The Family International: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

James R. Lewis and J. Gordon Melton (eds.), Sex, Slander, and Salvation: Investigating the Family/Children of God (1994); William Sims Bainbridge, The Endtime Family: Children of God (2002); J. Gordon Melton, The Children of God: “The Family” (2004).

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Official Site of The Family International. Jul 31, 2026
Add new Web site: Official Site of Teens For Christ. Sep 27, 2025
Add new Web site: Project Muse - From Radical Communalism to Virtual Community - The Digital Transformation of the Family International (PDF). May 09, 2025
Add new Web site: Texas State Historical Association - Handbook of Texas - Children of God. Dec 05, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC News - Children of God cult was 'hell on earth'. Apr 10, 2024
Add new Web site: Academia - Rebooting The Family: Organizational Change within The Family International (PDF). Dec 08, 2023
Links added. Jun 22, 2023
Add new Web site: World Religious and Spirituality Project - The Family International (2010-Present). Jan 13, 2023
Add new Web site: Official Site of The Family International. Aug 27, 2012
Add new Web site: Official Site of The Children of God. Aug 27, 2012
Add new Web site: Official Site of The Children of God. Aug 27, 2012
Add new Web site: Official Site of The Family International. Aug 27, 2012
Update bibliography Jan 22, 2009
Change title/update article Jan 22, 2009
New article added. Oct 25, 2000
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