Jonathan Berg

Faith and Jonathan Berg with Muammar Qaddafi, "Guide of the First of September Great Revolution of the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya", 1973.

Jonathan Emanuel Berg (US citizen, born January 1949) is the youngest son of David Berg and Jane Miller. He was known as "Hosea David" or "Ho" in the Children of God. He was also known as "Jondy."

Jonathan ran a farm, with a compound on the property, in Hac Sa, Coloane, Macau from 1978 to 1988. This was the same place where the Detention Teens were sent (e.g. Merry Berg).

Jonathan has had two wives: Esther David and Ruth. He had six children (five boys, one girl) with Esther.

According to a September 1974 report by the New York Attorney General's Charity Frauds Bureau, he was arrested in 1968 and 1969 and jumped bail:

Twenty-one (21) members of the "Teens for Christ" group were arrested for violation of California Penal Code 602.9 (interference with peaceful conduct or activities of a school) in December, 1968 and February, 1969. Twenty of the members including, Jonathan Berg and Paul Berg, sons of David Berg, jumped bail set at an aggregate of $34, 500 and arrest warrants were issued, but have not been executed. [Huntingdon, California Police Dept. Report dated May 21, 1973]

Source: Final Report on the Activities of the Children of God to Hon. Louis J. Lefkowitz Attorney General of the State of New York — 1974-09-30.

Press Reports

• Christianity Today: The Children of God: Fewer and Far Out — 1980-01-25
• South China Morning Post: More accusations against Children of God — 1993-09-12
• South China Morning Post: Children of a lesser god — 1994-12-04
• Austin American-Statesman: Music, poetry mark teens' funeral — 1995-07-22

Related Family Publications

• The Singing Ho Family — "Become One!" — 1978-11 – Family News Vol. 7, No. 5
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.1: Prodigal Prodigies — DO 952-1, 1980-11-23
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.2: Warning to Ho and Esther — DO 952-2, 1980-09-07
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.3: A Confession from Ho — DO 952-3, 1980-10
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.4: Excerpts from Letters to Dad and Maria — DO 952-4, 1980-11
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.5: Note from Hosea with Dad's Reply — DO 952-5, 1980-11-19
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.6: An Apology from Ho — DO 952-6, 1980-11-25
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.7: Ho's Further Confessions and Repentance — DO 952-7, 1980-11-25
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.8: A Father Applies the Rod — DO 952-8, 1980-12-04
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.9: Ruthie on Esther — DO 952-9, 1980-12-03
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.11: On Return to Hong Kong — DO 952-11, 1980-12-08
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.12: From Esther After Ho's Return — DO 952-12, 1980-12-09
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.13: Still More from Esther — DO 952-13, 1980-12-12
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.14: Ruthie's Further Reactions to Dad's Letters and Ho's Confession — DO 952-14, 1980-12-17
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.15: Ho and the Ark--A Warning Dream--A prophecy fulfilled! — DO 952-15, 1976-11-01
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.16: Ho's Confession to His Children — DO 952-16, 1980-12-17
• Prodigal Prodigies--Pt.17: More from Esther — DO 952-17, 1981-01-01

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