Peoples Temple

Summary

Peoples Temple is a new religious movement^[1]. It draws 1,619 Wikipedia views per month (new_religious_movement category, ranking #8 of 57).^[2]

Key Facts

• Peoples Temple's religion is recorded as Christianity^[3].
• Peoples Temple is in the country of United States^[4].
• Peoples Temple's image is recorded as Members of Peoples Temple attend an anti-eviction rally at the International Hotel, San Francisco - January 1977.jpg^[5].
• Peoples Temple's instance of is recorded as new religious movement^[6].
• Peoples Temple's founder is recorded as Jim Jones^[7].
• Peoples Temple's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 159431464^[8].
• Peoples Temple's GND ID is recorded as 2086442-5^[9].
• Peoples Temple's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n79017271^[10].
• Peoples Temple's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12008939w^[11].
• Peoples Temple's IdRef ID is recorded as 028207319^[12].
• Peoples Temple's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00638112^[13].
• Peoples Temple's Commons category is recorded as Peoples Temple^[14].
• +1955-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Peoples Temple^[15].
• Peoples Temple was dissolved in +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Peoples Temple's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 7.705, 'lon': -59.9061}^[17].
• Peoples Temple's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01gj7g^[18].
• Peoples Temple's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as kn20040218007^[19].
• Peoples Temple's location of formation is recorded as Indianapolis^[20].
• Peoples Temple's significant event is recorded as Jonestown massacre^[21].
• Peoples Temple's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Peoples Temple^[22].
• Peoples Temple's director / manager is recorded as Jim Jones^[23].
• Peoples Temple's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Peoples-Temple^[24].
• Peoples Temple's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Peoples Temple'}^[25].
• Peoples Temple's different from is recorded as Halcyon^[26].
• Peoples Temple's NE.se ID is recorded as peoples-temple^[27].

Body

Founding

Peoples Temple's founder is recorded as Jim Jones^[7]. +1955-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it^[15]. Its location of formation is recorded as Indianapolis^[20].

Leadership

Peoples Temple's director / manager is recorded as Jim Jones^[23].

Dissolution

Peoples Temple was dissolved in +1979-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Peoples Temple include Jonestown^[28], a human settlement^[29], in Guyana^[30], founded in 1974^[31].

Why It Matters

Peoples Temple draws 1,619 Wikipedia views per month (new_religious_movement category, ranking #8 of 57).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for it include Jonestown^[28], a human settlement^[29], in Guyana^[30], founded in 1974^[31].