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Essek William Kenyon (—), better known as E. W. Kenyon, was an American evangelist, pastor, radio preacher, and author.

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He also wrote songs and poetry and founded Bethel Bible Institute in Spencer, Massachusetts (later renamed Providence Bible Institute and relocated to Rhode Island). Although Kenyon was not especially well-known in his lifetime, his teachings on the power of faith, positive confession, and miraculous healing played a significant role in developing the prosperity gospel and Word of Faithmovements.

His writings influenced later Pentecostal ministers such as Jimmy Swaggart, Kenneth Hagin, Oral Roberts, and Kenneth Copeland, so much so that some historians consider E. W. Kenyon the grandfather of prosperity theology.

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W. Kenyon was born to an impoverished family in Hadley, New York, and grew up with only a limited education. At seventeen, he dedicated his life to Christ at a Methodist prayer meeting. He became an active church