The Family International

Movement·Founded 1968 CE·At its height the group reported around ten thousand full-time members living communally. Since the 2010 reorganisation there is no communal membership and no published figure.

Judaism → Christianity → The Family International

Branch
Rite of The Family International

Read the letter, then write down what you get.

Devotions ran on the current publication and on prophecy received by ordinary members, written down and circulated. Instruction arrived continuously and was expected to be acted on.

⏱ Daily, and at set times◌ Members, individually or in a home
What happensRead the current letter, then ask, then write down what comes and circulate it
What it needsThe letters, and a willingness to publish what you receive
What it aims atContinuous instruction — the movement governed itself this way for forty years
Understanding it — context, not catechism: how this rite is held

Daily practice was reading the current publication and receiving prophecy — asking, waiting, and writing down what came, which was then circulated and acted on. Ordinary members prophesied, not only leaders, and after Berg's death in 1994 the movement formalised the practice further, publishing collected prophecies as guidance. It gives the group an unusual texture: a movement with a strict top-down authority structure whose members were also all expected to be channels. Since the 2010 Reboot the practice continues online.

The same ground, other faiths

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The Lord's Prayer. Christianity Go deeper →

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