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2 unusual facts about Family International


Elizabeth Tylden

From the 1980s onwards, she worked with former members of cults, including the Children of God and the International Church of Christ.

Family of Love

Children of God, a new religious movement, which later used the names Family of Love and as of 2006, Family International


Jeremy Spencer and the Children

Released in 1972, this is his second solo album although it was credited to Jeremy Spencer and the Children, referring to his band made up of members of the Children of God (Family International) organisation.

Ronald Enroth

In the late 1970s he wrote Youth, Brainwashing and the Extremist Cults, where he explored the dynamics of conversion and member participation through some case studies of various controversial minority religious groups such as: Hare Krishna (ISKCON), Children of God, Alamo Christian Foundation, the Love Family, the Unification Church, the Way International, and the Divine Light Mission.


see also

Dave Berg

David Berg (1919–1994), founder of the Children of God (now Family International) cult