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The Lord Our Righteousness Church, sometimes called Strong City, is a religious community near Clayton, Union County, New Mexico. It originated with a group of about eighty adherents who migrated to the area from Sandpoint, Idaho in 2000.〔 In 2008, the community consisted of approximately fifty people. The community believes in modesty of dress and the women wear long skirts and dresses, and reportedly mix well with the local people.〔 Its leader Wayne Bent, born May 18, 1941,〔 is known as Michael Travesser within the church.〔(New Mexico: 3 Children Are Removed From an Apocalyptic Church ), May 1, 2008, Associated Press report in the New York Times.〕 Bent, once a Seventh-day Adventist pastor, left his denomination with others of like mind in 1987 and has since referred to that church as one of the "daughters of the great harlot" condemned in the book of Revelation. Bent claims that, during an experience in his living room in June 2000, God told him, "You are the Messiah." Bent has since stated, "I am the embodiment of God. I am divinity and humanity combined."〔(Inside a Cult ) documentary info published by the National Geographic Channel.〕 The group's website has been taken down several times and reinstated. It contains frequently-updated writings and videos, including a nearly two-hour-long documentary entitled ''Experiencing the Finished Work''.〔 - Webpage published by The Lord Our Righteousness Church〕 ==UK media coverage and subsequent documentary== British journalist Alex Hannaford〔(Alex Hannafor ) - Hannaford’s website〕 first visited Strong City in 2004, investigating claims that the cult was contemplating suicide.〔(Michael's diary ), 2002, captured by Apologetics Index〕 His feature,〔(Bizarre Magazine ), feature on Strong City〕 including interviews with Wayne and Jeff Bent and various sect members, was published in the UK the same year. Hannaford later wrote a follow-up piece for the Sunday Times magazine in the UK Three years later, ''The End of the World Cult'', a documentary, aired on Channel 4 in the UK. It covers Bent's announcement that the Day of Judgment began on October 31, 2007. Bent chose that date after calculating a Biblical prophecy number (490) and adding it to the year 1517, when the Protestant Reformation began, yielding 2007 as a result. The specific date, October 31, comes from the day that Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses. "Inside a Cult" was shown on the Four Corners program on the ABC in Australia. ''Inside a Cult'' was also broadcast on the National Geographic Channel in the United States; this version is shorter and uses the same footage as the one mentioned above, but with some interviews with cult experts. The church has stated that the National Geographic documentary was highly inaccurate and inflammatory in nature. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lord Our Righteousness Church」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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