Holding Hands
Some researchers have noticed that photos of William Branham with close companions display unusual signs of affection for heterosexual men. On many occasions, William Branham is pictured holding hands, affectionately, with others. One particular photo captured William Branham lying with his head upon another man's crotch.
From Branham's Healing Revival to Armed Cult: The Dark Legacy of Colonia Dignidad
Colonia Dignidad was not an isolated aberration but the product of apocalyptic fear, authoritarian control, and religious absolutism exported through William Branham’s Message movement. By tracing the shared roots connecting Branham, Jim Jones, and Paul Schäfer, the narrative shows how prophetic claims and revivalist rhetoric became tools for psychological domination, abuse, and violence.
Ralph G. Stair
Rev. Ralph G. Stair was a "Message"[1] cult pastor and evangelist from Pennsylvania who openly groped women during church services, and used cult doctrine and coercion to prey upon the female members of his congregation including young girls.[2] In 2002, Stair was arrested in Walterboro, South Carolina on two counts of criminal sexual conduct in the second degree.[3] Stair's wife, Teresa Stair, was aware of extra-marital affairs and defended her husband during the investigation.[4]
Ewald Frank and the German Expansion of William Branham’s Message
Ewald Frank emerged as the central German leader of William Branham’s Message movement, founding Freie Volksmission and modeling his authority on Branham’s prophetic claims. His career has been marked by controversy, including allegations of moral misconduct, claimed supernatural experiences, and documented associations with Colonia Dignidad and its international fallout.
Robert Gumbura
Robert Martin Gumbura was a Zimbabwean End Time Message preacher who transformed William Branham's authoritarian theology into a system of cultic control, sexual exploitation, and social domination. By presenting himself as the exclusive voice of God, surrounding his ministry with Branham's imagery and teachings, and sanctifying polygamy through Message doctrine, Gumbura conditioned followers to equate obedience to him with obedience to God, making dissent, refusal, or resistance appear spiritually dangerous. His abuse of women, coercive sexual practices, economic control over congregants, and later prison-based efforts to preserve influence and allegedly extend Message control into political and financial institutions reveal how Branhamite prophetic authority, when localized through Gumbura's leadership, became a mechanism for systemic spiritual, sexual, and institutional abuse.
Joaquim Goncalves
Joaquim Goncalves Silva was a major Brazilian promoter of William Branham's "Message" movement, claiming that he encountered Branham's teachings in 1968 through Spoken Word booklets before using radio, translation work, and organized evangelism to spread Branham's doctrine across Brazil. His influence helped create a powerful Portuguese-language network of Branham followers, but his legacy was later overshadowed by serious abuse allegations reported by Brazilian media in 2021, when multiple women accused him of sexual harassment and abuse, including incidents involving vulnerable women, religious camps, pastoral office meetings, and a minor placed in church leadership. The allegations suggested that local Message leaders knew of predatory behavior but remained silent, turning Goncalves' story into a stark example of how Branhamite authority structures could protect abusive leaders while silencing victims through fear, loyalty, and spiritual control.
Roy E. Davis
Rev. Roy E. Davis Sr. was a Baptist and Pentecostal preacher, founder of the Pentecostal Baptist Church of God, mentor and ordaining pastor of William Branham, and a lifelong organizer in white supremacist movements, serving under William Joseph Simmons in the reborn Ku Klux Klan, helping form the Knights of the Flaming Sword, and later becoming a nationally recognized leader of the Original Knights of the Ku Klux Klan; his career connected criminal scandal, religious fraud, gospel music, fundamentalist revivalism, Pentecostal sect-building, orphanage fundraising schemes, Klan reorganization, and Branham's early ministry, making Davis one of the clearest links between Branham's origins, Pentecostal restorationism, Christian nationalism, and organized white supremacy.
Sex Glands
Similar to the Gnostic groups that Irenaeus mentioned in “Against Heresies”, William Branham considered human sex glands to be "filthy". In his Creation Theology, these glands were not in the original human design from the Garden of Eden since (according to that theology) women were “not in the original creation”. Branham claimed that women were "designed by satan" for the purpose of "deceiving men",[1] and apparently the human reproductive system was part of Satan’s evil design.
Women Saved Through Sex
Some versions of William Branham's stage persona taught that female Christians could only be saved through sex. Building upon his Serpent's Seed (Christian Identity) doctrine, Branham insinuated that the "good bloodline" would be maintained through the offspring of the female, which was her sole purpose in God's "master plan" for the "master race". During sermons preached by this version of the stage persona, Branham disagreed with Genesis 5:2, claiming that the female human was not in the original creation, and instead was designed by Satan.
The Sex Papers
William Branham allegedly discussed sexual matters with men of the church. Some of these matters were discussed over printed materials, at a time when white supremacy groups were discussing the sexual "differences" between African American and white males. One statement still exists on a transcript that has not been removed with a [blank spot on tape], seeming to confirm these allegations. In the statement, Branham described his opinion of the female facial expressions during sexual intercourse but stopped short of discussing the more graphic content. That content, he claimed, was not intended for "mixed crowd" (intended for male audiences only), and he had brought the "papers and things" to show the men.
The Woman's Breast
William Branham preached strongly against women wearing support bras. According to Branham, women who wore support bras were doing so because of getting a "devil spirit", not understanding the purpose of wearing proper support. As a result, some women in Branham's "Message" cult following feel ashamed of their shape, especially those women with larger cup sizes, and some women do not wear the proper support. Others try to conceal their shape, either through loosely fitting blouses or by folding their shoulders inward. They do not want to be at risk of being accused of supporting their breasts "to attract [the] attention of men through sex".
Quartier Pigalle
Quartier Pigalle is one of the 20 Arrondissements (administrative districts) of Paris, France. Since the early 1900’s, it has been known world-wide as a tourist district containing many sex shops, theatres and adult shows throughout the district. During the second World War, it’s infamy spread to the English speaking soldiers, and the Allied soldiers nicknamed the district “Pig Alley.” But before the War, the city itself was already recognized in America as the world’s most raunchy “Sin City,” long before this nickname got reassigned to Las Vegas, Nevada. In 1928, American-born actress Josephine Baker (born Freda Josephine McDonald in St. Louis, Missouri) established a nightclub in Pigalle. There, she would become famous for her erotic dancing, almost completely nude.
Sex Education
Education, in William Branham’s cult of personality, is a topic of strong debate. Many sects in the cult forbid higher education and even basic education according to William Branham’s instruction, while other sects choose to ignore Branham’s rules and educate their children.
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