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[269], Some groups of Branham's followers refuse medical treatment because of their divine healing beliefs. [109] Upshaw died in November 1952, at the age of 86. [96] Branham's audiences were often awestruck by the events during his meetings. [47] The church flourished at first, but its growth began to slow. [10] While Branham was away, his brother Edward aged 18, shot and killed a Jeffersonville man and was charged with murder. [186], The teaching holds that Christianity should return to a form mirroring the primitive Christian church. There is nothing designed to stoop so low, or be filthy, but a woman. [68] Time magazine reported on his St. Louis campaign meetings,[77] and according to the article, Branham drew a crowd of over 4,000 sick people who desired healing and recorded him diligently praying for each. [129], At his 1947 meetings in Winnipeg, Branham claimed to have raised a young man from the dead at a Jeffersonville funeral parlor. [160], In the closing years of the revival, Branham helped launch and popularize the ministry of Jim Jones, the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple. [318], In 2018, Pastor Thodore Mugalu, a leader of Branham's followers in the Democratic Republic of Congo encouraged his followers to violence against Catholics in his country. [25], After holding a very successful revival meeting in Shreveport during mid-1947, Branham began assembling an evangelical team that stayed with him for most of the revival period. However, Florence Nightingale never married and had no children or grandchildren. [319][320], In 2021, Steven Hassan's Freedom of Mind Institute published an article labeling Branham's followers a cult stating, "Branham's ministry was characterized by white supremacy and deeply misogynist attitudes. Let a man be what he is; by the grace of God let him be. [142], Serious allegations also were made following Branham's meetings in South Africa during 1952 and complaints were lodged with government authorities. [127][122], In 1955, Branham's campaigning career began to slow following financial setbacks. He chooses a people. One newspaper reported, "Rev. [177] Before he died, some of his followers had already begun compiling his sermons and treating them as oral scripture, with a significant minority of his followers believing in his divinity. Branham claimed that he had received an angelic visitation on May 7, 1946, commissioning his worldwide ministry and launching his campaigning career in mid-1946. The cards were submitted to Branham's team who would choose the supplicants to be prayed for by Branham and organize the prayer line. [30] Shortly thereafter, he began attending the First Pentecostal Baptist Church of Jeffersonville, where he converted to Christianity.