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Straitway Truth Ministry, also known as Straitway Truth Ministries and Straitway Ministries, is a
Black Hebrew Israelites Black Hebrew Israelites (also called Hebrew Israelites, Black Hebrews, Black Israelites, and African Hebrew Israelites) are a new religious movement claiming that African Americans are descendants of the ancient Israelites. Some sub-groups ...
religious group based in Lafayette, Tennessee that preaches
biblical literalism Biblical literalism or biblicism is a term used differently by different authors concerning biblical interpretation. It can equate to the dictionary definition of literalism: "adherence to the exact letter or the literal sense", where literal me ...
. Led by Charles Dowell, Straitway describes itself as "a nation of Hebrew Israelites who are commandment keepers; obedient to Yah (God) & our savior, Jesus the Christ." Straitway operates around a dozen chapters around the United States and encourages members to live together in isolated communities. The group has been accused of being a cult and has faced allegations of abuse and financial exploitation. Straitway counts several former professional
American football American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...
players, including former
National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...
Pro Bowl selections Daniel Muir,
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila Muhammed-Kabeer Olarewaju Gbaja-Biamila Sr. ( ; born September 24, 1977), nicknamed "KGB", is an American former professional football player who spent his entire nine-year career as a defensive end for the Green Bay Packers of the National Foo ...
and
Robert Mathis Robert Nathan Mathis (born February 26, 1981) is an American former professional football player who spent his entire 14-year career as a defensive end and linebacker with the Indianapolis Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He played ...
, as members.


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{{Afro-American-religion-stub Black Hebrew Israelites Organizations based in Tennessee Macon County, Tennessee