]], and [[Van, Texas|Van]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url= http://www.rhema.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9:..&showall=1|title=History of the Ministry|website=Kenneth Hagin Ministries|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-04}}</ref> Van, Texas was the last church he pastored before starting to travel.

On November 25, 1938, he married Oretha Rooker.<ref name= ":0" /> They had two children. Their first child Kenneth Wayne Hagin, known as Kenneth Hagin Jr., was born on September 3, 1939.<ref name=":3" /> A daughter, Patricia (Hagin) Harrison, was born 19 months later on March 27, 1941.<ref name=":3" /> His son Kenneth Wayne Hagin is currently the pastor of Rhema Bible Church and President of Kenneth Hagin Ministries.<ref>{{Cite web|url= http://www.rhema.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=100&Itemid=135|title=The Founder and Leaders of Rhema Christian Faith Ministry |website= Kenneth Hagin Ministries|language= en-US|access-date=2017-08-04}}</ref>

Hagin began an [[Itinerant preacher|itinerant]] ministry as a Bible teacher and [[Evangelism|evangelist]] in 1949 after an appearance by Jesus.<ref name=":2" /> He joined the Voice of Healing Revival in the U.S. with [[Oral Roberts]], [[Gordon Lindsay]] and [[T. L. Osborn]] between 1947 and 1958.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" />

Hagin was given full admission to the [[Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International]] (also known as the FGBMFI) which had been established in 1951.{{Citation needed|date=August 2017}}