All Things Are Possible

The Healing and Charismatic Revivals in Modern America

David Edwin Harrell

• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Year: 1979
• ISBN:
  9780253013422
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Ministry

"The first book to tell the story of the enterprisers who have personal followings... a missing link in the chain of American religious movements."—Martin E. Marty, author of October 31, 1517: Martin Luther and the Day that Changed the World Written by a Professor Emeritus at Auburn University, this is the first objective history of the great revivals that swept the country after World War II. It tells the story of the victories and defeats of such giants of the revival as William Branham, Oral Roberts, Jack Coe, T. L. Osborn, and A. A. Allen. It also tells of the powerful evangelists who carried on the revival, including Robert Schambach and Morris Cerullo. Those who lived through the great revivals of the 1950s and 1960s will be thrilled to read about those exciting days, and those interested in the religious history of the United States need to read this book to see what has led us up to this present moment in time. "Harrell has obviously attended countless rallies, read sheafs of literature, and personally interviewed many of the principals. He... tell[s] the story in a largely biographical format. This makes for lively reading."— The New York Times Book Review "A book about healing revivalists that takes them seriously and treats them fairly."— Journal of Southern History "Will be a definitive work for some years to come."— Reviews in American History "Will attract readers interested in the reasons behind the various fat and lean periods among revivalists."— Publishers Weekly "Harrell's book will doubtless be the definitive work on the subject for a long while—who else will wade through Healing Waters and Miracle Magazine with such fastidious care?"— Kirkus Reviews

NOTES

ABBREVIATIONS OF PERIODICAL TITLES

AHM—America’s Healing Magazine

AL—Abundant Life

C&S—The Cross and the Switchblade

CC—The Christian Century

CCH —The Christian Challenge

CF—Campus Fellowship

CFN—Christ for the Nations

DL—Deeper Life

ET—Evangelistic Times

FD—Faith Digest

FIA—Faith in Action

GG—Golden Grain

HOF—Herald of Faith

HOF-HT—Herald of Faith-Harvest Time

HOH—Herald of Healing

HT—Harvest Time

HW—Healing Waters

IHM—International Healing Magazine

LH—Living Hope

LJ—Logos Journal

MM—Miracle Magazine

MMD—Miracles and Missions Digest

MOF—March of Faith

MTF—Missions Thru Faith

MW—Miracle Word

NH—New Horizons

NW—New Wine

PE—Pentecostal Evangel

ROA—Revival of America

SOF—Shield of Faith

TA—The Answer

TCL—20th Century Life

TE—The Evangelist

TETM—The End Time Messenger

THB—The Healing Broadcast

THD—The Healing Digest

THM—The Healing Messenger (William Freeman)

THM (Nunn)—The Healing Messenger (David Nunn)

TSW—The Spoken Word

TVD—The Voice of Deliverance

TVH—The Voice of Healing

VW—Voice in the Wilderness

WE—World Evangelism

WFN—World Fellowship News

WH—World Harvest

WP—World Pentecost

WWR—World-Wide Revival

WWRR—World-Wide Revival Reports

Chapter 1 / Introduction

1. See Steven S. Gaines, The Life of Marjoe Gortner (New York Harper and Raw, 1972).

2. See Martin E. Marty, “Billy, Et AL,” Christian Century 91 (September 4–11, 1974), 831; and Martin E. Marty, “Name Games,” Christian Century 91 (October 16, 1974), 975.

Chapter 2 / Origins

1. Kilian McDonnell, Theological and Pastoral Orientations on the Catholic Charismatic Renewal ([Notre Dame, Ind.: Word of Life, 1974]), 61–62.

2. Donald Gee, Wind and Flame (rev. and enl. ed.; Croydon, Surrey: Heath Press Ltd., 1967), 3; see 1–6.

3. For a good summary of the growth of pentecostal churches in America see Vinson Synan, The Holiness-Pentecostal Movement in the United States (Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company [1971]).

4. Gee, Wind and Flame, 8. W. J. Hollenweger’s book, The Pentecostals (1st United States ed.; Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1972), is probably the best doctrinal summary of pentecostalism. See also W. J. Hollenweger, “The Pentecostal Movement and the World Council of Churches,” Ecumenical Review (July 1966), 310–320.

5. Three traditional, though slightly different, studies on this subject are Gordon Lindsay, All About the Gifts of the Spirit (Dallas: The World Correspondence Course, 1962); Donald Gee, The Ministry-Gifts of Christ (Springfield: Gospel Publishing House, [1930]); John H. Osteen, The Supernatural Gifts of the Spirit (Houston: John H. Osteen Evangelistic Association [1961]).

6. Steve Durasoff, Bright Wind of the Spirit (Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall [1972]), 5.

7. For information on the “oneness” pentecostals see Arthur L. Clanton, United We Stand (Hazelwood, Mo.: The Pentecostal Publishing House, 1970).

8. See Gordon Lindsay, The Life of John Alexander Dowie ([Dallas]: The Voice of Healing Publishing Co. [1951]).

9. Ibid., 271.

10. Stanley Howard Frodsham, Smith Wigglesworth: Apostle of Faith (Reprinted; London: Assemblies of God Publishing House, 1965), 93.

11. See Eunice M. Perkins, Joybringer Boswor...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface
• I Prayer for the Sick
• II The Healing Revival, 1947–1958
• III The Charismatic Revival, 1958–1974
• Bibliographical Essay
• Notes
• Index