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William Marrion Branham (April 6, 1909 – December 24, 1965) was an American Christian minister and faith healer who initiated the post-World War II healing revival, and claimed to be a prophet with the anointing of Elijah, who had come to prelude Christ's second coming; some of his followers have been labeled a "doomsday cult".
The sermons focused on the Book of Revelation 6:1–17, and provided an interpretation of the meaning of each of the seals, which Branham connected with his prior sermons on the church ages. Like his sermons on the church ages, Branham's sermons on the seals were largely borrowed from the writings of Charles Taze Russell and Clarence Larkin. [58]
William Branham, who died in a 1965 car accident, is widely regarded as the initiator and the pacesetter of the revival, and described by Harrell as the movement's "unlikely leader." [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Roberts emerged as the most popular figure and left the most lasting legacy, including the university bearing his name.
This category is for articles about or related to William M. Branham, his teachings, and his followers. Pages in category "Branhamism" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
A magazine of wide circulation, particularly in the southern US, the first issue listed William Branham as publisher, Gordon Lindsay as editor, Jack Moore as associate editor, and Anna Jeanne Moore as circulation editor. [5] A few months later in July 1948, Branham announced he was stepping away from the revival circuit for a time. [6]
William Branham was the spearhead for several healing ministers emerging during the 1930s, 1940s, and early 1950s. [15] Branham supported faith healing, and had testified to seeing visions before praying for the healing of his meeting attendees.
Mercer successfully convinced many people to join him in his commune, and most stayed in the commune on William Branham's endorsement and advice. [5] The members of the commune were drawn from William Branham's followers in Canada, West Virginia, Michigan, Illinois, Kentucky, Georgia, Kansas, and Indiana. There were about 130 members in 1967. [6]
They use this money along with other contributions to distribute William Branham's message in book, tape, mp3, and DVD format to the rest of the world free of charge. William Branham’s entire collection of sermons is on the Internet in a searchable InfoBase at the branham.org web site under “Message Search.”