There are a number of stories that are told by message ministers or that circulate from one message believer to another that are myths or urban legends. Please send us an email if you know of one of these "fairy tales" and we will add it to our collection.

The Pope and the Message Book

The story goes something like this (fill in the blanks):

Some years back, Pope __________ (insert name of pope) came to __________ (insert name of country). He held a Spoken Word book in his hand and said "This is our number one enemy".

The Head of the FBI and the Message Book

This is the American version of the pope story:

Some years back, the head of the FBI held a Spoken Word book in his hand and said "This is our number one enemy". The reason that the government went after David Koresh in Waco, Texas was because he believed in William Branham. In fact, the FBI found many of message books in the Waco compound.

What happens when scissors get dull

It was reported during the '90's that some message believers were experiencing persecution from the Catholic church in Madagascar. Some catholic nuns tried to cut the hair of some girls in the message but the scissors didn't work. When they tried to cut the hair of a non-message believer they worked fine.

It took on a more sinister tone in another telling:

During a conflict between rebel and government groups in Africa (no country specified), a group of message women were taken to a prison camp where the guards were shaving everyone's head for sanitary reasons (fleas, lice, etc). When they tried to cut the hair of the message believers, the scissors didn't work.

The real scoop on Fort Knox

According to Willard Collins (pastor at the Branham Tabernacle in Jeffersonville, IN), Fort Knox is an empty building, there is not a single brick of gold there. The government transfers empty cars to and from Ft. Knox so that the public will remain unaware that the Catholic Church took possession of the gold that used to be in Fort Knox. (this was told over the pulpit and related by Willard Collin's grandson).

Watch out for strangers coming into your church to take pictures

A stranger walked into a message church and started to take pictures of everybody who is sitting there. It turned out that the photographer was a Jesuit...