The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord
American far-right militant group active during the 1970s and 80s / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (CSA) was a far-right survivalist anti-government militia which advocated Christian Identity and was active in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s. The CSA developed from a Baptist congregation, the Zarephath-Horeb Community Church, which was founded in 1971 in Pontiac, Missouri. Over time, Zarephath-Horeb evolved into an extremist militant group and it was rechristened the CSA. The group operated a large compound in northern Arkansas which was known as "the Farm".
Formation | 1971 |
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Dissolved | April 19, 1985 |
Type | White nationalism Christian Identity Survivalism |
Location | |
Leader | James Dennis Ellison |
Second-in-command | Kerry Wayne Noble |
In Charge of Internal Security | Kent Yates[2] |
Affiliations | The Order, Aryan Nations, Elohim City |
In April 1985, federal and state law enforcement officials who had been investigating the CSA for weapons violations and terrorist acts carried out a three-day siege of their compound. Following a peaceful resolution, officers arrested and later convicted the CSA's top leaders, eventually causing the organization to dissolve.[3]