Concerning Cults Series

A series by ET author Eryl Davies

William Branham

William Marrion Branham (1909-1965) was born in Kentucky, USA. He felt a calling to become a preacher after a personal healing experience as a youth, and became an independent Baptist pastor.

Some strange claims are made about Branham including regarding him as ‘the twentieth-century prophet’; ‘A man sent from God’; and ‘a prophet to the Gentiles’ whose ministry ‘has been unparalleled since the days of our Lord Jesus Christ’.

Branham’s books and other media are available in many languages and are being circulated throughout the world. His simple messages, and reports of many alleged healings, made him extremely popular worldwide.

The late William Branham's disciples remain active in contacting evangelical pastors and churches. Some pastors and other are confused as to whether or not his teaching is biblical. These articles are intended as a help and guide for pastors and others.

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Concerning Cults – William Branham (Part 1)

William Marrion Branham (1909-1965) was born in Kentucky, USA. Following a personal healing as a young man, he felt a call to preach and became an independent Baptist pastor. In his itinerant work, he emphasised healing, deliverance and prosperity.

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Concerning Cults – William Branham (Part 2)

Branham and followers assumed wrongly that because God revealed himself in Bible times through visions or angels, he still speaks in this way to chosen individuals today.

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Christadelphians

Concerning Cults – Christadelphians

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The ICC

The International Church of Christ (Part 1)

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The International Church of Christ (Part 2)

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Scientology

Scientology

‘The fastest growing religious movement on earth’ – that is what Scientology claims for itself. It is a staggering claim and there is no firm evidence to substantiate it. However, the official web-site reports that Scientology has ‘more than 3,200 churches, missions and groups in 154 countries’.

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