Kathryn Kuhlman (1907-1976)

Kathryn Kuhlman was an American evangelist known for hosting healing services

Kathryn was born near Concordia, Mississouri to German-American parents.

Aged 14 she had a spiritual experience.

Several years later she began an itinerant preaching with her elder sister and brother-in-law in Idaho. She was ordained by the evangelical Church Alliance.

She secretly married Burroughs Waltrip, a divorce, a Texas evangelist, and 8 years her senior, on 18th October 1938. Kathryn called her husband ‘Mister’. The marriage failed and they divorced in 1948.

Kathryn travelled extensively around the USA and many other countries ‘healing crusades’ between 1940s and 1970s.

In the 1960s and 1970s she had a weekly TV program called*I Believe in Miracles.

She also had a 30 minute nationwide radio ministry of teaching the Bible which included excerpts from her healing services.

She made guest appearances on the 700 Club.

An estimated 2,000,000 people reported they were healed during her meetings.

In 1955, in her late 40s, she was diagnosed with a heart problem. Instead of holding fewer services she increased them.
In July 1975 her doctor diagnosed her with a minor heart flare up. November she had a relapse. She had open heart surgery in Tulsa from which she died on 20th February 1976

For several decades there has been serious debate regarding the authenticity of her ministry. Some say she was modern day prophet exercising the power of God… Many believers uphold her as an important forerunner to the present day charismatic movement.

Bilt Burke, the evangelist, who aged 9 had terminal cancer, says he was cured of cancer by the healing powers of Kathryn Kuhlman.