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Family International
The Family International, formed as the Children of God (COG), renamed Family of Love and later The Family, is a new religious movement started in 1968 in Huntington Beach, California, United States that is called a cult by academics such as Benjamin Beit-Hallahmi and John Huxley.〔Huxley J (1992). "Sunday Times: Sex-cult children held – Children of God". ''The Sunday Times (Sydney)'' 1992-05-17.〕
==Overview==
TFI initially spread a message of salvation, apocalypticism, and spiritual "revolution and happiness" against the outside world, which the members called "the System". In 1976,〔http://www.davidberg.org/mission/flirty-fishing〕 it began a method of evangelism called Flirty Fishing, using sex to "show God's love and mercy" and win converts, resulting in controversy. TFI's founder and prophetic leader, David Berg (who was first called "Moses David" in the Texas press), took the titles of "King", "The Last Endtime Prophet", "Moses", and "David". He communicated with his followers via ''Mo Letters''— vital letters of instruction and counsel on myriad spiritual and practical subjects—until his death in late 1994.〔(xFamily.org Publications Database ) – contains the entire text of "Mo Letters"〕 After his death, his widow Karen Zerby became the leader of TFI, taking the title of "Queen" and "prophetess". She married Steve Kelly, an assistant of Berg's whom he had handpicked as her "consort". Kelly took the title of "King Peter" and became the public face of TFI, speaking in a more public capacity than either David Berg or Karen Zerby.
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