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Pastor Paul Mackenzie's Biography in Summary

Paul Mackenzie is a well-known pastor and the leader of the Good News International church in Kenya, which preaches a message based on William Branham's teachings. Paul has had his fair share of controversies involving scandals and cultism. He is known for selflessly leading his members and inspiring many.
Paul Mackenzie was born in Tennessee, United States of America, in 1972. He attended high school in Tennessee and then went on to Tennessee University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in theology.

Career

Pastor Paul Mackenzie aspired to be a full-time minister and worked as an associate in several churches before being called to Ohio. He served as senior pastor of a local church in Ohio and was instrumental in transforming the church into a thriving community of believers.
 

In 2001, Paul Mackenzie claimed to have received a prophecy that he would return to Tennessee to start his own ministry/church. After hearing God's voice, Paul and his family moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, to start his own ministry.

Paul founded City Church Chattanooga in 2002, which quickly grew to over 4,000 members. City Church Chattanooga experienced tremendous growth, transforming into a vibrant ministry that touched many lives. City Church Chattanooga pioneered various programs aimed at feeding and sheltering the homeless, as well as supporting missionaries locally and internationally.

Personal Life

Paul Mackenzie is married to Michelle Mackenzie, and they have four children together. His wife works alongside him in ministry and is deeply committed to the welfare of the less fortunate.

Philanthropy

Paul Mackenzie is well-known for his charitable work with the poor and those in need. Through his charitable contributions, he has given back to the community. Paul has a foundation that is well-known for providing healthcare and education to underprivileged children. The foundation has also built schools and clinics, which have improved the lives of countless people.

Controversies and Scandals

The police determined that Paul Mackenzie Church was a cult religion after it was discovered that he was misleading his followers. Paul advised his congregation to fast in order to see heaven, which resulted in the deaths of his followers due to a lack of food.

Many graves have been discovered, allegedly containing the bodies of believers who died as a result of starvation. For the third day, detectives have camped in Malindi's Shakahola Forest to rescue Paul Mackenzie's followers and unearth buried bodies. Some of the rescued followers even refused to be rescued, claiming that they wanted to go to heaven as promised by their preacher. 
 

Where does Paul Mackenzie get his powers

Paul Nthenge Mackenzie was the pastor of the Good News International Church in Kenya, a "Message" church founded on William Branham's teachings.  Using William Branham's End of Days theology, Mackenzie "brainwashed" his converts[1], convincing them that starvation would hasten their escape from this life to be with Jesus.

Mackenzie was radicalized by the Latter Rain version of William Branham's "Message" — the same version that drew Jim Jones of Peoples Temple to commit mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana.[2]  Fasting was a fundamental doctrine of the Latter Rain, as described in Franklin Hall's book, Atomic Power With God Through Fasting and Prayer.  Converts were instructed to fast for forty days according to doctrinal teaching.

However, this fasting caused complications.  Many people became gravely ill as time passed.  Some people were insane.  Later, as the fasting doctrine came under fire from a majority of Latter Rain Movement leaders and converts, William Branham partially abandoned it.

During a revival in 1961, Branham admitted that the fasting doctrine was driving people insane.  He mentioned the book, but not its title or the fact that he had previously toured with Franklin Hall to promote the fasting doctrine.  Rather than abandoning the doctrine entirely, Branham claimed that there is a fast that "God puts on you," during which one does not hunger.