Posted on 10/01/2025 1:52:56 PM PDT by WhiteHatBobby0701
I can see “Turning Point” assuming a different name to discuss issues, as Charlie Kirk might have done.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t this the denomiation that issued the Ordination Papers of a certain Rev Jim Jones?
Not a very good judge of character, it seems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones
... As a child, Jones developed an affinity for Pentecostalism and a desire to preach. He was ordained as a Christian minister in the Independent Assemblies of God, attracting his first group of followers while participating in the Pentecostal Latter Rain movement and the Healing Revival during the 1950s. Jones's initial popularity arose from his joint campaign appearances with the movement's prominent leaders William Branham and Joseph Mattsson-Boze, and their endorsement of his ministry. Jones founded the organization that became the Peoples Temple in Indianapolis in 1955. In 1956, he began to be influenced by Father Divine and the Peace Mission movement. Jones distinguished himself through civil rights activism, founding the Temple as a fully integrated congregation. In 1964, he joined and was ordained a minister by the Disciples of Christ; his attraction to the Disciples was largely due to the autonomy and tolerance they granted to differing views within their denomination. In 1965, Jones moved the Temple to California.
Yes. San Diego State and Drake have sites dedicated to the investigations into Jonestown.
In fact, an attorney for Mr. Jones who later defected after noticing suspicious behaviour, including having his son taken from him by the charismatic cult leader who eventually died in the mass suicide was involved in the Branch Davidian investigation. What he knew from losing his six year old son in that incident was used to investigate the Waco cult that ended with the death of that leader.
https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=86629
Thanks. I knew it was something like that.
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