The Family / Children of God

Reasons for the deception

Hiding their notorious past

It is evident from the list below, that members of The Family International go by a variety of names for their organization rather than their official name. As any ex-member will readily testify, the main purpose for doing so is to avoid being recognized as The Family and linked to their notorious past as The Children of God and Family of Love. In order to hide their true affiliation, members as a rule do not divulge complete or contextual information about themselves.

Bookkeeping

Another major motivation for using pseudonyms appears to be related to bookkeeping. According to The Family International's own documents, the testimonies of ex-members and recent eye-witness accounts, The Family International uses a network of non-profit organizations to launder money (redistribute funds internally)—expenses are written off as gifts to each other—in order to benefit from subsidies and tax exemptions designed for bona fide charity work. The Family International's network of front organizations currently operates under the umbrella of the FCF (Family Care Foundation) which is clearly connected to The Family International.

Infiltration

In addition to the testimony of ex-members, current members of The Family have admitted[1] to operating under deep cover in order to infiltrate countries normally closed to its proselytization activities, by masquerading as NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations).

How to recognize them

Although these pseudonyms were collected through primary sources, it is difficult if not impossible, to stay completely up to date—members uproot frequently and adopt new identities to avoid detection. They do however, use recognizable common themes in their literature, activities, style and presentation. An informative brochure, "More Than Meets The Eye" summarizes The Family's fund-raising fronts, core beliefs and practices.

Official Names, Documented names, Associated Names & Suspected Pseudonyms
used by The Family International

