Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters. Smith – who had a penchant for grand titles, styling himself as ‘His Excellency’ – reportedly sought to weed out the unclean members from his ark, the St Mary police turned their spotlight on the group in the hills. The track to the commune proved quite bumpy as the four-wheel drive vehicle in which our news team travelled navigated the many twists and turns, seemingly on waves of giddying heights as we avoided the pitch-black ravines which appeared on either side.Īfter a deadly ritual unfolded at the Montego Bay-based Pathways International Kingdom Restoration Ministries as the now-deceased Pastor Kevin O.

Its entrance is about two miles off the Highgate main road. The journey to the Bell Hill commune, where members of Following the Blueprint (FTB) Ministries are constructing houses, a clinic, school and other facilities in preparation for the rapture, is not for the faint of heart. A breakaway from the local Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church denomination has established a commune in the deep bowels of St Mary, preparing for the Second Coming, with little to no plans of interfacing with the Government or the rest of the society.

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