The Sarah Branham Investigation
One of the most active pages on our website is the research page for Sarah Branham, William Branham's daughter. Of the thousands upon thousands of pages on this website, Sarah Branham's research page is ranked in the top ten most active pages from Jan 1, 2020, through today. Until today, the only item of research available was a cryptic letter, one which is difficult to verify, and one which with the help of cult leaders, many converts in the cult have declared to be fiction. Today, through Sarah (Branham) de Corado's own handwriting and the legal team she consulted, we will prove otherwise. A copy of the original letter, filed as exhibits 4-1 and 4-2, has been uploaded to the research page for Sarah, and in upcoming episodes, we will introduce Sarah through her own handwriting.
One of the most active pages on our website is the research page for Sarah Branham, William Branham's daughter. Of the thousands upon thousands of pages on this website, Sarah Branham's research page is ranked in the top ten most active pages from Jan 1, 2020, through today. Until today, the only item of research available was a cryptic letter, one which is difficult to verify, and one which with the help of cult leaders, many converts in the cult have declared to be fiction. Today, through Sarah (Branham) de Corado's own handwriting and the legal team she consulted, we will prove otherwise. A copy of the original letter, filed as exhibits 4-1 and 4-2, has been uploaded to the research page for Sarah, and in upcoming episodes, we will introduce Sarah through her own handwriting.
A new series, "The Sarah Branham Investigation" has been added, and several new research pages have been introduced. Through the course of the series, we will examine all of the business entities, people, and other subjects that Sarah herself investigated with her legal team and group of "Message" believers that covertly organized to come to her assistance after she became desperate to feed her family. We will show how cult leaders reacted, not only shunning the mother of eight children from the cult but also praying that "Satan would destroy her flesh", effectively severing her from all contact with the main cult body and several of the sub-sects. We will also examine a brave group of people, who organized to help Sarah while facing the fear of what they called, "Word Publications" (referring to Spoken Word Publications, Voice of God Recordings, and various connected entities)
The Series Landing Page and Series Overview:
https://william-branham.org/site/topics/the_sarah_branham_investigation
Episode 1: A Cry For Help:
https://william-branham.org/site/topics/the_sarah_branham_investigation_part_1_a_cry_for_help
Newly Introduced Pages, with new photos, government documents, newspaper articles, and more:
https://william-branham.org/site/research-updates
Note that the full set of documentation for Sarah's investigation will be published over time, as we carefully examine each of the 93 exhibits and the full text of the Intent To Sue documentation created by Sarah's legal team.
Series Overview
Before her disappearance, Sarah Branham sent private communications to reach Gerald Lee Walker. A group of trusted "Message" cult members, also through private communications, organized themselves and connected Sarah to Walker when they heard Sarah's desperate plea for help. Walker was the legal expert hired by Sarah Branham when she initiated the process to sue, and the intent to sue was sent to named parties William Branham Evangelistic Association, Voice of God Recordings, The Branham Tabernacle, The Tucson Tabernacle, Believers International, Roy E. Roberson, Paul Brewer, Angela Smith, Billy Paul Branham, Joseph Branham, Willard Collins, Pearry Green, George E. Smith, Fred Sothmann, Floyd Patterson, and Stephen Smith.[1] Gerald Lee Walker was the son of evangelist Orland Walker from Oregon, the man William Branham named[2] when he began describing his "Ride This Trail Again"[3] world tour that ultimately resulted in the Failed Israel Prophecy[4] that Branham was to fulfill before he died.[5]
The legal documents they uncovered appear to confirm Sarah's suspicions and named several other elite members of Branham's "Message" cult. Submitted evidence, corporate documents, and related supporting evidence named Valerie Branham, Roger Rudin, Kenneth Hagin Ministries, Kenneth Hagin, Osborn Foundation International, T. L. Osborn, Loyce Branham, David Branham, Michelle Branham, Lisa Branham, William Paul Branham, Jr., Naomi Collins, Billy Collins, Betty Collins Phillips, Wayne Evans, Rebekah Branham Smith, Armon Neville, Raymond (Junior) Jackson, Ron Con Goo, Larry Ervin, Charles Rinkle and others. Some of those involved have been criminally convicted with prison time. Those legal documents were also copied and distributed among elite members of the "Message" cult.
Before Sarah's disappearance and Walker's death, the two collaborated on an investigation into the business operations and flow of money that were concealed by cult leaders from their converts. Their findings were documented and sent certified mail to the parties named in Walker's Intent to Sue, with 93 exhibits submitted as evidence. Some of those parties named shared the documents with other cult leaders, and news quickly spread among the elite members of William Branham's "Message" cult. The allegations raised by Sarah Branham and Gerald Lee Walker ranged from civil to criminal, causing some of those parties with the information to sever their congregations from the main sect of the "Message" cult to form sub-sects. Some of those sects distanced themselves from the other elites, others from William Branham himself, and still others from Branham's destructive cult theology.
This is the story of Sarah Branham after she discovered this very disturbing information which ultimately led to her disappearance.