Name/Pseudonym	Domain	Era
Family Care Foundation (FCF) Main Umbrella Organization for various charity fronts The Treasurer Dr. Christine Mlot, and president Grant Collin Montgomery, are known members of The Family.		90s to current day
The Family International		2002-current day
The Family		since the 90s
The Family of Love		late 70s to late 80s
The Family Missionary Fellowship		current day self-description
The Children of God		60s to late 70s
Les Enfants de Dieu	France	70s to 80s
La Famille
Activated Magazine		Current Day
www.activated.org	Internet site	Current Day
www.activatedministries.org	Internet site	Current Day
Aurora Productions		Current Day
www.auroraproductions.com	Internet site	Current Day
A Helping Hand - Mexico	Mexico	current day
AB CARE (Associação Beneficente Pro-Carente)	Sao Paulo, Brazil	current day
The Family Africa		current day
www.facebook.com/The-Family-Africa-224058784313656/		current day
www.familyafrica.com		current day
Amor en Accion, R.D.	Dominican Republic	current day
Asia Quest	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	current day
Asia TIPS PMs Bruce and Sharon Cunningham are known members		current day
Asiavision	Bangkok, Thailand	current day
Astrakhan Initiative for Minors (AIM)	Astrakhan, Russia	current day
Balkans Relief Mission	Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina	current day
beart.com		current day
Bel-Air Hospital of the Param Prasad Charitable Society	Panchgani, India	current day
www.bluebirdfoundation.org		current day
www.bookesidefarm.net		current day
Builders of the Future The McNallys are known members	Thailand	current day
www.caglefamily.com		current day
Calico Charities, USA	Oxnard, California, USA	current day
Caring Hearts, Hungary	Budapest, Hungary	current day
Casa Cumbre Presentations	Lima, Peru	current day
Casa de Corazones-Guatemala	Guatemala	current day
Central Thailand Mission	Thailand	current day
Channel of Hope Cebu	Philippines	current day
Cheer Up Missions, USA	USA	current day
Chiang Mai Family Services	Chiang Mai, Thailand	current day
China Bridge Ministries	San Diego, USA	current day
China TIPS Pahrump,	Nevada, USA	current day
Chinese Christian Literature Prod. Center	Taichung, Taiwan, China	current day
"Christian Missionary Fellowship"		current day self-description
Coloring the World with Love	Mexico	current day
Cornerstone Project PM Jean-Luc and Pannee Temmam are known members	Thailand	current day
www.countdown.org		current day
Creative Care Services McAllen,	Texas, USA	current day
CVR Ministries Glendale,	Arizona, USA	current day
CWM - Chinese Wonderful Music radio show fashioned after MWM		80s
Deaf Reach	Hyderabad, India	current day
donate-car-for-charity.com		current day
East Taiwan Family Mission	Taiwan	current day
Eastern US Family Outreach Norcross,	Georgia, USA	current day
EECCC - Eastern European Christian Correspondance Center	Budapest, Hungary	current day
www.theendtime.com (Endtime, The)		current day
Esahn Family Assistance PMs George and Pranne are known members	Nakorn Ratchasima, Thailand	current day
evello "Russell L" is a known member	Hawthorne District of SE Portland, USA	current day
Extra Mile Ministries www.extramile.org	Ontario, canada	current day
www.thefamily.org Main website of The Family		current day
Family Care - Lebanon PM Antonia Jenkins was a known member. NEW INFO (not verified with 2nd source): Antonia handed over Chair of company to Bruno Freulon after leaving The Family	Lebanon	current day
Family Care Association, Nigeria	Nigeria	current day
Family Care Cambodia PM Ann Soldner is a known member mentioned in the Judment of Justice Ward	Cambodia
Family Care Goa PM Joaquim and Tuula Baretto are known members	Goa, India	current day
Family Care Indonesia	Indonesia	current day
www.familycare.org		current day
Family Corner www.wretch.cc/blog/familycorner Run by known and recognizable members of The Family International: "Danny" and "Becky"	Taiwan	current day
Family Christian Outreach Arlington,	Texas, USA	current day
Family Educational Services Foundation Karachi	Karachi, Pakistan	current day
Family Educational Services Foundation Lahore	Pakistan	current day
Family Educational Services, Istanbul	Istanbul, Turkey	current day
Family Educational Services: S. Turkey	Turkey	current day
Family Focus	Bangalore, India	current day
Family Intl. Community Services	Amman, Jordan	current day
Family Intl. Vol. Serv. Croatia Brezovica,	Zagreb, Croatia	current day
Family Mission/Corazones Unidos Birmingham,	Alabama, USA	current day
Family Missions		current day
Family Missions KC Kansas City,	Missouri, USA	current day
Family Missions Milk for Many Silver Spring,	MD, USA	current day
Family Missions Services, Mexico	Mexico	current day
Family Outreach Ministries, Inc	Eaos, Tenessee, USA	current day
Family Outreach Program, The	Romeoville, Illinois, USA	current day
Family Outreach Program, The Romeoville,	Illinois, USA	current day
Family Project Hope Miami,	Florida, USA	current day
Family Samaritans	Bangalore, India	current day
Family Services Foundation (FSF)	Hyderabad, India	current day
Family Services India	Bombay (Mumbai), India	current day
Family Services, Bangalore	Bangalore, India	current day
Family Volunteer Services	Kathmandu, Nepal	current day
