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• Houston Chronicle: Children of God Cult Returns as The Family
  ...ent its young women and, less frequently, men out to win converts and gain donations with sex. ...witnessed” and passed out religious tracts on street corners and sought donations. They sold religious posters. They formed musical groups and produced and s
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• Kiddie Viddie
  ...ting the public to contact the distributors, who are in turn solicited for donations or recruited to meetings.
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• Family Care Foundation
  ...and established in [[2007]]. FCF attempts to attract tax-exempt charitable donations for ventures run by members of [[The Family International]]. Despite volumi
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• Generational Revolt by the Adult Children of First-Generation Members of the Children of God/The Family
  ...y, contact involving only efforts to gain resources from it in the form of donations, material contributions (such as clothes and food), and converts. The group
  38 KB (5,815 words) - 02:31, 20 November 2011
• 2005
  * The Courier Mail: Family Website Accepting ‘Charity’ Donations]] — 2005-11-19
  8 KB (1,212 words) - 03:37, 22 June 2009
• Busking
  A practice that usually consisted of singing and soliciting [[donations]] and was sometimes paired with [[postering]] or another form of [[outreach
  202 bytes (25 words) - 20:45, 10 June 2006
• Family Missions Foundation
  ...uite some time yet. However, we hope that somewhere down the line, through donations and by other means, FMF will be able to collect and set aside funds that ca ...f tax evasion.) However, FMF's main purpose at this point is not receiving donations, but rather providing an agency to which you can donate your monthly tithes
  8 KB (1,371 words) - 03:22, 11 April 2007
• Clowning
  ...ently used as a photo shoot opportunity for PR and in turn used to solicit donations and [[Provisioning|provision]] large containers of clothes and other items
  1 KB (151 words) - 20:48, 10 June 2006
• Provisioning
  Acquiring day-to-day needs through begging for donations of hard goods, such as groceries, usually from stores and shops.
  428 bytes (58 words) - 21:41, 10 June 2006
• San Francisco Chronicle: Hewlett grant went to cult-linked charity
  The donations were made to the [[Family Care Foundation]], which has extensive links to t The Family Care Foundation has also received donations through the U.S. government's Combined Federal Campaign, which allows feder
  6 KB (899 words) - 08:17, 25 July 2005
• Philip Sloan
  ...rict between 1997 and 1999, the organization received more than $70,000 in donations collected by the [[Family Care Foundation]] during this time. The support
  10 KB (1,704 words) - 03:09, 1 September 2008
• King
  ...r who is favourable towards The Family and is influential or makes regular donations towards the operating expenses and/or projects of a Family [[home]].<br /><
  404 bytes (64 words) - 21:28, 10 June 2006
• Queen
  ...r who is favourable towards The Family and is influential or makes regular donations towards the operating expenses and/or projects of a Family [[home]].<br /><
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• San Francisco Chronicle: IRS documents show ties between charity, sex cult
  ...eports, from 1997 to 2003, the foundation raised more than $9.9 million in donations including cash and other types of gifts for projects around the world -- ra ...tion is a "public front" that enables the Family to attract tax-deductible donations and fund missionaries around the world who endorse the cult's "bizarre beli
  10 KB (1,591 words) - 15:54, 28 December 2005
• Evening Standard: The Little Girl Seduced in the Name of God
  ...onaries who live in normal suburban homes where finances - from charitable donations - are pooled. Home-schooled, their days begin and end with prayer and song
  10 KB (1,788 words) - 03:54, 1 September 2008
• Canning
  ...by [[The Family International]] refers to the practice of soliciting small donations at traffic lights. Canning is extremely low-cost, more so than many other
  970 bytes (149 words) - 20:45, 10 June 2006
• Tapenessing
  While the donations received for [[postering|posters]] varied widely, the price at which tapes
  835 bytes (125 words) - 21:49, 10 June 2006
• Final Report on the Activities of the Children of God
  ...and in person, advising the public that COG had tax exempt status and that donations were deductible.
  84 KB (14,145 words) - 00:50, 19 December 2007
• I Almost Didn't Make It
  ...Philadelphia passing out cult literature at a traffic light and asking for donations. The sun was so hot that I called in to tell my leaders that it was very ho ...re out passing the prophet's revelations to the people and asking them for donations.
  48 KB (8,749 words) - 19:49, 18 May 2010
• Soliciting
  ...f goods within The Family is called "[[provisioning]]" and solicitation of donations is nearly always an accompaniment to [[:Category:Proselytization|proselytiz
  413 bytes (54 words) - 06:45, 25 May 2005
• Door to Door
  ...s a form of [[outreach]] that consisted of going door to door to solicit [[donations]] and sell [[:Category:Family Videos|videos]], [[:Category:Family Music and
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• Marie Claire: "Killing Myself is the Only Way Out of the Cult"
  ...ily members are not permitted to work. As such, all funds are derived from donations. Flirty fishing was for many years a primary source of income for the cult,
  19 KB (3,294 words) - 03:25, 1 September 2008
• Los Angeles Times: A True Conversion?
  ...years, evangelizing at juvenile homes, colleges and YMCAs while collecting donations from business people and service clubs apparently unaware of their nonviole ...r from Boys Republic - go into a scrapbook used by sect members to solicit donations from area business people.
  19 KB (3,005 words) - 09:01, 19 November 2005
• Columbus Dispatch: Columbus woman says she escaped cult horrors
  An account has been established at Bank One for donations to cover the expense
  6 KB (995 words) - 03:34, 21 July 2005
• Columbus Dispatch: Woman seeking to get cult-controlled kin out of Argentina
  An account has been established at Bank One for donations to help cover the
  3 KB (436 words) - 03:36, 21 July 2005
• Houston Chronicle: Group opens fund to reunite mother with her kidnapped son
  ...spokeswoman for the [[Cult Awareness Network]], said her group will accept donations to help the woman with travel expenses and legal fees in Argentina.
