Twelve Tribes of Israel (Rastafari)

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The Twelve Tribes of Israel is a Rastafari religious group and one of the Mansions of Rastafari. Its headquarters is on Hope Road in Kingston, Jamaica.^[1] The group was formed in 1968 by Vernon Carrington, who was known to the organisation as "Prophet Gad".^[1] The twelve tribes have been described as the Rastafari mansion closest in beliefs to Christianity or Messianic Judaism. Members follow the teaching of reading the Bible (the Scofield Reference Bible, King James Version) a chapter a day from Genesis 1 - Revelation 22, a practice encouraged by Carrington. It is the most liberal^{[clarification needed]} of the Rastafarian orders and members are free to worship in a church or building of their choosing.