FAVOR (Family Action Volunteers—Romania)	Bucharest, Romania	current day
Fazendo Do Mundo Um Lugar Melhor several PMs are known members	Brazil	current day
FCWCEA	Lagos, Nigeria	current day
FEDES (Fundación Educativa de Desarrollo Economico y Social)	Santiago, Chile	current day
Fellowship of Independent Christian Churches		current day self description
FESCA (Family Educational Services Central America)	Costa Rica	current day
Focus on Kidz PMs Paul Peloquin & Linda Perfilio are known members of The Family	Abidjan, Ivory Coast	current day
Friends in Deed	Mumbai, India	current day
Friend-Ship Missions Carthage,	North Carolina, USA	current day
From the Heart San Francisco,	California, USA	current day
Frown-Busters Outreach	Indiana, USA	current day
Future Horizons	Thailand	current day
www.goednieuwsinbrazilie.com recent complaint received		current day
Guadalajara Youth Rescue	Jalisco, Mexico
Hands At Work Louisville,	Kentucky, USA	current day
Hands On Saigon	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	current day
Hands That Help	Coimbatore, India	current day
Hands That Help:Project India	Ontario, Canada	current day
Hands to Hands, Hawaii	Philippines	current day
Healing Columbia staff are known members	SantaFe de Bogota, Columbia	current day
Healing Hearts	Bosnia, Croatia	current day
Healing Hearts, USA	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	current day
Healing Hearts--Kosovo	Prishtina, Kosovo	current day
Heart to Heart Connections-USA	San Jose California, USA	current day
Heaven's Magic		late 80s to 90s
Helping Hand	South Africa	current day
Helping Hand, South Africa Anthony Mizrany is "Laban Cedar" of Lebanon, a former MO Letter illustrator	Durbanville, South Africa	current day
Helping Hands, Korea PM Timothy Peters openly admits to being a member	Korea	current day
Home Services		current day
HOPE/Mount Lebanon Project	Lebanon	current day
HopeReach Missions	Orange, California, USA	current day
Immediate Disaster Relief (IDR) PMs Art and Becky Lindfield are known members, and mentioned in the "King Arthur's Nights" FFing series of Mo Letters		current day
IMS Missions Directors are known Swedish members of The Family, on open media record representing The Family		current day
Independent Christian Churches		current day
India Reach	New Delhi, India	current day
Internationell Missions Service Org Nr: 812800-1156 PMs and staff are known members	Sweden, Russia	current day
"International Missionary Fellowship"		current day self-description
Island to Island	Hawaii, USA	current day
kekmadar.org	Internet site	current day
Kidland	San Diego, California, USA	current day
kidzvidz.com	Internet site	current day
La Familia Un Projecto Del Futuro	Mexico	current day
Lifeline Ministries	Texas, USA	current day
Lion, the Dragon & the Beast, the Family Band		current day
LiveTheCreed.com	Internet Site	current day
Los Andes Mission	Lima, Peru	current day
Love in Action Dallas,	Texas, USA	current day
Love in Action, Guad	Jalisco, Mexico	current day
Love in Action, Pakistan	Karachi, Pakistan	current day
Love Thy Neighbor	Lima, Peru	current day
Manila Charity Project	Manila, Philippines	current day
Mapuche Quest	Chile	current day
Martinelli		current day
Matumaini	South Africa	current day
Matumaini - Hope for Tanzania	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	current day
Meet the Need Hacienda Heights,	California, USA	current day
MexCity Mission PMs Mike Edwards (a.k.a. Dust) and Cindy Thompson are known members of The Family. Edwards was former North-American CRO; their FCF page onfamilycare.org/network/020.htm features known PR pictures of La Familia band, as well as recognizable members.	Mexico
Mile for Smiles	Italy, Tanzania	current day
Milk for Many - see Mexcity Mission		current day
Mission Assist	Fairmount, Minnesota, USA	current day
Mission Care Taiwan Aaron Berg is gransson of the founder David Berg, and a known member	Taiwan	current day
Mission Support & Humanitarian Services Program (MSHSP).		current day
Mountain Streams Postfach 241, 8021 Zurich, Switzerland
Musica Con Vida Spanish version of MWM		80s
MWM - Music With Meaning English radio program		80s
www.MyConclusion.com	website	current day
N.Thailand Outreach Mission	Chiang Mai, Thailand	current day
Nada Devi Biosphere Reserve	Himalayas, India	current day
Native American Outreach	Flagstaff, Arizona, USA	current day
New Horizons -- Student Interchange PMs Art and Becky Lindfield are known members, mentioned in the FFing series of Mo Letters	Pune, India	current day
New Horizons Project-USA/India	Santa Ana, California, USA	current day
New Horizons, Mexico	Mexico	current day
New Improved Truth, The		current day
New Start-Etchnic Ministries	Alaska, USA	current day
New Teens for Christ, The		current day
Noi Orizonturi Familia	Bucharest, Romania	current day
Nordic Christian Help Organization	Norway, Russia,
Overseas Mission PMs are known members	Santiago, Chile	current day
Pacific Family Mission eye-witnesses recently verified they are still members of The Family	Portland, Oregon, USA	current day
PEARL (Africa)	Ulm, Germany	current day
Philippine/China Mission	Muntinlupa City, Philippines	current day
Polio Child Relief Mumbai Swiss Joseph Süess (a.k.a. "Ivan") is a known member of The Family.	Bombay (Mumbai), India	current day
Portico Foundation	Bangalore, India	current day
