…as the messenger of Father Jehovia, Father Jehovia being God in the fatherhood degree. As such, he was Father Jehovia’s number two. After leaving Father Jehovia’s school on his own…
…neighbor of the Divine commune in Sayville, whom the Divine followers accused of being the main agitator “who incited other residents” against the cult, leading to Father Divine’s arrest. “Four…
…This is an Excerpt from FATHER DIVINE’S Address at the Dedication of the Divine Lorraine Hotel Given February 7th, 1949 at 11 PM. The Divine Lorraine Hotel and Other Properties…
…could steal members from Divine’s congregation. In 1971 he returned to Philadelphia, claiming that he was the reincarnation of Father Divine and encouraged the members to travel to California and…
…the centre of the movement, surrounded by a lesser group of advisors.[36] Jones also tried, largely unsuccessfully, to steal from Father Divine. He engaged in “sheep stealing”, or trying to lure members…
…in the 1950s, and never returned. In the pages of Father Divine: Holy Husband, the author quotes one of the black evangelist’s followers: ‘If Father dies,’ she tells you in…
…friends, let us find the God of our salvation, the Christ. He said when you see me you’ve seen the Father, for I and the Father are one. I have…
…Jones operated. Indeed, early in his career Jim spent some time studying Divine’s methods and visited Divine’s center of activities in Philadelphia. Jones even used some of Divine’s hymns in…
…primitive rock, but are not sundered from it. The Father is in us, and we are in the Father. In the innermost root of our existence, we are inseparably and…
…equate himself with God as Divine had done. After Father Divine died in 1965, Jones declared that Father Divine, like Jesus Christ and Lenin had entered his soul. Jones grew…