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Roy Davis wrote "'''''I am the minister who received Brother Branham into the first Pentecostal assembly he ever frequented. I baptized him, and was his pastor for some two years.'''''" Roy Davis was also a leader in the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), a far-right white supremacist organization. | |||
==Roy Davis' Pentecostal Baptist Church== | |||
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William Branham stated that, prior to ministering on his own, he was the assistant pastor at the Missionary Baptist Church in Jeffersonville, Indiana and that he served under the direction of Dr. Roy E. Davis, the pastor, who also ordained him. | William Branham stated that, prior to ministering on his own, he was the assistant pastor at the Missionary Baptist Church in Jeffersonville, Indiana and that he served under the direction of Dr. Roy E. Davis, the pastor, who also ordained him. | ||
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According to Roy Davis himself (see below), '''William Branham received the baptism of the Holy Spirit in Roy Davis' home in Jeffersonville'''. While Roy Davis had originally been a baptist, at the time that William Branham attended his church he was a Pentecostal minister. | According to Roy Davis himself (see below), '''William Branham received the baptism of the Holy Spirit in Roy Davis' home in Jeffersonville'''. While Roy Davis had originally been a baptist, at the time that William Branham attended his church he was a Pentecostal minister. | ||
[[Image:HopeThePreacher.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Dr. Roy E. Davis was the Pastor of the First Pentecostal Baptist Church, and Hope Brumbach was one of the speakers, according to this January 28, 1933 advertisement from the Jeffersonville Evening News.]] | |||
However, William Branham says that he first encountered Pentecostal people at a convention in Mishawaka, Indiana. While he was drawn to them and was invited to speak in their churches, he stated that he refused to join with them because of his mother-in-law. He indicated that this was one of the biggest mistakes of his life and God allowed his wife and daughter to be taken from him because of his disobedience to God in not joining the Pentecostals. | However, William Branham says that he first encountered Pentecostal people at a convention in Mishawaka, Indiana. While he was drawn to them and was invited to speak in their churches, he stated that he refused to join with them because of his mother-in-law. He indicated that this was one of the biggest mistakes of his life and God allowed his wife and daughter to be taken from him because of his disobedience to God in not joining the Pentecostals. | ||
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:''I know many of them think that I've lost my mind. Even my good old righteous mother, that died a few years ago. '''When I first received the Holy Ghost, there was no one in our country knowed anything about It.''' And I was just a local, little, young Baptist preacher about twenty years old.'' | :''I know many of them think that I've lost my mind. Even my good old righteous mother, that died a few years ago. '''When I first received the Holy Ghost, there was no one in our country knowed anything about It.''' And I was just a local, little, young Baptist preacher about twenty years old.'' | ||
==Quotes regarding Roy Davis== | ===Quotes regarding Roy Davis=== | ||
THE.WORKS.THAT.I.DO.BEAR.WITNESS.OF.ME_ PHOENIX.AZ FRIDAY_ 51-0413 | THE.WORKS.THAT.I.DO.BEAR.WITNESS.OF.ME_ PHOENIX.AZ FRIDAY_ 51-0413 | ||
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THE.RESULTS.OF.DECISION_ CHICAGO.IL SATURDAY_ 55-1008 | THE.RESULTS.OF.DECISION_ CHICAGO.IL SATURDAY_ 55-1008 | ||
:''I remember when I first seen Pentecostal people, over around Mishawaka, Indiana...'' | :''I remember when I first seen Pentecostal people, over around Mishawaka, Indiana...'' | ||
William Branham met John Ryan of William Sowders' School of the Prophets in Louisville, KY. This John Ryan supposedly spoke in tongues and prophesied over William Branham as a child: | |||
51-0718 THE.ANGEL.OF.THE.LORD_ TOLEDO.OH | |||
:''An old man, '''one of the first that I ever seen in the realms of Pentecost''' and came to my house when I was just a--a little lad, and set in my room. '''And I've been always, for Pentecost''', I wasn't critical, but I didn't understand that speaking in tongues before these things happened. And I still, we know that there is some of it make-believe, but behind it there's a genuine article. And this man come to my room when I was just a boy preacher and set in there one day. And I come in and he went... he kind of jumped and threw his hands up and spoke in tongues . And he said, "Thus saith the Lord," speaking in tongues , said, "A great ministry lies before you that God will use you to shake the world." And the elderly brother, is setting right back there, is John Ryan.'' | |||
==Quotes regarding William Branham's Mother-in-law== | ==Quotes regarding William Branham's Mother-in-law== | ||
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According to the gospel Paul preached, the wrath of God was unleashed upon his Son on Calvary. The wrathful punishment of believers as preached by William Branham, for mistakes that they make, bypasses the blood of Jesus and is not biblical. If this is your revelation… as obtained from the message… then it is a different Message from the grace of the New Testament that Paul preached. | According to the gospel Paul preached, the wrath of God was unleashed upon his Son on Calvary. The wrathful punishment of believers as preached by William Branham, for mistakes that they make, bypasses the blood of Jesus and is not biblical. If this is your revelation… as obtained from the message… then it is a different Message from the grace of the New Testament that Paul preached. | ||
==Further reading== | |||
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*Jorgensen, O., ''Supernatural: the Life of William Branham, Book Two: The Young Man and His Desperation (1933-1946)'', Tucson Tabernacle Books, 1994 | *Jorgensen, O., ''Supernatural: the Life of William Branham, Book Two: The Young Man and His Desperation (1933-1946)'', Tucson Tabernacle Books, 1994 | ||
*Lindsay, G. (Editor), ''The Voice of Healing'', Vol.3, No. 7, Voice of Healing, Inc., October, 1950 | *Lindsay, G. (Editor), ''The Voice of Healing'', Vol.3, No. 7, Voice of Healing, Inc., October, 1950 | ||
*Weaver, C.D., ''The Healer-Prophet'', Mercer University Press, 2000 | *Weaver, C.D., ''The Healer-Prophet'', Mercer University Press, 2000 | ||
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