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Joseph Branham is the youngest son of [[William Branham]]. =What Joseph Branham thinks of himself=

..., and the wife of Billy Paul Branham, was healed of "female trouble" which was the reason "she could not have any babies." =Was Loyce healed?=

Isn't it ironic that William Branham downplays the birth of Jesus Christ? =What William Branham taught=

...ourse with Adam, which resulted, in turn, in children being born naturally when God intended a different spiritual method (Purnell 2: 139). ...l of the House of David,(Anglo-Israelites)of Benton Harbor, MI,believed he was the 7th Messenger. WMB used to visit there and on his way back he stopped i

...There they became active in the local Pentecostal church. David's uncle was the Arizona State Preceptor of the United Pentecostal Organization. ...illy Graham and Oral Roberts, but David's mother told him to watch William Branham's ministry because everything he said came to pass.

[[Image:Branham28.jpg|thumb|200px|right|William Branham]] '''Who was William Marrion Branham?''' In the late 1940's, his healing ministry skyrocketed him from a pasto

William Branham stated that the Bible was the absolute and that he only taught what the Bible said. Is that true? =Quotes of William Branham=

...unfortunately, the math just doesn't work. Wouldn't you think if the man was a prophet, he would get it right? All four of the Gospels state that Jesus was crucified during the rule of Pontius Pilate, the Roman governor of Judea.

William Branham often quoted the Bible as saying: ''"We're borned in sin, shaped in iniquit William Branham is actually misquoting two verses and then putting the misquoted passages t

[[Image:Marriage License-Branham.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Branham/Brumbach - click to enlarge]] What was William Branham's actual birthday? We have four different possibilities...

Arvel Mosier was Hattie Wright's son. He was born August 23, 1944, in Depauw, Indiana, to Walter and Hattie Mosier and died W ...telling me all about setting up this large tent revivial. At the time, I was driving a truck for the rock quarry, and he said to me, "By the time you co

...icles on a few minor (and sometimes "bizarre") doctrines taught by William Branham. Click on the description name for the full article. |'''[[The Rock Where Moses Stood]]'''. William Branham apparently believed that God supernaturally moved the rock that Moses stood

...on for Truth and Reconciliation Report have verified that Colonia Dignidad was used by DINA, the Chilean secret police, as a torture and detention center Reuters tied William Branham to Paul Schafer in a news report in 2012 which stated:

...avid Mamalis''' spent much of his life transcribing the sermons of William Branham, and referencing paragraphs from these sermons to scriptures in the Bible. ...attend school. He continued his college education in Switzerland, and it was during this time that the brothers of the church he attended prophesied ove

=Video - The death of William Branham's father= William Branham said that he did not receive a proper education because he had to leave sch

Below are links to articles on various doctrines taught by William Branham. Click on the picture or description to read the full article. ...ophet. Then he said that he never said he was a prophet. Then he said he was a prophet. Then he said he wasn't a prophet. Who is right in this argumen

William Branham taught that God's original plan did not intend children to be born by sex. It was clearly God's intent that men and women would produce children together:

With respect to John the Baptist, William Branham taught (he actually said that this came directly from the Bible) that: #John was dead in his mother's womb.

...eting that [[William Branham]] held in the late 1940s in Saskatchewan. It was while acting as an usher in the meeting that Leonard witnessed the healing ...n her and her back just straightened up just as straight as a die. And she was completely healed. And she...there wasn't a dry eye in that whole auditori

Message believers often defend, or attempt to justify, William Branham's lies with comparing him to the "humanness" of the characters in the Bible ...s were about the foundational aspects of his ministry. His entire ministry was built upon those lies.

...a. He was a follower of William Branham but after William Branham's death was responsible for the founding of a major sub-sect within the "[[The Message| ...n in the movement does not realize how far they have diverged from William Branham's teachings and they want to maintain that ignorance.

|{{Click || image=BP_thumb.jpg|link=Billy Paul Branham|width=100px|height=100px}} ...of Voice of God Recordings, Inc. in Jeffersonville, Indiana. [[Billy Paul Branham|Click here to read more]] from a sermon recorded in Canada in 1989.

