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The Word International Ministries’ name was derived from John 1:1 “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God.” The church believes that Jesus Christ clearly impressed upon the church leaders that no endeavor will succeed if it does not start with God.
John Von Casper "Jack" Wyrtzen (April 22, 1913 – April 17, 1996) was an American youth evangelist and founder of Word of Life ministries, which operates Christian camps, conference centers and Bible institutes. Wyrtzen produced the Word of Life radio program, heard by a nationwide audience. He led the organization for fifty years until his ...
In 1940, Word of Life Fellowship Bible Conference was founded by Jack Wyrtzen. [1] In 1941, he founded the Word of Life Camp Ministry, and in 1946 he purchased an island on Schroon Lake, New York, and opened Word of Life Camp in 1947. [2]
His son Kenneth Wayne Hagin is currently the pastor of Rhema Bible Church and President of Kenneth Hagin Ministries. [9] Hagin began an itinerant ministry as a Bible teacher and evangelist in 1949 after an appearance by Jesus. [7] He joined the Voice of Healing Revival in the U.S. with Oral Roberts, Gordon Lindsay and T. L. Osborn between 1947 ...
Kenyon's writings influenced Kenneth Hagin Sr., the recognized "father" of the Word of Faith movement. [9]: 76 Hagin, who had founded a 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.
In 2009, Kofi Adonteng Boateng founded the Divine Word International Ministries (DWIM) from Worcester Massachusetts, United States of America (USA) which he started as a prayer network known as Divine Prayer Line. He was later ordained as Bishop of the church.
The Australian, Canadian, New Zealand, and South African branches rebranded themselves as Creation Ministries International (CMI). In 2007, CMI filed suit against AiG-USA alleging a variety of wrongdoings, including publicly defaming their organization. [4] In April 2009, the ministries reached a settlement and ended their dispute. [5]
The Word Network, also known as The Word, is a religious broadcasting network that claims to be the largest African-American religious network in the world. [1] It was founded in February 2000 by Kevin Adell who also owns WFDF , a local AM radio station, and WADL , a television station serving the Detroit television market.