Founder: Kani Malsom
Co-Founder: Nick Alexander
Its terrible visualizing and seeing today the impacts of how both true biblical teachings, aside from all the interpretations (instead of just allowing the word to interpret itself-which carries only one interpretation), and Native culture, aside from all the misrepresentations and half-truths, have both been distorted and made to look like the opposite of what they really were. If we look at Yeshua's life, we do not see any hate, prejudice, judgement, or deception. We only see complete love, mercy, kindness, FORGIVENESS, and respect for all. Do many "Christians" (notice the quotations) follow the same example? I see so many people who supposedly follow the word, and Christ who show hate, prejudice, judgement, and deception to those who are different. As for Native culture, you see all these lies brought about by the first colonizers who sought to assimilate the people and "prove" to the rest of the world that we really were heathen savages (which we were not) so they could justify taking the land. It was done in the land bridge theory, it was done with the alien visitors theory, and it continues to be done with the misrepresentation of our true histories. What they teach you in scholarly books and history books does not necessarily mean its true. Because they never consult the indigenous peoples that they are studying. Kind of biased dont you think? This page emphasizes the truth when it comes to both Native spirituality and Seventh Day Adventist spirituality (allowing the word to interpret itself). Both of these will allow us to heal, move forward, learn from others, and just as Yeshua Yahweh the Creator, and many of our Native prophets did, we will love and respect all's beliefs and continue to uphold what we believe. Thank you for becoming members of Pipe and the Cross. We are all family..
-Nick Arroyave
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Our mission is to bring the truth of our Creator (apart from new age and what many "christians" have brought) to our South American, Central American, and North American brothers and sisters~ Our true traditions and cultures (apart from new age) will provide hope, love, and encouragement where there is poverty, fear, and hatred (especially on the Reservations, Barrios, and Native villages). The genocide that still continues to this day will be countered by our love and character of the Almighty's salvation (Yeshua). Our teachings depend solely on the scriptures and what it REALLY teaches. We do this by helping others understand the ancient hebrew (language scriptures were originally written in) to understand a different message. The almighty is not a mighty one of fear, but of love.... We teach that Hell (real word Sheol-the grave) does not last forever, man is a living being (not immortal), we rest on this earth when we die till Yeshua resurrects us, and numerous other scriptural teachings. We also depend on our native traditions and cultures to help teach because our Creator gave them to us to live our distinct way of life and loving others. Our traditions that go hand in hand with love and truth are from the Great one Creator who breathed great life, the sacred breath into all living beings, animal and human.
