Plymouth Independent's report, byline Lucia Thomas, published 14 June 2026, naming the assessed value of Twelve Tribes' property holdings in Plymouth, Massachusetts alone, more than 7 million dollars, used to document why that local figure cannot honestly stand for the international movement's total wealth.
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Tier 2: Plymouth Independent, a local nonprofit newsroom, read directly, byline Lucia Thomas, published 14 June 2026, reporting that properties owned and operated by Twelve Tribes in Plymouth, Massachusetts are worth more than 7 million dollars combined, and that the group paid nearly 90,000 dollars in property taxes there the prior year. A direct, named-byline press account of one town's municipal assessment, not a total for the roughly 40 Twelve Tribes communities the movement operates internationally, which no source located in this pass discloses in consolidated form. Citation
AuthorLucia Thomas
PublisherPlymouth Independent
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://www.plymouthindependent.org/my-time-with-the-twelve-tribes/
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This source names Massachusetts directly: "Tribes' property holdings in Plymouth, Massachusetts alone, more than 7 million dollars, used to document why that local figure cannot honestly stand for the international movement's total wealth."
This source names Thomas directly: "Independent's report, byline Lucia Thomas, published 14 June 2026, naming the assessed value of Twelve Tribes' property holdings in Plymouth, Massachusetts alone, more than 7 million dollars, used..."
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