Paul Cain was a gifted prophet and a broken man. We were wrong to put him on a pedestal
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Christy Wimber2019-02-18T00:00:00
The Texas-born Pentecostal minister Paul Cain died at the age of 89 last week. He ministered as an evangelist and prophet all over the world, but also attracted criticism and correction from his fellow pastors, as Christy Wimber explains
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