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The Twelve Tribes community was founded by Elbert Eugene Spriggs (known as Yoneq) and his wife, Marsha Spriggs, in the 1970s in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and has spread around the world. The group has gained notoriety for its extreme beliefs and allegations of child abuse.
During this time, the group "planted" churches, each with its own Yellow Deli, in Dalton and Trenton, Georgia; Mentone, Alabama; and Dayton, Tennessee. [5] Their withdrawal from the religious mainstream turned what had been a friction-filled relationship into an outcry against them. [6]
They own and operate the Yellow Deli restaurant chain. Are they a cult? Yes, they are a high-control group who exemplify almost every definition of the word “cult.”
Behind a chain serving up soups and hot deli sandwiches is a fundamentalist cult accused of exploiting its members – including children – for free labor. Since the founding of its Chattanooga ...
On Main Street in Plymouth, you wouldn't know from the outside but members of a controversial religious group run several businesses including the Yellow Deli.
In Massachusetts, Twelve Tribes has properties in Milton, Raynham, Hyannis, and Plymouth, where the group runs a popular café called the Yellow Deli. It's a Twelve Tribes chain where Figuera...
The Yellow Deli restaurant, owned and operated by the Twelve Tribes religious cult, is pictured on Pearl Street in Boulder on Feb. 10, 2022. Frank W. spent five years working for the Twelve...
The Twelve Tribes has communities in Milton, Raynham, Hyannis, and Plymouth, where members run a restaurant called the Yellow Deli. Smith’s victims were abused in all of those towns except...
Nehemya Smith, a member of the Twelve Tribes cult in Plymouth, was sentenced to 30 to 40 years in prison for multiple child rapes and indecent assaults.
The Yellow Deli is essentially the Twelve Tribes’ purse. The cult has branches and communities across the world, each running shops and cafes to earn money. The delis are only staffed by unpaid Twelve Tribes members and appear to be their primary source of income.