Miracle Healing in Christianity

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Miracle Healing in Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion that is based on the life of Jesus of Nazareth. It is one of the world’s largest religions with over 2.38 billion followers worldwide.

The charismatic movement, a major component of American evangelicalism, is a globalized Christian practice that has reached mainstream. These Christians are focused on evangelism, conversion, and persisting in their faith as saved people. But, they are also locked in an epic battle with demonic powers. And, they know that the satanic powers hold sway over entire nations.

Historically, the charismatic third wave developed out of a core group of evangelicals, including Ted Haggard, Charles Kraft, George Otis, and John Wimber. They crossed bitter denominational divides and established the charismatic Vineyard Movement.

The Third Wave arose from a desire for more effective and practical strategies for evangelism. This movement, which came to be known as the Church Growth movement, recommended missionaries acquire a deep cultural understanding of “unreached people’s groups”.

The Church Growth Movement argued that the Western Christian tradition had been misled by the blinders of Enlightenment reason and scientific naturalism. In response to this, they proposed a “cosmological shift” that would engage the spiritual Real.

The “cosmological shift” referred to by Wagner was the appropriation of an ancient and universal mode of power – the gift of healing. Healings were not given as a means of keeping Christians healthy, but as a gift of God.

This gift of healing is often portrayed as a mystical gift of “healing believers” or a “gift of miracles” that is foreign to the Bible. A number of people have been caught using chicanery to claim the gift of healing.