Don Basham

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1926|9|17}}

| birth_place = Wichita Falls, Texas

| occupation = International bible teacher, theologian, pastor

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Don Wilson Basham (17 September 1926 – 27 March 1989){{cite book|last=Moore|first=S. David|title=The new international dictionary of Pentecostal and charismatic movements.|year=2002|publisher=Zondervan Pub. House|location=Grand Rapids, Mich.|isbn=0310224810|edition=Rev. and expanded|editor=Stanley M. Burgess|page=367|chapter=Basham, Don Wilson}} was a Bible teacher and author. Born and raised in Wichita Falls, Texas, Basham was raised in a Baptist home but later joined the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) whilst at college. He became involved in the Charismatic renewal in 1963.Basham, D.W., Deliver Us from Temptation. Chosen Books. 1986

Basham studied at Midwestern State University, Phillips University (BA) and its graduate seminary in Enid, Oklahoma (BD).

Following the reported miraculous healing of a close friend, Basham and his wife Alice experienced a spiritual awakening that led him to leave a career in commercial art in 1951 to enter the Christian ministry.Basham, D.W., Face Up with a Miracle. Whitaker House. 1967 He was ordained as a Disciples of Christ Minister in 1955.

Family

Whilst at college, he met Alice Roling who was also born and raised in Wichita Falls. They married in 1949 and had five children; Cindi, Shari, Glenn, Lisa and Laura. Cindi, one of his daughters, married Dick Leggatt who later became the President of Derek Prince Ministries.Basham, D.W., Deliver Us From Evil. Chosen Books. 1972

Pastorates

After a five-year pastorate in suburban Washington, D.C., he became pastor of the Hillcrest Christian Church in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and later pastored East Side church in Sharon, Pennsylvania.{{Citation needed|date=August 2015}}

Itinerant Ministry

After the publication of his first book, Basham left the pastorate in 1967 to commence a freelance writing and travelling ministry.

He travelled extensively in the US and abroad (Jamaica, England, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Austria, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Israel and New Zealand)Basham, D.W., Beyond Blessing to Obedience, CGM Publishing, 1976 teaching on subjects such as the Holy Spirit, deliverance, spiritual authority and faith.

Basham's deliverance ministry resulted in some notoriety. In the 1970s, Basham's and Prince's teaching on deliverance and practice of public exorcisms had a significant impact on the charismatic movement.Smail et al., Charismatic Renewal: The Search for a Theology, SPECK, London, 1993

Christian Growth Ministries

In 1970, Basham, along with Bible teachers Derek Prince, Bob Mumford, Ern Baxter and Charles Simpson, began teaching a controversial doctrine of 'spiritual covering' that required individual Christians to be submitted and accountable to a leader. They became the leaders of the Shepherding Movement. Basham submitted himself to Derek Prince as his personal shepherd.

Together with Prince and Mumford, Basham established [https://web.archive.org/web/20061017231514/http://www.goodnewsfc.org/ Good News Church] in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1974.Balmer, R., Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism, Baylor University Press, 2004 Basham later relocated with the CGM to Mobile, Alabama in 1982 when it adopted the name Integrity Communications.Burgess & McGee (ed)., Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, Zondervan, 1988

Basham was the editor of CGMs monthly magazine, New Wine from 1975 to 1981 and served as chief editorial consultant until it ceased publication in 1986. New Wine at one time was the most widely circulated Charismatic publication in the US.Synan (ed), The Century of the Holy Spirit: 100 Years of Pentecostal and Charismatic Renewal, Nelson, 2001

Books

Basham wrote sixteen books and numerous articles for Christian magazines.

A Handbook on Holy Spirit Baptism
A Handbook on Tongues, Interpretation and Prophecy
A Manual for Spiritual Warfare
Beyond Blessing to Obedience, CGM Publishing (1976)
Can a Christian Have a Demon?
Deliver Us from Evil
Deliver Us from Temptation
Face Up With a Miracle
Lead Us Not into Temptation, Chosen Books (1986)
How God Guides Us
Spiritual Power: How to Get It, How to Give It
True and False Prophets, Manna Books (1973)
Miracle of Tongues
The Most Dangerous Game
The Way I See It
Willing to Forgive

Co-author of:

Family, Integrity Publications, (1982)
The Unseen War, New Wine Publications (undated)
Seed Truth, Manna Christian Outreach (1975)