Unfulfilled historical predictions by Christians

This page seeks to record events that were prophesied by prophets or leaders within the Christian church, but which never came to pass.

In this case, prophecies are meant to be specific and measurable. An example of this is William Branham's prophecy that all Christian denominations will be controlled by the World Council of Churches by 1977.

Prophecy that is direct from the Bible is not included on this page. Problems with Biblical prophecy are dealt with in separate articles.

"Christian Prophet" here refers to anyone who has prophesied about the future within the visible Christian church (Protestant, Catholic, Orthodox), even where they were considered heretical at the time or later. New Religious Movements that have their original basis in the Christian church are also included here.

3rd Century

• Christ returns and sets up the New Jerusalem in the small town of Pepuza in Phrygia. (Montanus)

15th Century

• 1420
  • Christ returns and every city on earth is destroyed by fire. (Taborites)

16th Century

• 1533
  • July 15 Henry VIII dies after disobeying God's will and marrying Anne Boleyn. (Elizabeth Barton)
  • Return of Christ in Strassburg (Melchior Hoffman)

• 1534
  • April 15 Johann Matthys, a new Gideon, sallies forth from the town of Münster with 30 men and defeats the evil forces of Francis of Waldeck, the town's expelled Bishop.

19th Century

• 1844
  • October 22 Return of Christ (William Miller) - (Members of the Bahá'í Faith believe that Christ did in fact return in 1844)

• 1891
  • February 14 Return of Christ and the setting up of the New Jerusalem in Jackson County, Missouri. (Joseph Smith, Jr.)

20th Century

• 1914
  • Return of Christ (Charles Taze Russell from the Jehovah's Witnesses)

• 1974
  • 11-January 21 America destroyed by comet Kohoutek (David Berg)

• 1975
  • Drought causes population of America to fall by one-third. (Herbert W. Armstrong)
  • Armageddon. (Jehovah's Witnesses)

• 1977
  • World Council of Churches takes over all Christian denominations. (William M. Branham)

• 1980s
  • A United States of Europe forms with its own central government and is in control of its own military and political structures. (Hal Lindsey)
  • Israel becomes increasingly more wealthy as its cheap geothermal energy source is able to extract potash from the Dead Sea. With energy prices skyrocketing because of oil shortages and a world-wide famine that increases the demand for fertilizer, the extraction of potash and other minerals from the Dead Sea makes Israel into one of the wealthiest nations on earth. (Hal Lindsey) [1]
  • All major Christian denominations reject the truth of the Bible. (Hal Lindsey) [2]

• 1981
  • Acting on the commands of a 900-foot-tall Jesus, Oral Roberts builds the City of Faith Medical Center which is a complete success.

• 1983
  • Tens of thousands of people are converted in Britain. The faces of all Christians shine God's glory and unbelievers fall down in front of them in supermarkets. (Kenneth Copeland)
  • Cure for Cancer discovered in the next few decades by prophet Oral Roberts.

• 1988
  • 11-September 13 Return of Christ. (Edgar Whisenant)

• 1989
  • A short man appears within a few years who will rule the world as the Antichrist. (Benny Hinn)[3]
  • The East Coast of America is badly damaged by earthquakes in the next ten years. (Benny Hinn)
  • Fidel Castro dies within ten years. (Benny Hinn)
  • America's first female President will be appointed in the next few years. Unfortunately she ends up destroying the nation. (Benny Hinn) [4]
  • Armies of Perverts invade churches world-wide and engage in sexual activity. (Rick Joyner)
    • another which could be argued as fulfilled with the large scale public acknowledgement of paedophile priests.
  • Televangelist Jim Bakker is put on trial for fraud but is found completely innocent. (Oral Roberts) [5]

• 1991
  • March 31 Return of Christ, who then comes into Sydney Harbour

• 1993
  • President Bill Clinton goes through a "Saul" experience and is given by God to give blessing to America and to rescue them from the New World Order. (Paul Cain)

• 1994
  • Massive world-wide revival. (Paul Cain)
  • The island of Guam is sunk after being hit by a tidal wave from an Earthquake in Japan and a subsequent volcanic eruption. (William Kann)[6]
  • June 9 Evil is ripped off the face of the earth (John Hinkle)

• 1995
  • God destroys America's Homosexual community. (Benny Hinn)[7]

• 1996
  • Canadian Civil War (William Kann)[8]

• 1997
  • Hank Hanegraaff, exposer of false and misleading prophecies, dies. His organisation, the Christian Research Institute, closes. (John Kilpatrick)

• 1998
  • Los Angeles destroyed by a combination of earthquakes and Nuclear Weapons. (Rick Joyner)

• 2000
  • Battle of Armageddon (Hal Lindsey)
  • January 3 Doomsday (Gary North)
  • October Jesus returns and defeats HRH The Prince of Wales, who is the Antichrist (Jim Searcy) [9]
  • November 7 George W. Bush wins a landslide election (Pat Robertson)

21st Century

• 2002
  • Detroit and San Francisco become terrorist targets (Pat Robertson) [10]

• 2003
  • August 11 Liberian President Charles Taylor, a godly Baptist, resigns and the nation is plunged into chaos because of the nation's lack of Christian leadership. (Pat Robertson) [11]

• 2004
  • November 2 George W. Bush is reelected in a "blowout." (Pat Robertson).