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In the 1950s while in his forties, Ataucusi experienced many issues with his life and converted from [[Roman Catholicism]] to the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]].<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":0" /> While experiencing a serious illness, he reported that he visited a "third heaven" and addressed himself as a prophet, writing the [[Ten Commandments]] on a [[blackboard]] saying he was tasked with delivering the commandments for a second time.<ref name=":9" /><ref name=":0" /> After the incident, he was removed from the Seventh-day Adventist Church,<ref name=":0" /> subsequently beginning to evangelize rural Peruvians in 1956.<ref name=":9" />
The [[Evangelical Association of the Israelite Mission of the New Universal Covenant]] ({{lang|es|Asociación Evangélica de la Misión Israelita del Nuevo Pacto Universal}} - AEMINPU) was created by Ataucusi in 1968<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/internacional/noticia-candidato-frepap-congreso-peru-asegura-homosexuales-tienen-mal-sangre-20200128015313.html|title=El candidato del FREPAP al Congreso de Perú asegura que los homosexuales "tienen el mal en la sangre"|last=Press|first=Europa|date=2020-01-28|website=[[Europa Press]]|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-29}}</ref> and the religion was officially recognized in Peru in 1969.<ref name=":0" /> The religion is a mix of Seventh-day Adventism, [[Judaism]], [[Inca]] mysticism and [[Maoism]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/vbn5wb/sacred-cocaine-inside-the-peruvian-sect-accused-of-growing-coca-in-the-amazon|title=Sacred Cocaine: Inside the Peruvian Sect Accused of Growing Coca in the Amazon|last=Houghton|first=Lali|date=2015-03-28|website=[[Vice News|Vice]]|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref> The founding of the church happened when many rural Peruvians faced a decline in socioeconomic standards into the 1970s.<ref name=":0" /> As the [[
Ataucusi preached that he was chosen by god to create a new Israel in the [[Amazon rainforest|Amazon Rainforest]] as a punishment of the [[Israeli people]] for their losing faith.<ref name=":0" /> Followers of the movement regarded Ataucusi as a prophet and "the reincarnation of the [[Holy Spirit in Christianity|Holy Spirit]]".<ref name=":4">{{Cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium.MAGAZINE-tropical-promised-land-new-israelites-of-the-amazon-1.5409032|title=Tropical Promised Land: New Israelites of the Amazon|last=|first=|date=2016-02-24|work=[[Haaretz]]|access-date=2020-01-29|url-status=live|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> He gradually reduced the importance of [[Jesus]] in his movement.<ref name=":9" /> ''[[The Guardian]]'' described him as "a self-styled spiritual leader who called himself the 'Christ of the west'".<ref name=":6">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/30/peru-why-a-fundamentalist-sect-became-an-unexpected-winner-in-elections|title=Peru: why a fundamentalist sect became an unexpected winner in elections|last=Collyns|first=Dan|date=2020-01-30|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=2020-01-31|url-status=live|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Ataucusi would often state that the apocalypse was approaching and would preach that he delayed such events.<ref name=":0" /> His followers were required to wear robes modeled from the [[Old Testament]], though Ataucusi never wore them saying that he would only do so when the apocalypse occurred.<ref name=":0" /> Throughout this time, he had several wives and was known to be very sexually active, according to ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]''.<ref name=":0" />
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