Part one of term paper
Jim Jones was born in Lyn, Indiana in 1931 during the Great Depression. Jim’s parents were so caught up in surviving because of the depression, Jim was allowed to go off and explore the world around him. He came upon a Pentecostal congregation and joined it is known as the Gospel Tabernacle, here the members “dwelt on the fringes of ...

Part two of term paper
... the sick , homeless and jobless. Jim Jones assembled a large group of followers consisting of over nine hundred men and women. As Jim Jones claimed to have cures for cancer, heart disease and arthritis he decided to move to Ukiah, California as investigations started to take place. He started preaching that the end of the world is coming band it will end in a nuclear war. To keep members he told them Ukiah was the safest place to be if a nuclear war broke out, but then as the Temple grew he moved ...