Several former posse members live on the compound. As the millennial sideshow puts up its tents, such cross-fertilization is likely to increase. For this is the golden age of the doomsday industry. And as frightening as their coercive techniques may be, the success of such groups lies ultimately in their ability to tap into basic anxieties about the age ahead. The Total Overcomers were not alone.
Members are poor and often eat out of garbage cans.
International Churches of Christ. The group has been barred from recruiting on many college campuses because, critics say, it blackmails those who try to leave the sect. Church Universal and Triumphant. Long preparing for the world's end, this group has allegedly been stockpiling weapons since 1974 and has built several bomb shelters. Church of Christ.