Description: David Brandt Berg (1919-1994) was the iconoclastic founder and spiritual leader of the non-traditional Christian movement known as the Family International (TFI).
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David Berg (1919-1994) was the iconoclastic founder and spiritual leader of the non-traditional Christian movement known as the Family International. Founded in 1968 amongst the counterculture youth, the movement was originally known as the "Children of God." David's legacy lies in the missionary movement that he founded and his controversial views, expressed in some of the nearly 3,000 "Letters" that he authored over three decades.
Coming from a long line of non-conformist ministers and evangelists, Berg's life was spent in Christian service. In 1968, he founded the Children of God movement in Southern California. Initially composed of former hippies and unchurched youths, but later drawing followers from all walks of life, the group expanded rapidly and later became known as the Family International .
Berg's principal legacy is undoubtedly the movement that he founded and led. He is also remembered for his controversial views, as expressed in some of the nearly 3,000 "Letters" that he authored over nearly three decades. In his lifetime, David censured mainstream Christians for their failure to follow the teachings of Christ more closely, maintaining that Christians should model their lives after the first century Church, living a simple cooperative lifestyle and devoting as much of their time and resourc