Source: San Diego Reader.com Turning back the clock 2000 years is no easy task By Dorian Hargrove, Jan. 2, 2013 Images by Howie Rosen Where members of the Twelve Tribes want to go, they don’t need roads. Not only are roads unneeded, there is no need for cars or personal possessions. All…
Convene Magazine Barbara Palmer December 2012 In Samie Brosseau’s successful application for the 2011 Don Lawrence Memorial Scholarship, recently presented to her by PCMA’s New England Chapter, she summed up years of questioning and struggle in one short sentence: “At the young age of 18, I left home against my parents’ wishes, and pursued a…
Source: popoetmax blog Publié le 22 Décembre 2012 Nous avons fait du woofing dans une “communauté”. Apres un accueil chaleureux par le leader charismatique, nous avons compris peu à peu qu’il s’agissait d’une vraie secte. Toutes les personnes ont des noms hebreu, de la barbe (pour les hommes ! ), un fichu (pour les femmes)…
Source: Life in the Twelve Tribes messianic community Posted: May 28, 2012 So, one may ask what is God’s will? If you are a member of the Twelve Tribes you ask this question every morning to your governing guru-in-residence or household head, and you get your marching orders for the day. Obviously, if you are…
Source: Life in theTwelve Tribes Messianic communities Posted: May 28, 2012 So, one may ask what is God’s will? If you are a member of the Twelve Tribes you ask this question every morning to your governing guru-in-residence or household head, and you get your marching orders for the day. Obviously, if you are not…
Translated from the German Süddeutsche May 22, 2012 Von Stefan Mayr In the middle of Bavaria in a state-approved school racists educate children and young people. Several former members accuse the Twelve Tribes sect of just that. In addition, infants were chastised with safety pins and willow sticks. The Augsburg prosecutor now checks whether…
Source: San Diego Reader, March 2012 By Ruth Newell, March 10, 2012 As I wound my way up to Morning Star Ranch Farm tucked back in the hills of Valley Center located adjacent to the well visited Keys Creek Lavender Farm, I remembered a man from years back. He was a short bearded man with…
Source: Life in the Twelve Tribes Messianic Community Posted: January 22, 2012 The twelve tribes communities in different countries displayed various degrees of tolerance to independence, free will and self autonomy of the individual. Bottleneck-style government is typical in many communities, where all decisions must go through just one person. Everything from borrowing a car…
The Village Voice/November 10, 2011 By Rosie Gray Occupy Wall Street is almost two months old, but last night was the first time the Voice had noticed an odd-looking brown bus parked on Liberty across from Zuccotti Park. It kind of looked like a huge ’70s-style RV. A sign on the door read “Welcome. Please…
Source: Life in the Twelve Tribes messianic communiy Posted: September 18, 2011 One big question I always had while being a member of the Twelve Tribes community for 16 years was: why do I always feel like such a weirdo? Now, in reality we didn’t look extraordinary in the true sense of the word, like…