FAQ/Charter for alt.support.bruderhof

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This newsgroup will provide a forum for support and recovery of
families and individuals who have been separated or otherwise traumatized by
their association with the Bruderhof, a religious sect recently
featured on 48 hours. There is a network of over 2000 exiles and
their families around the world who "Keep In Touch" through a round-robin
newsletter and more recently through informal internet mailing lists
which are getting difficult to maintain because of the numbers.

There is also a wish to be more public so that isolated individuals may find
this support system and to provide for open dialog with members of the
Bruderhof who are allowed internet access and with their leaders.
There are several published authors among this group and there have
been many books written about the Bruderhof.

This newsgroup would focus on support and healing and the search for reconciliation of "excluded" individuals with their families. It will explore Bruderhof history and try to find reasons for the tumultuous existence of
this Community for which descriptions have varied from "Christ's
Community on Earth" to "Citadel of the Antichrist". This newsgroup
should prove to be very interesting and active. Topics should
include, biographical vignettes, book previews and reviews, calls
for help or action, open letters, Current events, searches for lost
persons. The core of this should be presented by a very verbal
non-organization of individuals.