They pass out religious newsletters at farmers’ markets or work long hours at one of three businesses: BOJ Construction, Morning Star Ranch, or two popular cafés, both called the Yellow Deli, in downtown Vista and in Valley Center. Members keep busy when away from the house. Single men and single women stay in yurts on the property. Blinds cover the windows, preventing any glimpse into the house. The house is covered in vines and blocked by trees. The “Community in Vista,” as it is called, has a two-story house on a large plot of land. In San Diego County, members are concentrated in the hills of Vista at a sprawling compound two miles from downtown. among them are groups in New York, Vermont, Tennessee, Colorado, and Florida. There are nearly a dozen chapters of the Twelve Tribes scattered throughout the U.S. Nation-building, according to the Twelve Tribes, starts with them. They disagree with current Christian doctrine, which puts so much emphasis on personal salvation instead of focusing efforts on improving the entire nation, and on the search for the royal priesthood, as preached in the Bible. Members abhor today’s “I, me, my, mine” culture. In addition to turning the clock back on gender roles, the group also rejects multiculturalism. In trying to recreate biblical life, Twelve Tribes conforms to a patriarchal society, where older males are considered elders capable of making decisions for the group. Everyone works for the benefit of the whole group.”
They are such a community, in the true sense of the word. It’s a big step, but everybody there has done the same thing. “If you join,” he says, “you give up all possessions.
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