December 4, 2016 /
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Blog Post, News, Writings by ex-members
Please go their Go Fund Me donation page: https://www.gofundme.com/totally-broke-need-assistance My four kids and I began our lives in February, ending a 20+ years long experience in the The Twelve Tribes. Friends and family have been extremely helpful, but starting out financially has been difficult.Recently, someone we trusted crashed our car, and will not own up….
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December 1, 2016 /
Charlie /
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Twelve Tribes stand on Christianity, Writings by ex-members
What do they really think about Christianity? Christianity is full of deceptive birds. – The Personality of God in Us 8/25/94 In Christianity, there are no apostles, prophets or elders. There are only hirelings who care nothing for the sheep. – Elders and Deacons Christianity has mistranslated the Scriptures. A spirit caused them to purposely…
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November 11, 2016 /
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News, Twelve Tribes writings, Writings by ex-members
Spriggs Receives Unparalleled Adulation, Praise and Position “It grieves me that I was not connected or attached to Yoneq (Spriggs) ….Dullness prompted me to call you, when Yoneq should have been the one I sought wisdom from….All this stuff about Ayal’s baptism came about without Yoneq’s approval or knowledge of what was happening!” “Yoneq wants…
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November 11, 2016 /
Charlie /
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News, Writings by ex-members
Please click here to be redirected to the GoFundMe website My name is David T Pike. I am an ex-member of the Twelve Tribes destructive high control fundamentalist messianic group. I was in for 7 years and left in 2004. I have since been volunteering for the largest and most respected anti-cult website on the…
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October 14, 2016 /
Charlie /
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Blog Post, News, Twelve Tribes writings, Writings by ex-members
TT (Yoneq/Spriggs) teachings concerning being “perfect” for outsiders and withholding the truth or outright lying in order to “make a stand:” “The only thing we have to be perfect in now is confessing our sins and speaking to people on the outside. Or your conscience will haunt you night and day.” “There is a difference…
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May 21, 2016 /
Charlie /
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Library, News, Writings by ex-members
I was born in 1969. I earned a degree in Applied Science (Chemistry), Graduate Diploma in Education, and was 4 years into a part time Masters of Polymer Chemistry when I met the group known as the Twelve Tribes. I married Tysha Coyne in September 1994 and together we produced three children, Tessa born January…
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August 31, 2014 /
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News, Writings by ex-members
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…
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June 1, 2014 /
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Blog Post, News, West USA, Writings by ex-members
A to Z A dangerous cult The most dangerous cult of all About How the Twelve Tribes recruit young people Ithaca Narcissistic Personality Disorder Elbert Eugene Spriggs and the nine criteria for narcissistic personality disorder The Cult Leader Primer “Tales of the Victim’s Life” The cult of the narcissist The Personality Disorders Newspaper Articles…
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May 28, 2012 /
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Blog Post, News, Writings by ex-members
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…
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January 22, 2012 /
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Blog Post, News, Writings by ex-members
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…
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