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…
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…
The Buffalo News Janet Gramza April 27, 1997 When the phone call finally came, Laurie Johnson’s heart soared. After an eight year search for her two sons, authorities had found them in a small town in Florida. But the moment she had prayed for held little joy. When she finally met them, her sons refused…
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…
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…
Source: A true church They call themselves the “Twelve Tribes, The Commonwealth of Israel.” This began with a man named Gene Spriggs (www.twelvetribes.org/whoweare/ourbeginnings1.html). In a matter of approximately thirty years this movement grew to be “communities being raised up in twelve geographical areas” (www.twelvetribes.org/whoweare/ourbeginnings6.html). They view the different communities in which they live as the…
Source: Buffalo Evening News Gene Warner 1996 The South Towns woman summed up her frustration in one short sentence: “Ive already lost my daughter.” The woman’s daughter, who is in her 30’s, is a member of the Community, a town of Hamburg group of about 40 people who live together, dress in modest clothes, shun…
Dorchester Community News Sean Cahill May 10, 1996 The Bible-based cult which runs the popular Common Ground restaurant in Lower Mills has in recent weeks leafletted several Dorchester neighborhoods with virulently anti-gay literature, which could easily be construed as encouraging violence against lesbians, gays and transgender residents. The cult, whose members dress in old fashioned…
The Winnipeg Sun Mike McIntyre April 11, 1996 Police search for kids actually ‘witch-hunt’ Angry members of a local religious cult say there were ulterior motives behind raids more than 70 police officers conducted yesterday in a search for two kidnapped kids. Cops hit four homes and two businesses just before 6 a.m. looking for…
Cultists protest raid The Winnipeg Sun Mike McIntyre April 11, 1996 Police search for kids actually ‘witch-hunt’ Angry members of a local religious cult say there were ulterior motives behind raids more than 70 police officers conducted yesterday in a search for two kidnapped kids. Cops hit four homes and two businesses just before 6…