According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, "Not all Branham churches are racist or embrace the anti-race-mixing position," "but the theology clearly invites racism. [288] Alleged accomplices in Schfer's crimes who were charged and awaiting trial fled Chile and took refuge in Frank's church in Germany, where they were protected from extradition. [43] Because of the way Branham's telling of the baptismal story changed over the years, and because no newspaper actually covered the event, Weaver said Branham may have embellished the story after he began achieving success in the healing revival during the 1940s. [177] Branham quickly condemned their belief as heresy and threatened to stop ministering, but the belief persisted. William Brennan, prophet to South Africans - Poem by Anil Deo Login | Join PoetrySoup. [265] Each of the men claiming to be his successor have established new sects of Branham's followers. However, Florence Nightingale never married and had no children or grandchildren. [177], By 1987, it was widely known the cloud Branham believed to be supernatural had been manmade and was reported as such by Weaver in his first biography of Branham. [112][94] Attendance at the meetings generally exceeded 7,000 despite resistance to his meetings by the state churches. One of his first was a prophetic vision he reported having in 1916 foretelling that 16 men would fall to their death during the construction of the Clark Memorial Bridge. Hollenweger said that while there were a few "well-attested cases of miraculous healing", Branham was "nave" and "dishonest" and misled his audiences when he reported the number of people healed. Let a man be what he is; by the grace of God let him be. According to Hagin, God revealed that Branham was teaching false doctrine and God was removing him because of his disobedience. [68] Kidston served as Branham's first campaign manager and was instrumental in helping organize Branham's early revival meetings. He claimed the king was healed through his prayers. [184], As Branham's ministry progressed, he increasingly condemned modern culture. What good would a white woman want to have a baby by a colored man making him a mulatto child? Branham was baptized and ordained a minister by Roy Davis, the National Imperial Wizard (leader) of the Ku Klux Klan; the two men maintained a lifelong relationship. [308], In 2014, Pastor Donny Reagan made news in the United States for promoting Branham's racial teachings. In September 1934, he traveled to Mishawaka, Indiana where he was invited to speak at the Pentecostal Assemblies of Jesus Christ (PAJC) General Assembly meetings organized by Bishop G. B. Rowe. [173], At first, Branham taught his doctrines only within his own church at Jeffersonville, but beginning in the 1960s he began to preach them at other churches he visited. [153] Except Allen, who won his legal battle, the evangelists settled their cases out of court. [228] Weaver wrote that "the importance of the revelation of the seals to Branham's 'prophetic' identity cannot be overestimated". When Enoch, God's newly appointed prophet, decides to collect the stories of the . [253][139], Branham was the "initiator of the post-World War II healing revival"[63] and, along with Oral Roberts, was one of its most revered leaders. [201] Branham believed women were guilty of committing adultery if their appearance was intended to motivate men to lust, and viewed a woman's place as "in the kitchen". [10], Branham told his audiences that he grew up in "deep poverty",[10] often not having adequate clothing, and that his family was involved in criminal activities. [98] Branham's final major overseas tour in 1955 included visits to Switzerland and Germany. [251] Most believed he would have to return to fulfill a vision he had regarding future tent meetings. [251] Weaver attributed the belief in Branham's imminent resurrection to Pearry Green, though Green denied it. [90] After one year of campaigning, his exhaustion began leading to health issues. Some thought he was an end-time messenger sent from God, and some still do. Historian Catherine Wessinger concludes Jones used Christianity as a vehicle to covertly advance his personal ideology, "Let me close by saying this: that the Son of man is now being revealed from heaven. [196], Pentecostalism inherited the Wesleyan doctrine of entire sanctification and outward holiness from its founders, who came from Wesleyan-influenced denominations of the post-American Civil War era. [199], Weaver wrote that Branham's attitude to women concerning physical appearance, sexual drive, and marital relations was misogynistic,[202] and that Branham saw modern women as "essentially immoral sexual machines who were to blame for adultery, divorce and death. But Brennan knew the significance of his latest big case as one of the lawyers representing former President Donald Trump in his U.S. Senate impeachment trial. Branham was an important influence on the Latter Rain revival movement, which Hawtin helped initiate. [261] Though Branham is no longer widely known outside Pentecostalism,[260] his legacy continues today. [154] Branham reported his annual salary to the IRS as $7,000 ($66,633 in 2020 dollars) while his manager Gordon Lindsay's was reported at $80,000. [181][204][25] Branham also taught the belief that Cain's modern descendants were masquerading as educated people and scientists,[205] and were "a big religious bunch of illegitimate bastard children"[206][103] who comprised the majority of society's criminals. [314], In 2018, Pastor Thodore Mugalu, a leader of Branham's followers in the Democratic Republic of Congo encouraged his followers to violence against Catholics in his country. [80] The first addition to the team was Jack Moore and Young Brown, who periodically assisted him in managing his meetings. [181] He believed that the story of the fall of man in the Garden of Eden