References
[1] Walker, Gerald. Intent to Sue (Letter Sent to Named Parties). 1991, May, 17. Intent to Sue (Letter Sent to Named Parties). "1991/17/05 Intent to Sue (Letter Sent to Named Parties) Intent to Sue (Letter Sent to Named Parties) Gerald Walker Intent to Sue (Letter Sent to Named Parties)."
[2] Branham, William. And Knoweth It Not. 1965, Aug, 15. And Knoweth It Not (65-0815). "1965/15/08 And Knoweth It Not Is that Rev. Mr. O. Walker here from Oregon, that was here that—that Sunday I was here? Anybody know about? Was great, strange thing William Branham Is that Rev. Mr. O. Walker here from Oregon, that was here that—that Sunday I was here? Anybody know about? Was great, strange thing."
[3] Branham, William. And Knoweth It Not. 1965, Aug, 15. And Knoweth It Not (65-0815). "1965/15/08 And Knoweth It Not William Branham And Knoweth It Not (65-0815). "You [William Branham] stopped the horse, raised up your hands again and screamed, 'I'll ride this trail once more!' And said, 'The whole earth shook. Them people shook,' said, 'looked up and looked at one another, like that, and looked up to you. They just shrugged their shoulders, went on with their scientific research.' And said, 'You started going on towards the west.'"
[4] Branham, William. Gabriel's Instructions To Daniel That's when I tried to tell this brother setting over here, that's talking about going to Israel, stay away from Israel! Stay away from it, all you people talking about converting the Jews. Before this Message is over, you'll see it's THUS SAITH THE LORD, by Word and by Spirit. Israel will be converted over, the whole nation, in one night. 1961, Jul, 30. Gabriel's Instructions To Daniel (61-0730M). "1961/30/07 Gabriel's Instructions To Daniel That's when I tried to tell this brother setting over here, that's talking about going to Israel, stay away from Israel! Stay away from it, all you people talking about converting the Jews. Before this Message is over, you'll see it's THUS SAITH THE LORD, by Word and by Spirit. Israel will be converted over, the whole nation, in one night Gabriel's Instructions To Daniel (61-0730M). That's when I tried to tell this brother setting over here, that's talking about going to Israel, stay away from Israel! Stay away from it, all you people talking about converting the Jews. Before this Message is over, you'll see it's THUS SAITH THE LORD, by Word and by Spirit. Israel will be converted over, the whole nation, in one night William Branham Gabriel's Instructions To Daniel (61-0730M). That's when I tried to tell this brother setting over here, that's talking about going to Israel, stay away from Israel! Stay away from it, all you people talking about converting the Jews. Before this Message is over, you'll see it's THUS SAITH THE LORD, by Word and by Spirit. Israel will be converted over, the whole nation, in one night."
[5] Branham, William. Gabriel's Instructions To Daniel. Israel returning to their homeland, Israel. Let me just say this now while…I guess it's off of tape. Let me say this. The very hour that Israel become a nation…The reason I've always believed, 'fore my class here, that there was something that I'd have a part, before I die, of getting Israel back to the Lord. Because, when the very hour, by the Pan American chart, that Israel was declared a nation, for the first time for two thousand years since they been scattered, not a people; it was that very same hour, exactly to the hour, that the Angel of the Lord met me up yonder and sent me to the…with the Gospel. The very same thing, May the 7th, 1946. 1961, Jul, 30. Gabriel's Instructions To Daniel. "1961/30/07 Gabriel's Instructions To Daniel. Israel returning to their homeland, Israel. Let me just say this now while…I guess it's off of tape. Let me say this. The very hour that Israel become a nation…The reason I've always believed, 'fore my class here, that there was something that I'd have a part, before I die, of getting Israel back to the Lord. Because, when the very hour, by the Pan American chart, that Israel was declared a nation, for the first time for two thousand years since they been scattered, not a people; it was that very same hour, exactly to the hour, that the Angel of the Lord met me up yonder and sent me to the…with the Gospel. The very same thing, May the 7th, 1946 Gabriel's Instructions To Daniel. Israel returning to their homeland, Israel. Let me just say this now while…I guess it's off of tape. Let me say this. The very hour that Israel become a nation…The reason I've always believed, 'fore my class here, that there was something that I'd have a part, before I die, of getting Israel back to the Lord. Because, when the very hour, by the Pan American chart, that Israel was declared a nation, for the first time for two thousand years since they been scattered, not a people; it was that very same hour, exactly to the hour, that the Angel of the Lord met me up yonder and sent me to the…with the Gospel. The very same thing, May the 7th, 1946 William Branham Gabriel's Instructions To Daniel. Israel returning to their homeland, Israel. Let me just say this now while…I guess it's off of tape. Let me say this. The very hour that Israel become a nation…The reason I've always believed, 'fore my class here, that there was something that I'd have a part, before I die, of getting Israel back to the Lord. Because, when the very hour, by the Pan American chart, that Israel was declared a nation, for the first time for two thousand years since they been scattered, not a people; it was that very same hour, exactly to the hour, that the Angel of the Lord met me up yonder and sent me to the…with the Gospel. The very same thing, May the 7th, 1946."