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Season 6 Episode 13 Gloriavale Christian Community

Season 6 Episode 13 Gloriavale Christian Community

Released Friday, 27th October 2023
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Season 6 Episode 13 Gloriavale Christian Community

Season 6 Episode 13 Gloriavale Christian Community

Season 6 Episode 13 Gloriavale Christian Community

Season 6 Episode 13 Gloriavale Christian Community

Friday, 27th October 2023
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The travelling evangelist, Neville Cooper, originating as the Springbank Christian Community, the group established a settlement called Gloriavale in the South Island's West Coast Region during the 1990s. Gloriavale Christian Community became a self-sufficient community with its own school and various agricultural, tourism, and transportation businesses including a short-lived airline called Air West Coast.

The Good:

  • Self Sufficiencyn
  • Big Family

The Bad:

  • Women Suppression
  • Abuse
  • Total Control

The Culty (is there anything in this cult worth incorporating into our own?):

  • New Names For Thor, Nathan, And Gunnar

Sources:

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

NBC: ⁠⁠https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-02/

Vice: https://www.vice.com/en/article

The Nice Cult: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://thenicecult.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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