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• Houston Chronicle: Sex in the name of God
  "They say most of their money comes from donations from the United States, through something called `Charity of the People,' b
  20 KB (3,350 words) - 03:55, 25 July 2005
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Alpharetta Mom Working to Rescue Children From Sex Cult in Thailand
  ...y the agency's fee of more than $25,000. She has received about $10,000 in donations in the past few months.
  6 KB (1,006 words) - 03:49, 11 May 2007
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution: The Family: Hippie throwback or dangerous, abusive cult
  ...ometimes this includes delivery of donated food to the poor, or picking up donations to the Family itself. All their income is from such donations, and no Atlanta member is on public assistance, said Etheredge, an Atlanta
  9 KB (1,515 words) - 02:47, 21 July 2005
• Dallas Morning News: Area watchdog groups say families torn apart by sects' control of members
  ...r a mountainous backdrop, which was mailed to friends in Dallas asking for donations.
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• My experience with Children of God/The Family
  ...was a long wooden table covered with a white sheet, a small box that said "donations", and staring across at us from behind his thick glasses was a long-haired, ...ministry began as "Provisioner", which is another way of saying raiser of donations.
  110 KB (21,383 words) - 06:50, 9 June 2005
• Does FFing Pay?
  ...THE TIME WOULD COME when I think you're going to have to receive gifts and donations from them, and some of our girls have very wisely accepted when the fish ha ...r girls have been wise along that line, and accepted the offers to help or donations for the work or for the colony or for the house--not to her personally for
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• Newark Advocate: Children of God find new home
  ...ing Scriptural identities, getting support from merchants, parents, street donations and sales of "Mo" letters. They've appeared at various public places, inclu
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• Edwardsville Intelligencer: 'Jesus Communes' Opposed by Parents
  ...'ve heard a lot of accusations, but no proof of anything illegal." He said donations to cult leaders are apparently voluntary, hence legal.
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• Midwest Christian Outreach Journal: A Family Affair
  ...de them at the Red Cross. Businesses in your community may be making large donations to them or one of their front organizations. Hotel chains allow them to sta
  24 KB (3,984 words) - 05:38, 25 July 2005
• New York Times: Lefkowitz Lists Charges On Sect
  ...ll worldly possessions to the organization upon joining, generally rely on donations from sympathizers and parents and spend much of their time proselytizing.
  4 KB (574 words) - 05:01, 31 March 2006
• Oui Magazine: Murder Most Foul
  ...g, meeting expenses from money sent by parents or other supporters or from donations received while litnessing.
  22 KB (3,904 words) - 07:02, 25 July 2005
• US Magazine: Strange Days
  ...rts: smiling children singing in parks, handing out brochures, begging for donations in the name of God's love.
  28 KB (5,015 words) - 09:52, 25 July 2005
• Lethbridge Herald: Children of God drop $1.1 million slander suit
  ...by the sect, and a listing of all personal and real property and lists of donations and donors to the organization. The Children of God professes to be a funda
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• Hillsboro Post Gazette: Covered Wagon Travel Rewarding
  ...on the road, McClaine said he purchased food for his horse and family with donations, but he credited the reliability of old B.B. for the success of the trek.
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• Rolling Stone: The Life and Death of the Chosen One
  ...uitars, they handed out stacks of literature to passers-by in exchange for donations. In those early days, money raised on the mission filed went primarily to c
  52 KB (9,008 words) - 19:32, 23 March 2009
• Clarifying Contentious Issues: A Rejoinder to Melton, Shupe, and Lewis
  ...ction that he oversees) have obtained their Family sources from legitimate donations. He and others have used these sources to substantiate statements made by f
  34 KB (5,138 words) - 22:01, 9 December 2005
• Birmingham News: New Home, Old Questions Controversies of Past Follow Communal Group
  The young people in this cult are all over town proselytizing, seeking donations and selling CDs, cassettes and videos to homes and businesses.
  15 KB (2,585 words) - 05:39, 10 August 2005
• Texas Monthly: Let the Love Light Shine
  ...ternoon and people are drifting out of the house to witness and to solicit donations. I go with Nogah and Jeroboam, who has a guitar and seems to be able to pla
  29 KB (5,139 words) - 08:51, 25 July 2005
• Children of God, Inc.
  ...and in person, advising the public that COG had tax exempt status and that donations were deductible.
  4 KB (678 words) - 02:18, 29 September 2009
• Sydney Morning Herald: The Family v. The Rock
  ...e sect readily admits much of its revenue is raised by 10 per cent tithes, donations from fellow members worldwide.
  15 KB (2,497 words) - 08:23, 30 July 2005
• The Age: Keeping it in the Family
  ...It was based on suspicions of misrepresentation as a charity in order seek donations. ...the Family argue the list went far beyond material relating to how to seek donations, and filled at least two chests.
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• BBC News: Eyewitness: Why people join cults
  ...avelled and preached the gospel, recruiting more along the way, living off donations, belongings and funds of newly recruited members - as new members were expe
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• Humble Observer: Charitable donation or cult income?
  Everyday, somewhere around the city of Houston, this group is soliciting donations on the corners of major intersections. They are not always in the same plac ...end to take people at face value. If it appears that the people asking for donations are going to use the money for a good cause, we give and do so generously.
  10 KB (1,625 words) - 04:34, 20 December 2005
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution: David Berg, founder of '60s `Jesus freaks,' dies in seclusion at 75
  ...es]] of 20 to 40, spending much of their time proselytizing and collecting donations.
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