is allegorical and interpreted it to mean that the serpent had sexual intercourse with Eve, and their offspring was Cain. Branham died following a car accident in 1965. [63] Christian writer John Crowder described the period of revivals as "the most extensive public display of miraculous power in modern history". Branham's campaign produced photos of an emaciated woman who they claimed to be Nightingale's granddaughter. [200], Branham strongly identified with the lower-class roots of Pentecostalism and advocated living an ascetic lifestyle. And by that time the healer would be too far away to be questioned or to explain. [206][204], Barkun and Schambers also connected Branham's teaching to the white supremacy movement and Christian Identity preacher Wesley Swift. Gumbara reportedly had relations with over 100 women. [187] This led to denominationalism, which he viewed as the greatest threat to true Christianity. He died in prison in 2021. [150] The Charismatic movement is a global movement within both Protestant and non-Protestant Christianity that supports the adoption of traditionally Pentecostal beliefs, especially the spiritual gifts (charismata). After the world failed to end in 1977, Time Magazine included the failed prediction as one of the "top ten end-of-the-world prophecies". [98][7] According to Lindsay, the altar call at his Durban meeting received 30,000 converts. Charismatic writer Michael Moriarty stated, "Branham's aberrational teachings not only cultivated cultic fringe movements like the Latter Rain Movement and the Manifested Sons of God, but they also paved a pathway leading to false predictions, revelatory madness, doctrinal heresies, and a cultic following that treated his sermons as oral scriptures". When man gets into it, he ruins it. [8][156], By the mid-1950s, dozens of the ministers associated with Branham and his campaigns had launched similar healing campaigns. [64] Some, like Christian author and countercult activist Hank Hanegraaff, rejected the entire healing revival as a hoax and condemned the movement as cult in his 1997 book Counterfeit Revival. In 1957 Branham openly criticized A. William Branham's Seven Ten Visions of 1933 William Branham tells of a series of prophecies that were given to him in June 1933 by vision that would transpire before the coming of the Lord. [175] Branham acknowledged their rejection and said their organizations "had choked out the glory and Spirit of God". William Branham (we call him Brother Branham) began his life in the Spring of 1909. News reported that Coleman's son had solicited over $20 million in funds under false claims. [232][229][233] Branham claimed to his audiences that he was hunting in Arizona when angels appeared to him and created the cloud overhead. ($380,759 in 2020 dollars)[8][156] Branham was never able to completely pay off the tax liability. The minister and his wife were overjoyed, and the minister excitedly shared the details of the healing with his radio audience in Ontario later that week. [46] Sometime during March or April 1934, the First Pentecostal Baptist Church was destroyed by a fire and Branham's supporters at the church helped him organize a new church in Jeffersonville. He received his medical degree from Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and has been in practice for more than. Investigators in South Africa followed up on the reported healings and found that 46 of the people Branham said had been healed had failed to recover. The church was built on the same location reported by the local newspaper as the site of his June 1933 tent campaign. The estimate included 50,000 in the United States, with a considerable following in Central and South America (including 40,000 in Brazil), India, and Africa; particularly in Kenya, Nigeria, Ghana, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He is to come according to Luke 17:30. [253] After 1977, some of his followers abandoned his teachings. Schfer was later arrested in 2006, convicted, and died in prison.[287]. In total, critics of Branham identified many claims which appeared to be false when investigated. Recruiters do not tell new members that the cult originated with deep ties to white supremacy groups." [3]. Branham claimed to visit the grave of Buddha while in India, however Buddha was cremated and has no grave. William Brennan Jr. (US Supreme Court Justice) Part 9 of 10 View. As a result of his teachings, many of Branham's followers believe that Jesus Christ returned in some form in 1963. Whereas he had once received "a thousand letters a day", by 1956 his mail dropped to 75 letters a day. [244] Branham also claimed that he foretold the coming of the 1937 Ohio River Flood, the same flood he told his audience led to the death of his wife and daughter. Joseph Coleman, a follower of William Branham in the United States with influence over multiple churches, was connected to "a multi-million dollar fraud through an investment management company". "As a kid," recalled Brennan Goldsberry, "I spent a lot of my time drawing and sketching, I always dreamt of working as an illustrator for Disney or Nickelodeon. CHILLICOTHE - His creativity has been evident since he was young. [199] According to Edward Babinski, women who follow the holiness moral code Branham supported regard it as "a badge of honor". At the peak of his popularity in the 1950s, Branham was widely adored and "the neo-Pentecostal world believed Branham to be a prophet to their generation". Cost per Session: $ 125. According to Weaver, "his pronouncements with respect to women were often contradictory". Gumbura and his followers were polygamous. [68], News of two events eventually reached W. E. Kidston. [203][177], In 1964, Branham said judgement would strike the west coast of the United States and that Los Angeles would sink into the ocean; his most dramatic prediction. 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