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.
8 claims
36% authentic
Likely a natural explanation
A young man fed exclusively by j-tube since infancy due to congenital gastroparesis reported an immediate ability to eat after intercessory prayer at a 2011 church service; a 2019 peer-reviewed case report documents the resolution and seven-plus symptom-free years.
Bronze · contestedhealing·Virginia, USA
Chris Gunderson — 16 Years of Feeding-Tube Dependence Resolved After Prayer (2011)
A young man fed exclusively by j-tube since infancy due to congenital gastroparesis reported an immediate ability to eat after intercessory prayer at a 2011 church service; a 2019 peer-reviewed case report documents the resolution and seven-plus symptom-free years.
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.
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.
4% authentic
Strong natural explanation
A woman declared healed of spinal cancer at a Kuhlman service discarded her brace on stage, suffered spinal collapse the next day, and died four months later — the most-cited case in William Nolen MD's 1974 skeptical investigation.
Disprovenhealing·Pittsburgh, PA / Philadelphia, PA, USA
Kathryn Kuhlman's Spinal Cancer Healing (Nolen Follow-up)
A woman declared healed of spinal cancer at a Kuhlman service discarded her brace on stage, suffered spinal collapse the next day, and died four months later — the most-cited case in William Nolen MD's 1974 skeptical investigation.
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.