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During the 1950’s and 1960’s, over 1,100 sermons were recorded. The men in charge of this recording were [[Leo Mercer|Leo Mercer and Gene Goad, two homosexuals who started a religious commune that William Branham preached at in Prescott, Arizona, and where they sexually abused the members and their children]]. The sermons were then given over to the William Branham Evangelistic Association. The sole director of this Association for a time was [[Fred Sothmann|Fred Sothmann, who believed that William Branham was God the Father]]. | During the 1950’s and 1960’s, over 1,100 sermons were recorded. The men in charge of this recording were [[Leo Mercer|Leo Mercer and Gene Goad, two homosexuals who started a religious commune that William Branham preached at in Prescott, Arizona, and where they sexually abused the members and their children]]. The sermons were then given over to the William Branham Evangelistic Association. The sole director of this Association for a time was [[Fred Sothmann|Fred Sothmann, who believed that William Branham was God the Father]]. | ||
After William Branham’s death, the audio tapes were transferred into an entity called “Voice of God Recordings”. Voice of God Recordings reported assets of $109,834,481 on their US tax return as of June 30, 2011. They earned these funds by distributing the sermons of William Branham.<ref> http://en.believethesign.com/images/d/d5/The_Simple_Truth_about_Message_Fruit.pdf </ref> | After William Branham’s death, the audio tapes were transferred into an entity called “Voice of God Recordings”. Voice of God Recordings reported assets of $109,834,481 on their US tax return as of June 30, 2011. They earned these funds by distributing the sermons of William Branham.<ref> http://en.believethesign.com/images/d/d5/The_Simple_Truth_about_Message_Fruit.pdf </ref> | ||
Despite this, most people in Christian churches today have never heard of William Branham. While he was well known in the 1940's and '50's, today most people in and out of churches have never heard of him. Compare this to the ministry of Jesus Christ. Jesus was not known outside of Israel at the time of his death, but within 30 years after his resurrection, the new Christian church came under the direct persecution of the Roman emperor Nero in A.D. 64. If the message really was the “restoration of the Word”, one would think that modern persecution would be marked and dramatic. | |||
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