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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 tens of millions of people around the world knew about him in the 1940's and '50's, today most people in and out of churches have never heard of him, and his followers are few and self-isolating. 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. | Despite this, most people in Christian churches today have never heard of William Branham. While tens of millions of people around the world knew about him in the 1940's and '50's, today most people in and out of churches have never heard of him, and his followers are few and self-isolating. 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. Paul and Peter were both killed by Nero. | ||
This quote from Douglas Weaver's book, The Healer-Prophet: William Marrion Branham, is most telling: | |||
:''In the days of his prominence, the 1950's, what Spirit-filled believer did not know [William Branham's] name? Yet today, we may wonder, what believer does? | |||
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