Since its founding, the Twelve Tribes has expanded to communities across the United States, South America, Europe and Asia. The organisation was founded in the early 1970s in Tennessee during burgeoning Jesus movements and has been known by a variety of names including the Vine Christian Community Church, the Messianic Communities, Yellow Deli People and the Community Apostolic Order. With all of our hearts, we want to do our Father’s will, which is to love one another and be a light to the nations so that they could see our life of love and know how much their Creator loves them.” “We follow the Old and New Testament Scriptures, and live like the early disciples in Acts chapters 2 and 4. We are disciples of the Son of God, whom we call by His Hebrew name Yahshua. “By community, we mean families and single people who live together in homes and on farms.
“We are a confederation of twelve self-governing tribes, made up of self-governing communities,” the website proclaims.
