At the time of Branham's conversion, the First Pentecostal Baptist Church of Jeffersonville was a nominally Baptist church that observed some Pentecostal doctrines, including divine healing.[14] As a result, he may have been exposed to some Pentecostal teachings from his conversion.[15] He was first exposed to a Pentecostal denominational church in 1936, which invited him to join, but he refused.[14][lower-alpha 2]