23/09/2026
Who was Lee Stoneking?
Born: Jan. 1, 1940
When Lee Stoneking was a small boy, his mother took him into the woods behind a log cabin home, lifted him in her arms to heaven, and prayed, “God, take this boy and make something out of his life.” She had been baptized in Jesus’ name in a Pentecostal revival in Knoxville, Iowa, and she taught Lee about Jesus and His ways.
Lee became involved in art, music, and dancing as a young man. When he was sixteen, his spinal column was damaged in a serious car accident. Although he continued to dance in major theaters in Des Moines, Iowa and other places, and was invited to audition at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, his dancing career was cut short due to his injuries. He also worked as an executive secretary and studied commercial art at Drake University in Des Moines. He was active in the Evangelical Free Church and was also involved in Youth For Christ and Campus Crusade.
A Oneness Apostolic cousin connected Lee with an Apostolic pastor in Des Moines, and, after initial resistance, he became convinced that the Apostolic teachings were biblical. In an Apostolic church with Brother Butcher, he witnessed prayer for healing and heard people testify that their pain had gone. Since Lee was going to the doctor every other day due to intense pain, he began to wonder if God would heal him as well. The next service he told Brother Butcher, “I want prayer for my body tonight.” Brother Butcher anointed him with oil and simply said, “In Jesus’ name be healed.” Monday morning there was no pain, Tuesday no pain, Wednesday no pain, Thursday no pain. Friday the doctor’s office called. They said, “are you bedfast? You have missed all your appointments.” Lee said, “I went to an Apostolic church and they prayed for me for healing and I have been healed! The doctor was furious and predicted that within one month Lee would be back “in worse shape than you have ever been in.” Lee smiled and said, “No I don’t think so, I think this is going to work.” Today, more than fifty years later, it is still working!
Lee was baptized in Jesus’ name July 23, 1963, and received the baptism of the Holy Ghost October 6, 1963. He has held three pastorates, planted a church, evangelized all over the United States and around the world, and hosted twenty-two tours to Israel. He has seen thousands receive the Holy Ghost and thousands healed of all manner of diseases.
On November 12, 2003, Lee Stoneking fell instantly dead of a massive heart attack in the airport in Sydney, Australia. He was clinically dead for forty-five minutes and was declared dead on arrival (DOA). But after medical science had failed, Jesus stepped on board the ambulance. Lee recounts, “My heart began to beat; my breath came back. It startled the driver and the paramedic! They had never seen anything like it. Blood had coagulated in my hands and forearms, feet and legs.”
Lee Stoneking addressed the United Nations General Assembly April 22, 2015, sharing the message of Acts 2:38. Within forty-eight hours of the address, over four million people worldwide had viewed and heard it.
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