Where can I learn more?

Overview

• Besides this website, there are many other 3rd party resources about the Twelve Tribes.

• Note that some of the content below, including podcasts, contains emotionally disturbing material.

Social Media

• Our Facebook Page

• Our Facebook Discussion Group

• “Question 12 Tribes” Facebook Group

• Tamara Mathieu (former member):

  • TikTok
  • YouTube Interview
  • YouTube Interview + son
  • Facebook
  • Book

Websites

• Wikipedia: Twelve Tribes Communities

• Question 12 Tribes: “Working Together to Prevent Child Abuse”

• FBI Vault: Twelve Tribes

  • Freedom of Information Request (FBI’s response)

  • Article: summary of accusations provided to FBI

Documentaries & Podcasts

• “People Magazine Investigates” - “The Secrets of the Twelve Tribes Cult”

• “Inside the Tribe” - Spotify and Apple Podcasts and interview with podcast host.

• “Let’s Talk About Sects” - Thomas Parsons (former member)

• Daughter of Tribes’ Cofounder - Podcast Part 1 and Podcast Part 2

• A&E Investigates Official Link. Sections: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

• YouTube: Interview with former leader

News & Articles

• Tennessee: Homicide in the community

• Germany: “Cameras catch ‘cold and systematic’ child-beating”

• Massachusetts: Tribes elder sentenced for child rape & battery.

  • Convicted of 25 charges across multiple Tribes communities, only after non-members reported it to authorities.

• France: Police raid results in 10 adults arrested and four children placed in foster care

• Inside Edition: Child Labor in New York Exposed in Undercover Investigation

• Boston: “Cult leader travels the world in style”

• Boston: “FOX25 Investigates”

• Denver Post: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

• Colorado: Large fire that started on Tribes property destroyed 1000+ homes and killed two people.

• Sydney Morning Herald: “Secrets of the family” and YouTube video.

• Germany: “European court upholds German move to take kids from sect”

• US & Canada: Video news articles from the 1990’s

• Australia: Interview with former Tribes elder who was later murdered after the Tribes property was raided by police.

• Florida: Yellow Deli worker arrested for past unlawful sexual activity with a minor.

• Southern Poverty Law Center: Into The Darkness

Books About the Tribes

• Tamara Mathieu: All Who Believed: A Memoir of Life in the Twelve Tribes

• Sinasta J. Colucci: Better Than a Turkish Prison: What I Learned From Life in a Religious Cult

• S.R. Lavin: GOD’S PEOPLE in Search of a Destiny: A Look into the Twelve Tribes Messianic Communities

• Eliyahu BenDavid: Inside the Twelve Tribes: An Unvarnished Look at the Controversial Spiritual Movement

• Eliyahu BenDavid: The Yellow Deli People: Untangling the World of the Twelve Tribes