Roy Davis Promoted Klan In William Branham's Sect

Details about the cult William Branham was ordained, trained in, and recruited for are beginning to emerge. And they do not look good.

Research can be found here:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/pentecostal_baptist_church

The Pentecostal sect that Roy Davis founded and that William Branham recruited for was created to hold membership drives for the Knights of the Flaming Sword, a white supremacy group created by Roy E. Davis (official spokesperson for the Ku Klux Klan and William Joseph Simmons (founder of the 1915 Ku Klux Klan) while working with one Dr. John Roach Stratton. Stratton (and Davis) were working to create a "Supreme Kingdom" of white supremacy through fundamentalist religion. Davis used his position in the Klan to promote both the KKK, his sect of white supremacy, and his cult group which combined the three.

Branham's dishonesty about his affiliation with this cult group answers many questions that were previously unanswered. Davis used music — with many musical instruments — while recruiting for his white supremacy group. In fact, Davis was famous, nationally, as a white supremacist, one half of the "Jack and Granny" radio act, and founding member of the Stamps quartet. William Branham, though in a musical church with a band and a guitar player himself, instructed my grandfather not to allow his family to play musical instruments except for the piano and organ. My grandparents, aunts, and uncles were getting recognition for their talents ... in an area where William Branham might have been recognized as being part of a white supremacy Pentecostal cult promoting the Knights of the Flaming Sword!

Branham could not allow this information to become public after his worldwide fame in the healing revivals.

Roy E. Davis was the general overseer of the "Pentecostal Baptist Church of God",[1] a Pentecostal sect[2] that practiced "divine healing" and recruited members by allegedly drinking poison.[3] The national headquarters of the sect was at Jeffersonville, Indiana.[4] William Branham appears to have tried to conceal his involvement with the cult by being dishonest about the affiliation of the church led by Davis. Branham claimed that Davis' Pentecostal church was Baptist,[5] and that he was ordained in a Baptist church. According to newspaper advertisements and testimony given by Roy Davis in Branham's The Voice of Healing publication, however, the sect was Pentecostal.

Davis recruited for the sect by holding nationwide revivals featuring gospel singing,[6] using his radio act "Jack and Granny" to attract the crowds.[7] William Branham toured with Roy Davis during these recruitment campaigns.[8] Davis also recruited using his newspaper, the Pentecostal Baptist Witness, which was advertised as "a national weekly devoted to religion and science."[9] During these recruiting drives, Davis openly advertised his affiliation with the Ku Klux Klan.

A revival service was started at the Church of God tabernacle here Sunday with Rev. Roy E. Davis, widely known evangelist doing the preaching. Rev. Davis has been associated with Rev. John Roach Stratton, well known Baptist divine of New York City and has been a lecturer for the Ku Klux Klan, and for the Fundamentalist Association.[10]

Roy E. Davis, an official spokesperson for the Ku Klux Klan and other white supremacy groups, eventual Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, was not simply planting a church in Jeffersonville Indiana. William Branham did not simply take over a church when he took over Davis' congregation[11] to form the Billie Branham Pentecostal Tabernacle. Roy E. Davis had started a pentecostal cult.

The "Pentecostal Baptist Church" did not refer to a building. It referred to a sect of Pentecostalism. Roy E. Davis was the "overseer" of the National Headquarters of the Pentecostal Baptist Church in Jeffersonville Indiana.[12] Along with overseer, Davis was the editor of the "Pentecostal Baptist Witness".[13]

Davis formed the sect after working with Dr. John Roach Stratton.[14] Straton was a member of a Southern fundamentalist white supremacist group called the "Supreme Kingdom", which was created by a former Ku Klux Klan member.[15] Straton's connections to white supremacy and his views on race and relationships with African Americans were exposed in 1927, however, during which time he attempted to distance himself from the Supreme Kingdom.[16] Before being exposed, however, Davis and Ku Klux Klan founder William Joseph Simons began building a new white supremacy organization, the Knights of the Flaming Sword.[17]

References

[1] Misc. News. 1932, Jan, 21. Courier Journal. "1932/21/01 Misc. News A. E. Smith to R. E. Davis, general overseer, and C. E. Myers, sole surviving general trustee of the Pedntecostal Baptist Church of God A. E. Smith to R. E. Davis, general overseer, and C. E. Myers, sole surviving general trustee of the Pedntecostal Baptist Church of God."

[2] Wm. Branham's First Pastor. 1950, Oct. The Voice of Healing. "1950/10 Wm. Branham's First Pastor I am the minister who received Brother Branham into the first Pentecostal assembly he ever frequented. I baptized him, and was his pastor for some two years. I also preached his ordination sermon, and signed his ordination certificate, and heard him preach his first sermon."Rev. Roy E. Davis I am the minister who received Brother Branham into the first Pentecostal assembly he ever frequented. I baptized him, and was his pastor for some two years. I also preached his ordination sermon, and signed his ordination certificate, and heard him preach his first sermon."Rev. Roy E. Davis."

