The Peoples Temple

Jim jones had skills to be a preacher. As a boy Jones would explore every church in his hometown, and involving himself in each ritual before he moving on to the next church. He would stand before anyone and start to preach with doing that he became a shock to others. After high school Jim had an interest in medicine, he took an up a position of working as a hospital orderly. Were he soon met his wife who stood by his side of Jim Jones attending the Methodist Church soon after establish finding his own church name The Peoples Temple. Jim Jones seek for other sources to gain economic empowerment. Jones was introduced to leader of the name Father Divine. There was a source that became major for Jim becoming unhappy with the segregation with in churches. Jim was unattached with the idea of blacks and whites not being able to come together. Him and his wife brought attention among themselves when they adopted a part Native American child. He would preach about topics most people would avoid far as, racial equality and integration. Jones was determining that hos church participated in the progressing civil rights movement. Jim Jones desegregated in hospital, local businesses restaurants and movie theaters. Soon people who disagreed with Jones actions became to feel threatened and sought out to intimidate Jones. He travelled to Brazil with intentions of relocating his Temples congregation. He soon moved his multi-racial church to Northern California. Jim Jones brought an up roar in California and began to be very paranoid to think he had people wanting to attack him. He moves to Guyana Building homes for his followers and his family. Jones had over just about a 1,000 people with in his congregation. The town that jones build for his followers was starting to be ran as a prison camp. There was little food no one was allowed to leave, he had armed guards standing around the perimeter. Jim Joes would start suicide drills, awaken his followers in the middle of the night. He would have them drink a red liquid that with stained poison. Later on Jones threatened the government with a massive suicide. Members would seek out for help from the government. He called on the suicide were people were forced to drink a toxic mix drink were more than 900 people died.