William M. Branham

William M. Branham

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 herald Christ's second coming; his followers have been labeled a "doomsday cult". He had a lasting influence on televangelism and the modern charismatic movement and 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." At the time they were held, his inter-denominational meetings were the largest religious meetings ever held in some American cities. Read more on Wikipedia

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