The Family / Children of God
Pseudonyms, Fronts and Umbrella Organizations
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.
Name/Pseudonym | Domain | Era |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |