Children of God

noun

1. a highly disciplined, fundamentalist Christian sect, active especially in the early 1970s, whose mostly young converts live in communes.

Example Sentences

The order, Little argued in the lawsuit, was in “direct conflict” with his “traditional Christian beliefs regarding the moral illicitness of same-sex activity, the immutability of sex regardless of gender identity, and the view that all people are children of God regardless of their skin color.”

From Los Angeles Times

He informed them that he was a devout evangelical who “adheres to traditional Christian beliefs regarding the moral illicitness of same-sex activity, the immutability of sex regardless of gender identity, and the view that all people are children of God regardless of their skin color” according to the lawsuit.

From Los Angeles Times

In 1971, Fleetwood Mac guitarist Jeremy Spencer abandoned the group midtour to join a fringe Christian sect called The Children of God and played a free concert at Washington Hall — where some of the CoG were living.

From Seattle Times

Francis has made reaching out to LGBTQ+ people a hallmark of his papacy, ministering to trans Catholics and insisting that the Catholic Church must welcome all children of God.

From Seattle Times

“Homosexual people have the right to be in a family. They are children of God,” the Pope said at the time during an interview for a documentary.

From Salon