Believers International - George and Rebekah Smith
Believers International, Inc. is the business entity established by William Branham's daughter and son-in-law, George and Rebekah Smith. It was named in the Intent to Sue documentation prepared by Gerald Lee Walker and Sarah Branham, William Branham's other daughter.
Believers International, Inc. is the business entity established by William Branham's daughter and son-in-law, George and Rebekah Smith. It was named in the Intent to Sue documentation prepared by Gerald Lee Walker and Sarah Branham, William Branham's other daughter.
The organization appears in the Indiana Secretary of State nonprofit annual-report record as an Indiana-incorporated nonprofit with an incorporation/qualification date of 05/03/1973 and a principal office address listed in Tucson, Arizona. In the 1994 filing, the corporation is explicitly marked as a religious corporation (organized primarily or exclusively for religious purposes) and indicates it has no members (i.e., not a membership corporation).
Across the 1994 and 1998 filings, the public-facing administrative contacts include officers and Indiana registered agents. Both reports list George Smith (Vice President) in the "President or highest officer" field, and Angela Smith as secretary/officer, with addresses tied to the Tucson principal office. The 1994 reverse-side officer/director section also lists Rebekah A. Smith (President) and William E. Smith (Officer), while the 1998 filing lists Betty Phillips as the Indiana registered agent (with a New Albany, IN address) and shows an EIN on the form; the 1998 "List Directors" table is left blank.
Issues with the Organization
1) Repeated ambiguity in the "highest officer" line (1994; 1998). In both the 1994 and 1998 annual reports, the line intended to identify the "President or highest officer" lists George Smith, yet annotates him as "(Vice President)" — a combination that is inherently ambiguous because it conflates the "highest officer" field with a subordinate title.
2) Intra-document conflict about who served as "President" (1994). The 1994 report's reverse-side section "LIST DIRECTORS AND ADDITIONAL OFFICERS" identifies Rebekah A. Smith as President, while the front-side "President or highest officer" line identifies George Smith (Vice President). Read together, the two fields disclose a direct conflict over the presidency within the same annual report instrument.
3) Apparent non-disclosure of directors (1998). The 1998 report instructs filers to "List ... directors on the reverse side," yet the "LIST DIRECTORS" table appears blank (no directors entered). If accurate, this would represent an incomplete governance disclosure for a corporation that necessarily acts through a board.
4) Corporate classification and membership posture (1994). The 1994 form indicates a classification consistent with a religious corporation and marks that the corporation has no members (as a membership-structure disclosure). These selections matter because they can affect governance expectations and how stakeholders interpret internal accountability mechanisms (e.g., whether members exist who can elect directors).