In 1955, almost three hundred ministers met under the name “free fellowship” at a convention held by William Branham’s business associate Joseph Mattsson-Boze of the Philadelphia Church in Chicago. It was unanimously agreed with “100% unity” that the organization would help to boost Jim Jones’ work in Indianapolis. The resulting decision was that the men would have Jim Jones and Peoples Temple host the 1956 convention of “free fellowship” in Indianapolis.
William Branham, who had been recently silenced by Gordon Lindsay and the Voice of Healing revivalists, was not eager to speak before the convention of Mattsson-Boze’s Herald of Faith revivalists. Boze took a stand in favor of Jones, however, and William Branham eventually agreed to help with the efforts to give Jones a boost into fame in the Post WWII Healing Revival. The outcome of this boost was a tragedy that has been the focal point for many religious and social studies, presented in countless textbooks and documentaries.
You can learn this and more on william-branham.org
The blog post:
https://william-branham.org/site/blog/20220204_william_branham_agreed_to_help_boost_jim_jones_popularity
The letter:
https://william-branham.org/site/resource?key=9533c98b-fa87-40c6-bfd2-6a0fb88907f4&parent=william_branhams_introduction_to_jim_jones
The impact of Branham’s theology on Jim Jones:
https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=110982
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