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• Toronto Star: Metro woman in 'sex cult' probe
  ...ities have never been able to prove anything. He described the group as a "missionary community," whose members don't smoke, or drink alcoholic beverages and ded
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• Toronto Star: 33-year-old Metro woman linked to sex-for-salvation cult
  ...ities have never been able to prove anything. He described the group as a "missionary community," whose members don't smoke, or drink alcoholic beverages and ded ...d around the globe under such pseudonyms as [[Family of Love]], [[Intimate Missionary]] and [[Families Unlimited]].
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• Hamilton Spectator: Burlington kin support alleged cult leader
  ...publicity, which forces the authorities to take action against us," Family missionary Dan Fisher said yesterday.
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• Toronto Star: 'We've been totally and falsely accused' Family mom insists
  ...an offshoot of the [[Children of God]] cult, started by former Pentecostal missionary [[David Berg]] in California in [[1969]]. Berg, known to his followers as [
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• Los Angeles Times: A True Conversion?
  ...ed, he insists, because sex was "distracting" teens from their studies and missionary work. A [[1991]] letter from the Bergs to followers reveals another reason: In each instance, the Family comes across as a mainstream Christian missionary group. They talk about their opposition to abortion, drugs, and sex on tele
  19 KB (3,005 words) - 09:01, 19 November 2005
• Kitchener-Waterloo Record: Defending the Family
  "We are not a sex cult, we are a Christian missionary community," says Claire Smith, 37, an Australian who lives at the Family's
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• Chattanooga Times: Cult crackdown
  ...over 21 and those under 21." The Family calls itself a worldwide Christian missionary church. The U.S. and British Embassies refused to comment on the arrests or
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• FSM 352
  <p><b>Open Letter from a Young Family Missionary</b></p> cities in my career as a missionary, engaging in a diversity of ministries and
  123 KB (23,099 words) - 15:15, 5 June 2005
• Stuart Baylin Deposition - 1993-04-14
  ...to impede this lifestyle, the basic difference being that Frouman is not a missionary but they are. That some time later they decided to go be missionaries in ot ...89]]. That it was his intention to return to Argentina to continue being a missionary. He clarifies that '''the two older minors EDF and PSF asked to go to a sch
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• FSM 353
  missionary and I was being considered for placement on the leadership team that going for Jesus as a missionary. They have prayed for me, have sent me
  123 KB (23,260 words) - 15:13, 5 June 2005
• FSM 354
  faithfully supply all our needs as our little missionary family, the Little
  115 KB (22,268 words) - 08:32, 27 October 2010
• FSM 356
  cult and have the opportunity to step back, you realize that a missionary life that the Family is what it is today-a wonderful missionary group around the world
  83 KB (15,504 words) - 15:10, 5 June 2005
• Houston Chronicle: Sex in the name of God
  ...angelist. Berg was naturally drawn to preaching and found his way into the Missionary Alliance Church in Arizona. ...housing most of them at Jordan's "[[Texas Soul Clinic]]," a former Baptist missionary training camp on 200 acres near Mineral Wells.