[3] Branham, William. Lord, Show Us The Father And It Sufficeth Us. 1953, Sep, 7. Lord, Show Us The Father And It Sufficeth Us (53-0907A). "1953/07/09 Lord, Show Us The Father And It Sufficeth Us Or somebody slip poison to me, I'd trust God for my healing. That's right. But I don't believe in bringing things, say, "Come here and I'll show you I can do it." I think that's wrong. That's right. But Brother Davis walked up to the platform. We got a notary public's statement on this. He walked up there. He said, "Christian people," about two or three thousand setting there, he said, "I'm twenty-five years old." He said, "I'm a minister of the Gospel," and he said, "I—I know that my God is able to deliver me from that," but said, "nevertheless, if He does or does not, I'll never let that infidel stand there with that in his hand and challenge God's Word." He said, "I'll meet you in glory." 82 Grabbed it out of his hand…?…and drank ever drop of it right down, stood there and preached the Gospel, and about fifteen hundred people received the baptism of the Holy Ghost setting in the meeting. Hallelujah. Yes, sir William Branham Or somebody slip poison to me, I'd trust God for my healing. That's right. But I don't believe in bringing things, say, "Come here and I'll show you I can do it." I think that's wrong. That's right. But Brother Davis walked up to the platform. We got a notary public's statement on this. He walked up there. He said, "Christian people," about two or three thousand setting there, he said, "I'm twenty-five years old." He said, "I'm a minister of the Gospel," and he said, "I—I know that my God is able to deliver me from that," but said, "nevertheless, if He does or does not, I'll never let that infidel stand there with that in his hand and challenge God's Word." He said, "I'll meet you in glory." 82 Grabbed it out of his hand…?…and drank ever drop of it right down, stood there and preached the Gospel, and about fifteen hundred people received the baptism of the Holy Ghost setting in the meeting. Hallelujah. Yes, sir."

[4] May Move Church Seat. 1934, May, 15. The Commercial Appeal. "1934/15/05 May Move Church Seat National Headquarters of the Pentecostal Baptist Church may be moved from Jeffersonville, Ind., to Memphis, the Rev. Roy E. Davis, overseer, said yesterday National Headquarters of the Pentecostal Baptist Church may be moved from Jeffersonville, Ind., to Memphis, the Rev. Roy E. Davis, overseer, said yesterday."

[5] Branham, William. Faith. 1957, Dec, 29. Faith (57-1229). "1957/29/12 Faith And when the Brother Davis, Doctor Roy Davis, many of you know him, who ordained me into the church, into the Baptist church William Branham And when the Brother Davis, Doctor Roy Davis, many of you know him, who ordained me into the church, into the Baptist church."

[6] Dr. Roy Davis Holds Revival In Bossier. 1937, Apr, 23. Shreveport Journal. "1937/23/04 Dr. Roy Davis Holds Revival In Bossier Along with the preaching, there is a sacred musical concert given each evening by gospel radio singers of renown. The piano accordion, tenor guitar, straight guitar, piano, and violin are the instruments with which these singers and musicians entertain their audience Along with the preaching, there is a sacred musical concert given each evening by gospel radio singers of renown. The piano accordion, tenor guitar, straight guitar, piano, and violin are the instruments with which these singers and musicians entertain their audience."

[7] Radio Gospel Singers in Nazarine Revival Here: Jack and Granny. 1936, Dec, 3. Grandfield Enterprise. "1936/03/12 Radio Gospel Singers in Nazarine Revival Here: Jack and Granny Jack and Granny, Gospel radio singers have traveled all over America and on foreign soil singing the gospel. They have been associated with such religious celebrities as Dr. John Roach Stratten, former pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, New York, Dr. Caleb A. Riley, former pastor of the Central Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, Billy Sunday, and several others Jack and Granny, Gospel radio singers have traveled all over America and on foreign soil singing the gospel. They have been associated with such religious celebrities as Dr. John Roach Stratten, former pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, New York, Dr. Caleb A. Riley, former pastor of the Central Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, Billy Sunday, and several others."

[8] Branham, William. In His Presence. 1962, Sep, 9. In His Presence (62-0909E). "1962/09/09 In His Presence He's nothing to begin with. One day down in Memphis, Tennessee, or one…I don't think it was in Memphis. It was one of the places there. I was with Brother Davis and was having a—a revival. It might have been Memphis William Branham He's nothing to begin with. One day down in Memphis, Tennessee, or one…I don't think it was in Memphis. It was one of the places there. I was with Brother Davis and was having a—a revival. It might have been Memphis."

[9] Dr. Roy Davis Holds Revival in Bossier. 1937, Apr, 23. Shreveport Journal. "1937/23/04 Dr. Roy Davis Holds Revival in Bossier Shreveport Journal Shreveport Journal."

[10] In Church of God Revival. 1927, Nov, 22. The Knoxville Journal. "1927/22/11 In Church of God Revival The Knoxville Journal The Knoxville Journal."

