Nation of Yahweh
I. Profile Report of the Nation of Yahweh
1. Name: Nation of Yahweh; also Church of Love, Yahwehs, Black Hebrew Israelites
2. Founder: Yahweh Ben Yahweh aka Hulon Mitchell, Jr.
3. Birth date: October 27, 1935
4. Birth place: Kingfisher, Oklahoma
5. Year founder: 1979
6. Why founded: To lead blacks from years of oppression to the promised land of Israel.
7. Sacred text: Bible
8. Classification: Cult movement. While building on Christian doctrines, the departures are too radical to be considered a sectarian movement.
9. Beliefs: Fundamental beliefs include that Yahweh Ben Yahweh is the son of God, blacks are the true Jews, God and Jesus are black. Demands breaking from the "immoral world" and birth families. Yahweh demanded total loyalty and total control over his followers and for them to publicly state that they would die and kill for God Yahweh. Later, Yahweh's teachings became violent, supremacist, and racist. He prophesied a race war between whites and blacks, called whites "white devils," and that one day they would be driven for the face of the earth by killing them.
10. Size: The homepage claims to encompass over 1300 U.S. cities and 16 foreign countries.
11. Remarks: The Nation has had a very typical history involving a large amount of conflict with the people and government of Miami, Florida. On November 7, 1990 Yahweh Ben Yahweh and 16 of his followers were "brought to justice" following a series of Waco style raids by nearly 300 law enforcement agents. This culminated in Yahweh and some of his followers ultimately being convicted of "conspiring" to commit RICO (Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organization statute) although they were found not guilty of the original RICO charge. Now Yahweh is currently serving a 18 year sentence. Information on the current status of the group has not been located.
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