Frank Hammond Explained

Frank Davis Hammond
Birth Date:12 October 1921
Birth Place:Terrell, TX
Death Place:Covenant Hospital in Plainview, TX
Nationality:American
Education:Baylor University
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Spouse:Ida Mae Loden
Religion:Christian
Writings:Pigs in the Parlor: A Practical Guide to Deliverance (1973)

Frank Davis Hammond (Oct. 12, 1921 - March 17, 2005) was an author of Christian related books, particularly on deliverance ministry. In 1980 Hammond founded 'The Children's Bread Ministry' with his wife (and sometimes coauthor) Ida Mae Hammond. Hammond was an alumnus of Baylor University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Teachings

Hammond taught that ethical issues such as resentment and gossiping – together with issues such as compulsive eating, forgetfulness, sexual problems, and mental illness – may be caused by demons requiring deliverance ministry, and that such individuals may require such deliverance.[1] [2] [3] He and his wife Ida Mae have been called "perhaps the most influential practitioners of deliverance ministry."[2] Their 1973 book Pigs in the Parlor: A Practical Guide to Deliverance is one of the most influential on the topic,[2] [3] and has sold over a million copies.[1]

Hammond's books helped to transfer the ideas of deliverance ministry into the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, in particular the concept of demonic influence short of the demonic possession that requires exorcism by a priest.[4]

Personal

Born in Terrell, TX in October 1921, he married Ida Mae Loden (also of Terrell) in 1948.[5]

Bibliography

With Ida Mae Hammond

See also

Notes and References

  1. Michael Cuneo, American Exorcism, Random House, 2010, pp. 107–109.
  2. Gregory L. Reece, Creatures of the Night: In Search of Ghosts, Vampires, Werewolves and Demons, I.B.Tauris, 2012, p. 149.
  3. Kenneth D. Boa and Robert M. Bowman, Jr., Sense and Nonsense about Angels and Demons, Zondervan, 2007, p. 130.
  4. Thomas J. Csordas, The Sacred Self: A Cultural Phenomenology of Charismatic Healing, University of California Press, 1997, p. 41.
  5. Web site: Frank Davis Hammond Obituary. . September 19, 2017.