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Also Known As	The Fellowship • International Christian Leadership • National Committee for Christian Leadership
Date	1935 - present
Areas Of Involvement	Christianity

The Family teaches that Jesus prefers to work through the powerful, so the Family focuses its efforts on preaching to and working with politicians and businessmen (especially in the oil industry), including despots.
In founder Vereide's vision, God took the form of the head of the United States Steel Corporation.
The Family may have influenced President Gerald R. Ford in his decision to pardon Richard Nixon.

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