William M. Branham
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican Christian minister (1909-1965)
United StatesLived 1909 to 1965 · aged 56" 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".
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The dirt-floor log cabin that was William Marrion Branham's birthplace as shown in his biography William Branham: A Man Sent From God
William Branham c. 1930
Roy Davis, who facilitated Branham's conversion
House of David commune in Michigan
Billie Branham Pentecostal Tabernacle c. 1935
William Branham and F. F. Bosworth, c. 1950
F. F. Bosworth counsels attendees on the doctrine of divine healing at a Branham Campaign meeting in Tacoma, Washington, April 1948.About this person
William Marrion Branham 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; 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." 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 American deliverance minister to successfully campaign in Europe; his ministry reached global audiences with major campaigns held in North America, Europe, Africa, and India.
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