Introduction to 'The Team'

'The Team' is more than a church that has picked up a single strand of misguided theology; this is a group that has gone very wrong and developed a complete control system based on the deluded interpretation and manipulation of the scriptures into a corrupt and spiritually abusive escatology. The group has gradually and irreversibly evolved into a cult from which it is extremely difficult to leave without significant personal trauma and financial loss.

Klaus Pesch is a self appointed and self proclaiming prophet as was his wife Christel Pesch until she passed away in early 2006.

For over 40 years they promoted themselves as messengers of the 'Gospel of the Kingdom' as distinct from the 'Gospel of Salvation'. Openly preaching that they were opposed to organized and corporate Christianity which they referred to as Babylon.

They claimed to have a unique 'end time' message, heralding the establishment of the physical kingdom of God here on earth in preparation for the time of tribulation. Their sole mission was to awaken the true Sons of God and shepherd the true church of Jesus Christ into the holy places of God, which they did by secretly infiltrating established churches and stealing away select members of the congregation under the guise of 'calling' them into the Kingdom.

Klaus & Christel Pesch were never ordained by a church or denomination, they had never attended a bible school, they had never completed any form of formally recognized training in biblical principles, pastoral care, counselling, financial management or business management.

Klaus & Christel Pesch never held a formal position in any church or Christian organization, on the contrary they have been asked to leave many churches in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Australia because of the inflammatory and abusive nature of their teachings and conduct.

Leading his followers alone since the death of his wife, Klaus Pesch continues to employ a combination of deceptive end time teaching and hyper-authoritarian rule to deceive many people into parting with their money and investing it into the kingdom of God under his contol and inevitably into property owned by the Pesch family.

In this way Klaus Pesch and his sons have amassed massive personal wealth spread across three continents.

The Team operates in various forms in Australia, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South America, UK and the Isle of Man and despite believing that they are unique in their calling to the Kingdom with a divine mission led by the spirit of God, they are no different from many many abherent groups who believe they have a secret gospel and that they are the only true believers who have kept themselves from the corruption of mainstream Christianity.

Through the pursuit of their mission to raise up the Sons of God the Pesch family have separated many young adults away from their families by implanting spiritual difference and intolerance.

The Pesch family have fractured and divided nearly every family that has ever worked with them. Dozens of families have been separated, often with multiple splits between brothers and sisters, parents and children within the same family. They have influenced a string of divorces both within 'the team' and without and have been the root cause of untold mental and spiritual trauma leaving an extraordinary trail of wreckage in their wake.

Anyone coming into contact with the Pesch family, their teachings or 'The Team' should exercise extreme caution. No matter how they present themselves as a group, they are not what they claim to be.

The polished and charismatic veneer hides an undercurrent of deception, fraud and emotional exploitation built on a foundation of flawed theology.