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I do not know if some of you would know about the old Voice of Healing Organization from the late 40's and 50's, but it was a ministry group that had men like Gorden Lindsey, William Branham, AA Allen, Jack Coe, TL Osborne, and quite a few others. It basically promoted men that had healing ministries during that time frame. While I understand there is a vast degree of opinion concerning most of these men, there is no doubt that they preached biblical healing strongly, and saw the results of the Word of God mixed with peoples faith.

I found one site that has an online version of one magazine (#1), and then the 2nd site has quite a few of the magazines available for download (#2). I found it interesting.


#1 Voice of Healing 1951 April/May


#2 Voice of Healing Magazines

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Bro. Branham, this was originally his magazine..

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Thanks for the link Bro. Matt. This is the largest collection of VOH magazines I have been able to find. Really good source of info on the Healing Reviavl and Evangelists!

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This is true.

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Correct Lindsey actually stoled it from him.

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Oh brother.. you don't know how much I am enjoying those VOH archives... it is building my faith just reading about all the miracles our God performed in those days.. undeniable miracles

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This is true.. the most creative theft I have ever seen....

Stealing without stealing.... but anyhow

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I am curious brethren... it seems to me like reading these archives that the Oneness movement was not really part of the healing revival......

Branham was really the only JESUS NAME preacher in that movement...... that revival for about 15 years swept the nation.. where was the Oneness people, why were there no other Jesus Name preachers being used in the miraculous?

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I will NOT even start to comment on these dog and pony shows these guys carried on in the Name of God. Those that were healed were in spite of them not because of them.

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Now Bro. Ep, just because they were not in your movement doesn't mean God was not with them... at least be fair

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Dr. Vaughn most of these guys were comrades of my Dad, the majority were immoral and just money grabbers.

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Would it be fair to say that of those two descriptions, neither one fit Bro. Branhams ministry? All else laid aside... just the two words above "immoral & money grabber" would you say that applied to his ministry as well?

Blessings

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He was the exception to this I admit however his false teaching affected Pentecost worse than these.

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A lot of stories from that era, it's sad what some people will do for fame and fortune. And use our Father's name to do it.

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I was told that F F Bosworth was Oneness.



Bro Epley,

wasn't there were quite a few Oneness men during the 40's, 50's, and 60's that traveled as evangelists that had many healings take place in their services, though they did not bill themselves as healing evangelists?

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Yes there was a wave somewhat of preaching healings and miracles. The Late C.P.Williams promoted the gifts and among many independent men and even UPC men. But the Latter rain hindered this somewhat.

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I was going to make a post about this before. The Healing movement? There have been Oneness ministers in the "healing movement" the only thing is they were not part of a recognized larger movement that catered to the TV crowd and in Trinitarian churches. What about T.W. Barnes? He has been used by God to heal many. He never appeared on TV though and was UPC.

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TW Barnes
Verbal Bean
Joe Duke
Carl Ballastero


The issue is that the V of H men labeled themselves as having healing ministries. Most Oneness men did not do so, even when they did have many healings in their services.

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Right.

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Why were there services never reported in the mainstream? Where was the crowds? I am just wondering how the Oneness movement basically was left out of the last great revival in America?

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Thank you for that link. I've downloaded them.

When I first became a Christian in 1955, I joined the local Baptist Church.
Through reading my Bible and hearing some preachers on the radio (A.A. Allen, Bro. Glenn(?) Thompson, Jack Coe, and C.M. Ward on Revivaltime) I realized there was more available for me than what I was seeing and hearing about at the local Baptist Church. This is not a putdown of my pastor or of the folks there. In my opinion, they were fine, consecrated Christians but they believed in cessationism or that the gifts had stopped along with the death of the Apostles and the completion of the books which became our New Testament.

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I just started reading this thread - but at this point I have found a post I agree with.

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hmmm....

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I wouldn't consider the "Healing Revival" of the late nineteen forties and the nineteen fifties to be the "last great revival in America."

In 1946, an unknown Baptist minister from southern Indiana named William Branham suddenly made news by holding campaigns where healing was promoted. Among Pentecostals, healing had been taught and practiced for years. It was commonly known as "divine healing," and in conjunction with the message of salvation was included in what was termed the "Full Gospel." William Branham had been asked to come to St. Louis, Missouri to hold a meeting for Pastor Robert Daugherty. Here he prayed for the pastor's daughter. She had been dying but was healed in answer to prayer. Crowds came to the church and healing of the sick was emphasized. From there Brother Branham went to Jonesboro, Arkansas where he conducted a meeting at the Bible Hour Tabernacle. Over 25,000 people from 28 states attended the meetings. With these meetings, the post World War II Healing Movement was born. As testimonies of incredible healings increased, Bro. Branham's fame and ministry grew. Within months he had assembled a management team which included Jack Moore, pastor of a large United Pentecostal Church, plus Gordon Lindsay and Ern Baxtor. In April, 1948 Gordon Lindsay initiated a magazine called "The Voice of Healing" to publicize the ministry. Within a few years the magazine became the voice of dozens of healing evangelists who were criss-crossing the country and traveling into foreign countries with the message of God's healing power. As early as 1950 over 1,000 healing evangelists gathered at a Voice of Healing convention. In my opinion, the Healing Revival was one of several waves of revival which have happened.

