Who: The Twelve Tribes, the Commonwealth ofIsrael, is a Christian religious community that began in Tennesseein the 1970s and now has followers in several countries. InCalifornia, there is one ...

The Twelve Tribes movement began with Elbert Eugene Spriggs and his wife Marsha who, in 1972, began a ministry for youth called the Light Brigade in Chattanooga, Tenn., eventually forming the Vine ...

Frank W. spent five years working for the Twelve Tribes religious sect and never took home a paycheck. The 65-year-old Tennessean worked many 12-hour days in various jobs across the country for the ...

FALL RIVER, Mass. (WPRI) — A Plymouth man was sentenced on Wednesday after he was found guilty of raping and sexually abusing two girls in Massachusetts, according to the Bristol County District ...

Cañon City resident Andre Shepherd has lived a delicate truce with the Twelve Tribes ever since his ex-wife took their 3-year-old daughter and moved into the group’s Manitou Springs compound five ...

PULASKI, Tennessee – Most families have a family reunion just once a year – maybe around Thanksgiving or Christmas. For members of the Twelve Tribes, a Christian community with a branch in Pulaski, ...

Steven Waldman is president and editor-in-chief of Beliefnet.com, and author of Founding Faith. Previously the national editor of U.S. News & World Report, he is a recognized expert on religion, ...

Standing in a circle, a group of Manitou Springs residents holds hands and begins to gyrate in a lively counterclockwise dance dedicated to Jesus. As musicians play acoustic guitars and flute, the 30 ...

PLYMOUTH – Twelve Tribes, which owns Blue Blinds Bakery, is poised to add Yellow Deli to the downtown mix. Five years later, The Yellow Deli looks like it might open in the fall, breathing new life ...

Rabbi Rebecca Joseph changed one letter and started a business. Last August, she launched the first kosher and sustainable CSD — Community Supported Dinnerculture project— a tasty riff on a CSA ...