External Resources: "How to" Videos

DISCLAIMER: Some of these videos might contain really bad theology. I'll mark with a star (⭐) the ones that I think are more balanced, but bear in mind that when we call a teaching "sound" or "balanced" all we really mean is it aligns with our own thinking. For reference, on the spectrum of theologies of healing specifically, I'm somewhere in the Charismatic and Pentecostal camps:
That means I agree with a lot of what John Wimber (Charismatic) and Smith Wiggleworth (Pentecostal) said, disagree with some of the central concepts presented by Kenneth Hagin (Word of Faith) and John MacArthur (soft cessationism), and find most of what Rudolf Bultmann (Liberal Theology) and B. B. Warfield (cessationism) said highly objectionable, but I figure they probably all have insights I could benefit from. And it's always possible that my theology is simply wrong.

Anyhoo, with that in mind, here is a listing of videos I have come across online that cover healing from a practical "how to go about this" perspective. (The videos fall into the last three categories above as the first three groups don't "do" healing.)


John Wimber ⭐

 John Wimber's video series "Doing the Stuff" from the 1984 "Signs, Wonders, and Church Growth" conference, which seems to be an intensive versions of the "Signs and Wonders in Church Growth (MC510)," which Wimber taught at Fuller Seminary:
This is an excellent series. As a point of interest: starting at the 38th minute of the third video in the 12 part series there is the testimony of a woman healed of a condition that restricted her to a wheelchair until she was prayed for during one of the sessions at the event. She only speaks for about three and a half minutes. It seems to me, if you wanted to capitalize on things like this, you would put them first in the video and not just leave them chronologically where they occurred. To me, that speaks of its authenticity.

Another series by John Wimber. In part five, Wimber outlines his philosophy for approaching healing:

Roger Sapp ⭐

I may have just found my new favorite teaching on healing: the "Christ Centered Healing" seminar with Dr. Roger Sapp of All Nations Ministries. Sapp was saved through the ministry of Youth With A Mission. I was a YWAMer for nine years, so I feel some affinity there, which may be part of the reason I feel as I do. Additionally, he was a charismatic evangelical who learned from other believers how to pray for healing, and saw some success in healing. That has been my experience too. However, when Sapp began studying the Bible to see what it said about healing, he discovered that much of what he practiced was not what Jesus modelled (and the disciples emulated). That is also my experience. He is seminary trained, as am I. In short, he's me but better:

Randy Clark

I copied this from the blurb on one of the YouTube videos, but it's a pretty decent intro to Randy Clark: "The son of an oil-field worker, Randy, like most from his generation, learned the importance of perseverance. After his miraculous healing from a car accident when he was eighteen, he felt led to go into the ministry. Since that day, November 20, 1970, Randy's involvement in ministry soared. Shortly after graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Religious Studies 1974, Randy went on to receive his Masters of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY in 1977. Now an international speaker, Randy Clark demonstrates the Lord's power to heal, with great tenacity."

The three videos are from three separate events, so there is a fair amount of repeated material:

Mike Popovich

Mike Popovich is a pastor in Colorado Springs:

Charles and Frances Hunter

The following is a practical series of videos by Charles and Frances Hunter, and they apply a lot of common sense to the practice of healing. I would say, though, that coming from my background (quasi-charismatic Church of England), this series is more of a cultural jump than John Wimber's, and I did find it occasionally a little "out there," but that may be more of an indication of my philosophical/experiential/theological location than it is of theirs.

Theologically, they seem have had more of an inclination towards prosperity than I have, but I'm picking up on that from one or two throw away comments in the series. They certainly don't make that a topic of teaching in this series.

Here's a link to a short bio about the couple: "The Happy Hunters: Charles and Frances Hunter"

Duane Sheriff

Two six-part sermon series  Duane Sheriff, the lead pastor of Victory Life Church, a church that appears (as best I can tell from a brief hunt of their website and affiliations) to be from the Pentecostal tradition and which has a large number of video satellite campuses. However, the emphasis on faith is strong enough in this teaching that I would personally categorize it as Word of Faith teaching. In other words, the line between what is accomplished through faith by you almost seems to have God in a subservient role—if you believe it and speak it just right, God has no option but to comply. This is, of course, a significant oversimplification of Word of Faith teaching, but giving faith itself power seems to be a large portion of what that school of thought teaches. The other primary teaching is that our words literally make reality. True, we are made by God, and he can do that. He is also all knowing and all powerful, and we are neither of those things.

Brian T. Anderson

A series (titled "What About Healing?") by the founding and Senior Pastor of Vineyard Church North Phoenix, located in Phoenix, AZ:

Jordan Seng ⭐

Coast Vineyard Media, Miracle Work conference: Jordan Seng from Blue Water Mission
The first four sessions are only audio (in YouTube the screen remains black after the opening title). The fifth session is the only video one. However, all the PowerPoint slides are available as "notes" and the audio can be downloaded if you want to listen to them offline.
Here are the links to the sessions:

Phil Moore

Phil Moore id the Lead Pastor for Everyday Church, a multi-campus church in London, UK.

