It was a phenomenon!" my friend Ralph Wilkerson told me recently. "That's the only way I can describe Kathryn's meetings at the Shrine." The founder and pastor of Melodyland Christian Center in Anaheim, California, was talking about the monthly Sunday afternoon meetings Miss Kuhlman conducted at the 7,500 seat Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles during the final decade of her life. "The doors didn't open until one o'clock in the afternoon," said Ralph, "but by nine-thirty in the morning the crowds were so large that special officers had to be hired to maintain order." Only those in wheelchairs or on stretchers—and there were many—were given early entrance at a designated door. People arrived by taxis, limousines, pickup trucks and on foot. Buses and even plane loads came from major cities in the west and often from foreign countries. "It wasn't unusual for forty or fifty charter buses to arrive for a single service," recalls Ralph. On some days the building could have been easily filled twice. Thousands of disappointed people had to be turned away. •Pastor Benny Hinn || Kathryn Kuhlman her life and impact on my life. ~ JESUS SAVES TV #bennyhinn #kathrynkuhlman