Child abuse and unpaid work in the Bible -based Twelve Tribes cult

Note: Some liberties were taken with the text.  For example – where the original author calls the Twelve Tribes “a community of faith,” I call it a Bible -based cult.  That’s really what they are!  The German/English translator (Cheryl) Von Philipp/earthlink August 11, 2014 Translated from the German In September 2013 RTL -Reporter Wolfram Kuhnigk…

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Twelve Tribes FAQ

Source: twelvetribes-ex.com August 2014 Q: Why do all your men wear beards and tie their hair in ponytails? A: Our men grow beards because we require it of them.  Also the Old Testament book of Ezekiel refers to priests who kept their hair bound at the back of the neck and who trim their hair….

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Children are systematically beaten – sect still speaks of “movie filled with cheap lies.”

Express.DE August 5, 2014 Translated from the German The parents and “teachers” of the Bible-based Twelve Tribes cult regularly beat their children in the name of religion. This is systematic child abuse in the Bavarian countryside. RTL- Reporter Wolfram Kuhnigk made recordings last year with a hidden camera of the Twelve Tribes sect in Klosterzimmern….

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I had no childhood. I have toiled.

June 17, 2014 Patrick Guyton Tagesspiegel Translated from the German Life after the Twelve Tribes cult There are approximately 15 large houses here, and sheds, utility rooms, greenhouses and lots of farm land. His parents were members of the Bible-based “Twelve Tribes” cult. For years, Christian Reip and his siblings were abused and beaten. Now…

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Staying with a cult

This is the market, the public face of Twelve Tribes. Source: Wander for life June 16-18. Stonybrook Organic Farm, Hillsboro, VA. I needed a vacation from my vacation–a few days off the trail where I could eat healthy food, do something different, but not spend a fortune. On my ‘Bucket List’ is working for stay…

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