Scheme of Church-Snatchers for Shinchonji

Scheme of Shinchonji Snatchers for its Propagation
The way of propagation has vigorously been evolving and growing 10,000 members every years since 2001 from 'Free Theological Seminary' scheme and releasing new versions: 'Bokumbang', 'Harvest field and Harvest reaper', 'Transporting the mountain',and 'the disguised church' under names of mainstreams.

Shinchonji was established in 1984 with a little members, about 50. It has been a small cult for 18 years, less than ten thousand until 2001. Lee Man Hee directly held revivals and Revelation seminars in 1980s and 1990s with its doctrines that are the conditional end-time when it reaches 144,000 members, flesh-immortality, and salvation comes from only Lee Man Hee while he published some books: Full Introduction to the Revelation: Eternal Gospel and New Song, The Truth of Revelation: Heavenly Secret, The Truth of the Heaven Book: Secret Revelation. However, these books are anti-Christianity on the sense that Man Hee Lee unjustly compares and interprets his own Temple of Tabernacle activities with the eschatological events.  According to the study, beside Shinchonji, many Korean heretical groups used home visiting, mass revivals, distribution of pamphlets, posters, cultural and sport activities, questionnaires, as its growth strategies. Shinchonji started to develop schemes as new way of recruitment tool in the beginning of 1990s. The first one is the ‘free theological seminary’, advertising Lee Man Hee’s books, so that they could more increase their growth. However, once people realized that the seminaries are not a pure theological seminary but a secret center where runs by Shinchonji and indoctrinates students, the growth was limited, they could not use these words: ‘Shinchonji’, ‘free theological seminary’ and ‘bible study’ in public.

All strategies are based on a lie.  Shincheonji rationalizes telling a lie as “strategy.” Shincheonji encourages its members to tell a lie and even trains its members to cry and to pretend to restore the traditional faith. This is piece of evidence; the below certificate as an official permission of theological seminary school in N.Y. to A New Heaven and New Earth (Shinchonji in Korean) theological school can be found in the one of Lee Man Hee's book called 'Young-Haek' (published 5/31/1996, page 108). In fact, it is a forgery of document since it is easily recognizable, as a sample of stock certificate and modified.
	A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL INC The Corporation is authorized to issue 200 Common Shares - No Par Value This certifies that _ SPECIMEN _ is the owner of _ fully paid and non - assessable Shares of the above Corporation transferable only on the looks of the Corporation by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized Attorney upon surrender of this certificate properly endorsed. In Witness Whereof, the said Corporation has caused this certificated to be signed by its duly authorized officer and to be sealed with the seal of the Corporation.
The second scheme was introduced in 2001 was the propagation via ‘Room of the gospel’ a.k.a. ‘Bokumbang’ in Korean that was an upgraded version from the first one, also which is for beginner course of their bible study for two or three months to lead to the full brainwash process, wearing sheep’s clothing – its identities are thoroughly hidden to potential victims using misrepresented names of ex-pastors, missionaries, mainstream churches, general institutions, many volunteer organizations, even chess club, etc until graduating the seminary and becoming a member.

There was a 'Special Warning Statement regarding Non-disclosure of the method of propagation' as shown left picture from Lee Man Hee to chiefs of 12 tribes in SCJ 19 year (that is, 2001) which ordered to the seven chiefs of the education that all associated with the “Harvest Field” strategy including materials is secretly used for only training purpose and that warns that anyone must be fired if the strategy is disclosed.

