http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:29:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24947/cults-of-christianity-proselytize-amongs-christians http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24947/cults-of-christianity-proselytize-amongs-christians#comments Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:43:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=24947 When Lynn's son Bryce went to the annual Harvest Crusade, a Christian music and evangelism event, she had no way of knowing he would be lured into a cultic group known as the Twelve Tribes.

As Lynn discovered to her dismay, behind the quaint "freepapers" and homespun clothing is a religious system marked by exclusivism, racism, manipulation, and the spiritual domination of a man who calls himself "Yoneq."

Seventh-day Adventists are among the other groups that chase down Crusade attendees.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/24947/cults-of-christianity-proselytize-amongs-christians/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23396/religion-news-roundup-6 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23396/religion-news-roundup-6#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 14:11:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23396 Today's Religion News Roundup includes stories about elves, a ship operated by a religious sect, mosques facing the wrong direction, and mosques possibly spied upon by the FBI.

Also: "I'm Perfect, You're Doomed." Yes, it's about Jehovah's Witnesses.

Further, the definitive book on the Columbine High School massacre. Germany's main Neo-Nazi party faces collapse, and according to the Vatican the Knights Templar hid the Shroud of Turin.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23396/religion-news-roundup-6/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21957/twelve-tribes-religious-cult http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21957/twelve-tribes-religious-cult#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:11:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21957 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.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21957/twelve-tribes-religious-cult/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21594/twelve-tribes-8 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21594/twelve-tribes-8#comments Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:56:30 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21594 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21594/twelve-tribes-8/feed 0