Evan moseley william branham biography
Mr.
Branham was a preacher, faith healer and some say prophet whose tent revivals in the '40s and '50s drew thousands.!
William M. Branham
American Christian minister (1909–1965)
William Marrion Branham (April 6, 1909 – December 24, 1965) was an American Christian minister and faith healer who initiated the post-World War IIhealing 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".[1][2][3] He is credited as "a principal architect of restorationist thought" for charismatics by some Christian historians, and has been called the "leading individual in the Second Wave of Pentecostalism."[5] He made a lasting influence on televangelism and the modern charismatic movement, and his "stage presence remains a legend unparalleled in the history of the Charismatic movement".
At the time they were held, Branham's inter-denominational meetings were the largest religious meetings ever held in some American cities. Branham was the first Americ