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== Teachings ==
According to the group's website, and news media reports, they purport to be followers of the End Time Message of [[William Branham]] an informal global network of churches that emerged from [[Oneness Pentecostalism]].<ref name = "bitter">{{cite web|url=https://bitterwinter.org/deadly-fasting-in-kenya-what-we-know-so-far/|title=“Deadly Fasting” in Kenya: What We Know So Far|author=Ontrovine, Massimo|accessdate=2023-04-25|date=April 25, 2023|publisher=Bitter Winter}}</ref><ref name = "mpasha"/><ref name = "mandy"/><ref name = "goodnews"/> Investigators uncovered booklets of Branham's teachings at the commune which were pictured in a news broadcast.<ref>{{cite news|title="Number of graves discovered rise to 24 in Shakahola Village|publisher=DW News|date=April 24, 2023|time-caption=3:40|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9psIJugg3H8}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.spieltimes.com/news/39-bodies-found-on-paul-makenzi-kenya-pastors-land-followers-allegedly-fasted-to-death/#.ZEfb13bMJD8|title=39 bodies found on Paul Makenzi, Kenya pastor's land, followers allegedly 'fasted to death'|date=April 24, 2023|author=Bias, Sarkar|accessdate=2023-04-25|publisher=SpielNews}}</ref> Mackenzie's YouTube channel contains videos promoting [[Serpent Seed]] teachings, versions of which are used by [[white supremacists]] to oppress non-white races and to prevent racial mixing.<ref name = "bitter"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-6SlvIWIO4|title=Apple Promo 2|website=[[YouTube]] |accessdate=2023-04-24}}</ref> Although serpent seed is descended from [[Wesley Swift]]'s [[Christian Identity Theology]], not all adherents are aware of its racial origins, yet still implement the teaching in such a way that it prevents racial mixing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://william-branham.org/site/blog/20230425_malindi_cult_covertly_spreading_white_supremacy_in_kenya|title=Malindi Cult Covertly Spreading White Supremacy in Kenya|accessdate=2023-04-25|date=April 25, 2023|publisher=William Branham Historical Research|author=Collins, John}}</ref>
Paul Mackenzie's teachings have been described to have placed a huge emphasis on [[Eschatology|end time]] doomsday teachings and to be [[Anti-Western sentiment|anti-western]]. Mackenzie rails against the "evils of western life," which includes medical services, education, food, sports, music, and "the [[Meaning of life|uselessness of life]]." In a song titled "The [[Antichrist]]," he denounced the [[Catholic Church]], the United States, and the [[United Nations]] as tools of [[Satan]].<ref name="tuko1" />
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