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…
Two bloggers tell of their time in the Picton, Australia community of The Twelve Tribes of Israel Source: Life out of a backpack 2011/02/24 Sunday, 13 Feb: Made it back to Katoomba safe and sound and went up to the Common Ground Café to find out the details about leaving for the farm on Monday. It…
Why Yadutan and Emunah left the Twelve Tribes I have some information that for conscience sake I need to let others know about. As some may have heard by now, I have been working with Yadutan since he has moved to Florida close to where I live. When I first left the community, I heard…
Source: Brattleboro Reformer Howard Weiss- Tisman July 10, 2010 Westminister, Vt – The state is alleging that members of the Twelve Tribes violated Vermont air pollution control regulations when they burned the remnants of the former Oonas restaurant on their farm in Westminister. The religious group was also cited for illegally operating a solid waste…
By Tanya Mannes12:27 A.M.JAN. 18, 2010 Twelve Tribes member Jeremiah and his three year-old son David work during the weekly “farm push” to clear weeds out of the organic crops on their farm. — John G TWELVE TRIBES FACTS • Founded in the early 1970s in Tennessee by former high school guidance counselor Gene Spriggs. Now called…
The San Diego Union Tribune January 18, 2010 Tanya Mannes Twelve Tribes Facts (Sidebar) * Former high school guidance counselor Gene Spriggs founded the group in the early 1970s in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He is now called Yoneq and he is the undisputed leader. …
Island Pond, Vermont – July 16, 2009 Featured Videos The Island Pond Raid: 25 Years Later, Part 2 Police lead Jeremiah Whitten out of his Island Pond home in 1984. Jeremiah Whitten – Today Island Pond, Vermont – July 16, 2009 Jeremiah Whitten remembers like it was yesterday the morning he awoke to…
Source: WCAX.com-2009-Vermont Featured Videos The Island Pond Raid: 25 Years Later, Part 1 Island Pond, Vermont – July 15, 2009 Island Pond is a small village within the town of Brighton; a quiet area where moose seem to outnumber people. But in the late 1970s, Island Pond’s population began to grow quickly when a community…