This week on WIITY, Emily and Maddy get serious with a cult story. The Children of God is a cult originating in 1968 and accumulating members along the way with accusations of abuse and much more.

Bainbridge, William Sims. The Endtime Family: Children of God. State University of New York Press, 2002. 

Berg, David. Mo's Letters. www.davidberg.org/moletters.

Bruney, Gabrielle. “Joaquin Phoenix and Rose McGowan Spent Their Early Years in a Religious Cult. Then It Became Infamous.” Esquire, 2019, www.esquire.com/entertainment/a29374581/children-of-god-cult-joaquin-phoenix-rose-mcgowan/. Accessed Oct. 2020. 

Buck, Stephanie. “The Hippie Christian Cult That Encouraged Sex with Children Is Still around Today.” Timeline, 17 Jan. 2017, timeline.com/children-of-god-5245a45f6a2a. 

Kent, Stephen A., and Deana Hall. “Brainwashing and re-indoctrination programs in the Children of God/The Family.” Cultic Studies Journal 17.1 (2000): 56-78.

Smithson, John, director. The Children of God. Great Percy Productions, 1994. 

Van Zandt, David E. Living in the Children of God. Princeton University Press, 2014.