Jonathan Berg
Jonathan Emanuel Berg (US citizen, born January 9, 1949) is the youngest son of David Berg and Jane Miller. He was known as "Hosea David" or "Ho" in the Children of God. He was also known as "Jondy." He has also used the name John Lee[1]
Jonathan ran a farm, with a compound on the property, in Hac Sa, Coloane, Macau from 1978 to 1988. This was the same place where the Detention Teens were sent (e.g. Merry Berg).
Jonathan has had two wives: Lurana Nolind Berg (Esther David]) and Ruth. He had six children (five boys, one girl) with Esther. Two of Mr. Jonathan Berg's children live in San Antonio, Texas on a large farm paid for and owned by the cult.
He married his first wife, Lurana J. Nolind, on May 16, 1969 in El Paso County, Texas.[2]
According to a September 1974 report by the New York Attorney General's Charity Frauds Bureau, he was arrested in 1968 and 1969 and jumped bail:
Twenty-one (21) members of the "Teens for Christ" group were arrested for violation of California Penal Code 602.9 (interference with peaceful conduct or activities of a school) in December, 1968 and February, 1969. Twenty of the members including, Jonathan Berg and Paul Berg, sons of David Berg, jumped bail set at an aggregate of $34, 500 and arrest warrants were issued, but have not been executed. [Huntingdon, California Police Dept. Report dated May 21, 1973]
Source: Final Report on the Activities of the Children of God to Hon. Louis J. Lefkowitz Attorney General of the State of New York — 1974-09-30.
Press Reports
- Christianity Today: The Children of God: Fewer and Far Out — 1980-01-25
- South China Morning Post: More accusations against Children of God — 1993-09-12
- South China Morning Post: Children of a lesser god — 1994-12-04
- Austin American-Statesman: Music, poetry mark teens' funeral — 1995-07-22
Related Family Publications
The Singing Ho Family — "Become One!" — 1978-11 – Family News Vol. 7, No. 5- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 1: Prodigal Prodigies — DO 952-1, 1980-11-23
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 2: Warning to Ho & Esther — DO 952-2, 1980-09-07
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 3: A Confession from Ho — DO 952-3, 1980-10
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 4: Excerpts from Letters Written by Family Leaders to Dad & Maria--Regarding Hosea — DO 952-4, 1980-11
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 5: Note from Hosea with Dad's Reply — DO 952-5, 1980-11-19
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 6: An Apology from Ho — DO 952-6, 1980-11-25
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 7: Ho's Further Confessions and Repentance — DO 952-7, 1980-11-25
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 8: A Father Applies the Rod — DO 952-8, 1980-12-04
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 9: Ruthie on Esther — DO 952-9, 1980-12-03
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 10: Postcards from Ho and from Ruthie — DO 952-10, 1980-12-08
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 11: On Return to Hong Kong — DO 952-11, 1980-12-08
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 12: From Esther After Ho's Return — DO 952-12, 1980-12-09
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 13: Still More from Esther — DO 952-13, 1980-12-12
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 14: Ruthie's Further Reactions to Dad's Letters and Ho's Confession — DO 952-14, 1980-12-17
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 15: Ho & the Ark--A Warning Dream--A Prophecy Fulfilled — DO 952-15, 1976-11-01
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 16: Ho's Confession to His Children — DO 952-16, 1980-12-17
- Prodigal Prodigies — Part 17: More from Esther — DO 952-17, 1981-01-01
References
- ↑ This is based on public records which list a "John Lee" with the same birth date residing at the same address as several of his immediate relatives and known Family members. He may have legally changed his name to John Lee as Texas voter registration records indicate that a John Lee with same birth date registered to vote in Harris County on March 3, 2004.
- ↑ El Paso County Clerk Marriage Records Search, accessed 2006-11-09.
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