Charles H. Kraft

Rev. Dr. Charles H. Kraft (b. 1932[1] in Connecticut) is an American evangelical Christian apologist, anthropologist and linguist whose work since the early 1980s has focused on inner healing and spiritual warfare. He is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology and Intercultural Communication in the School of Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, where he taught primarily in the school's spiritual dynamics concentration. He joined Fuller's faculty in 1969. In the 1950s he served as a Brethren missionary in northern Nigeria. He has been a professor of African languages at Michigan State University and UCLA, and taught anthropology part-time at Biola University. He holds a BA from Wheaton College, a BD from Ashland Theological Seminary, and a PhD from the Hartford Seminary Foundation, titled "A Study Of Hausa Syntax".[2]

In 1982, with fellow Fuller missions professor Peter Wagner, Kraft became an early proponent of the teaching and ministry models of John Wimber, and helped popularize the "Third Wave of the Holy Spirit" which Wimber's Vineyard Movement represented.

Main interests

Kraft writes and teaches about biblical Christianity and culture (including contextualization), communicating biblical Christianity, anthropology and Christianity, cross-cultural Christian theology, worldview, spiritual warfare, inner healing, generational curses, and the evils of Freemasonry. He believes that Freemasonry, "is one of the most evil organizations in the world."[3] In addition to his work at Fuller, Kraft is the president and founder of Deep Healing Ministries, a deliverance ministry, and conducts seminars and exorcisms around the world. He lives in California with his wife. He serves as the Vice-President of Hearts Set Free Ministries where he conducts seminars on spiritual warfare, healing and deliverance.

He has taught and ministered in Nigeria, Korea, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Australia, India, Denmark, Norway, England, Holland, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, and Germany.

Selected Works

Kraft's published books include:

Sources

  1. ↑ U. S. Copyright Office
  2. ↑ , "A Study Of Hausa Syntax"
  3. ↑ I Give You Authority, Charles H. Kraft, page 249.
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