Shinchonji’s growth from 2001 has been increasing by average 10,000 members every year, blending two existing strategies with new three schemes: ‘Harvest field (editor note: field and mountain refer to mainstream churches)’ means Snatching believers, ‘Transporting/moving the mountain’ means Invading and taking over church by snatcher (“Harvest reaper”) or its special force team, and ‘the disguised church under mainstream churches.’
	Right up corner in the left picture, mainstream's logo and name used.  On August 7, 2013, the collaborated investigation team: Mr. Hyun-Wook Shin (Chief counlselor of National Association of Countermeasure for Shinchonji), Rev. Yong-Sik Jin (Chairman of The Cult Countermeasure Association of the Christian of Korea) and the Christian news disclosed in a news conference that 67 disguised churches run by Shinchonji were found.
The fifth scheme, disguised church, was started for endlessly seducing Shinchonji member's family in 2004; because it was very easy to say 'Let's go to a church (any disguised church)' rather than 'Let's go to Shinchonji church' - in most cases, none Shinchonji member strongly poses against SCJ. Furthermore,  it has became to the top first scheme since 2010 as they upgraded deceiving technic: 1) 'Hapdong' Presbyterian mostly used to disguise, 2) forgery of paster certificate and church office document issued by mainstream religious brotherhood, 3) modifying church logo, 4) run a small church as family style as many as 80-150 members, and 4) beside the bible study, hosting hobby and activities clubs, continuing education, and other educational programs for parents.

How to establish a disguised church by Chinchonji (SCJ)
The First	1. A SCJ member who owns a building lends it to a mainstream church 2. Letting the church go without extension of the lease 3. It became a SCJ church naturally
The Second	1. A SCJ instructor become a student in a regular theological seminary 2. The instructor build a church after getting a pastor certificate
The Third	1. A SCJ instructor builds a church first 2. the instructor become a student for a short pastor course in a small or middle religious brotherhood 3. The instructor obtains a pastor certificate
The Fourth	1. Send church-snatchers in a church 2. The snatcher find pastor's all kind of unreasonable and corrupt acts, and caught up to the trap for pastor 3. The snatcher expels the pastor  4. The snatchers take over the church and invite a SCJ pastor

The Doctrinal Schemes of Shincheonji 

1) Shinchonji maintains a wrong conditional eschatology that once it reaches the 144,000 membership, its members will unite with God and have an eternal life without bodily death. 

2) Shinchonji uses “metaphor theory” to seduce institutionalized church members. “Metaphor theory” of Shinchonji is that without knowing the metaphor of the Bible, one cannot know the secret of the hidden Bible. Thus, once one is seduced by the “metaphor theory”, one is easily moved to the next step. Therefore, it is important not to be seduced by the “metaphor theory” or “parable theory.” It is needless to say that the parable of Matthew chapter 13 does not apply to all Biblical interpretations, but only what Jesus said using parables. 

3) The Revelation is used for the last stage of Shinchonji’s seduction. 

4) Shinchonji maintains “every Bible verse has pair” based on Isaiah 34: 16, “None of these will be missing, not one will lack her mate.” (Though the recent trend is decreasing using this argument, but still it is reported that many use it.) However, the mate here is not what Shinchonji means as biblical pair, but the mate of animal. 

5) The order of the second coming of Jesus Shinchonji argues is Rebellion, destruction, and salvation based in II Thessalonians 2: 1-2. The first rebellion is John the Baptist. 

6) Shinchonji maintains that the East is Korea, especially Gwacheon. However, according to its argument, Garden of Eden, (Genesis 2: 8), the site of Babel (Genesis 11: 2) are in Korea, and moreover, Job (Job 1: 3), and the Magi from the East(Matthew 2:1) are also Korean. This kind of Biblical interpretation is ridiculous. < Proviced by Professor. Ku Chon-Suh General Assembly of Presbyterian Church of Korea >

One-man and other protesters warn the disguised church/bible center as an institute

	The left sign in the entrance says "Best Plus Institute" and the right says "English Success 100 Institute". A man, the second from right, holds a protest boards, saying "This is the cult Shinchonji, its center where seduces you."  "A woman in middle holds a protest boards, saying "This is JMS, the education center which deceives you."

Shocking! The claim, ‘Shinchonji, in the middle of moving the mountain of The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk’, was raised.