The Latter Rain movement originated at Sharon Orphanage and Schools in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada. On February 12, 1948 there was a special move of the Holy Spirit at the school. The report was that "all Heaven broke loose upon our souls and heaven above came down to greet us." The report goes on to say "Soon a visible manifestation of gifts was received when candidates were prayed over, and many as a result began to be healed, as gifts of healing were received." When people became aware of what was going on people came from all over North America and other parts of the world to participate in camp meeting conventions. By 1949 the North Battlefield leaders were becoming less central in the movement as it spread and leadership arose in other areas. The churches which were started or influenced by the Latter Rain movement were usually independent congregations with little or no central organization so its impact is not fully evident. Many involved in the Latter Rain Movement became part of the Charismatic Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

People known as “The Jesus People” were young converts to Pentecostal and Baptist beliefs from the street culture of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. These were loosely organized groups, some living communally, and were a reaction against the drug culture, oriental religions, and sexual freedom/promiscuity and "Woodstock" mentality of the times. The Gospel was presented as a simple belief in the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus and the presentation of Him as the “one way” to God. They were known for street preaching and coffee house type meetings and evangelism. They retained much of the “Hippie” look of the times. Dress, music, and worship was informal. They gained publicity with mass baptisms in the Pacific Ocean and from them came some large informal churches such as Calvary Chapel and the Vineyard movement.

The term Charismatic Movement has been described as the "new Pentecost" and is said to be "the occurrence of distinctively Pentecostal blessings and penomena... outside a denomination and/or confessional Pentecostal framework." It refers to manifestations of Pentecostal type Christianity without being affiliated with Pentecostal denominations. Its beginning is usually considered to be April 3, 1960 when Father Dennis Bennett of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Van Nuys California told his congregation in all 3 morning services that he "had been led to receive the power and fullness of the Holy Spirit, and how this had included the gift of unknown tongues." After the second service an associate priest had resigned and a church officer called for Bennett's resignation. After the third service, Father Bennett announced his resignation. The Bishop of Los Angeles then wrote a pastoral letter to the people of St, Mark's, temporarily forbidding any group to meed under parish auspices if "speaking in tongues is encouraged or actually engaged in."

Over the past few years we keep hearing of thousands and thousands of people receiving the message and love of Jesus in Africa, and of house churches springing up in China. Even in Iran where Christians have been persecuted and martyred for their faith in Jesus, Muslims are coming to faith in Isa (Jesus) as the resurrected Son of God and churches are springing up.

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Anyone ever hear of the "Oliver Haynes Healing Campaigns", which were
apostolic oneness but not UPC, if I remember correctly. That was many
years ago.
We attended one in Garland, TX, probably in the early to mid 50's.

Falla39

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I think the sad fact is there is very little healings being demonstrated anymore in many Apostolic churches for them to be called "Healing Campaigns".

Some may regulate some of these meetings to dog and pony shows, but at least something was shown. God did do many great and notable healings in these meetings. So now if God will show up for all these reprobate showmen, why is it that our churches never see notable healings taking place? I am not talking about headaches and female troubles. I have with my own eye's seen folks get out of wheel chairs, the blind see, lame leaping, deaf hearing, and many other notable miracles. But very few happen in our normal apostolic circles.

I think the issue is that we have lost living faith for miracles and healing due to it not being preached much anymore. Many preachers are afraid they will be labeled, as bro Epley said, as a dog and pony show. Some are afraid that it will get "in the flesh", or that they will loose control. I know many of the conservative men pushed gifts and healings out of their churches way back because they were afraid of the latter rain movement. I am glad I was not part of a church that did this.

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Wasn't Bro. T.W. Barnes known for being used in a healing ministry?
I remember back in the early nineteen sixties hearing him preach on healing on a reel to reel tape recorder. From what I remember, he had taught or preached on healing at the UPC Louisiana Camp and (I guess) there was a service devoted to healing and praying for the sick.

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He was also looked at in a bad light by some of the more conservative groups. I think anytime someone starts having too many healings in their services, or starts having healing meetings, they get the raised eyebrow from more conservative men.

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Dear Bro. T.W. Barnes preached healing and prayed for the sick
in many Texas Campmeetings and I believe Ladies Conf. also.

Blessings,

Falla39

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The church where I go has gone through some changes. We have about 35-50 youth (junior and senior high school and up) and 60-80 children (up to about 6th grade) on Wednesday nights. So the auditorium is now being used for Super Children's Church and the adults (who aren't helping with children and youth) are having our midweek Bible Study in an upstairs classroom. I have been designated as the teacher for the adults and our pastor is in charge of the Children's Church. I have been going to that church for about 2 years and had only been asked to speak about 4 times but now starting in May this year I am the adult midweek Bible Study teacher. In the past I have taught on healing. I think it's important to spend some time every so often teaching on healing. After the teaching we've laid hands on folks and prayed but so far have not seen any "miraculous" results.

