The group between 90 to 120 men, women and children founded in 1970, on a farm at Elijah, Missouri. In 1976, the founder of the group bought a secluded 220 acre farm from the Campus Crusade For Christ, located on the Missouri-Arkansas border approximately seven miles southwest of Pontiac, Missouri. They made this property their settlement house and named it Zarephath-Horeb. They stockpile food, weapons and train themselves in military and survival procedures. By 1982, the group had reduced to less than 70 people. The group has become a paramilitary, survivalist group which professes a belief in the Christian Identity Movement. On April 21, 1985, the leader and others were arrested for Title 18, Section 371, United States Code.
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