A younger son, Ervil, founded his own church, the Church of the Lamb of God, in 1972 in San Diego, California, and later that year ordered the murder of his brother Joel, claiming justification based on the doctrine of blood atonement.
A younger son founded his own church in 1972 in San Diego, California. A younger son later that year ordered the murder of his brother Joel. A younger son later that year was claiming justification based on the doctrine of blood atonement. His own church was the Church of the Lamb of God. Ervil was a younger son.