  20 KB (3,350 words) - 03:55, 25 July 2005
• Houston Chronicle: Elusive "father' of cult has held a following for 25 years
  He eventually found his way into the Missionary Alliance Church in Arizona. In [[1950]], for reasons lost to obscurity, Ber
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• Austin American-Statesman: Faith sustains families after crash
  Having followed her missionary parents to Yugoslavia, Hungary, India and the Caribbean, Kristina was well- "Kristina started her missionary life at the age of 4 when we went to Mexico," said Richard Noell, 44. "I ac
  8 KB (1,189 words) - 02:59, 21 July 2005
• Austin American-Statesman: Music, poetry mark teens' funeral
  The teens were on a missionary trip from New Orleans to Laredo. They had stopped at McKinney Falls State P ...ands if they were willing to "take their place and be a witness for God, a missionary for Jesus... If you don't want them to be alone in heaven, this is the time
  4 KB (682 words) - 03:01, 21 July 2005
• Austin American-Statesman: Group in collision to move to area
  ...and other Family members are hoping that Central Texans will support their missionary work by contributing household goods, food and a van to replace the one the
  5 KB (867 words) - 03:03, 21 July 2005
• Austin American-Statesman: Landlord decides Christian group too big for house
  [[The Family]], a Christian missionary group that lost five members in a major collision near McKinney Falls State
  854 bytes (132 words) - 03:09, 21 July 2005
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 'Heaven's Harlot' looks back on Jesus freak days
  ...ith his mother when she founded a church affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance, a conservative movement, but the church closed in the midst of th "I thought I was joining a normal, dedicated Christian missionary group," he said. "I really believed we were the chosen, elect of God, and D
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• Dallas Morning News: Area watchdog groups say families torn apart by sects' control of members
  Cults profess a commitment to missionary work, but outsiders rarely benefit from their fund-raising activities and m
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• Philadelphia Inquirer: Berg's Followers Say Death Report Won't Deter Them
  ...who lived at the Walnut Street address were away as part of a summer-long missionary program in other cities.
  7 KB (1,076 words) - 08:35, 25 July 2005
• Family Care Foundation: A Front Group for The Family Cult
  .... I remember reassuring a Greek businessman that we were a very legitimate missionary group, knowing full well that if he knew the truth about us, he would most ...have noticed that in their internal literature there is an emphasis on the missionary side of things and on their web site an emphasis on the humanitarian side o
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• Philadelphia Inquirer: Church declines to aid sect accused of abusing children
  Asher said the group, which had previously focused much of its missionary activity outside the [[United States]], was still formulating its plans for
  6 KB (908 words) - 07:22, 25 July 2005
• Does FFing Pay?
  ...elp pay for their own little chapel or building, or bring the food for the missionary or something. They can bring an egg or they can bring a little ear of corn
  20 KB (3,913 words) - 18:22, 18 June 2005
• The Progress: Children of God Sect Grips Thousands of Parents
  ...ian Missionary Alliance that has 1,000 churches in the U.S. and emphasizes missionary work in undeveloped areas such as Indochina and Africa. "We prayed together
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• Edwardsville Intelligencer: 'Jesus Communes' Opposed by Parents
  ...arges were brought in New York last month by a member of the New Testament Missionary Fellowship, who claimed he was forced into a car while walking to a prayer
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• Midwest Christian Outreach Journal: A Family Affair
  ..., dressed as clowns, tying balloons, and telling dramatic stories of their missionary work around the world, complete with pictures and, of course, accepting don ...</sup> Berg began his own ministry as an evangelist with the Christian and Missionary Alliance from which he was expelled in [[1950]]. He migrated to youth minis
  24 KB (3,984 words) - 05:38, 25 July 2005
• New York Times: Parents Join to Combat Radical Youth Sect
  [[John Treadwell]], whose biblical name is Jethro, said that this missionary zeal distinguishes the Children from other "Jesus people. " "The Jesus peop
  12 KB (2,132 words) - 06:01, 25 July 2005
• Misattribution and Social Control in the Children of God
  Begun as a Christian missionary group to young adults in southern California in the late [[1960s]], the Chi
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• US Magazine: Strange Days
  ...o toilet and was rat-infested." With no resources, the Bottoms turned to a missionary in Caracas, a liberal minded catholic priest from the states named Father S
  28 KB (5,015 words) - 09:52, 25 July 2005
• The Family's response to the June 2005 Rolling Stone article
  ...that my heart could desire, and throughout the course of life, living as a missionary has taught me many priceless lessons," wrote [[Nyx Martinez]]. "I count mys ...absolutely ludicrous. Members of The Family International have carried out missionary works in over 100 countries around the world, leading millions to the savin
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• Rolling Stone: The Life and Death of the Chosen One
  Kicked out as pastor of a Christian Missionary Alliance church in Valley Farms, Arizona, in [[1951]], on suspicion of sexu ...that my heart could desire, and throughout the course of life, living as a missionary has taught me many priceless lessons," wrote [[Nyx Martinez]]. "I count mys
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• Los Angeles Times: Paraguay Police Raid Home Owned by Cult Suspected of Child Abuse
  ...a have denied any wrongdoing, saying that their clients were "members of a missionary community that lives a very austere life... and provides its children with
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• Birmingham News: New Home, Old Questions Controversies of Past Follow Communal Group
  ...d. "Very few are suitable for the communal life and have a calling to be a missionary."
