The claims
Each entry pairs a reported miracle with the documentary record and an honest, confidence-labeled estimate of how likely it is that no natural explanation accounts for it.
9 claims
13% authenticStrong natural explanation
Smith Wigglesworth's own daughter Alice, who assisted in his healing meetings for decades and was the person most accessible to his ministry, remained deaf throughout her life despite her father's claimed powers.
Unprovenhealing·Bradford, UK and worldwide
Alice Wigglesworth: The Healer's Deaf Daughter Never Healed
Smith Wigglesworth's own daughter Alice, who assisted in his healing meetings for decades and was the person most accessible to his ministry, remained deaf throughout her life despite her father's claimed powers.
2% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Christian apologist Nabeel Qureshi, diagnosed with stage-4 stomach cancer in 2016, sought healing at Bethel Church in Redding after other medical options were exhausted; he died September 16, 2017, despite the ministry's healing claims.
Explainedhealing·Redding, California, USA / Virginia, USA
Bethel Church Fails to Heal Apologist Nabeel Qureshi of Stage-4 Cancer (2017)
Christian apologist Nabeel Qureshi, diagnosed with stage-4 stomach cancer in 2016, sought healing at Bethel Church in Redding after other medical options were exhausted; he died September 16, 2017, despite the ministry's healing claims.
4% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Nigerian pastor Daniel Ekechukwu, declared dead after a car accident on November 30, 2001 with a death certificate from St. Eunice Clinic, was reportedly resurrected two days later at a church during a Reinhard Bonnke crusade.
Unprovenhealing·Onitsha / Owerri, Nigeria
Daniel Ekechukwu: Claimed Resurrection at a Reinhard Bonnke Crusade, Nigeria 2001
Nigerian pastor Daniel Ekechukwu, declared dead after a car accident on November 30, 2001 with a death certificate from St. Eunice Clinic, was reportedly resurrected two days later at a church during a Reinhard Bonnke crusade.
9% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Heidi Baker's Iris Global ministry in Mozambique has claimed numerous blind and deaf healings since the 1990s; the STEPP study (2010) measured improvements in 24 participants, but Baker's individual healing testimonies lack independent medical verification.
Explainedhealing·Pemba and rural Mozambique
Heidi Baker / Iris Global: Healing Claims in Mozambique
Heidi Baker's Iris Global ministry in Mozambique has claimed numerous blind and deaf healings since the 1990s; the STEPP study (2010) measured improvements in 24 participants, but Baker's individual healing testimonies lack independent medical verification.
29% authentic
Likely a natural explanation
Marolyn Ford, legally blind from juvenile macular degeneration for over 12 years, reported complete vision restoration in 1972 after her husband prayed for her; a 2020 GMRI case report in a peer-reviewed journal documented 47 years of sustained normal vision with pre- and post-healing medical records.
Bronze · contestedhealing·USA (specific city undisclosed)
Marolyn Ford: Instantaneous Vision Restoration After Juvenile Macular Degeneration
Marolyn Ford, legally blind from juvenile macular degeneration for over 12 years, reported complete vision restoration in 1972 after her husband prayed for her; a 2020 GMRI case report in a peer-reviewed journal documented 47 years of sustained normal vision with pre- and post-healing medical records.
2% authentic
Strong natural explanation
After two-year-old Olive Heiligenthal died unexpectedly on December 14, 2019, Bethel Church organized a global prayer campaign to raise her from the dead; after sustained prayer over multiple days, Olive was buried without resurrection.
Explainedhealing·Redding, California, USA
Olive Heiligenthal — Six Days of Prayer for Resurrection (2019)
After two-year-old Olive Heiligenthal died unexpectedly on December 14, 2019, Bethel Church organized a global prayer campaign to raise her from the dead; after sustained prayer over multiple days, Olive was buried without resurrection.
2% authentic
Strong natural explanation
Over four decades of mass crusades across Africa, Reinhard Bonnke reported millions of conversions and thousands of healings, but independent medical verification of specific cases has never been published, and skeptical analysis identifies a pattern of unsubstantiated claims.
Unprovenhealing·Sub-Saharan Africa (Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe, and others)
Reinhard Bonnke's Africa Crusade Healing Claims (General Pattern)
Over four decades of mass crusades across Africa, Reinhard Bonnke reported millions of conversions and thousands of healings, but independent medical verification of specific cases has never been published, and skeptical analysis identifies a pattern of unsubstantiated claims.
8% authentic
Strong natural explanation
British Pentecostal evangelist Smith Wigglesworth claimed to have raised between three and fourteen people from the dead across his ministry (sources vary wildly), but not one account was ever independently authenticated, and his own daughter remained deaf despite his healing ministry.
Disprovenhealing·UK, USA, and international
Smith Wigglesworth's Claimed Resurrections from the Dead (1900s-1940s)
British Pentecostal evangelist Smith Wigglesworth claimed to have raised between three and fourteen people from the dead across his ministry (sources vary wildly), but not one account was ever independently authenticated, and his own daughter remained deaf despite his healing ministry.
4% authentic
Strong natural explanation
The 2008 Florida Healing Outpouring drew massive crowds and claimed dozens of healings and twenty resurrections from the dead, but ABC Nightline found not a single claim independently verifiable, and World magazine reported several 'healed' individuals had since died of their conditions.
Disprovenhealing·Lakeland, Florida, USA
Todd Bentley's Lakeland Revival Healing Claims (2008)
The 2008 Florida Healing Outpouring drew massive crowds and claimed dozens of healings and twenty resurrections from the dead, but ABC Nightline found not a single claim independently verifiable, and World magazine reported several 'healed' individuals had since died of their conditions.