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Wednesday November 8, 2006

John de Ruiter:

Study reveals religious leader’s silent secret

Edmonton-based John de Ruiter has been known to sit on stage, gaze out at his flock and say nothing for hours.

Monday April 17, 2006

John de Ruiter:

Tapping into inner happiness

The message of many gurus is oddly similar: joy and peace follow enlightenment

John de Ruiter:

Silence is golden – for gurus

The meeting has gone on for just a few minutes when a perceptible shift occurs: the audience is no longer fidgeting.

John de Ruiter:

John de Ruiter: Man of vision, or …?

Some think John de Ruiter's teachings are dangerous

Saturday May 5, 2001

John de Ruiter:

The gospel according to John de Ruiter

Once a fundamentalist preacher, John de Ruiter now claims to embody truth, and growing numbers of people believe him. His wife, however, is not among them.

Tuesday May 16, 2000

John de Ruiter:

‘I was God’s wife’

Joyce de Ruiter had accepted the fact that her husband saw himself as the Messiah. Then he introduced his two new 'wives'

Saturday January 30, 1999

John de Ruiter:

John de Ruiter: Self-styled ‘truth’ teller challenged

New-age messiah John deRuiter was begged Friday night at a crowded meeting in the basement of a southwest Calgary community centre to discourage a local woman from joining his growing Edmonton-based "truth" movement.

Monday December 7, 1998

John de Ruiter:

John de Ruiter: Shoemaker to Messiah?

John de Ruiter used to be a shoemaker in Edmonton. Now people come from all over the world to hear him preach his New Age gospel or just to be near him. Some even call him the Second Coming of Christ. Native groups call him the "lost white brother."