The Family International (TFI) is a Christian New Religious Movement founded in Huntington Beach, California, USA, in 1968 by David Berg that has been criticized as an authoritarian cult.[1][2] Originally named Teens for Christ, it has gone under a number of different names. It gained notoriety as The Children of God (COG). It was later renamed and reorganized as The Family of Love (1978–1981), which was eventually shortened to The Family. As of 2004, it has gone by The Family International.
Former members have accused the group of child sexual abuse, physical abuse, exploitation,[3] the targeting of vulnerable people,[4] and creating lasting trauma among children raised in the group
