Serpent’s seed: A controversial Branham doctrine that reinterprets the story of the original sin in the Bible. Branham preached that Eve had sex with the serpent in the Garden of Eden and produced ...

Branham, William: William Branham was a preacher who gained international fame in the 1950s for his faith healings. Tent meetings with Branham drew thousands. He has been credited alongside Oral ...

Many Message churches follow this doctrine or variations of it. For instance, many Message churches baptize people “in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ,” like Branham did, rather than “in the name of ...