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William Sowders was born in Louisville, Kentucky on September 13, 1879 and died on November 20, 1952 at the age of seventy-three.
William Sowders was born in Louisville, Kentucky on September 13, 1879 and died on November 20, 1952 at the age of seventy-three.


William Branham admitted that he attended William Sowders' School of the Prophets in Louisville.  It is not surprising that many of William Branham's fundamental doctrines bear a strange likeness to that of Sowders'.
'''William Branham admitted that he attended William Sowders' School of the Prophets in Louisville.''' It is not surprising that many of William Branham's fundamental doctrines bear a strange likeness to that of Sowders'.


=Similarities between William Sowders and William Branham=
=Similarities between William Sowders and William Branham=
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|The followers of William Sowders believed that God called and vindicated him.  God used him in a ministry of restoration to restore and reveal His Word to His Sons and Daughters.  Sowders' ministry did not add to the Bible - but rather the mysteries contained in Scripture are revealed and will ultimately give Rapturing Faith to the Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ in this Age.
|The followers of William Sowders believed that God called and vindicated him.  God used him in a ministry of restoration to restore and reveal His Word to His Sons and Daughters.  Sowders' ministry did not add to the Bible - but rather the mysteries contained in Scripture are revealed and will ultimately give '''Rapturing Faith to the Bride of the Lord Jesus Christ in this Age'''.
|William Branham believed that God had vindicated him.
|''These things are only to indicate a '''Divine a-vindication that my theology is right'''. That's exactly right. The Word of the Lord came to the prophets.<ref>BE.NOT.AFRAID_  CHAUTAUQUA.OH  60-0609</ref>


''These things are only to indicate a '''Divine a-vindication that my theology is right'''. That's exactly right. The Word of the Lord came to the prophets.<ref>BE.NOT.AFRAID_ CHAUTAUQUA.OH 60-0609</ref>
 
''And I believe that through those seven thunders will be revealed in the last days in order to '''get the Bride together for rapturing faith'''; because what we got right now, we--we wouldn't be able to do it. There's something we've got to step farther; we--we can't have enough faith for Divine healing hardly.<ref>THE.FIRST.SEAL_ JEFF.IN  MONDAY_ 63-0318</ref>
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|Sowders taught that every religion outside his followers was false and part of Babylon, the great whore of Revelations, of which the Catholic Church is part of.
|Sowders taught that every religion outside his followers was false and part of Babylon, the great whore of Revelations, of which the Catholic Church is part of.
|''So we find that '''our Message''' is, today, the Message that we have, of, "'''Come out of Babylon''', and be free...<ref>DOORS.IN.DOOR_  FLAGSTAFF.AZ  V-17 N-3  SATURDAY_  65-0206</ref>
|''So we find that '''our Message''' is, today, the Message that we have, of, "'''Come out of Babylon''', and be free...<ref>DOORS.IN.DOOR_  FLAGSTAFF.AZ  V-17 N-3  SATURDAY_  65-0206</ref>
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|The name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost was Jesus!,Jesus was the family name since the Son possessed the same name as His Father.,And the Holy Ghost was the spirit of them both.,Jesus was the name given to the family of God in Heaven and in earth.
|The name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost was Jesus! Jesus was the family name since the Son possessed the same name as His Father.,And the Holy Ghost was the spirit of them both.,Jesus was the name given to the family of God in Heaven and in earth.
|''...the Name of God is JESUS, for that is the Name He came in. He is LORD JESUS CHRIST. And what name does a woman take when she marries the man? She takes his name. It will be His Name that is given unto the bride when He takes her to Himself.<ref>PHILADELPHIAN.CHURCH.AGE  -  CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.8</ref>
|''...the Name of God is JESUS, for that is the Name He came in. He is LORD JESUS CHRIST. And what name does a woman take when she marries the man? She takes his name. It will be His Name that is given unto the bride when He takes her to Himself.<ref>PHILADELPHIAN.CHURCH.AGE  -  CHURCH.AGE.BOOK CPT.8</ref>
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=Quotes of William Branham=
=Quotes of William Branham=


''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.<ref>51-0718 THE.ANGEL.OF.THE.LORD_ TOLEDO.OH</ref>
''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.<ref>51-0718 THE.ANGEL.OF.THE.LORD_ TOLEDO.OH</ref>
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