Twelve Tribes founder accused of racist views

The Asheville Citizen Times Dale Neal November 8, 1998 Twelve Tribes Community founder Elbert Spriggs’ controversial interpretation of slavery in the Scripture seems to provide ammunition for the anonymous fliers circulating around Asheville that criticize the Bible-based cult as racist. But a community member now in Asheville says the teaching is easily misunderstood, taken out…

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The Community – Natasha’s Story

Source: Twelve Tribes-ex.com  Scholastic Scope March 9, 1998 Natasha was born into what most people would consider a cult, but what she came to call the “community.”  She grew up moving from town to town and house to home with her parents, living with dozens of other adults and kids who weren’t part of her…

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The death of baby Raphael Ginhoux

Humanity Presse April 8, 1997 Yesterday morning, the police visited a local cult “Tabitha’s Place” located in the Pyrenees after the death of a baby on Thursday. The group is considered very unorthodox.  The prosecutor investigated the parents over the weekend when he discovered the child was suffering from malnutrition and child endangerment. Yesterday about…

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The Community

Teen Magazine 4/97 It’s weird how we found out about the New Kingdom Church. When I was 4, my Mom had some film developed- but it was accidentally sent back to the New Kingdom Church instead. They returned it with some papers about what they said was the “best community in the U.S.” My Mom…

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Smiles cover the mystery at Tabitha’s Place. Physicians examined 79 sect children when Raphael died Thursday.

Source of translation: Cheryl – Web mistress of Twelve Tribes-ex.org Original source: Liberation.Fr April 8, 1997 Translated from the French In the courtyard, a group of children wave at the visitors. Little girls and women wear long hair, baggy skirts that cover the ankles, dresses, or sus pants and braids. The boys and men sport…

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