"Moses" David Berg

EXPLORE GROUPS: Family International

Family International

Children of God, Family Care Foundation, Family of Love, Music with Meaning, 12 Foundation Stones, Aurora Production AG, Activated Ministries

David Brandt Berg (a.k.a. "Moses David") (1919–1994)

Karen Zerby (a.k.a. "Mama Maria") (1946-), Steven Douglas Kelly (a.k.a. "Peter Amsterdam") (1951-)

Huntington Beach, CA USA (1968)

Family Care Foundation, World Services, Aurora Productions

include The Future Foretold, Hearing from Heaven

Activated!,

include Music with Meaning, NuBeat, Reflections, KidsWorld

include belief in "Moses" David Berg as God’s special end-time prophet

Extreme and unconventional sexual teaching and conduct — including religious prostitution and encouragement of sexual activity between adults and children (now discouraged) — have made the group a target of press exposés, government investigations, and public scorn. A 2005 murder-suicide by "Ricky" Rodriguez, once named as a future leader in the group, drew renewed attention to its sordid history.

The group is highly secretive; its actual headquarters, and the physical whereabouts of its current top leaders, are not publicly disclosed. Some complain that the group is advancing its cause through products directly or indirectly associated with it, such as the "Cherub Wings" video series for children (Sunny-Side Up Entertainment), Treasure Attic, Fantastic Friends, and Kiddie Viddie.

25,000

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Guatemala, Iceland, India, Japan, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Russia, South Africa, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe

A complete listing of nations and territories where the group’s missionaries are active is not currently available. It claims that "There are approximately 14,000 full time and associate adult volunteer members in The Family working out of 1,400 centres situated in over 100 countries."

include Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Icelandic, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Thai

www.xfamily.org
www.exfamily.org
www.movingon.org
www.angelfire.com/clone/charityalert/

www.religionnewsblog.com/category/children-of-god/
www.sltrib.com/faith/ci_12681558

www.thefamily.org
www.familycare.org
family-missions.org/links?cat=all
www.countdown.org
www.nubeat.org
www.auroraproduction.com