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||[[Fred Sothmann]] moved to Jeffersonville in 1959, and was granted the sole rights to reproduce William Branham's recorded sermons in 1962 by the William Branham Evangelistic Association.  He was with William Branham hunting in Arizona in March 1963.  Fred Sothmann believed that William Branham was God the Father, and that people should pray in William Branham's name.     
||[[Fred Sothmann]] moved to Jeffersonville in 1959, and was granted the sole rights to reproduce William Branham's recorded sermons in 1962 by the William Branham Evangelistic Association.  He was with William Branham hunting in Arizona in March 1963.  Fred Sothmann believed that William Branham was God the Father, and that people should pray in William Branham's name.     
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||[[F.F. Bosworth]] was a minister who began his ministry under Alexander Dowie, and ended his ministry with William Branham.  F.F. Bosworth was over 70 when he met William Branham, but soon joined him in his various domestic and African campaigns. It was not until after Ern Baxter resigned as William Branham's campaign manager, and after F.F. Bosworth's death in 1958 that William Branham began focusing on the teaching a prophetic side of his ministry.
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||[[Ern Baxter]] was a minister who accompanied William Branham on many campaigns between 1947 and 1953 and acted as his campaign manager. William Branham's meetings were often called the Baxter-Branham meetings, as Ern Baxter would preach before the healing service.  Ern Baxter disagreed with many of William Branham's doctrines. 
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||[[Leo Mercer]] was one of two men in charge of recording William Branham's sermons (one of two 'tape boys'). He went on the lead "The Park", which was a gathering of Message Believers in Prescott Arizona.  He was accused of homosexuality by Lee Vayle, and accused of molesting and abusing children at The Park in testimony given in the Supreme Court of California.  
||[[Leo Mercer]] was one of two men in charge of recording William Branham's sermons (one of two 'tape boys'). He went on the lead "The Park", which was a gathering of Message Believers in Prescott Arizona.  He was accused of homosexuality by Lee Vayle, and accused of molesting and abusing children at The Park in testimony given in the Supreme Court of California.  
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||[[T. L. Osborn|T. L. Osborn]] first heard William Branham speak in 1947, after which he and his wife Daisy were inspired to begin their own miracle-ministry in 1949 (OSBORN Ministries International, based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma). T.L. Osborn spoke at William Branham's memorial service in 1966, but disagreed with many of his doctrines. 
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||[[Daisy Osborn|Daisy Osborn]] first heard William Branham speak in 1947, after which she and her husband were inspired to begin their own miracle-ministry in 1949 (OSBORN Ministries International, based out of Tulsa, Oklahoma).
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||[[Tom Brown]] travelled with his wife Marilyn to many of William Branham's meetings in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and witnessed many miracles in these meetings. They also spent some time with William and Meda Branham, and their daughters were friends with the Branham daughters. Tom Brown's father-in-law, Bill Dauch, was a friend of William Branham, and is mentioned in various sermons of William Branham.  
||[[Tom Brown]] travelled with his wife Marilyn to many of William Branham's meetings in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and witnessed many miracles in these meetings. They also spent some time with William and Meda Branham, and their daughters were friends with the Branham daughters. Tom Brown's father-in-law, Bill Dauch, was a friend of William Branham, and is mentioned in various sermons of William Branham.  
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||[[Leonard Bergen]] was asked by a minister to act as an usher during one meeting 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 of a crippled boy and a lady with a hunch-back. [[Leonard Bergen| Click here to read these stories.]]
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||[[Arvel Mosier]] was Hattie Wright's son.  William Branham left him with a promise that he would drive the truck for the fulfillment of the Tent vision.   
||[[Arvel Mosier]] was Hattie Wright's son.  William Branham left him with a promise that he would drive the truck for the fulfillment of the Tent vision.   
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||[[Jack Moore]] was a Pentecostal minister in Shreveport, Louisiana, co-founder of the "Voice of Healing" magazine, and director of the Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International.  Jack Moore acted as manager for William Branham's evangelistic campaigns in 1947 until Gordon Lindsay took over as manager. The 13th Chapter of Gordon Lindsay's book "William Branham - A Man Sent From God", was written by Jack Moore.
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||[[Julius Stadsklev]]joined William Branham during a 10 week missionary trip in South Africa during October through December of 1951. In 1952 Julius Stadsklev published a book entitled "William Branham, A Prophet Visits South Africa" in which he described many of his first-hand experiences, and included numerous photographs, newspaper clippings, and written testimonies of the people who were healed during these meetings.   
||[[Julius Stadsklev]]joined William Branham during a 10 week missionary trip in South Africa during October through December of 1951. In 1952 Julius Stadsklev published a book entitled "William Branham, A Prophet Visits South Africa" in which he described many of his first-hand experiences, and included numerous photographs, newspaper clippings, and written testimonies of the people who were healed during these meetings.   
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||[[Gordon Lindsay]] was the pastor at a church in Ashland, Oregon until he resigned this position in 1947 to become William Branham's campaign manager. He began the Voice of Healing magazine in 1948, and documented William Branham's life story and miraculous campaigns in a book titled "A Man Sent From God." 
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