Kathryn Kuhlman
| Kathryn Kuhlman | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Kathryn Johanna Kuhlman May 9, 1907Concordia, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | February 20, 1976 (aged 68) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Cause of death | complications from open heart surgery |
| Nationality | American (of German ancestry) |
| Occupation | Evangelist |
| Known for | Faith healing |
| Spouse(s) | Burroughs Allen Waltrip (Mister), October 18, 1938– ? 1948 (divorced) |
| Parent(s) | Joseph Adolph Kuhlman and Emma Walkenhorst |
Kathryn Johanna Kuhlman
Kathryn Kuhlman (May 9, 1907 – February 20, 1976) was an American healing evangelist.
Kathryn Johanna Kuhlman was born in Concordia, Missouri, to German-American parents.
Kathryn met Burroughs Waltrip, a Texas evangelist who was eight years her senior. Shortly after his visit to Denver, Waltrip divorced his wife, left his family and moved to Mason City, Iowa, where he began a revival center called Radio Chapel. Kathryn and her friend and pianist Helen Gulliford came into town to help him raise funds for his ministry. It was shortly after their arrival that the romance between Burroughs and Kathryn became publicly known.
Burroughs and Kathryn decided to wed. While discussing the matter with some friends, Kathryn had said that she could not "find the will of God in the matter." These and other friends encouraged her not to go through with the marriage, but Kathryn justified it to herself and others by believing that Waltrip's wife had left him, not the other way around. On October 18, 1938, Kathryn secretly married "Mister," as she liked to call Waltrip, in Mason City. The wedding did not give her new peace about their union, however. After they checked into their hotel that night, Kathryn left and drove over to the hotel where Helen was staying with another friend. She sat with them weeping and admitted that the marriage was a mistake. No one seems to know exactly when the separation took place. In a 1952 interview with the Denver Post Kathryn said, "He charged—correctly—that I refused to live with him. And I haven't seen him in eight years." That would put the separation in 1944—which is probably accurate. This means they lived together for the better part of six years." She was divorced by Burroughs Waltrip in 1948.
Kuhlman traveled extensively around the United States and in many other countries holding "healing crusades" between the 1940s and 1970s. She was one of the most well known healing ministers in the world. Kuhlman had a weekly TV program in the 1960s and 1970s called I Believe In Miracles that was aired nationally. She also had a 30-minute nationwide radio ministry of teaching from the Bible and, frequently, would feature excerpts from her healing services (both music and message).The foundation was established in 1954, and its Canadian branch in 1970. Towards her latter years she was supportive of the nascent Jesus movement, a spread of interest in Jesus among young teens formerly associated with drugs and the counter-culture.
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