Happy Valley Church of Jesus Christ

[Jermyn Davidson]

Does anyone on here know anything about this church in Johnson City?

I came across one of their videos on youtube and was listening to their worship and thought I wonder if these folks are Apostolic. Found their church website, but did not find any doctrinal statements.

I was just wondering if anyone knows anything at all about them, for the sake of curiosity.

[Jermyn Davidson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKiCGXWZxh4

[Farfel]

Looks like they're Branhamites.

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Farfel

Looks like they're Branhamites.

Yup

[Michael The Disciple]

Why so? I could not imagine a Branham group having that many people.

[imreedemed]

Originally Posted by Michael The Disciple

Why so? I could not imagine a Branham group having that many people.

They have a link to Branham's library on their website.

http://www.happyvalleychurch.com/

[Michael The Disciple]

Yeah they are. I was baptized in a small Church called Faith Fellowship in Dayton, Ohio in 1978. I had been there a few months and I heard something about a "Branham Church".

I asked the Pastors wife what that was and she told me I was in one. The Pastor had mentioned him a few times that was it.

A few years later they still believed he was a prophet but not THE PROPHET.

[Livelystone]

In my opinion it is hard to find fault with people who are lifting hands and crying holy holy holy. It certainly appears from their position they are worshiping God as best as they know how to do.

To me the litmus test is do we see the blessings of God upon a ministry? I am not speaking of worldly blessings, but blessings that reflect the presence of God seen through divine works that could not happen without God doing them.

I live in the midst of the Bible Belt and I'm still looking for the church with elders who can lay hands on and heal their members from various diseases without them having to go to medical doctors.

I feel that there is one out there but I have not found it yet.

[Jermyn Davidson]

I've heard the term Branhamite tossed around here before.
What exactly does that mean for these folks?

Should I be concerned about listening to their praise and worship-- as in their spirit could rub off on me?

[Livelystone]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

I've heard the term Branhamite tossed around here before.
What exactly does that mean for these folks?

Should I be concerned about listening to their praise and worship-- as in their spirit could rub off on me?

From what I know of the person that the persons in the video are said to be followers of, was someone back in the 50s and 60s associated with a lot of healing and other miracles. I did see a picture of him on one website taken at one of his gatherings that showed a flame over his head in the manner spoken of in the Bible at Pentecost.

That is the good news. The bad news that I heard was he had problems with alcohol that was his undoing, and that he was killed in a DUI accident. I have also heard talk that he introduced the doctrine of Satan's seed being in mankind because Eve had sex with the devil. I could be wrong but I think that is the doctrine he is associated with that got him his bad name.

However, watching the video I would be more concerned about them or others coming under the influence of chanting that is slowly making its way into Christian praise and worship circles by people not knowing what they are risking by saying the same words over and over again along with the same sound for long periods of time.

Doing so risks introducing a trance-like state of being to a person's mind causing people to think they have come under the influence of the Holy Spirit when it is anything but the Holy Spirit that has grabbed a hold of them.