Neal Frisby
Rev. Neal Frisby was a Full Gospel Businessmen-sponsored healing evangelist and William Branham admirer whose ministry blended faith-healing claims with pyramid theology and pseudo-Christian interpretations of the Great Pyramid of Giza, themes that also appeared in Branham's teachings. In 1962, San Luis Obispo churches publicly challenged Frisby's revival claims by offering a $1,000 reward for medically verified evidence of instantaneous miraculous healing, underscoring skepticism toward his healing ministry. After Branham's death, Frisby founded the Capstone Auditorium in Phoenix, later known as Capstone Cathedral, the Temple of Destiny, the Headstone, and the Great Pyramid, physically embodying the pyramid symbolism that he and Branham associated with divine revelation, destiny, and Christ as the capstone or headstone.
Rev. Neal Frisby was a "faith healer" and evangelist sponsored by the Full Gospel Businessman's association[1] during the years that Branham was a frequent speaker at meetings of the FGBMI. Frisby was deeply into the pseudo-Christian, pseudo-archaeology of the Great Pyramid of Giza, one of the core teachings of Branham's "Message" cult of personality. Frisby considered Branham to be his mentor.[2]
In March of 1962, several churches in San Luis Obispo, CA offered a $1000 reward for anyone that could prove their healing in Frisby's revivals.
We will give $1000 reward, which is on deposit in a San Luis Obispo Bank, for acceptable evidence of one case of instantaneous and miraculous divine healing of cancer that has been pronounced in a state of malignancy by competent medical authority, active tuberculosis, withered limbs, or paralysis, testimony of three reputable San Luis Obispo county physicians upon whom we are mutually agreed, will be accepted as sufficient evidence. We stand ready to deny in public discussion that such power is given to men today.
- $1000 Reward. 1962, Mar 21. The Tribune.
After William Branham's death in 1965, Frisby founded the Capstone Auditorium. According to Branham's teaching, Jesus Christ was the "capstone of the pyramid",[3] or "headstone", and the Great Pyramid itself was a "bible" written by the biblical Enoch.[4] Frisby nicknamed his auditorium "the Temple of Destiny, the Headstone, and the Great Pyramid".
Capstone Cathedral (also known throughout the years as Capstone Auditorium, the Temple of Destiny, the Headstone, and the Great Pyramid) is located in north Phoenix near Tatum and Shea Blvd and incidentally in the neighborhood where I grew up. I have many fond memories of my friends and I riding our bikes past this north Phoenix landmark on our way to various adventures. Had I only known the history of this pyramid back then my childhood would have been that much richer. I recall a friend of mine once riding his bike up the side of it on a dare, and after speaking with Mrs. Kathy Frisby during an interview for this article I learned that that was not a unique occurrence but happened quite often. Something I'm sure the Neal Frisby never imagined when he first constructed his Cathedral in 1968.[5]