Children of God

The Children of God (COG), later known as the Family of Love, the Family and now the Family International, is a new religious movement that started in 1968 in Huntington Beach, California, USA. It was part of the Jesus Movement of the late 1960s, with many of its early converts drawn from the hippie movement. Due to its unusual emphasis on total commitment it triggered the first organized anticult group (FREECOG) and was among the movements prompting the cult controversy of the 1970s and 1980s in the United States and Europe.

External links

Primary sources

• Official Family Web sites: English, Spanish, Russian, Portuguese, Greek, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Europe (in English, Czech, French, Croatian, Italian, Dutch, Polish, and Portuguese), South Africa (English)

See also: Programs, projects, and productions of the Children of God

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Members' sites

• Deep Truths Basic writings of David Brandt Berg.
• James Japan (Also the webmaster of Deep Truths.)
• My Conclusion Opinions and responses by current second-generation members with positive viewpoints about The Family.
• The Endtime Offers Family-produced Endtime videos.
• The Endtime News Focus on the Endtime.

Former-member websites

• ExFamily.org - Community site for former first generation members of the Children of God/The Family. Includes archive of over 4000 COG/Family publications, documentation, and message boards.
• Family Art - Flash presentation addressing plagiarism of art used in internal publications of the Children of God/The Family.
• LaMattery Resource- A LaMattery family site about The Family.
• MovingOn - Community site for former second generation members of The Family.
• New Day News - Site for former members of the Children of God/The Family. Includes message boards and collection of photos.
• Sword of the Lord Ministries Ex-member site includes some video interviews.
• xFamily - A wiki site about The Family, including archive of selected COG/Family publications, and featuring the Ricky Rodriguez pre-murder-suicide video.
• xFamily Forum - A message board about The Family.

Opposing Viewpoints

• Family of Love Apologetics Index

Court cases

• A review of judicial findings on the Family International by the Family International.
• KROUNAPPLE v. THE CHILDREN OF GOD, DAVID BRANDT, AKA DAVID BERG, AKA MOSES DAVID, et al. Case No: 77CV-11-4706. Court of Common Pleas, Franklin County, Ohio, USA. 21 June, 1979
• Judgment of the Rt. Hon. Lord Justice Ward - 1995 custody case in the UK involving The Family.
• Cult Justice - France
• E. 363 XXXII. E.E.U.U. solicita extradicion de Pickus, Brian Edward (ley 19.764). April 7, 1998. Republica Argentina, Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nacion. Argentine Supreme court decision regarding U.S. extradition request for Brian Pickus for the crimes of kidnapping and burglary in Honolulu County, Hawaii. 4 page PDF file. In Spanish.
• Case 81/89 Cavazza, Juan C. and others, on Inf. Art.125, 139, 140, 142, Par.l, 142 bis, 210, 293 of the Code of Proceedings and art.3 of Law 23,592. Federal Court of San Isidro, 1 Sec.2 Office II, Reg. 443. Buenos Aires, Argentina
• Tribunal de Menores de Merecdes - Causa 32.202 - menores Frouman E. y otros s/ Inf. Art. 10 Ley 10.067
• Antecedentes de la Causa NDD en Argentina- Causa 32.202- menores Frouman E. y otros s/ Inf. Art. 10- Ley 10.067 by Hugo Gabutti. In Spanish.
• Richard Peyer vs Family of Love et. al. 1CC00-0-063603
• The Children of God/The Family Court Cases in Argentina, 1987-1995: A Documentary History
• The Children of God/The Family Court Cases in France, 1991-2000

Other

• Barron, Amy (2003). Children of God Bibliography - Comprehensive list of primary and secondary sources of information regarding The Children of God/The Family, compiled by a student in a religion course.
• BBC Radio 4, Beyond Belief, August 9, 2004: "Cults" - One of the participants is a member of The Family.
• BBC Radio 4, Bigots or Believers
• Jones, Paul The Family (The Children of God) article on the website of the University of Virginia written by a student of the late Jeffrey Hadden