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William Branham was all over the map on what he believed and what he preached and this is also evident when it came to racism.  While he would clearly state in one message that he believed that all men of every race, tribe and color were equal before God, he would state in another message that he was a segregationist, was stronly opposed to biracial marriages, and thought that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a communist.
William Branham was all over the map on what he believed and what he preached.  So it is not surprising that this is also true when it came to his position on racism.  He clearly stated in 1947 that


In the latter part of his life, William Branham's stance on many controversial doctrinal issues became more virulent and his rhetoric increased.  This also appears to be true of his positions on race.  We were unable to find any opposition to mixed race marriages in any of William Branham's sermons prior to 1960.  His most objectionable comments all appear to have been in the last several years of his life.
:''if you're black, white, yellow, red, American, Canadian, Russian, Spanish, Mexico, wherever you're from, we're all one in Christ Jesus, every one of us. God don't love one any more than He does the other one. He doesn't love me any more than He loves you. He doesn't love you any more than He loves me. So there we are; we're all one together in Christ Jesus.<ref>THE.CHILDREN.OF.ISRAEL_  PHOENIX.AZ  47-1123</ref>
 
But in later years, he would state that he was a segregationist, was strongly opposed to biracial marriages, and thought that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a communist.
 
In the latter part of his life, William Branham's stance on many controversial doctrinal issues became more vitriolic.  This also appears to be true of his positions on race.  We were unable to find any opposition to mixed race marriages in any of William Branham's sermons prior to 1960.  His most objectionable comments all appear to have been in the last several years of his life.


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