Dr. Hassan Writes About The Racist Effects of William Branham’s Message Churches

Dr. Steven Hassan of the Freedom of Mind Resource Center writes about the racist effects of William Branham's "Message" cult churches. According to Hassan, the "Message" is characterized by its extreme white supremacy and deeply misogynistic attitudes.

Millions of Americans are members of Message churches today. The Message cult — a collection of sub-groups that originated from William Branham’s Pentecostal Tabernacle — is characterized by its extreme white supremacy and deeply misogynistic attitudes.
- Dr. Steven Hassan, Freedom of Mind Research Center

One of the core doctrines to the "Message", which William Branham called "Serpent's Seed", is often used by white supremacy groups to further racist agendas. While Branham did not initially say that this doctrine was to be used as hate speech against black people, when combined with Branham's other doctrines, is the very foundation for Branham's white supremacy agenda. Branham's "hybreeding" doctrine, for example, was used to describe the two bloodlines. This became the foundation for the spreading of the white supremacy agenda through Branham's revivals.

Branham’s sermons lay the foundation to believe that black people are the inferior race. In one of his most famous sermons, he taught that the biblical serpent had sexual relations with Eve, which resulted in two bloodlines, one good and one bad. Along with this doctrine, Branham taught that the “black race” should not breed with the “white race” or it would produce a “hybrid”.
- Dr. Steven Hassan, Freedom of Mind Research Center

This should come as no surprise; the "Message" cult itself was the result of the white supremacy agenda. Its founder, Roy E. Davis, was an Imperial Wizard for the Ku Klux Klan. Davis was Branham's first pastor, mentor, and surprisingly the first Imperial Wizard to unmask himself in public.

The Message cult has always been deeply connected to white supremacy groups. Branham’s first pastor and life-long mentor — Roy E. Davis — was a convicted bank fraudster and a notorious womanizer. More shockingly still, Davis was the official spokesman of the KKK and claimed to have written their constitution. In later years, Davis was the first Imperial Wizard of the KKK to unmask himself in public.
- Dr. Steven Hassan, Freedom of Mind Research Center