Is this correct? Is that what the message of William Branham is? - the word for our day? =What William Branham taught=

[[image:Bosworth and Branham.jpg|right|240px|F. F. Bosworth]] ...ebraska, in 1877. As a young man, he was instantly healed of tuberculosis when a traveling Methodist "Bible woman" prayed for him. For the rest of his li

Have you ever compared William Branham's interpretation of the Bible directly with scripture? Here is your chance ...ible tells of the midwives who live in Egypt about the time that Moses was born:

...king down the street one day, he heard the words of a street-preacher, and was overcome with the beauty of the scripture ''"For God so loved the world, th ...was coming to India, he was not that interested. However, a friend of his was a minister and had secured a seat on the platform, so Brother Marathai join

='''Was William Branham's Mother's Mother a full-blooded Cherokee Indian?'''= William Branham stated:

William Branham said that the mustard seed was not capable of being hybrid. ==Quotes of William Branham==

Can you tell whether someone has the Holy Ghost? William Branham clearly was conflicted here because he couldn't seem to make up his mind. From a question posed to William Branham:

Did William Branham have a good understanding of church history? ==What William Branham got wrong about the First Council of Nicaea==

==A warning to those who follow the message of William Branham== ...ay 2012, I was asked to leave the message church I was attending because I was asking too many questions.

...elieve that illegitimate children could go in the rapture and his teaching was based on Deuteronomy 23:2: [[File:Branham Family Tree.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Branham Family Tree from "Legends of the Fall" by Peter Duyzer (click to enlarge)]]

[[File:turtle far side.jpg|250px|right|William as a child?]] How did William Branham treat animals? Is it OK to mistreat them?

...in a clear manner. This is a response to a supposed prophecy that William Branham made "before the fact." In 1962, William Branham related the story of the prophecy of Joseph Branham's birth by stating:

William Branham said that God changed Saul's name to Paul. Is this Biblically correct? ...20.</ref> William Branham thought that something similar happened to Paul when he encountered Jesus on the Damascus Road (Acts 9).

When does the Bible teach mercy will end? =What William Branham taught=

...o moved to Prescott, Arizona where he was in charge of a number of William Branham's followers who had migrated together to a place they called "The Park". Leo Mercier was accused of homosexuality by Lee Vayle, and accused of molesting and abusing

William Branham claimed to have been born a Nazarite: ...ople to do. I wouldn't say they had to do that to be Christian, because it was a different... altogether.

...Branham's message is greater than the Bible|exalt the teachings of William Branham above the Bible]]. #The message claims that William Branham's interpretation of scripture is infallible.

...12th to August 19th, 1955 in Karlsruhe, Germany. The following testimony was written by Herbert only a few months before he passed away in 2006. ...s healed by prayer. ...she took off her special shoe and limped to Brother Branham. After prayer she limped back to the descent praising God for her healing a

...must indeed believe in the moment that he is the Prince of Denmark, though when he leaves the stage he will usually remember who he really is.'' ...confidence tricksters alike–they believe they are telling the truth, even when it seems sure they must have known that they faked the evidence.''' Sinceri

...50), contains many first-hand testimonies and newspaper reports on William Branham's meetings in the 1940s and 1950s. :''The story of the life of William Branham is so out of this world and beyond the ordinary that were there not availab

William Branham believed that a person was born with their "spiritual gifts" and often quoted Romans 11:29 as proof of this But is this what that passage refers to? Or was William Branham simply using it to '''point to himself''' as being a special type of prophe

==William Branham acknowledged the message was something extra== William Branham stated:

...And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, so that when she bore her child he might devour it.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard =Quotes of William Branham=

...WCC), in its spirit of ecumenism (inter-denominational unity in worship), was identified by him as the Image to the Beast. [[Image:Vatican.jpg|right|500 William Branham's made the following very specific prophecies:

Was William Branham a prophet? We invite you to learn more about his life and ministry: '''[[William Branham|Click to read William Branham's life story]].''' He was born in a small shed in rural Kentucky, experienced tragedy in his youth. He and

...ognized that he had a theology and he knew it was his own theology that he was teaching. ...article contains links to articles on various doctrines taught by William Branham. Click on the bolded part of the descriptions to read the full article.

[[Image:Hopes mom.jpg|thumb|200px|Hazel Cardwell (Brumbach), Hope Branham's mother.]] ...s Brumbach for Hope's hand in marriage, while Hope asked her mother, Hazel Branham, if she could get married.

...showed how he (William Branham) also possessed this sign as proof that he was a prophet. ...yer card from the Branham Campaigns, with all the information that William Branham would share in the discernment lines. In contrast, Jesus did not use praye

Will William Branham rule over people in heaven? Will message pastors rule over their congregat Related article: [[Is being saved or born again two different things?]]

