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The Family International (as the group calls itself today) or The Family International Fellowship has various programs through which it operates. The main ones include ''[[Family Care Foundation]]'' (FCF), ''[[Aurora Production AG]]'', and ''[[Activated Ministries]]''. However, the group has many other local foundations and projects in various countries throughout the world, for example (note: Some of the following may no longer be active):
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The Family International (as the group calls itself today) or The Family International Fellowship has various programs through which it operates. The main ones include ''[[Family Missions Foundation]]'', ''[[Family Care Foundation]]'' (FCF), ''[[Aurora Production AG]]'', and ''[[Activated Ministries]]''. However, the group has many other local foundations and projects in various countries throughout the world, for example (note: Some of the following may no longer be active):
  
 
* ''[[World Services]]'' (WS; location a closely guarded secret; they can be contacted through a Post Office box in [[Zurich]], [[Switzerland]] that has been open for over two decades with the mail handled by the European regional office ([[EURCRO]])
 
* ''[[World Services]]'' (WS; location a closely guarded secret; they can be contacted through a Post Office box in [[Zurich]], [[Switzerland]] that has been open for over two decades with the mail handled by the European regional office ([[EURCRO]])
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* ''[http://www.theextramile.org/ The Extra Mile]''
 
* ''[http://www.theextramile.org/ The Extra Mile]''
 
* ''The Family Singers'' - USA (they usually perform at the White House every Christmas)  
 
* ''The Family Singers'' - USA (they usually perform at the White House every Christmas)  
 
==Family Missions Foundation==
 
 
Family Missions Foundation, based in Zug, Switzerland [http://www.zug-branchenbuch.com/soc175499/sozialwesen-page1.htm], receives and processes the tithes of members. The board has many of the same names as for ''Aurora Production AG''. The two key people are:
 
 
* [[Christopher Smith]] (aka [[Steven Kelly]]; registered in Luzern, Switzerland)
 
* [[Thomas Mestyanek]] (registered in Los Angeles, USA; also Finance Manager of The Family International)
 
  
 
==Activated Ministries==
 
==Activated Ministries==
  
 
A Family International–operated charitable foundation in Escondido, California (EIN 33-0857142). All the Directors are Family International members. [[Thomas Hack]], a high-ranking Family International officer and former director of [[Family Care Foundation|FCF]], is the President. Activated Ministries is a licensed distributor of Aurora products worldwide, including the magazines ''Activated'' and ''The Wine Press'', both of which promote Family International beliefs and practices. It is The Family International's largest outreach operation. Activated Ministries openly acknowledges its support of The Family International and links to [http://www.thefamily.org The Family International website]. Activated Ministries has also made at least one cash donation to FCF. [http://www.activated.org] [http://www.activatedministries.org]
 
A Family International–operated charitable foundation in Escondido, California (EIN 33-0857142). All the Directors are Family International members. [[Thomas Hack]], a high-ranking Family International officer and former director of [[Family Care Foundation|FCF]], is the President. Activated Ministries is a licensed distributor of Aurora products worldwide, including the magazines ''Activated'' and ''The Wine Press'', both of which promote Family International beliefs and practices. It is The Family International's largest outreach operation. Activated Ministries openly acknowledges its support of The Family International and links to [http://www.thefamily.org The Family International website]. Activated Ministries has also made at least one cash donation to FCF. [http://www.activated.org] [http://www.activatedministries.org]

Revision as of 20:21, 27 February 2005

The Family International (as the group calls itself today) or The Family International Fellowship has various programs through which it operates. The main ones include Family Missions Foundation, Family Care Foundation (FCF), Aurora Production AG, and Activated Ministries. However, the group has many other local foundations and projects in various countries throughout the world, for example (note: Some of the following may no longer be active):

  • World Services (WS; location a closely guarded secret; they can be contacted through a Post Office box in Zurich, Switzerland that has been open for over two decades with the mail handled by the European regional office (EURCRO)
  • Heaven's Magic
  • Martinelli
  • Fellowship of Independent Christian Churches
  • Donate Car for Charity - Spring Valley, California, USA
  • Teaching, Education and More (TEAM) Foundation - Dallas, Texas, USA (EIN 75-2790783)
  • East European Christian Correspondence Center - Hungary (previously the "MM Home")
  • Asia Vision in Thailand
  • Los Angeles Missionary Base
  • Family Missions Foundation - Zug, Switzerland
  • Bluebird Family Foundation - Hungary
  • Golden Sunrise Productions Co., Ltd. - Taiwan
  • The Spiritual Retreat and Missionary Training Program - USA
  • Mission Support & Humanitarian Services Program
  • Immediate Disaster Relief - India
  • New Horizons - Student Interchange - India
  • Helping Hands
  • Milk for Many/Mexcity Mission - Mexico
  • KidzVids International - based in Humble, Texas, USA
  • The Extra Mile
  • The Family Singers - USA (they usually perform at the White House every Christmas)

Activated Ministries

A Family International–operated charitable foundation in Escondido, California (EIN 33-0857142). All the Directors are Family International members. Thomas Hack, a high-ranking Family International officer and former director of FCF, is the President. Activated Ministries is a licensed distributor of Aurora products worldwide, including the magazines Activated and The Wine Press, both of which promote Family International beliefs and practices. It is The Family International's largest outreach operation. Activated Ministries openly acknowledges its support of The Family International and links to The Family International website. Activated Ministries has also made at least one cash donation to FCF. [1] [2]