Power of Love Nsaka	Zambia
Project ESARN	Thailand	current day
Project H.E.L.P Robin is a known member	Mexico	current day
Project Queretaro	Duluth, Georgia, USA	current day
Prophet Bus, The	USA	current day
Proyecto Rescate (Project Rescue)	Mexico	current day
Pruzena Ruka, (Reaching Hand)	Croatia	current day
Puerto Rico Outreach	San Juan, Puerto Rico	current day
RadioActive Productions radio show by known members and former MWM host Simon Peter, also connected to child sexual abuse	Kampala, Uganda	current day
Reaching Out,	Peru Lima, Peru	current day
Reaching Out, Colorado	Lakewood, Colorado, USA	current day
Reachout Vancouver	Washington, USA	current day
Refugio De Paz Carmel,	Indiana, USA	current day
Rescate Recent eye-witness info indicates Robin, David (a.k.a. Titus), Christina are current members of the Family.	Monterrey, Mexico	current day
Sahara Centre for Residential Care & Rehabilitation	New Delhi, India	current day
Salem Family USA/Africa,	Lancaster, California, USA	current day
Samaritans		current day
SHARE (Shaping Hearts -A Relief Effort) Frank Martin a.k.a. "Asher" was tribe leader at the TSC	Chennai, India	current day
Sharing and Caring	Middlesex, North Carolina, USA	current day
Siam Family Services	Chiang Mai, Thailand	current day
Side by Side Intl	Tokyo, Japan	current day
Silver Lining, Hope 4 Tomorrow	Coahuilla, Mexico	current day
Small Village Plan Abraham Jo & Lili Enarson (a.k.a. Jo & Comfy) are known members	Gambia	current day
South Reach	Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico	current day
STAND	Dodoma, Tanzania	current day
Stand Up For Jesus	San Antonio, Texas, USA	current day
Step Towards Home, A		current day
Sunny-Side Up Entertainment www.sunny-sideup.com; eye-witnesses recently verified they are still members of The Family	California, USA	current day
SVP—Small Village Plan	Gambia	current day
Taiwan Volunteer Services	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	current day
Tampa Family Missions	Tampa, Florida, USA	current day
TEAM (Texas, Teaching, Education and More) (EIN 75-2790783)	Texas, USA	current day
Teens for Christ		late 60s
Teens-on-Track Daniel Craig Roselle is a known leader (Continental Officer for North America) in the Family. He is also a director for The Family's Activated Foundation.
Texas Soul Clinic Texas,		early 60s, pre-COG
Rev. Timothy A. Peters denies connection to The Family International but will not answer to direct queries posed (see Tim Peters and Same old same old denial, nothing new)	Korea	current day
www.thaifamily.org	Thailand	Current Day
Voice for the Deaf	Secunderabad, India	current day
Voice for the Deaf-Hyderabad	Hyderabad, India	current day
WM - Wonderful Music Chinese radio show, see CWM
World Services		70s to current day
Youth for Ukraine Project Manager Robert Stevens a.k.a. "Elijah Flute" in the Children of God. He was part of the "MO Band" in Germany with Cana Bird, et al.	Ukraine	current day
Youth Mission Network	Nairobi, Kenya	current day
Youth With A Vision Samuel Peck and his sisters Maria & Joy are known members. Samuel is nephew of the husband mentioned in IRFers Beware. Their page on www.familycare.org/network/m15.htm features a photo of a "professional" carpenter, who is a known member, Tim of Suzanne.	Ensenada, Mexico	current day
www.facebook.com/savetheyouthmadagascar/	Internet website	current day
Save the Youth, Madagascar	Madagascar	current day
www.motivatedmagazine.com needs verification	Internet website	current day
www.force4good-sa.com needs verification	Internet website	current day
www.nubeat.org needs verification	Internet website	current day
www.treasures365.com needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.contatoclube.org needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.contato.org needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.brighterfuture2010.blogspot.co.uk needs verfication	Internet website	current day
web.audioconectate.net/english needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.twitter.com/familyjapan needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.facebook.com/tfi.japan needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.freebiblestudiesonline.org needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.twitter.com/free_biblestudy needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.facebook.com/freebiblestudiesonline needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.youtube.com/user/FrederickOlson/videos needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.thesignsoftheend.wordpress.com needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.thisthatnhealth.wordpress.com needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.thecomingtemple.com needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.betterworldcroatia.org needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.familiamission.org needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.fireflyukraine.com needs verfication	Internet website	current day
wpnet.co needs verfication	Internet website	current day
Wine Press		current day
www.propheciesofdaniel.com needs verfication	Internet website	current day
www.simpletruth4today.wordpress.com needs verfication	Internet website	current day