A Conversation with Francis & Judith MacNutt
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The late Francis MacNutt was a pioneer in the Charismatic Renewal, and with his wife Judith, founder of Christian Healing Ministries in Jacksonville, FL. Today, Judith continues their work as a Christian therapist and inner healing minister. With Francis, she has ministered all over the globe on issues such as physical and emotional healing, deliverance, healing of memories and other means for restoring broken lives. In this book, they talk about what God taught them during their years of ministry.
David Kyle Foster
Dr. David Kyle Foster (M-Div - Trinity Evangelical Divinity School; D-Min - Trinity School for Ministry) is the author of Love Hunger: A Harrowing Journey from Sexual Addiction to True Fulfillment, The Sexual Healing Reference EditionA Biblical Guide to Finding Freedom from Every Major Area of Sexual Sin & Brokenness, and Transformed Into His Image: Hidden Steps on the Journey to Christlikeness. He has served as adjunct professor at Asbury Theological Seminary, The Bible Institute of Hawaii, Trinity School for Ministry, Logos Christian College & Graduate School and the Wagner Leadership Institute. His articles have appeared in numerous journals and magazines and he has been a guest on countless television and radio programs at home and abroad - witnessing to the power of God to set anyone free from anything. David has spoken on five continents for ministries such as Youth With A Mission, Ellel Ministries and others. He is also the founder and director of Mastering Life Ministries, producer of the “Pure Passion” TV program (www.PurePassion.us) and producer/director of the award-winning documentaries, “Such Were Some of You”, "How Do You Like Me Now?" and "TranZformed: Finding Peace with Your God-Given Gender". Making his home in the Nashville, TN area, David loves hanging out with Jesus during the Autumn in a quiet mountain cabin and being in the company of people who can’t stop talking about how much they love God.
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A Conversation with Francis & Judith MacNutt - David Kyle Foster
A Conversation with Francis & Judith MacNutt
(Founders & Directors of Christian Healing Ministries)
by David K. Foster
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Contents
Biography of Francis MacNutt
Biography of Judith MacNutt
The Interview
Celebrating the Life of Dr. Francis MacNutt
Francis’ Books
Judith’s Books
About the Author
Ministry Links
Additional Ministry Links
Biography of Francis MacNutt
Born 1925, Francis MacNutt grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and had hoped to become a physician after finishing college and medical school. However, ten days before entering Washington University Medical School, he was drafted into the Army, where he served as a surgical technician during World War II.
Following military service, Francis returned to college on the GI Bill. He graduated from Harvard University with honors and then earned an M.F.A. from Catholic University of America (in the Speech Department). At Catholic University, Francis was profoundly affected when he read Thomas Merton’s Seven Story Mountain. Francis’ father was a deeply religious man who instilled in his son a sincere love and reverence for the Church. Francis’ life took a new direction when, at Catholic University, he felt drawn to the priesthood.
In 1950, Francis joined the Dominican Order, the Order of Preachers, and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. At the Aquinas Institute, he earned a Ph.D. in Theology, and then was appointed to teach homiletics (preaching) at the Dominican seminary in Dubuque, Iowa. During his seven years of teaching, Francis wrote three books on preaching. He helped found the Catholic Homiletic Society (which no longer exists) and served as its president and, later, as its executive secretary.
In 1967, Francis was invited to a week-long charismatic Protestant retreat. Among the leaders were Rev. Tommy Tyson and Agnes Sanford. It was at this retreat that Francis asked for prayer to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. Not long after, he experienced a dramatic turning point in his ministry. Agnes Sanford told him that he would be used to bring healing prayer back to the Catholic Church. He began praying for the sick and many were either completely healed or noticeably improved. More and more he realized that a very important part of Jesus’ ministry (healing and deliverance through the power of the Holy Spirit) had been commonplace in the early church, but had been largely overlooked or ignored in the modern church. In 1977, Francis was one of the speakers at the famous Conference on Charismatic Renewal at Kansas City’s Arrowhead Stadium.
Francis was one of the first Roman Catholic priests to be involved in charismatic renewal and in an active healing ministry. He was an instrumental member of the group of charismatic leaders that formed the Charismatic Concerns Committee (CCC) in the early 1970s. The CCC was later re-named the Charismatic Leaders Fellowship, and Francis served as its chairman for several years.
As the charismatic movement gained momentum in the early ‘70s, Francis became widely known and respected among Catholics and Protestants for his teachings about healing prayer and the power of the Holy Spirit to transform lives. He resigned his administrative positions and began a full-time traveling ministry, preaching and teaching with teams that included Catholic and Protestants, such as Fr. Mike Scanlan and Ruth Carter Stapleton. In just a few short years, Francis ministered in 31 countries on five continents. Merton House in St. Louis was his home base, as well as a center for charismatic renewal in St. Louis, where 60 priests were involved. In 1976, Francis became a founder of the Association of Christian Therapists, whose purpose was to bring healing prayer into the medical profession.
Francis first met Judith Sewell when he was a speaker at an international conference in Jerusalem (1975). Their paths crossed again, through ministry, two years later. They were married in 1980 and settled in Clearwater, Florida, where they established Christian Healing Ministries that same year. Since the very beginning of their marriage, Francis and Judith have travelled widely, speaking and ministering together. In 1987, at the invitation of the Episcopal Diocese of Florida, they moved to Jacksonville, Florida, and expanded Christian Healing Ministries into a healing center for prayer ministry