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Paul Cain is a Christian minister in the Charismatic Movement . Beginning in 1987 he was associated with the Kansas City Prophets . Paul Cains meetings were often punctuated by his calling out several people from the audience and giving very detailed information about their lives. On many occasions these prophetic "words" were supposedly marked by dramatic supernatural healings. Paul Cain was born in 1929 in Garland, Texas . His mother Anna had been seriously ill with Cancer , Tuberculosis , and other difficulties, and was not expected to live. Her case was so severe that she was the subject of special medical attention. To the astonishment of doctors both Cain and his mother survived the birth; his mother was subsequently supposedly healed. Cain attributes this to an Angelic Visition his mother had at that time, and to the fervent prayers of his family. It was during this visitation that Cain was given the name "Paul" and his mother became sure of his calling to preach. Paul Cain began to minister publically around age 18, making him the youngest of the ministers in what charismatics refer to as the Healing Revival of the late 1940's and early 1950's. Cains ministry at this time consisted of a very large tent, like most other ministers' (such as Oral Roberts and Jack Coe ). Chuck Smith founder of Calvary Chapel was Cain's campaign manager and was influnced by his unique prophetic and healing ministry. Cain's giftings took him around the world and brought him a measure of fame and opportunity for financial gain. Cain, however, eventually became disgusted with what he saw as the corruption of a once-pure movement into a circus of hype and greed. In the late '50's, he claimed that he was "challenged by the Lord" concerning such excesses of various leaders in that movement, and suddenly disappeared from public view. By the time Cain resurfaced the charismatic landscape had dramatically changed. Most of the other healing revivalists had disappeared from the scene; for example, William Branham (who Paul Cain referred to as the "greatest prophet who ever lived in this century") had died. The old order led by ministers like Jim Bakker , Jimmy Swaggart , the Shepherding Movement , and others, was beginning to crumble as a radically different approach to the charismatic was emerging through John Wimber and the Vineyard Christian Fellowship . He has since traveled around the world, proclaiming the gospel and calling the church back to purity and holiness. He has ministered to many national and international leaders (During the Clinton administration Paul Cain was sent to Iraq to meet with Saddam Hussein.) - both political leaders (including presidents and senators) and spiritual leaders including key church and denominational leaders. EXTERNAL LINKS
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