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Abha Biven A man named Abba Bivens in 1960s Harlem started the group originally called the Israeli School of Universal Practical Knowledge (I.SU.P.K.), but later it was changed the Israeli Church of Universal Practical Knowledge (I.C.U.P.K) as part of a plan to get tax exemption status, though some splinter groups still call themselves ISUPK. A split in the leadership of the school occurred, and I.C.U.P.K. lost much of its membership. Although they have physically retained the school, they gave up all claims to I.S.U.P.K and re-emerged in the new millennium as Israelite Church of God and Jesus Christ (ICGJC). Those that left before this new incarnation retain the name of the original school started by Abba Bivens (I.S.U.P.K) and consider themselves to have remained true to the original nationalist agenda of Bivens. They refuse to refer to the messiah as "Jesus Christ", or the creator of Heaven and earth as "God", but as YAHAWAH (God) and YAHAWASHI (Joshua).
Abba Bivens taught Masha, Arahyah, Yaqib, and others.