children of god were founded in 1968 in southern california by a charismatic baptist minister called david berg. ♪ ♪ who will take the stand and heed the call ♪ >> at first, berg preached a simple gospel, prophecying the second coming of jesus. but as his popularity grew, his sermon became more disturbing. ♪ because they live and die for the kingdom ♪ >> by the early '80s, a film from the time shows berg's band of hippy followers had mobilized into a disciplined army of converts, changing their name to the family. they fanned out across the globe. ♪ the revolution for jesus and david our king ♪ >> kind of got sucked in, you know. and i got sucked in before i knew what -- i really thought i was joining a christian organization. i thought it was what god wanted me to do. i had no idea that, you know, it eventually would turn into dark betrayal. take 4 advil in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. honey, you did it! baby laughs! what are you doing? the dishes are clean. i just gotta scrape the rest of the food off them. ew. how is that clean?! uhhh.... dish issues? quiet them with cascade pla