Deep Healing Ministries of Atlanta, Inc, (DHMA) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit ministry
Although most seminaries make no mention of healing and deliverance, there are many scholarly and articulate writers and teachers in this area. (See Resources and Extended Resources tabs under Awareness & Training Menu)
Our primary approach uses the model outlined by Dr. Charles Kraft in his book Two Hours to Freedom. A professor of anthropology at Fuller Seminary, Dr. Kraft became interested in healing and deliverance by participating in a seminary course on Signs and Wonders taught by John Wimber.
Having completed more than 3000 individual appointments for healing and deliverance, Dr. Kraft has written extensively, including I Give You Authority, Christianity with Power, Deep Wounds Deep Healing, Defeating Dark Angels and, of course, Two Hours to Freedom.
Rich Gartrell is the organizer and primary facilitator in DHMA. Rich grew up in Brazil where his parents were Presbyterian missionaries for 30 years. At age 18, he left Brazil to attend Wheaton College. While at Wheaton he met his future wife, Mary. Upon graduation he entered the Army, serving as an Infantry Officer and as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam.
After Vietnam, he earned an MBA at Harvard, then continued briefly there as a junior faculty research assistant in agribusiness. He has since been engaged in various business activities.
Rich and Mary have six children, three of them in full time Christian work.
In October, 2014, Rich was part of a group that brought Dr. Charles Kraft to Atlanta to present his Two Hours to Freedom seminar. Since then, Rich has actively engaged in healing prayer and deliverance sessions, and in teaching, encouraging, and coaching others.
What we do:
- Conduct individual prayer appointments for inner healing and also deliverance if needed.
- Raise awareness, educate, train, equip, coach and encourage others.
Awareness
Historically, inner healing and deliverance have been two different approaches. Through education and awareness, we bridge the gap between the two, showing how to combine both in either a “mainline” or a charismatic church setting. Especially in “mainline” churches, we explain the combined approach in ways that people completely unfamiliar with either approach can understand.
Training and Equipping
Because we believe that inner healing is for everyone, we offer training, sessions, and seminars for those who are interested in learning more so that more people can be reached and live abundant lives in Christ.