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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Very odd group this - I get their magazine
monthly. Strange reading. SK</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><STRONG>Woman accused of performing surgery
on girl<BR><BR></STRONG>A woman with alleged ties to the </FONT></FONT><A
href="http://www.apologeticsindex.org/h00.html#houseofyahweh"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>House of Yahweh</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>, a </FONT><A
href="http://www.cultfaq.org/"><FONT face=Arial size=2>religious
cult</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> in Abilene, faces extradition as early
as today from the Jack County Jail to Callahan County to face felony injury to a
child charges, according to Callahan County Attorney Shane Deel.<BR></DIV><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3></FONT></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The House of Yahweh in Abilene was established by a
former Abilene police officer, Bill Hawkins, in December of 1980. Hawkins
changed his name to Yisrayl and claims he and his late brother Yaaqob are the
two witnesses prophesied in Revelations Chapter 11.<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=+0><FONT face=Arial size=2>The sect theology is a mixture of
</FONT><A href="http://www.apologeticsindex.org/s00.html#sabbath"><FONT
face=Arial size=2>Sabbatarian</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> (Sabbath is
Saturday), Sacred Name and </FONT><A
href="http://www.apologeticsindex.org/b72.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Anglo-Isreal teachings</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>. The House of
Yahweh does not believe in the </FONT><A
href="http://www.apologeticsindex.org/t10.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Trinity</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2> and denies the pre-existence
of </FONT><A href="http://www.apologeticsindex.org/j20.html"><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Christ</FONT></A><FONT face=Arial size=2>. They celebrate major Jewish
holidays such as Passover, along with three additional feasts during the year,
each celebration lasting about one week at a time. In 1987, the cult reported
seven congregations served by 35 ministers. One hundred followers were said to
live in the Abilene headquarters.<BR><BR>The sect received media attention in
1996 when several hundred followers changed their last names to "Hawkins" after
their leader.<BR></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>