Peoples Temple

Movement·Founded 1954 CE·Dissolved

Judaism → Christianity → Catholicism → Protestantism → Peoples Temple

ArchiveJonestown and Peoples Temple: A Digital Archive, San Diego State UniversityArchiveWorld Religions and Spirituality Project, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityThe recordThe FBI RYMUR 89-4286 investigation files

Branch
Overview Belief 3How to Live 1Practice 1Stories & Scripture 1Community 1 You × Peoples Temple Discussion

Rites & Ritual

what its people do — and when Part of Practice →
Weekly
The service, and the meeting that came after it. Music first — the Temple choir cut records — then testimony, then Jones, for as long as he wanted. In Guyana the meeting often ran into the night over a loudspeaker system that reached every dormitory, and there was no way to be out of earshot of it. When weekly, and most nights at JonestownWho the whole congregation, children included Go deeper — context →

Numbers count Panfaith activity only — never real-world adherence.

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