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Children of God

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noun

  1. a highly disciplined, fundamentalist Christian sect, active especially in the early 1970s, whose mostly young converts live in communes.


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Jones was born into and raised within the powerful Children of God, later known as the Family, a religious group founded by her grandfather David Berg.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2021

My dad was the leader of the chapter of an Italian cult called the Children of God and my mum was one of his wives.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2019

When River was a toddler, the family joined the controversial Children of God religious movement, a journey that took them from Florida to Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.

From Washington Post • Oct. 28, 2018

Two of our experts also recommended Living in the Children of God by David Van Zandt.

From Slate • Jul. 13, 2018

Children of God are to live “soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world.”

From The Gospel Day Or, the Light of Christianity by Orr, Charles Ebert

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