As William Branham’s “Latter Rain Message” became popular in the United States and Canada, people mistakenly assumed that because African Americans also participated in them, leaders in the movement were not racist. Not fully understanding the complexities of white supremacy, many people did not notice the underlying themes intended to mentally segregate people with black skin from people with white — even if physical segregation was becoming less popular in the northern states.

George Hawtin, one of the founding fathers of “Latter Rain” and the Sharon Orphanage in North Battleford, Saskatchewan from which the Latter Rain Movement originated, continued spreading Branham’s “Super Race” theology well into the late 1980s. After the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission complained over Hawtin’s book, “The Living Creature: Origin of the Negro”, Hawtin issued a written apology. In the book, Hawtin claimed that “God created a superior race of whites who are meant to rule. Blacks were created 'in God’s wisdom' to serve whites”, similar to recordings uncovered of Branham’s “Message” cult leader Raymond “Junior” Jackson. Jackson, who ran what Branham called a “sister church”, claimed that the “colored race” was designed by God to be a “laboring type people” that were “mongrels”.

Hawtin is also recognized for being a leader in Branham’s “Manifest Sons of God” theology, an extremist sect of the Latter Rain Movement that attracted very disturbing ministers such as Jim Jones of Peoples Temple. This theology claimed that certain individuals were displaying signs of a manifestation of God Himself. It should come as no surprise that many people in both Branham’s and Jones’s cults of personality believed the cult leaders were “God made flesh”.

George Hawtin:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/people/george_hawtin

God Made Flesh:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/god_made_flesh

Understanding Branham’s Racism:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/understanding_racism_of_william_branhams_era

Jackson’s sermon:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/keywords/sin_of_ham

Africans:
https://william-branham.org/site/research/topics/africans