Francis Chan

I'm a big fan of Francis Chan. His humility, zeal, and thoughtfulness are always refreshing. The subject of healing seems to be something he has only recently begun to take seriously, and these videos are, I think, some of his earliest formal thinking on the subject

Alexander F. Venter

Alexander F. Venter was ordained with the Assembly of God in 1975. In 1982, he migrated southern California to work with John Wimber in the Vineyard movement. He was subsequently part of the first Vineyard church plant in Johannesburg. He has planted and pastored churches in Zimbabwe, Cape Town, Johannesburg and Soweto. This six part series is based on his book title Doing Healing.

John Arnott

John Arnott is one of the founding pastors of Catch The Fire church (formerly known as the Toronto Airport Christian Fellowship) and is a major figure in the Third Wave Movement.

Steve Long

Steve Long is the Vice-President of Catch The Fire and a Senior Leader of Catch The Fire Church in Toronto.

David Diga Hernandez ⭐

A couple of teaching videos from a healing evangelist based out of Southern California:

 Art Thomas ⭐

A one-and-a-half hour session on healing by someone who used to be a youth pastor in the Assemblies of God. His primary website, "Art Thomas Ministries," is at https://artthomas.org/. One of his tertiary websites (https://www.supernaturaltruth.com/) says, "Powerless Christianity is NOT an Option." I like that. Theologically, Art seems to be solidly Pentecostal, which is not surprising given his background.

Since first coming across Art's teaching, I have had the opportunity to email with him a couple of times and even joined a meeting of his house church via Zoom. Art seems to be a kind, caring, theologically inquisitive man. His pastoral concern is evident in his teaching, and I have found this particularly informative as I have had difficulty discussing healing with people who have concluded sickness (their own or that of a loved one) is God's will and is a blessing in disguise. I disagree with that perspective, but have struggled to address it without causing people deep distress. And if talking about healing is causing trauma, there is clearly something amiss. Art's approach to this has been extremely helpful for me.

Barry Bennett

I'm including this series by Barry Bennett (teaching at Charis Bible College, a part of Andrew Wommack Ministries) because I agree with something John Wimber said—we should study broadly, including those people whose teaching we disagree with, especially if they are effective in healing. Barry Bennett's teaching is very much in the Word of Faith camp. He talks at great length on negative and positive confession, a teaching the seems to me to be superimposed on the Bible rather than arrived at by exposition of the text. However, I have emailed with Mr. Bennett a few times, and I have found his responses to my questions both thoughtful and helpful. That said, as I listen to the videos listed below, I find I agree less and less with his teach with each consecutive video.

Curry Blake ⭐

Early in the 20th Century, a minister named John G. Lake had a powerful and effective healing ministry. What made Lake's ministry particularly distinctive, however, was his intentional training of others—what he called "divine healing technicians." Curry Blake has taken Lakes teaching, beginning with a copy of Lake's training manual and with the Lake family's blessing, and has continued that work as "John G. Lake Ministries." By Blake's one estimate, he sees well over 80% of those he ministers to healed. I know that when I first came across videos of Blake teaching on healing, I felt it was extreme. He teaches that healing is always God's will, and I was uncomfortable with that. I am now aware, however, that he is far from unique in this perspective.

The first video listed below is a 12 hour compilation of 15 consecutive sessions on teaching. The length of the video is inconvenient if you need to scroll to the point you last stop watching at, and there are actually 19 videos in the series. However, if you're listing to the training while driving or walking your dog, YouTube can use much less bandwidth than other streaming video might. That said, the second link takes you to a page with the full 19 sessions, but not in YouTube.

Adam Somerville

Adam is the Associate and Connections Pastor (he is in charge of outreach and making sure discipleship continues to happen within the church) at The Landing Church in Vernon, British Columbia, Canada. On this YouTube channel, he "focuses on helping people learn to receive healing, and to heal others all in the name of Jesus."

Todd White ⭐

This video is essentially Todd White's account of how he started in healing. That said, it has enough insights into his theology and practice to make it appropriate for this page.

Tom Loud

Tom Loud is the senior pastor of Shoreline Full Gospel Fellowship in Shoeline, Washigton, USA. The church's website is shorelinefullgospel.org

Pete Cabrera Jr.

Pete Cabrera Jr. is the leader of Royal Family International, a ministry that educates and challenges believers to live in Christ by accepting our biblical identity and reflecting the Kingdom of God in daily living. The RFI website is royalfamilyinternational.com

Robby Dawkins ⭐

In this series, Robby Dawkins teaches how to step out and pray for the sick, what opposition you may face and how to overcome it. He will also takes these practical steps to the streets of London.

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