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Alamo Christian Foundation. The Alamo Christian Foundation was an American cult which was founded in 1969 by Tony Alamo and his wife, Susan Alamo. [1] [2] Susan Alamo died in April 1982. After years of legal troubles during which he engaged in abusive behavior against his followers, [3] Alamo was convicted of 10 child rape offenses in 2009.
Southeastern Ceremonial Complex (formerly Southern Cult, Southern Death Cult or Buzzard Cult [1] [2] ), abbreviated S.E.C.C., is the name given by modern scholars to the regional stylistic similarity of artifacts, iconography, ceremonies, and mythology of the Mississippian culture. It coincided with their adoption of maize agriculture and ...
A search of cult member's houses turned up cult registers, guns, hooded cloaks, 100 videotapes of cult ceremonies and satanist publications, including a 200-page book by cult leader Valentina de Andrade called God, the Great Farce. Brazilian authorities suggested that the cult was connected to Satanic groups internationally. [8]
Kwasizabantu(also KwaSizabantu, Kwa Sizabantu, KSB), meaning "where we help people", is a non-denominational church mission originating in South Africa, which has grown to include centres in several countries.[1] The mission is affiliated with a primary and secondary school, Domino Service School, and a teacher-training college, Cedar ...
Maranatha began in 1971 in Paducah, Kentucky as a youth center led by Bob Weiner, [1] a former Assemblies of God youth pastor. It was an outreach of a California -based ministry called "Global Missions." Weiner and his wife, Rose, had helped lead a large revival in Paducah earlier that year. Many disenfranchised "60's" teens found a new ...
On 7 July 1973, Eugène Terre'Blanche, a former police officer, called a meeting of several men in Heidelberg, Gauteng, in the then-Transvaal Province of South Africa.He was disillusioned by what he thought were Prime Minister B. J. Vorster's "liberal views" of racial issues in the White minority country, after a period in which Black majorities had ascended to power in many former colonies.
The Fellowship (incorporated as Fellowship Foundation and doing business as the International Foundation ), also known as The Family, [3] [4] is a U.S.-based nonprofit religious and political organization founded in April 1935 by Abraham Vereide. The stated purpose of The Fellowship is to provide a fellowship forum where decision makers can ...
Ukuthwasa is a Southern African culture-bound syndrome [1] [2] associated with the calling and the initiation process to become a sangoma, a type of traditional healer. In the cultural context of traditional healers in Southern Africa, the journey of ukuthwasa (or intwaso) involves a spiritual process marked by rituals, teachings, and ...