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| '''Don Stewart''' (born ], ], in ]) is a controversial ] who appears on BET,] and other |
'''Don Stewart''' (born ], ], in ]) is a controversial ] who appears on BET,] and other television channels. He is the successor to the late Rev. A.A. Allen. Stewart began ministry work in the 1950's with A.A. Allen on the tent revival circuit. He offers prayer handkerchiefs, the handkerchiefs are free. His justification for the distribution of the cloth is based on the story his mother told him about how she lay dying in a hospital waiting to give birth to him. A man came through the hospital and prayed for her leaving her with a prayer cloth. She recovered and gave birth to. Stewart finds biblical justification from the passage in Acts 19 which tells of Paul bringing handkerchiefs and aprons to the sick, who were cured. | ||
| ⚫ | Stewart's faith healing services are old-fashioned, Pentecostal, with new high-tech innovations such as live video streaming, live email testimonies and prayer requests, and cell phone prayer. His television programs show numerous instances of people discarding walking sticks and wheelchairs, saying they are healed and giving testimonies that they feel 'the Lord has touched them'. Many of the people who attend Stewart's services are ] and he was an early leader in the civil rights movement. A 22 year old Stewart went to jail in 1963, in Charleston, South Carolina for integrating his services. | ||
| Stewart is infamous for his luxuriant life-style which is a direct contrast to the humble origins of the majority of his ministry's financial contributors. | |||
| ⚫ | He is the author of numerous books including "Healing, The Brain Soul Connection" with Daniel G. Amen, MD a neuropsychologist on Depression, ADD and Anxiety. In the book, Don Stewart admits that he has ADD and has a special interest in helping those mental and emotional difficulties. He also wrote ''Only Believe'', along with Doug Wead, which is a history of the early "Latter Day Rain" healing movement that includes Oral Roberts, Kathryn Khulman, A.A. Allen and is now succeeded by Benny Hinn and Todd Bentley. | ||
| Stewart claims to heal people via the television by sensing their problems through the Holy Spirit- a practice that is referred to as the Word of Knowledge in pentecostal circles - and holding out his hand for viewers to touch. | |||
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| ⚫ | He is the author of numerous books including "Healing, The Brain Soul Connection" with Daniel G. Amen, MD a neuropsychologist on Depression, ADD and Anxiety. In the book, Don Stewart admits that he has ADD. He also wrote ''Only Believe'', along with Doug Wead, |
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| Don Stewart's son, Brendon Stewart, is now holding his own revival meetings. | Don Stewart's son, Brendon Stewart, is now holding his own revival meetings. | ||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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Don Stewart (born October 25, 1939, in Prescott, Arizona) is a controversial televangelist who appears on BET,The Word Network and other television channels. He is the successor to the late Rev. A.A. Allen. Stewart began ministry work in the 1950's with A.A. Allen on the tent revival circuit. He offers prayer handkerchiefs, the handkerchiefs are free. His justification for the distribution of the cloth is based on the story his mother told him about how she lay dying in a hospital waiting to give birth to him. A man came through the hospital and prayed for her leaving her with a prayer cloth. She recovered and gave birth to. Stewart finds biblical justification from the passage in Acts 19 which tells of Paul bringing handkerchiefs and aprons to the sick, who were cured.
Stewart's faith healing services are old-fashioned, Pentecostal, with new high-tech innovations such as live video streaming, live email testimonies and prayer requests, and cell phone prayer. His television programs show numerous instances of people discarding walking sticks and wheelchairs, saying they are healed and giving testimonies that they feel 'the Lord has touched them'. Many of the people who attend Stewart's services are black Americans and he was an early leader in the civil rights movement. A 22 year old Stewart went to jail in 1963, in Charleston, South Carolina for integrating his services.
He is the author of numerous books including "Healing, The Brain Soul Connection" with Daniel G. Amen, MD a neuropsychologist on Depression, ADD and Anxiety. In the book, Don Stewart admits that he has ADD and has a special interest in helping those mental and emotional difficulties. He also wrote Only Believe, along with Doug Wead, which is a history of the early "Latter Day Rain" healing movement that includes Oral Roberts, Kathryn Khulman, A.A. Allen and is now succeeded by Benny Hinn and Todd Bentley.
Don Stewart's son, Brendon Stewart, is now holding his own revival meetings.