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These days, the group’s number have dwindled, but some followers still live near the retreat, and adherents of the faith and their families visit in the summer for spiritual conclaves.

“No,” he’s told, “by the time Spode formed his association, there were no shirts left. He and his adherents wear black shorts.”

After the war, the cargo cult became a tradition, with adherents even building mock airstrips to induce John Frum to return from the skies with cargo.

Over time, its adherents pushed for the abolition of slavery, for women’s suffrage, for civil rights for all, for same-sex marriage.

There's significant overlap between prosperity gospel adherents and Trump's fan base.