The Movement That Birthed Charismatic Christianity and Transformed Pentecostal Denominations
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Chaplain (MAJ) James F. Linzey, USA (Ret.)
April 6, 2026
COFFEYVILLE, Kan., April 6, 2026 /Standard Newswire/ — Did Hank Hanegraaff identify Franklin Hall as the father of the Latter Rain Movement in America? Did John Wimber affirm Hall’s ministry as theologically Orthodox at Fuller Theological Seminary? A newly released video interview now directly addresses these longstanding claims—and revisits Coffeyville’s early role in the Pentecostal Movement.
The interview features John Collins, author and founder of William Branham Historical Research, and Chaplain (MAJ) James F. Linzey, USA (Ret.), a nephew of Franklin Hall, offering a rare and clarifying perspective on the life, ministry, and enduring influence of Franklin Hall—widely recognized as the father of the Latter Rain Movement in America.
The interview explores Hall’s pivotal role in shaping the Latter Rain revival in America, a post–World War II movement within Pentecostalism that emphasized spiritual renewal, divine healing, fasting and prayer, prophecy, spiritual gifts, the laying on of hands, and the restoration of the five-fold ministry. Many of these teachings—once rejected by Pentecostal denominations such as the Assemblies of God and the Church of God in Christ and by mainline Protestant churches—are now widely embraced throughout global Christianity.
Watch the full interview here.
In the interview, Linzey provides both historical analysis and firsthand insight into Hall’s teachings, particularly his emphasis on extended fasting and prayer. These practices significantly influenced a generation of healing evangelists and revival leaders, including William Branham and Kathryn Kuhlman, who sat under Hall’s teaching at Miracle Temple in San Diego, and Oral Roberts, A.A. Allen, T.L. Osborn, and others. Hall’s landmark 1946 book, Atomic Power with God with Fasting and Prayer, helped ignite a global hunger for revival and contributed to the theological framework of the Latter Rain movement.
Born in Coffeyville, Kansas, Hall was the brother of television evangelist Verna Linzey, who wrote the hymn O Blessed Jesus, and he was the brother-in-law of Captain Stanford E. Linzey, Jr., CHC, U.S. Navy (Ret.). He rose to prominence as a Pentecostal evangelist whose ministry reached millions through crusades, books, his magazine “Miracle Word,” and revival centers. His work and ministry at Miracle Temple and International Healing Cathedral in Phoenix, Arizona, eventually pastored by Verna Linzey, influenced both American and international Pentecostal and Charismatic movements, with documented impact in the United States, the United Kingdom, West Africa, and beyond.
The interview also addresses the controversies surrounding the Latter Rain movement. While initially rejected by some Pentecostal denominations in the mid-20th century, many of its teachings were later integrated into broader Pentecostal, Charismatic, and mainline Protestant contexts.
Linzey further draws on his academic experience attending John Wimber’s Signs and Wonders course (MC510) at Fuller Theological Seminary (1982–1983), where Hall’s influence on Pentecostal and Charismatic theology was examined. This firsthand connection provides additional depth and historical continuity to the discussion.
This interview seeks to inform scholars, ministers, and the public about a pivotal yet often overlooked chapter in Pentecostal history, offering a clearer and more accurate understanding of Franklin Hall’s legacy and the movements he helped shape.
About the Author
James F. Linzey, M.Div., D.D. (Hon.), is a retired U.S. Army chaplain who served 24 years in both the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army. He served as Command Chaplain for multiple missions, including the largest mobilization and demobilization mission in the continental United States at Fort Bliss, Texas (2003–2004). A graduate of Vanguard University of Southern California and Fuller Theological Seminary, he is a Southern Baptist minister and ethicist and the author of Moral Leadership. He is currently writing a major work on the history of Pentecostalism in Coffeyville, with a focus on the Assemblies of God. He portrayed a military chaplain in the feature film Iniquity and wrote two devotionals for the feature film Indivisible. He is the author of the United States Space Force Hymn, “Creator of the Universe,” and the U.S. Army Cadet Command Prayer—one of the few official institutional military prayers in American history. Chaplain Linzey currently serves as pastor of Global Worship Center in Coffeyville, Kansas, founding president of the Military Bible Association, and as Chief of Chaplains of the United States National Defense Corps, with the rank of Colonel.
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