Showing posts with label Covenant the Sword. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Covenant the Sword. Show all posts

Feb 24, 2022

Covenant Communities Documents

Welcome to CovComDocs!

CovComDocs is a collection of documents, articles and newspaper reports that describe the troubles Covenant Communities have experienced, from the 1970s to the present.  Sometimes additional materials are added that describe different aspects of Charismatic Renewal.  All Covenant Communities are Charismatic.  Members have received the Baptism of the Holy Spirit and speak in tongues, or prophesy, or engage in deliverance ministries.  CovComDocs attempts to be a resource to past and present members of Covenant Communities, because leaders have never shared the problems of other communities with current members.

Covenant Community: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a public group where former members gather to recount their experiences with in Covenant Community.  Some of those experiences were good, some were bad, and some were downright ugly.  

The group is a place for former members to work through their experiences with other former members.  Occasionally, present day members of the SOS and other communities will also join this group.  Often, they try to say that the communities have changed.  In some ways the communities have changed.  But when asked to forward documentation of these changes, nothing formal has ever been produced.  In fact, most CovComs keep their teachings behind a firewall, only accessible to members.  


There were three major groupings of Covenant Communities in America: People of Praise, Sword of the Spirit and International Brotherhood of Covenant Communities.


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Covenant Community, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly


Mar 14, 2021

Tabernacle of Hate: Seduction into Right-Wing Extremism, Second Edition

Tabernacle of Hate: Seduction into Right-Wing Extremism, Second Edition
Kerry Noble

"In the summer of 1984, Noble came within seconds of committing what would have been the largest domestic terrorist act in U.S. history at that time. As one of the founders of the Covenant, Sword, and Arm of the Lord (CSA), a cult paramilitary group, he carried a bomb into a gay-affirming church, intending to murder over seventy congregants. In Tabernacle of Hate, Noble provides an unprecedented first-person account of how a small spiritual community moved from mainstream religious beliefs to increasingly extreme positions, eventually transforming into a domestic terrorist organization. Written after his release from prison, the author’s cogent narrative reveals the deceptive allure of extremist movements and the unmatched power of charismatic leadership. Noble also chronicles the intense standoff with federal agents at the group’s compound in northern Arkansas in April 1985. Originally published in 1998, this second edition includes an authoritative introduction placing Noble’s narrative and the CSA into the broader picture of American religio-political extremism."

Tabernacle of Hate


Former White Supremacist KERRY NOBLE
Talk Beliefs
March 11, 2021


In the 70s and 80s, KERRY NOBLE was ranking high in the Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord - a far-right, militant organization dedicated to Christian Identity, white nationalism and survivalism.

On an attempt to leave an explosive device in a gay-friendly church, Kerry had a change of heart. His group were not so easy to turn around, leading to a tense standoff with the FBI. 

MARK from Talk Beliefs talks to Kerry about his incredible story, a tale of racism, polygamy and an undying belief that God was on their side.

https://youtu.be/dklhiZFlgZ8