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Wednesday August 6, 2008
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Twelve Tribes The practices of messianic Christian sect The Twelve Tribes continue to divide opinion in the Blue Mountains, Australia, with an ex-member and a potential new member throwing another log into the fire of debate.

Winmalee resident Matthew Klein, is sounding another warning to Mountains residents to recognise the Twelve Tribes as a potentially destructive cult.
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Friday June 6, 2008
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“It’s very apparent from these two cases that at least two courts are looking for specific, direct information regarding each family unit,” said Washington attorney John Easton, who in 1984 was the Vermont attorney general and involved in the decision to launch the Island Pond raid. “To remove a child from a family is a high burden. The courts are going to be looking for a substantial amount of proof” of abuse.
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Monday March 24, 2008
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The general manager of the Royal Easter Show said he would not be surprised if a cafe run at the event by a Christian sect was inspected by the state’s workplace watchdog after revelations its workers were not being paid.
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Sunday March 23, 2008
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It is the Twelve Tribes’ attitude towards children that has proved most controversial. Harsh discipline is one of the group’s central tenets, as detailed in its 267-page Child Training Manual, copies of which have been handed out to parents at Picton. Written by Spriggs, the manual codifies when, why and how to hit children, saying “you must make it hurt enough to produce the desired result” and that “stripes or marks from loving discipline show love by the parent”.
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The Common Ground cafe is one of several businesses owned and operated by the Community Apostolic Order, also known as the Twelve Tribes, a messianic Christian sect accused by former members of harsh child discipline which in some cases could amount to child abuse, family break-up and thought control.
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Thursday February 28, 2008
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The Twelve Tribes, theologically a cult of Christianity, supports itself in part by running restaurants.
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Monday July 16, 2007
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A look at the Twelve Tribes — an intentional community considered to be, theologically, a cult of Christianity.
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Friday June 29, 2007
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They pool their finances, home-school their children — whom they sometimes discipline with small reeds — and have been accused in other parts of the country of being a cult and breaking child labor laws. But in western Loudoun County, their neighbors wouldn’t trade them for the world.
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Wednesday June 20, 2007
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The Twelve Tribes — theologically a cult of Christianity — runs a series of popular cafes.
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Monday April 23, 2007
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The beginning the rest of Matthew Klein’s life began one crisp morning in October 2001, on a street corner in a red light district of Winnipeg, Canada. That was the day he got thrown out of The Twelve Tribes, a fundamentalist Christian cult with about 3000 members worldwide.
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Friday October 13, 2006
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The Vermont Supreme Court has ruled that a former Vermont woman must pay child support despite her religious beliefs.
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Tuesday September 5, 2006
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A group of fundamentalist Christians in Bavaria has won a long battle for the right to privately teach their children -- without sex ed and lessons on evolution. Bavarian officials are calling it an "emergency solution."
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Sunday July 23, 2006
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The Twelve Tribes was started in 1973 as one of several communal groups sprung from the so-called Jesus Movement in the 1960s and 1970s. But, while other groups have long since disbanded, the Twelve Tribes has endured for more than 30 years.
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A festival of peace
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Thursday July 20, 2006
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NEWBURYPORT, Mass. — The city is used to summer visitors, but the three buses that rolled into downtown Wednesday drew more attention than most.
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Friday July 14, 2006
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Members of the Merrymakers Caravan bring their message of God by bus to Kennedy Plaza.
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Monday April 17, 2006
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A reunion held Easter Sunday for former employees and patrons of the Yellow Deli drew a sizeable crowd. The event, which occurred in the shadow of one of the restaurant's original Chattanooga locations, offered food, fellowship and a glimpse into what the future might hold for the one-time area dining fixture.
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Saturday March 18, 2006
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Two members of the Twelve Tribes religious group who came to Oneonta late last year have bought other property in the city.
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Tuesday February 14, 2006
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When they anchored in Brunswick, they found the community to their liking.
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Saturday February 4, 2006
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On Super Bowl Sunday in 1975, the Pittsburgh Steelers were playing the Minnesota Vikings, and church was canceled.
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Wednesday November 16, 2005
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Members of the Twelve Tribes, a worldwide religious sect that critics decry as a cult, have operated a well-known local bakery for more than a decade, largely unnoticed.
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Monday November 14, 2005
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CAMBRIDGE -- Members of the Twelve Tribes of Israel community have mostly kept to themselves in the 25 years since they started a communal farm on the outskirts of town. Now, they're interested in getting to know their neighbors better over a cup of coffee -- or yerba mate, a drink brewed from an herbal stimulant.
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Monday October 24, 2005
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Massachusetts has long been fertile ground for religious sects like Twelve Tribes. The group has already settled in Plymouth, Dorchester, Hyannis, and Athol. Newton, Wellesley, and Harvard Square may be next for a group that requires members to give up their possessions, follow the Bible word-for-word, and prepare for the end of the world. They may be coming to your street next - and might just be the friendliest neighbors you've ever had.
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Tuesday September 6, 2005
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MONTPELIER (AP) -- The Vermont Supreme Court will decide whether a former Vermont woman can avoid paying child support because of her religious beliefs.
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Thursday June 16, 2005
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Members of Twelve Tribes still plan to buy building
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