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At the same time as high school and [[World War II]] had ended, Jones was in the streets preaching.  Changing towns from Lynn to nearby Richmond, his message was one of racial equality, and he focused his efforts in the north side of town in a black residential area.  He was married in June, 1949, and ordained a minister by 1953; his effective preaching style would come out in Columbus, Indiana later that year.  Wanting his own congregation, he raised money by selling monkeys door-to-door, and rented a building in Indianapolis in a racially-mixed neighborhood where "Community Unity" was opened in 1954.

At the same time as high school and [[World War II]] had ended, Jones was in the streets preaching.  Changing towns from Lynn to nearby Richmond, his message was one of racial equality, and he focused his efforts in the north side of town in a black residential area.  He was married in June, 1949, and ordained a minister by 1953; his effective preaching style would come out in Columbus, Indiana later that year.  Wanting his own congregation, he raised money by selling monkeys door-to-door, and rented a building in Indianapolis in a racially-mixed neighborhood where "Community Unity" was opened in 1954.

Though Christian religious terminology was used by the media to describe Jim Jones' following, in fact his belief system was progressive and communistic.

Though Christian religious terminology was used by the media to describe Jim Jones' following, in fact his belief system was progressive and communistic.<ref> [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3U1pA8keSw Jim Jones on gay marriage, women's rights, white privilege and other Progressive causes].</ref>

===People's Temple===

===People's Temple===