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…
Teen Magazine 4/97 It’s weird how we found out about the New Kingdom Church. When I was 4, my Mom had some film developed- but it was accidentally sent back to the New Kingdom Church instead. They returned it with some papers about what they said was the “best community in the U.S.” My Mom…
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…
Twelve Tribes in the news on US TV, mid 90′s 12 Tribes US TV News 1/3 by exttmetoo Twelve Tribes on CBC Canada 12 Tribes US TV News 2/3 by exttmetoo 12 Tribes US TV News 3/3 by exttmetoo
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…
Letter to Community Member, After reading the letters of Obadiah to Roger and Joellen Griffin, I can’t help but express my disappointment with the narrow minded judgments based on flawed (at best) teachings of Yoneq concerning those who leave the Community. Why didn’t you also publish the letters that Roger and Joellen wrote to you? …
Copied from Twelve Tribes-ex.com, original publication date sometime after 1984 This is a place where reality wobbles like a table with one short leg. Here, some say Walt Disney characters are evil and the world is satanic. Here – in the name of God children are often beaten, denied medical care, held out of school…
The Twelve Tribes appear on the Jerry Springer Show. People looking to reunite with their loved ones members of this cult are on the show asking for help. Members defend their position. Show aired in March 1994. Video graciously provided by Brian Birmingham
Canadian lived with religious group in SC Santa Cruz County Sentinel/February 4, 1994 By Steve Perez Santa Cruz–A Canadian man suspected of taking his son from the child’s mother and bringing him to a religious community was arrested by federal agents Thursday morning at one of the group’s homes in Santa Cruz. His 11-year-old son…