By Corey Fuller With 44 locations in 10 countries, the religious organization known as The Twelve Tribes has become one of most widespread, most controversial community-based religious organizations in the world. Elbert Eugene Spriggs founder of The Twelve Tribes community. Photo courtesy of freethinker.co.uk The Twelve Tribes religious organization was founded in 1972 by Gene…
Source: Henry Mackow.com September 5, 2014 (left, Crusading chiropractor, Joe Hawkins) While society mostly has turned a blind eye to the Twelve Tribes cult, Joe Hawkins, a Winnipeg chiropractor, doesn’t have this option. Last November, his common law wife left him to join this group and took their two-year-old son. While Joe has joint custody,…
by US ex-member Cheryl 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…
The original post written by Jennifer Stahl can be found here: Yeshua Hineni Twelve Tribes part 18 To view previous or later posts click on their number: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6, 7, 8,9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19 I’ve been made aware of a few websites recently that I would…
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…
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….
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….
Source: TwelveTribes-ex.com July 2014 The married women in the community give birth every 9 to 12 months just like e-z bake ovens! They must do this even if it proves detrimental to their health and welfare. Michael Painter (Former member) – “I’ve seen 20 year old women get married and give birth to 5 or…
An edition of the Truth Hour by Quantum Leap TV dedicated to the Twelve Tribes. Johnny Guzman asks his guests Dr Jo Hawkins and Rose Cruzado: are they just another religious organisation or are they a dangerous cult? First half hour introduces us to the group and the second half hour takes a deeper look…
Extract from blog: Take a hike Mike-June 2014 Tues 6/24 Sloth and I hiked three miles to Keys Gap and got a ride to Stoneybrook Farm where we got to stay and work for the day. We got showers and did laundry then worked planting sweet potatoes and picking weeds. The farm is run by…