[11] Branham, William. A Trial. 1964, Apr, 27. A Trial (64-0427). "1964/27/04 A Trial And the Missionary Baptist Church burned down, which I was assistant pastor, at the time. And Mr. Davis come back to Texas, which he was of Davis mountains, and—and down near Van Horn, Texas. That's where they come from. And so, while he was gone, I started to take over the congregation William Branham And the Missionary Baptist Church burned down, which I was assistant pastor, at the time. And Mr. Davis come back to Texas, which he was of Davis mountains, and—and down near Van Horn, Texas. That's where they come from. And so, while he was gone, I started to take over the congregation."

[12] May Move Church Seat. 1934, May, 15. The Commercial Appeal. "1934/15/05 May Move Church Seat National headquarters of the Pentecostal Baptist Church may be moved from Jeffersonville, Ind., to Memphis, the Rev. Roy E. Davis, overseer, said yesterday National headquarters of the Pentecostal Baptist Church may be moved from Jeffersonville, Ind., to Memphis, the Rev. Roy E. Davis, overseer, said yesterday."

[13] May Move Church Seat. 1934, May, 15. The Commercial Appeal. "1934/15/05 May Move Church Seat Editor of the 'Pentecostal Baptist Witness,' the Rev. Mr. Davis is holding a 60-day revival at Immanuel Baptist Church, Linden, at Hernando, which the Pentecostal Church leased from the Rev. Ben Cox Editor of the 'Pentecostal Baptist Witness,' the Rev. Mr. Davis is holding a 60-day revival at Immanuel Baptist Church, Linden, at Hernando, which the Pentecostal Church leased from the Rev. Ben Cox."

[14] Dr. Roy Davis Holds Revival in Bossier. 1937, Apr, 23. Shreveport Journal. "1937/23/04 Dr. Roy Davis Holds Revival in Bossier Dr. Roy E. Davis, formerly connected with the late Dr. John Roach Straton, New York city, but who, for the last ten years, has given himself over to evangelism in the homeland and on foreign soil, is now conducting a revival in the Assembly of God's church, 425 Traffic street, Bossier City Dr. Roy E. Davis, formerly connected with the late Dr. John Roach Straton, New York city, but who, for the last ten years, has given himself over to evangelism in the homeland and on foreign soil, is now conducting a revival in the Assembly of God's church, 425 Traffic street, Bossier City."

[15] Battle for the Soul of a City: John Roach Straton, Harry Emerson Fosdick, and the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy in New York, 1922–. 2021, Aug, 31. Cambridge. Accessed 2022, Feb, 8 from https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/church-history/article/battle-for-the-soul-of-a-city-john-roach-straton-harry-emerson-fosdick-and-the-fundamentalistmodernist-controversy-in-new-york-19221935/A0FAD484D9BB3CC54770971F8812CE54. "2021/31/08 Battle for the Soul of a City: John Roach Straton, Harry Emerson Fosdick, and the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy in New York, 1922– Straton's association with the group called 'Supreme Kingdom' proved to be the most vexing. It was the brainchild of Edgar Young Clarke, a former Ku Klux Klan member who founded the group in Georgia in 1926. It appealed to Southern fundamentalist evangelicals who felt under siege after the Scopes trial, and Clarke wooed them by promising to "protest modernism and the theory of evolution Straton's association with the group called 'Supreme Kingdom' proved to be the most vexing. It was the brainchild of Edgar Young Clarke, a former Ku Klux Klan member who founded the group in Georgia in 1926. It appealed to Southern fundamentalist evangelicals who felt under siege after the Scopes trial, and Clarke wooed them by promising to "protest modernism and the theory of evolution."

[16] Fraternity Attacked as Money Making Order. 1925, Jan, 23. Lead Daily Call. "1925/23/01 Fraternity Attacked as Money Making Order Dr. Roy E. Davis, royal ambassador of the Knights of the Flaming Sword {...} Dr. Davis reviewed the organization of the knights by Colonial William Joseph Simmons of Atlanta following the latter's banishment from the Ku Klux Klan Dr. Roy E. Davis, royal ambassador of the Knights of the Flaming Sword {...} Dr. Davis reviewed the organization of the knights by Colonial William Joseph Simmons of Atlanta following the latter's banishment from the Ku Klux Klan."

[17] Battle for the Soul of a City: John Roach Straton, Harry Emerson Fosdick, and the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy in New York. 2021, Aug, 31. "2021/31/08 Battle for the Soul of a City: John Roach Straton, Harry Emerson Fosdick, and the Fundamentalist-Modernist Controversy in New York Straton accepted the invitation as well as the extraordinary fee of $30,000 Young had allegedly promised. The controversy surrounding this exorbitant sum exposed the Supreme Kingdom's Klan affiliations. Over the course of the year that Straton spent attempting to distance himself from that association, his paradoxical ideas about race and relationships with African Americans were revealed Straton accepted the invitation as well as the extraordinary fee of $30,000 Young had allegedly promised. The controversy surrounding this exorbitant sum exposed the Supreme Kingdom's Klan affiliations. Over the course of the year that Straton spent attempting to distance himself from that association, his paradoxical ideas about race and relationships with African Americans were revealed."