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For a time, F.F. Bosworth was a Band Leader for for Alexander Dowie's church in Zion Illinois.  He then started the first Assemblies of God church in Dallas, Texas in 1910. He later became controversial among Pentecostals when he disagreed with the doctrine that the initial evidence of the the Baptism with the Holy Ghost was speaking in tongues. Because of this disagreement, in 1918 he quietly withdrew from the Assemblies of God and started a Christian and Missionary Alliance church in Dallas.  He was also beaten by vigilantes in Texas for crossing racial barriers in his preaching.  
For a time, F.F. Bosworth was a Band Leader for for Alexander Dowie's church in Zion Illinois.  He then started the first Assemblies of God church in Dallas, Texas in 1910. He later became controversial among Pentecostals when he disagreed with the doctrine that the initial evidence of the the Baptism with the Holy Ghost was speaking in tongues. Because of this disagreement, in 1918 he quietly withdrew from the Assemblies of God and started a Christian and Missionary Alliance church in Dallas.  He was also beaten by vigilantes in Texas for crossing racial barriers in his preaching.  
   
   
As an evangelist, F.F. Bosworth traveled extensively.  One of his meetings in Ottawa, Canada recorded 12,000 conversions.  He also received over a 250,000 letters in response to his "National Radio Revival Missionary Crusaders" campaigns over the airwaves.   
As an evangelist, F.F. Bosworth traveled extensively.  One of his meetings in Ottawa, Canada recorded 12,000 conversions.  He also received over 250,000 letters in response to his "National Radio Revival Missionary Crusaders" campaigns.   


F.F. Bosworth was over 70 when he met William Branham, but soon joined him in his various domestic and African campaigns.  F.F. Bosworth's health failed in 1957, and he passed away in January 1958.  It was not until after [[Ern Baxter]] resigned as William Branham's campaign manager, and after F.F. Bosworth's death that William Branham began focusing on the teaching a prophetic side of his ministry.   
F.F. Bosworth was over 70 when he met William Branham, but soon joined him in his various domestic and African campaigns.  F.F. Bosworth's health failed in 1957, and he passed away in January 1958.  It was not until after F.F. Bosworth's death, and after[[Ern Baxter]] resigned as William Branham's campaign manager, that William Branham tried to move from being an Evangelist to a Prophet.