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• Rocky Mountain News: Police Raid Children Of God Homes Sweep Nets 52 Arrest
  ...r various pseudonyms, including [[Family of Love|Family Love]], [[Intimate Missionary]] and [[Families Unlimited]].
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• Times-Picayune: 'Death Is A Vacation'
  ...up expanded to other countries. In [[1978]] the Children of God launched a missionary technique members called "[[Flirty Fishing|flirty fishing]]" in which women
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• Fred Jordan
  ...King Saul got David started & what he preached was the Truth--he preached missionary work & witnessing & litnessing & with very little education, that anybody c
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• 1985
  ...ciated Press: U.S. Embassy Says Five Americans Jailed in Egypt, Accused of Missionary Work]] &mdash; 1985-10-18
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• Sydney Morning Herald: The Family v. The Rock
  Born in 1919, Berg was flung out of the Missionary Alliance Church in Arizona in 1950 after a sexual affair with a minor. He m
  15 KB (2,497 words) - 08:23, 30 July 2005
• Sydney Morning Herald: For God's sake
  ...became judges and university lecturers. The children's magistrate became a missionary in Western Australia.
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• Sydney Morning Herald: The Family's Planning
  ...a big factor in his philosophy. A father of four, he was thrown out of the Missionary Alliance Church in Arizona in 1950 after a sexual liaison with a minor. It'
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• The Age: Moses David's children
  ...minister and a radio evangelist mother. Drawn to preaching, he joined the Missionary Alliance Church in Arizona, but in [[1950]] was forced out for a sexual aff
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• The Sunday Age: Meet The Family
  ...es Bond games around the group's country property. He is now a 23-year-old missionary in Melbourne and India and father of an 18-month-old girl. "It's made me mo ...he helps maintain half-way houses for female victims of violence and does missionary work in jails.
  21 KB (3,884 words) - 08:31, 30 July 2005
• BBC News: Eyewitness: Why people join cults
  She became convinced that this was exactly what she wanted: to be a radical missionary and [[communal living|live communally]] with people her age as one big fami ...he became convinced that this was exactly what she wanted: to be a radical missionary and live communally with people her age as one big family.
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• Humble Observer: Charitable donation or cult income?
  ...generously. Houstonians are especially generous. If it is for a Christian missionary program in foreign lands, folks are even more likely to donate. ...eb site, www.thefamily.org describing Family Communities, it states, "Some Missionary members and a few Family disciples take on secular employment, but most ded
  10 KB (1,625 words) - 04:34, 20 December 2005
• Nevada State Journal: Evangelists Hold Program Series At Sparks Church
  Cancer." "A World Missionary
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• Christianity Today: The Children of God: Disciples of Deception
  ..."original founder" of the Jesus revolution. He is a for­mer Christian and Missionary Alliance minis­ter who in [[1968]] began a ministry to hippies in Huntingt
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• Answers To Your Questions! No. 5
  ...int, missionary to China, friend of ours, & her husband died in China as a missionary. It's an excellent devotional & inspirational book, one of my Mother's favo
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• Christianity Today: Have Children of God Cleaned Up Their Act?
  ...OG spokesman, gave CT infor­mation indicating that the group is active in missionary outreach in 100 countries. While outside observers esti­mate the number of
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• IRE Journal: Records, sources help show link between charity, religious sect
  ...repeatedly molested her in [[Thailand]], where her mother was serving as a missionary for the Family International.
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