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Teens for Christ Invited to Meeting
Daily Pilot, California
December 10, 1968, North America
The not-so-secret target Sunday of the marching Teens for Christ will be the First Christian Church of Orange, Dave Berg militant leader of the Huntington Beach sect, revealed Friday.
Berg, 49, disclosed the name of the church at a meeting at Golden West College with school public relations director Bruce Williams and the Rev. Ken McMillian of the First Methodist Church of Fountain Valley.
Berg said his church-hopping teens had accepted an invitation of the Rev. Jay Calhoun, pastor of the Orange church located at 1130 Walnut St., to attend the 11 a.m. service.
It was the gray-haired leader’s first public appearance in a week. He has been confined with a throat infection.
He said his decision to veer from the usual surprise tactic was based on what he felt was a need for a “change.”
“We’re looking forward to going somewhere where we are wanted,” he added.
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Teens for Christ Leader Ordered Picketing of GWC!
Daily Pilot, California
December 10, 1968, North America
The sandal-shod Teens for Christ have been ordered by their “spiritual adviser” to begin picketing Golden West College as one member of the militant Huntington Beach sect faced arraignment on week-old trespassing charges.
“Uncle” Dave Berg, leader of the band of hippie-appearing young people, announced the sandwich board protest Sunday at the conclusion of an evening meeting at the First Baptist Church of Fountain Valley.
The Teens, headquartered at 116 Main St., attended morning worship services at the First Christian Church of Orange then would up their 24-hour-day personal evangelism with the panel discussion in the sanctuary of the Baptist Church at 17415 Magnolia St.
Both visits were by invitation. Previous march-ins were surprise processions during worship services.
The decision to send pickets to Golden West stems from the Dec. 6 arrest of six of the self-named “Christian revolutionaries” found distributing religious tracts on campus.
Full congregations greeted the band …
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Teens for Christ Trial Set for January 9th
The Daily Pilot, California
December 10, 1968, North America
Jury trial for five of the six Teens for Christ arrested last week on misdemeanor trespassing charges has been set for Jan. 9 in West Orange County Municipal Court.
The young militants Monday pleaded innocent to the charges of interfering with the peaceful conduct of school activities at Golden West College in Huntington Beach and refusing to leave the campus when asked to do so.
About 20 members of the Huntington Beach-based group’s leadership team sat in Judge Philip McGraw’s courtroom during the arraignment proceedings.
Outside, small bands of the self-styled “Christian revolutionaries” picketed in front of Westminster City Hall, which is adjacent to court facilities.
Released on their own recognizance were Jonathan Berg 19, son of the group’s “spiritual advisor” Dave Berg; Nancy Dewar, 18; Joseph Langford, 18; Douglas Toerper, 19, and James Burke, 27.
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