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The Church of Wells (formerly the Church of Arlington, or You Must Be Born Again (YMBBA) Ministries) is an American religious group considered by some to be a cult [1] located in Wells, Texas. The group is led by Sean Morris, Jacob Gardner, and Ryan Ringnald, former street preachers who are all in their early thirties.
The application of the labels "cults" or "sects" to (for example) religious movements in government documents usually signifies the popular and negative use of the term "cult" in English and a functionally similar use of words translated as "sect" in several European languages.
HOY instructs its members to tithe 10% of all their increases as said in the Bible. Feasts Like Judaism and Armstrongism, HOY keeps the seventh-day Sabbath [ 9 ] and the annual feasts of the Old Testament , including Passover , the Feast of Unleavened Bread , Pentecost , The Feast of Trumpets , and The Feast of Tabernacles , as well as the fast ...
The former Homestead Heritage members described the church as a “cult” that limits people’s autonomy and controls nearly every aspect of their lives under the threat of salvation.
The term Tango Blast, in actuality, does not refer to a separate group. Rather, it refers to the idea that a particular Tango member is more criminally active than others. [11] Some Tango members say that Tango is an acronym for "Together Against Negative Gang Organizations". However, Tango originally meant something like 'hometown clique.' [12]
Other reports of robed cult members and animal sacrifices occurred in the town in the ensuing year. [4] The speculation surrounding the deaths of Rowland and Trosper led the Texas Department of Public Safety to distribute pamphlets to local police departments listing thirty ways to determine whether or not a death had been the result of occult ...
To combat destructive mind control, he has developed the Strategic Interaction Approach. This approach is designed to free the cult member from the group's control over his or her life." [109] New York Magazine characterized Hassan as, "one of the country's leading experts on cults and mind control."
The first book about the incident was 1993's Inside the Cult co-authored by ex-Branch Davidian Marc Breault, who left the group in September 1989, and Martin King who interviewed Koresh for Australian television in 1992. In July 1993, true crime author Clifford L. Linedecker published his book Massacre at Waco, Texas.