...ughed in the tent. She then subsequently denied it to the angel. William Branham said that if it wasn't for Abraham, God would have struck her dead. But is ...fell on his face and laughed''' and said to himself, “'''Shall a child be born to a man who is a hundred years old? Shall Sarah, who is ninety years old,

...iam Branham said. With respect to the Godhead, William Branham's doctrine was a mixture of [[Dynamic Monarchianism|dynamic monarchianism]] and [[Oneness| ...eginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wh

[[Image:Billy Paul at Eagle Rock.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Billy Paul Branham at Eagle Rock. He died in 2023 at age 88, yet Los Angeles is still standin ...ship with his father formed in the lonely years that followed. Billy Paul Branham said that he met the Angel of the Lord that spoke with his father, and thou

William Branham stated that a copy of the Houston photograph was in Washington, D.C.: ...religious Hall of Art, with a note under it, "The only supernatural being was ever photographed in the history of the world."''' And now, then, if you're

...c ties shortly after, on November 16, 1933. In the fourth vision, William Branham said he witnessed Fascism and Nazism being swallowed up into Communism. As part of this vision, William Branham said that [[Destruction of the Vatican|Communism would destroy the Vatican]

...mes of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns. And upon her forehead [was] a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOM ...me''' east of the Tiber form the heart of Ancient Rome. The original city was held to have been founded by Romulus on the Palatine Hill, and the other si

...anham believed that it was a significant spiritual sign that his last name was seven letters but that 'Graham' (as in Billy Graham) only had six letters. By doing this, William Branham was clearly stating that he was more spiritual than Billy Graham.

...ar that Lee Vayle took his doctrine directly from the teachings of William Branham. =Did William Branham teach Arianism?=

William Branham basically adopted the baptismal formula of [[Did William Branham Teach Oneness?|Oneness or "Jesus Only"]] Pentecostalism. ...ce where a deacon baptized an individual in the name of the Lord Jesus and was required to baptize the person again in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

...lic relations office. Politically, he sided with the Republican Party . He was founder and president of the Massachusetts Young People's Republican Club i ...e German Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Despite his second residence in Germany, William continued to live in the USA.

...He was ordained as a minister by William Branham on November 21, 1965 and was the pastor of [http://www.tucsontabernacle.com/ Tuscon Tabernacle] in Tucso ...The Acts of the Prophet" about William Branham, and Sarah Branham (William Branham's youngest daughter) also published a letter in 1989 naming Pearry Green as

William Sowders was born in Louisville, Kentucky on September 13, 1879 and died on November 20, 1952 ...the Prophets in Louisville.''' It is not surprising that many of William Branham's fundamental doctrines bear a strange likeness to that of Sowders'.

...n's Cafeteria in LA, California, where Danny Henry prophesied over William Branham.]] ...23rd chapter of Revelation."'' Danny Henry then asked to pray for William Branham, and began speaking a prophecy in another language. This prophecy is unusu

=Initial comment from Branham Minister #2 (BM2)= My family followed William Branham's ministry since 1947 and I am a minister..... that gladly represents the i

William Branham told a story about little birds killing themselves flying into a light hous The interesting thing about William Branham's assertion that he had been a "Game Warden", or as he said in one place TH

...wers come to the conclusion (in our view, incorrectly) that, since William Branham has been largely shown to have been a fraud, the same verdict would apply t Cornelius Tacitus was a Roman historian who lived approximately between AD 56 and 120. Historian

This article examines William Branham's interpretation of the concept of '''''"kenosis"''''' as found in Philippi ...himself of no reputation''', and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men: And being found in fashion as a man, he humbl

...''in the message'''" then you consider yourself a true follower of William Branham and a true follower of God. ...he groups vehemently oppose other groups that also claim to follow William Branham. Yet, they all claim they have a revelation of the Word and they believe t

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...inority of Pentecostal denominations and most churches that follow William Branham. However, those message churches that follow the teachings of '''[[Vaylism =William Branham and the Oneness doctrine=

...e about AD 190, and was spread by Paul of Samosata, bishop of Antioch, who was condemned for his views by the church in AD 268.<ref>Sinclair B. Ferguson a ...adopted by God because of His sinless life. This is said to have occurred when God declared from heaven: “This is my Son.” (Matt. 3:17).<ref>Norman L.

