Life Through the Cross

Life Through the Cross
Seen Through the Lens of Kathryn Kuhlman’s Life
Assemblies of God
Theological Seminary
Doctor of Ministry Class
on Women in Ministry
Kathryn Kuhlman
 Born
in
Concordia,
Missouri May 9,
1907
 Adored
Papa
Kathryn is the one with the big bow.
her
Kathryn Kuhlman
 Age
14 born again in a
Methodist church
 Her
mother was the
disciplinarian in the family.
 Mother
born again in 1935
at Kuhlman meeting
Kathryn Kuhlman
 At
age 16, after the 10th
grade, she started
traveling with her sister
and brother-in-law in
ministry
 She
never looked back
and never returned to
school
Kathryn Kuhlman

1933 Great Depression –
Denver, CO

“It’s God’s business and
we’re going to do it God’s
way – BIG!!!”
Kathryn Kuhlman
 1935
Denver Revival
Tabernacle
 Seating
capacity 2,000
 Services
every night
except on Monday
Her first radio program
“Smiling Through”
Kathryn Kuhlman
 1935
– Met Burroughs
Waltrip – “Mister”
 Divorced
2 boys
 He
his wife and left
moved to Iowa
 Pursued
Kathryn – closest
friends strongly objected
 They
Married in 1938
Kathryn Kuhlman

Biggest mistake of her life

She lost her entire ministry

Married for 6 years

Out of the pulpit 8 years

She had to decide between the
God she loved and the man she
loved

“Kathryn Kuhlman died that day.”
Kathryn Kuhlman
 1946
– Her bush
began to burn again
 Packed
from the
very beginning
Gospel Tabernacle
seated 1,500 in
Franklin, PA
 Her
8 years of
wilderness
wandering had
ended
Kathryn Kuhlman

Had her own radio program on
WKRZ

Encountered WWII healing
evangelists

She was heart broken by what
she saw

“They have taken away my Lord
and I know not where they laid
him!”
Kathryn Kuhlman
 What
is the KEY?
 Woman
 Man
with tumor healed
with blind eye healed
 The
KEY was the power of the Holy
Spirit
 Kathryn’s
underway
healing ministry was
Kathryn Kuhlman
 Kathryn
did not preach on
faith – she emphasized the
power of the Holy Spirit
 No
healing lines for prayer
 She
was a “handmaiden”
 She
had “a little faith in a big
God.”
Kathryn Kuhlman
Signing her book
I Believe in Miracles

Produced 500 TV programs for
CBS called “I Believe in
Miracles”

Frequent guest on TV Talk
Shows

Traveled across USA and
internationally
Kathryn Kuhlman

One of Kathryn’s full capacity meetings
Convocation Center, Notre Dame
Kathryn Kuhlman
 Most
sensational
phenomenon in her
ministry was “falling under
the power.”
Kathryn Kuhlman
 Thousands
 Cancer,
were healed
blind eyes, deaf
ears, cripples walked,
hearts healed even
pacemakers dissolved, and
lives transformed
Kathryn Kuhlman

Last service November
16, 1975 in Shrine
Auditorium in LA
Kathryn Kuhlman
 She
died on February 20,
1976 after open heart
surgery in Tulsa, OK
 “I
believe in miracles
because I believe in
God.”