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So maybe the recording was from Texas Camp. I just thought maybe it was Louisiana since that's where he was from.

I guess he was quite a man of God. I have the DVD of his funeral and have read a biography of him written by Sis. Nona Freeman.

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I have told how God healed my paternal grandmother of typhoid fever when she
was yet a Methodist. She read God's Word. Faith cometh by hearing and hearing
by the Word of God. After she received the Holy Ghost in the mid-30's she trusted
God for her healing and that of her children while they were still in the home.

Our late father and mother both trusted God for everything in their home for the
52 yrs. they were married. Dad went to be with the Lord 20 days after their 52nd
anniversary. He trusted God to keep him on the front lines of battle in the Phillipeans
and in Japan. God brought him back home safely to (with Mom) raise 11 eleven
children. The first sibling went home to be with the Lord last Sept. Ten remain. We
saw their faith. It wasn't something they bragged openly about. They lived it day by
day. They gave God glory for the many times HE healed their bodies and those of
their children. I thank God for the example of trusting God for all their needs.

Today because of that early training and example of trusting God, I have faith that
regardless of my needs, I know THE GOD who is able to do exceeding abundantly
above all we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us. Bless His Holy
Name! Thank You, Lord Jesus!

Falla39

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Bro. Sam,

It could have been from either Louisiana or Texas as he preached
at both camps and prayed for the sick.

Falla39

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I have been healed many times after having been prayed for by "Oneness" preachers. I give God the glory. Thank you Jesus, Amen!

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God seems to respond mercifully to a person's faith whether the person is trinity or oneness.

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This is true Sam, my mom's best friend was AOG and I have also been healed after being prayed for by her. I the gist of this thread is about the great "healing" ministries not being oneness such as Allen, Coe, etc. Just wanted to let everyone know there were miracles performed under "Oneness" ministries also.

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There were men used in praying for the sick and saw great miracles and healings during in Oneness churches during those times the difference was they did NOT promote themsleves.

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Where are these specialized "ministries" in the bible? I never see "healing campaigns" in the bible. They went out and preached the gospel. Do they talk about "my ministry" in the bible?

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I think this hits the nail squarely on the head. The "Healing Evangelists" of the 40's and 50's emphasized HEALING. Salvation, it seems, was a "secondary issue". They used healing to draw people to the meetings. Advertisments boldly declared "The Blind See!". "The Lame Walk!". While altar calls were given and souls were saved in these meetings, the "thrust" (and the drawing card) was HEALING and deliverance. Oneness preachers of the day emphasized SALVATION (Acts 2:28), and didn't place alot of emphasis on healing.

Doctrinal unity was also instumental in allowing these healing evangelists to hold big "union meetings"- they weren't as divided over doctrine as Oneness preachers were, and remain to this day. In fact- doctrine was downplayed in these meeting- while, Oneness preachers have always keep Doctrine on the front burner. And, in addition, Oneness preachers were more loyal to the respective organizations. When the Assemblies of God made moves to "reign in" Bro. A.A. Allen, Bother Jack Coe and others, they simply left those organizations and formed independent ministries and/or organizations. This allowed them the freedom to make claims of successes that could only be described as "questionable". The oneness preachers stayed within their organizations out of loyalty or perhaps, they simply didn't have anywhere else to go. An independent Oneness ministry had no chance of growth, so the ministers worked within the framework of their respective organizations. Unity was never high on the agenda of Oneness groups. I just wonder how many Jesus Name organizations were in existence in the 40's and 50's. The competition among these groups must have been high and this kept them from being able to work together. No Oneness ministry could achieve any notoriety because Oneness groups simply could not, or would not, work together. Bro. Branham, the closet thing to a Oneness preacher "on the sawdust trail", could only do so by becoming "semi-oneness" and "semi-trinitarian". He was known to have said several times, that he stood between the two and tried to reach out to both. This commendable action put him in the precarious position of being rejected by both groups. And this is what led to his desperate attempt to regain a "following" by adopting doctrines that only furthered his isolation.

There were Oneness preachers on the "sawdust trail" then, but because they found it necessary to work within their respective organizations, and were constrained to do so, they were never able to reach the level of renown as men like Allen, Coe, Roberts and Osborn. These men had the financial resources to reach the masses and used any and every available means to do so...including television. Television was never an option among Oneness preachers. I'd say the use of radio to broadcast the Gospel was denounced by many in those early days.

The brother referred to the Healing Movement as "the last great revival in America". I disagree. I believe there is one more move of God to sweep across America and around the world.

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OneAccord... great post. thanks for your thoughts...

We must remember that Jesus used the same tactics in his meetings.. He used the miracles to draw the crowds.. so I see that they simply followed the pattern of Jesus in their evangelistic work.

I disagree that there will ever be another worldwide or nationwide revival.. I believe the last revival is the Brides Revival of the pure Word of God