During the late 1960s, California experienced an influx of "Jesus Freaks" and free love fanatics. Among these groups was the Huntington Beach Light Club, or as they are known today the Family, also known as the Children of God. The Family was just one of many groups that began in this time of change, but it is one of few groups survive today. Not only do they survive, but with over ten million members worldwide, the Family thrives. As an evangelical denomination of Christianity, the Children of God (COG) ministers to people in need around the world. Since its inception in 1968, COG has operated on every continent except Antarctica providing medical care to the wounded and sick, food to the hungry, clothing to the less privileged and other volunteer work in orphanages, prisons, hospitals and homeless shelters. it is just the outer layer of a religious group that goes much deeper than philanthropy and evangelism. COG has a seedy side that has worked tirelessly to keep him away from the prying eyes of the outside world. Less than twenty years after its birth, COG was considered “the sex cult of the 80s”. Since that time, COG has re-established itself as a trusted community, but with the secrecy of family communes, the teachings of the founder, the late David “Moses” Berg, still taught, and accounts of life within the community by researchers and former members, many of whom people on the outside are uncertain about the legality and morality of the COG. In 1968 David Brandt Berg, later known as Father David, Mo, and Moses David, along with his wife and teenage children, began evangelizing youth in the Huntington Beach area after receiving a vision. After reaching a group of about one hundred people... halfway down the paper... but outsiders are still skeptical of the Children of God and their unconventional beliefs and practices. Works Cited Bainbridge, William S. The End Times Family: Children of God. Albany: State University of New York, 2002. JStor."Cult of the Children of God." Euro-American evangelistic crusades. Network. .Davis, Rex and James T. Richardson. "The organization and functioning of the children of God". Sociological Analysis 37.4 (1976): 321-39. JStor.The International Family. Network. .Gordon, Ruth. “The Family of “Love?”” The Watchman Expositor 8.1 (1991). The guardian display stand. Watchman Fellowship, Inc., 2000. Web. .Kent, Stephen A. “Misattribution and Social Control in God's Children.” Journal of Religion and Health 33.1 (1994): 29-43. JStor.