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The Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ, [1] ... Indianapolis, and Redwood Valley are all intact, [157] as is the Temple's former Georgetown headquarters.
James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American cult leader and mass murderer who founded and led the Peoples Temple between 1955 and 1978. In what Jones termed "revolutionary suicide", Jones and the members of his inner circle planned and orchestrated a mass murder-suicide in his remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978.
Articles relating to the Peoples Temple (1954–1978), an American new religious organization.Founded in Indianapolis, Indiana by Reverend Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple spread a message that combined elements of Christianity with communist and socialist ideology, with an emphasis on racial equality.
He became a minister in the Disciples of Christ and joined Jim Jones Peoples Temple in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1956. Ijames was a follower of William Branham who traveled to Indianapolis to attend Branham's joint revival with Jones in June 1956. [1] Ijames was enamored with Jones views on racial integration and became one of his earliest ...
The Peoples Temple was formed by Jim Jones in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1955. [14] The movement purported to practice what it called "apostolic socialism."[15] [16] In doing so, the Temple preached that "those who remained drugged with the opiate of religion had to be brought to enlightenment – socialism."
The Old National Centre, formerly known as the Murat Shrine Temple and the Murat Shrine Center, is located at North and New Jersey streets in Indianapolis, Indiana, and is owned by the Murat Shriners of the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
Indianapolis elected seven new faces to the 25-member City-County Council on Nov. 7, one Republican and six Democrats, who will be sworn in Jan. 1.
Peoples Temple (2 C, 11 P) R. ... Pages in category "Religion in Indianapolis" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.