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The first was the Church of the Living God, the Pillar Ground of Truth for All
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African Americans are the true descendants of the biblical Hebrews. This eventually resulted in the establishment of the Church of the Living God, the
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One of these groups, Prophet Cherry's Church of the Living God, the Pillar and Ground of Truth is the oldest known Black Judaic sect. It was originally established in
Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1886. Prophet Cherry argued they were part of the original Israelite tribes chased from Babylonia (and,
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Lawrence, Kansas. Crowdy taught that blacks were heirs of the lost tribes of Israel, while white Jews were descendants of inter-racial marriages between Israelites and white Christians.
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were black and established the Church of the Living God, the Pillar Ground of Truth for All
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and worked as a sailor, during which he claims to have been declared a prophet. He was a 33rd Degree
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