 The fisherman, Niels Liløre, relates the story of the tragedy that befell a fishing village on the North Sea when the crew of the Liløre lifeboat ran into a storm on a rescue operation on 25 January 1897. Children of God is an authentic drama recreated by a cast of amateurs from the area where the disaster took place. The funeral of the twelve men who lost their lives, conducted by a pastor celebrated across the nation, proved a major event; for years Pastor Carl Moe had preached punishment and eternal torment for infidels while promising holy, eternal life for the converted.