Source: Project Literacy-March 2016 by Kirstin Kelley 15 March 2016 This story is part of an ongoing campaign called the Alphabet of Illiteracy. By using letters themselves—the foundation of reading and writing—Project Literacy examines the ways illiteracy underpins some of the greatest challenges facing the world today. Below, we explore the letter R for “radicalization.” For many of us, cults are…
Source: Reddit.com From Vagabond, posted on 25 of January 2016 So mainly in the northeast but also in Tennessee, Georgia, and even Europe there’s this group they call themselves the 12 tribes. They are really really (like freakishly) nice to travelers, and recruit them for the communities. Basically they invited you back to the compound,…
From Christian group in Louisville, Kentucky: http://LouisvilleAHA.com Published on Jul 22, 2015 We encountered several deceived young men during our ForeCastle Festival Outreach. They tried desperately to convince us that the gospel was sharing one bank account and living in a community. The Twelve Tribes cult – like all other false religions- hold to a…
Source:TheChattanoogan.com – from section titled OPINION – 7 may 2015 Thursday, May 21, 2009 Last August I came to UTC as a freshmen studying Political Science and Anthropology, I was warned by staff and local family to stay away from “them Yella Deli people” because they are a “cult.” I being naturally a rebellious teenager…
Source:Examiner Feb. 4, 2015, Connect Savannah reporter, Jessica Leigh Lebos, gives the ‘Twelve Tribes’ new café a glowing plug for organic coffee, teas, homemade muffins, Danishes and fruit-stuffed scones. “We want people to get to know us,” says Brian Fenster, 41, who has lived in Twelve Tribes communities around the country for 20 years and…
found here:http://www.gospelmailbox.org/sermons-and-essays/the-return-of-the-yellow-deli/ 3 thoughts on “The Return of the Yellow Deli” I recently visited and talked with some people there. One of the gentlemen there asked me a question:“If you can’t really face the selfishness within yourself, then what business do you have trying to address the selfishness in others?” I wasn’t sure exactly…
“Source: Cult Education Institute October 19, 2009 By a concerned parent caught in a custody battle I wanted to write a brief update on “Twelve Tribes.” My story is absolutely true, gut wrenching and thankfully has a happy ending. My ex-wife and I were going through a divorce in 2006. She had depression issues most…
Chattanooga Times Free Press/September 7, 2008 By Joan Garrett Michael Mosteller doesn’t know what the strangers said on the day he began to lose his daughter. He imagines her, with a book or a Frisbee or a guitar, alone on the front lawn of her UTC dorm, as was her custom. A curious, first-year philosophy…
Source: Chattanoogan.com Monday, June 30, 2008 Fast food restaurants don’t advertise the number of calories, fat or cholesterol that is in their food. They don’t tell you if you “Have it your way” you may gain 10 pounds and not fit in your bathing suit come summer. Instead, they attempt to sell you on an…