No wonder they got along with flower children.īut their founder, David Berg, would eventually pervert Teens for Christ into his own international religious cult, exploiting young people to accomplish it. They were considered Jesus People, a growing movement comprised of different faiths, but which generally preached simple living and good deeds.
There was nothing unusual about them.īut the group existed on the fringe of the era’s explosive youth counterculture. They played acoustic guitars at the beach. They wore long hair and colorful caftans. Teens for Christ seemed like many other liberated hippie crews in 1968. In the beginning, it was innocent enough.
A Children of God congregation met in Los Angeles in 1971.