1. David Berg later became a leader of the Alexander Campbell movement of the Disciples of Christ, a restoration movement that developed into the current Protestant denomination Christian Church.
12 Facts About David Berg
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David Berg was born on February 18,1919, in Oakland, California.
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David Berg spent his early years traveling with his parents, who pursued their evangelical mission.
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The David Berg family depended entirely on the generosity of their parishioners for their support, and often had difficulty making ends meet.
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David Berg graduated from Monterey High School in 1935 and later attended Elliott School of Business Administration.
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In 1978, in an attempt to deflect public concern over some of his more controversial policies, David Berg changed the name to the "Family of Love".
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David Berg's letters admonished the reader to "love the sinner but hate the sin".
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David Berg's writings were often extreme and uncompromising in their denunciation of what he believed to be evil, such as mainstream churches, pedophilia laws, capitalism, and Jews.
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David Berg, who had been in hiding since 1971, died in November 1994 in Portugal.
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David Berg was buried in Costa de Caparica, and his remains were cremated.
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David Berg predicted that the state of California would be subject to a massive earthquake in 1969.
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David Berg married his first wife, Jane Miller, on July 22,1944, in Glendale, California.