Father Divine
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Father Divine, also known as Reverend M. J. Divine, was an American spiritual leader from about 1907 until his death in 1965. His full self-given name was Reverend Major Jealous Divine, and he was als
Father Divine in 1938
Father Divine's house in Sayville, New York.
Photo of Father Divine from a FBI document
The International Peace Mission movement established over 100 Heavens in the Northeastern United States.
Jim Jones
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James Warren Jones was an American cult leader, preacher, and mass murderer who founded and led the Peoples Temple between 1955 and 1978. Jones and the members of his inner circle planned and orchestr
Father Divine
…were as a shrine to his life. Father Divine's widow Edna Rose Ritchings became the spiritual leader of the movement. In 1972, she fought an attempt by Jim Jones to take over the movement's dwindling devotees. Jones based some of his doctrines on the International Peace Mission movement and claimed to be the…
Jones in 1977
Jones's first church in Indianapolis
William M. Branham (pictured in 1947) helped launch and popularize Jones's ministry in 1956.