The Latter Rain Origins and Developments

The Latter Rain: Origins and Developments presents a simplified historical map of the religious movements, ministries, and organizations connected to or influenced by the Latter Rain Movement. It traces earlier roots through British Israelism, Christian Science, the Higher Life/Keswick tradition, John Alexander Dowie, Charles Parham, and the Christian and Missionary Alliance, then shows their influence on Pentecostalism and major Pentecostal denominations. From there, the chart places the Latter Rain Movement alongside the postwar Healing Revival and maps its later connections to Full Gospel Business Men’s Fellowship, William Branham’s Message movement, Voice of Healing, Word of Faith, prosperity teaching, the Shepherding Movement, Christian Identity groups, People’s Temple, Calvary Chapel, Vineyard, Bethel, and other charismatic, restorationist, and sectarian movements. The chart is not presented as a complete history, but as an overview of overlapping networks and lines of influence surrounding Latter Rain theology, Pentecostal revivalism, healing evangelism, and later apostolic-prophetic movements.