[[Image:Branham28.jpg|thumb|200px|right|William Branham]] This account of William Branham's early life is based on both his recorded sermons and as many historical d

...e construction of a bridge and of its supernatural fulfillment. This story was used to bolster his claim to be a prophet. ...wenty-two years from then the Municipal Bridge now (that many of you cross when you cross there) crossed the river at the same place, and sixteen men lost

This page contains interviews and videos of former followers of William Branham. Each has a unique story of why they left the message in their search for ...or 35 years. She attended a message church in Virginia, where her husband was a deacon. Jennifer and her husband left the message in 2013. This is part

<br>William Branham taught that: *Enoch was a type of the Bride of Christ that went in the Rapture and is also a type o

William Branham borrowed a number of doctrines from the Jehovah's Witnesses (aka the Watcht *[[The Celebration of Christmas#Was this another example of William Branham adopting the doctrine of the Jehovah's Witnesses?|The criticism of Christma

...To The Heavenly Vision''''', which was written and distributed by William Branham during his early campaign years. It was in the month of March, 1945, one morning about 3:00 A.M. that our Lord Jesu

...gal, Ireland. His name, in Old Irish, means "Dove of the church." He was born into royalty and could himself have possibly become a high king of Ireland. =Problems with William Branham's choice of Columba=

An example of William Branham's [[Lazy Theology|lazy theology]] is his approach to the concept of the ete =William Branham's Position=

...ould mark the end of the revival in the United States. '''What did William Branham actually say? Did Billy Graham cancel any meetings in 1956?''' ...'''Over 250 times, William Branham quoted a passage in the Bible - "As it was in the days of Sodom..." - but does the Bible say that anywhere?'''

:''It does not add up to me that he was exaggerating to just build himself up. If he wanted to be built up and be s ...any evidence of that. Or three, he was sincere and really believed what he was saying and doing. I believe the third option, obviously. And if you believe

...on us his precious and most magnificent promises, so that by means of what was promised you may become partakers of the divine nature, after escaping the ...ed to himself as the only way to truly understand scripture but all he did was to create confusion and to create division within the body of Jesus Christ.

...misquoted scripture. While this might not be generally problematic, it is when it is done to change the meaning of scripture. ==William Branham's misquote==

:''For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and h ...s by giving us everlasting life.<ref>Norman L. Geisler and Thomas A. Howe, When Critics Ask : a Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties (Wheaton, Ill.: Vict

...s as the "Seven Thunders Inspiration" or simply the "Inspiration"'''). He was the pastor of the Local Christian Assembly Church on 70th Avenue in Forest Joe Coleman was revered by his followers as an apostle.

...and also contains links to articles on various doctrines taught by William Branham with respect to the nature of God. ...p of the page and attempt to point out specific problem areas with William Branham's belief system. . The purpose of this article is simply to highlight what

...age:Image-rs-155 - Br Br - seated with Bible.jpg|200px|right|thumb|William Branham in the 1940's, still with hair.]] ...The_Simple_Truth_about_the_Commission.pdf Click to read more about William Branham's commission]

William Branham taught that the letters to the seven churches in Revelation 2 & 3 were actu In Revelation 1:19, John tells us he was instructed as follows:

:''When the LORD goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see th ...g "born again" with being "under the blood". But he also went beyond that when he stated:

|And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour. ...vinely revealed to him. Interestingly, what he did say on the seventh seal was also copied from the writing of Charles Taze Russel.

Is there evidence that any of William Branham's visions failed or that his prophecies weren't valid? Is there proof that ==Luke focused on evidence as proof the Gospel was true==

'''William David Upshaw''' was born on October 15, 1866, near Atlanta, Georgia and died on November 21, 1952. ...aw a vision of Congressman Upshaw walking. Branham prayed for Upshaw, who was instantly healed, and had full use of his legs for the remainder of his lif

=Quotes of William Branham= ...she is a “WHORE,” and that’s a “HARLOT,” through organization.<ref>William Branham, 54-0513 - The Mark Of The Beast, para. 224-225</ref>

William Branham said that the only thing we have to do is to let go and let God. ...y. But we must pursue what is God’s gift to us. Or as John Piper puts it, “When it comes to killing my sin, I don’t wait passively for the miracle of sin

...understanding of the scripture (which was always in agreement with William Branham's teaching). ...ccepts the view of William Branham, what they are doing is placing William Branham's teaching on that issue above the Bible.

:''When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he wil ...and used them to point to himself. Branham inferred that the Holy Spirit was speaking through him to lead the church into the truth (and away from the p

[[Image:1937 07 22 Hope Obituary.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Hope Branham Obituary]] [[Image:Hope death cert.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Death certificate of Hope Branham - click to enlarge]]

...concepts taught by William Branham was his concept of the new birth, which was something that you had to earn by your conduct. =What William Branham taught=

William Branham taught his followers that they are junior gods. Is this scripturally corre =What William Branham taught=