About Reverend W.V. Grant

Who is W. V. Grant?

Born to Christian parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. V. Grant, Sr. of Dallas, Texas, he attended 84 different schools in 49 different states by the time he completed high school. Traveling with his mother and father, traveling itinerant evangelists, he was rarely in one school any longer than a maximum of one month (while his parents were conducting revivals in local churches in cities such as Seattle, Portland, Chicago, Houston, etc.) He says this did not hinder his education, but actually enhanced it since he "experienced" the different places about which the schools were studying and teaching. His father, Rev. W. V. Grant, Sr. was renown in his own right, having been with The Voice of Healing (now "Christ for the Nations") from the near-beginning with the Rev. Gordon Lindsay in 1952, out of which came noted Healing/Deliverance evangelists such as A. A. Allen, Jack Coe, Morris Cerullo, David Nunn, Alton Hayes, A. C. Valdez, Velmer Gardner, and many others. Rev. Grant Sr., a small man in stature, 5' 6", 150 pounds, was one of The Voice of Healing's and The Assembly of God's most revered evangelists for many years, founding several churches, conducting state-wide healing crusades across the nation, and being featured in their monthly publications such as The Pentecostal Evangel before starting his own magazine "The Voice of Deliverance" which grew to a circulation of 2.6 million monthly just before his untimely death, at the age of 69, in 1983. Rev. W. V. Grant, Sr. was probably best known as the most prolific Gospel writer ever. He wrote more books than any man who ever lived-607 titles, with over 250 million books in print, in 37 different languages. He passed away in 1983, after 50 years in the ministry while pastoring his church in Dallas of 20 years, the 1500-seat Soul's Harbor in Dallas, Texas. Rev. Grant's mother, Lorene Grant, age 85, went on to be with her Lord in heaven on March 25th 2003. Rev. W.V. Grant and Rev. Jerry B. Walker preached her homegoing at Laurelland Funeral Home in Dallas, Texas.

W.V.'s Childhood

At the tender age of six years, Rev. W. V. Grant had his foot cut over halfway off in a freak accident. God miraculously healed him, which raised his faith to believe God for powerful miracles about 20 years later in his ministry. At the age of seven, he was hit by a semi-truck and knocked hundreds of feet. It was at this point that God spoke to him for the very first time. Considering the fact that he nearly died of eight major diseases before he was two years old ­ and through the "grace of God" overcame all of that, it is no wonder, even to the most naïve observer, that his reputation as a "man of faith and power" is second to none, and the testimonies of individuals who have been healed, delivered from habits, and set free from "incurable" diseases continue to flood in.

W.V.'s Adolescence

As W. V. Grant entered junior high, his parents settled down in Dallas, where his father became Vice-President of The Voice of Healing, which now included such men as T. L. Osborn, Kenneth Hagin, William Branham, and many other noted ministers and evangelists. So, as you can see, W. V. Grant was literally raised in the "fire of revival."

A standout star in both football and baseball during his high school years, he rejected several scholarship offers in order to attend Bible Seminary, feeling a call of God on his life. After attending Southwestern Assemblies of God Bible University, he started in the full-time ministry. He received his undergraduate degrees in English Literature and Religion, as well as his Master's Degree in History from Dallas Baptist University. He has two honorary degrees from Kingsway Bible University (Des Moines, Iowa) and the Colonial Academy (Chicago). He has pastored three churches, and ministered in most every nation of the world.