Come Out Of Her My People (Vol. I: 1930-1965): A History of The Message of William Branham: The Days of the Voice

by Charles Paisley

William Branham was a influential pentecostal ministers of the mid 20th century who began a cult following known as The Message. While many biographies of William Branham have been published, this is the first book on the history of The Message movement. Written by the former associate pastor of the second oldest Message church in the world, this book explores The Message community and the origins of its ideology. The Message did not appear in a vacuum. The ideology of The Message is merely a continuation and evolution belief systems which came before. What was that system? Where did the ideology come from? Are the sources reputable? How did the early Message community form? This first volume of the history of The Message will begin to shed light on these questions.

745 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 8, 2024

Reviews

[Winston J. Bygrave · Rating 5 out of 5]

Paisley's work is essential reading for every Pentecostal/Charismatic pastor.

Charles Paisley writes clearly and compassionately on the person and message of William Branham, and the heretical movement that arose from his ministry and teaching. As one who has grown up in a major sect of The Message movement, Paisley manages to present an objective and theologically reflective view on the movement. He supports his evidence with extensive footnotes.

Paisley has also given the church an excellent background historical account on the Pentecostal and Charismatic movements which like William Branham have their roots in the Healing Revivals, and the Latter Rain movements of the 1940s and 50s.

Finally, Paisley's book is also a warning to the church of today for the need for spiritual discernment, the proper exegesis of scripture, and for a commitment to the early ecumenical creeds, e.g. the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Athanasian Creed, which whilst they are not on the same level as the inspired Word of God, they do provide the believer with a concise and authorized statements of the essential tenets of the Christian faith, from which we wander from at our peril.

So when false prophets like William Branham arise among believers, we would do well to focus on the truth of scripture and godly character, rather than the deceptive philosophy of men and their charisma, which points us away from the Lord Jesus Christ (cf. Deut. 13:1-4; Gal. 1:8-9; Col. 2:8).