It is critically important for cult members to understand the difference between a healthy group and an unhealthy group before leaving a religious cult. Members of the "Message" cult should learn and understand what makes the "Message" churches unhealthy. Does the pastor "preach at" people, or does he preach "for people"? Do they preach to save the lost, or are they preaching to condemn those who do not agree with their doctrine? Do they train members to critically think, learn, grow, and eventually lead? Does the church grow by exciting sinners to be saved, or does it grow only from within when new cult children are born and indoctrinated? More information can be found on https://william-branham.org

In the height of William Branham's popularity during the Post WWII Healing Revival, William Branham changed his public image to that of a Baptist minister who accidentally stumbled onto Pentecostalism. This version of his image is a fundamental part of his "Life Story" recordings, and as a result, is fundamental to his "Message" cult following. If that story is removed, then all "supernatural experiences", doctrines, and events in his life related to his Baptist back story are then also removed. More information can be found on https://william-branham.org

Apologists who engage members of William Branham's cult of personality in attempts to convert them to Christianity are often surprised by the responses used to defend their faith. Examples of critical information about Branham and his prophecies, Bible teachings, moral standards, and honesty have little or no effect. Followers defend Branham by examples of his alleged power to heal, which is strongly linked to their view of the "Gospel". And rightfully so; Branham called it the "Gospel of Divine Healing" and advertised himself in the newspapers as "America's Voice of Healing".

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The new theology that William Branham introduced into the Post WWII Healing Revival had several themes that religious leaders agreed to be based on good intentions. Branham began the Revival by inviting all denominations as an "Inter-Evangelical" effort, asking the revivalists to put aside their differences and join together on common ground. Branham himself had difficulty containing his own differences of opinion, however, and began introducing themes that violated the core principles of some religious leaders. As more and more revivalists left the movement over these differences, Branham drew a "line in the sand", by becoming more aggressive in his usage of the themes that others found offensive. Even Ern Baxter, named partner of the "Branham-Baxter Campaigns", parted ways over these differences.

The cult following of William Branham is a doomsday cult. What is a doomsday cult? There are two main criteria used to define a doomsday cult, and those criteria are common among all doomsday cults. 1) A doomsday cult will present theology or ideologies with final destruction as their basis and 2) the doomsday cult will offer a means to escape that final destruction to their members.

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