	Pastor Hyung Taek Park and Chief Counselor Hyun Wook Shin confirmed Shinchonji’s infiltration into The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk. Shinchonji’s deep involvement in the division of The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk was confirmed and sent shock waves.
The claim was raised that Shinchonji has deeply infiltrated The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk who fell into the greater confusion after Pastor Hyung Taek Hwang resigned, and sent great shock waves.
It was claimed that the deacons who took control of The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk are the Shinchonji members  On 21, KPC (the Korean Presbyterian Church) Christian Heresy Research (Chief Counselor Hyung Taek Park, Rev.) and Korean Council for Heresy Counseling (Chief Counselor Hyun Wook Shin) claimed that Shinchonji is involved in the causes of the greater confusion which The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk fell into, far from becoming normalized, after the resignation of Pastor Hyung Taek Hwang.  The conflict within The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk Church seemed to be settled for the time being as Pastor Hyung Taek Hawang, who is the former pastor, received the judgment last year from Yejang Tonghap General Assembly his nomination as senior pastor and ordination as pastor were invalidated. It is because, with church members who followed Pastor Hyung Taek Hwang being expelled from The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk and gathering separately in Kwangya Church, The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk was left in the situation where she was on course for normalization by installing the interim session chairperson and nominating the senior pastor.  However, it is argued that The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk began to fall into greater confusion from that moment.  Deacon A of Kangbujeil Church claimed, “About 50 people, including deacons H and Y, physically took control of session at the end of last December”, and “They not only refused the entry of the interim session chairperson, who was dispatched by Pyongyang Presbytery on last June, into the church building but also took control of the church by using violence against the opposing forces, and all the normal functions of the church have been paralyzed since then.”  Deacon A said, “Last year, this group of people tried to carry through the plan to organize the church as their own will, but as the interim session chairperson and session members didn’t accept, they created a disturbance with pre-collected forces and took over all the authority”, and “they attacked and dragged the interim session chairperson who was dispatched by Pyongyang Presbytery out of the church, and tried to nominate the senior pastor illegally without nominating committee members who are opposing them.”
Shinchonji ‘devouring the whole church’, is it applied even to the mega churches?  KPC Christian Heresy Research and Korean Council for Heresy Counseling disclosed that the behaviors of these people are the typical tricks of Shinchonji’s propagation strategy, called ‘moving the mountain’. According to both institutes, the investigation with pictures and videos of them identified that they are the key figures of Shinchonji.  Chief Counselor Hyun Wook Shin said, “H and Y, who are the key figures currently holding The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk, were identified as the active members of Shinchonjii’s Seoul James tribe,” and “Although about thirty people among those who illegally took over the church turned out to be the members of Shinchonjii, it is impossible to identify the number of all the harvesters who have infiltrated the church.” Seoul James tribe is the one which has competence over Nowon-Gu, Sungbuk-Gu, Kangbuk-Gu, and Uijeongbu area.
Chief Counselor Shin said, “In the process of counseling the people having fallen into Shinchonji, I was told many times that Seoul James tribe dispatched lots of harvesters to The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk Church and recently, there was an open rumor that Shinchonji took over The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk Church,”and “After checking the video and pictures of H and Y with several cult survivors, they were certainly confirmed to be the active members of Shinchonji.”  If the statements made on that day are true, it seems that Shinchonji’s ‘devouring the whole church’ operation, called ‘moving the mountain’, which has been conducted in some small churches or provinces, is being waged even in mega churches, which may shock greatly the Korean churches.  Pastor Hyung Taek Park said, “The incident of The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk can confirm that Shichonji’s atrocities of moving the mountain, which has been committed against the small churches in the meantime, are attempted in the mega churches,” emphasizing “Now is the time in dire need of attention and cooperation from Korean Churches as well as the General Assembly of PCK(the Presbyterian Church of Korea) to eradicate a group of Shinchonji members from The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk, including H.”  If it turns out to be true that Shinchonji is deeply involved with the continuing conflict within The First Presbyterian Church of Kangbuk even after resignation of Pastor Hyung Taek Hwang, denominational active action and believers’ awakening will be urgently needed.   (Provided by partner news mission)