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• CainanPeople

  Cainan is a name that appears twice in the genealogy of Jesus in Luke 3. One Cainan is an antediluvian figure corresponding to Kenan in Genesis; the other is a son of Arphaxad who does not appear in the Hebrew text of Genesis.

• ChenaniahPeople

  Chenaniah was a chief of the Levites who directed and taught the singing when David brought the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem. He appears in 1 Chronicles 15.

• MahalalelPeople

  Mahalalel is an antediluvian figure in the genealogy of Genesis 5. In the line of Seth, he is the son of Kenan and the father of Jared. Scripture records that he lived 895 years.

• EnoshPeople

  Enosh is an antediluvian figure in Genesis, the son of Seth and grandson of Adam. The record of his birth is followed by the words "then began men to call upon the name of the LORD."

• KenazPeople

  Kenaz is the name of several individuals in the Old Testament. The best known are a grandson of Esau who became a chief of Edom and the father of Othniel, the first judge. The term "Kenezite," applied to Caleb's family, also derives from this name.

• Kenneth HaginPeople

  Kenneth Hagin (1917–2003) was an American charismatic preacher. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Word of Faith movement, which emphasizes faith and spoken confession, and he founded Rhema Bible Training Center.

• OthnielPeople

  Othniel is the first judge in the Old Testament Book of Judges. The son of Kenaz and a member of Caleb's family, he delivered Israel from Cushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia.

• Aimee Semple McPhersonPeople

  Aimee Semple McPherson (1890–1944) was a Canadian-born Pentecostal evangelist and early radio preacher who ministered in the United States. She founded the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel.

• KenizzitesBible

  The Kenizzites were one of the peoples living in the land promised to Abraham and are mentioned in Genesis 15:19. Caleb is called a "Kenezite," a term identical in Hebrew to the name of this people.

• CanaanitesBible

  The Canaanites were the inhabitants of the land of Canaan before Israel entered it. The Bible presents them as descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham, and the name can refer either to the entire population of the land or to one group among several peoples.

• The Great Century of MissionsHistory

  The Great Century of Missions is a name coined by the American church historian Kenneth Scott Latourette for the period from 1800 to 1914, during which Protestant foreign missions expanded dramatically.

• Oretha RookerPeople

  Oretha Rooker (1918–2007) was the wife of the American charismatic preacher Kenneth Hagin. During roughly sixty-five years of marriage, she is known to have worked alongside her husband in the Word of Faith movement and in the ministry of Rhema Bible Training Center.

• Evangelism ExplosionChristian Life

  Evangelism Explosion is a lay evangelism training program begun in the early 1960s by the American Presbyterian minister D. James Kennedy. It is characterized by the memorization of a set gospel presentation outline and by on-the-job training in which trainers and trainees go out together.

• Vineyard MovementHistory

  The Vineyard Movement is a charismatic church movement that originated in the Jesus Movement in the United States during the 1970s. Under the leadership of John Wimber in the 1980s, it spread worldwide. Because it emphasizes both evangelical faith and the experience of the gifts of the Holy Spirit, it is also called the "Third Wave."

• Eliphaz (Son of Esau)People

  Eliphaz was the firstborn son of Esau by his wife Adah. He appears in the Edomite genealogies of Genesis 36 and 1 Chronicles 1, which record him as the father of Amalek and the ancestor of several Edomite chiefs.

• Teman (son of Eliphaz)People

  Teman was a son of Eliphaz, the firstborn of Esau, and one of the chiefs of the Edomites. His name is also used for a region in the land of Edom and for its people.

• Jair (Son of Manasseh)People

  Jair was an Old Testament figure, a descendant of Manasseh, who took villages in the regions of Gilead and Bashan east of the Jordan River and named them Havoth-jair after himself.