Making sense of the criminal Christian Council of Korea (CCK)

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In the same way that the pre-Reformation era witnessed the Church and its leaders wielding great power, abusing their position and authority by selling indulgences etc., it would be no exaggeration to say that 21st century Republic of Korea has witnessed a similar, wide-scale abuse of human rights committed by the nation's main Christian body - the Christian Council of Korea (CCK). On 27th January 2019, 30,000 citizens - including 100 civil rights, human rights and religious groups - gathered in Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul, to demand the shutdown of the CCK, punishment of its "coercive conversion" programme and a law that bans this programme.

The CCK - founded in December 1989 - is based on the Presbyterian teachings of the 16th century theologian John Calvin who mercilessly killed men, women and children who opposed his theory of predestination. Wide-scale corruption within the organisation in which positions of authority as pastors or chairmen are sold for money has caused many of its believers to abandon their belief in God or move to another church. Its membership has fallen from a peak of 12million to 1.8milllion today. Moreover, within the last ten years, pastors affiliated to the CCK have been sentenced for 12,000 crimes including fraud, harassment, drink-driving and sexual assault. Because of strong ties with the Korean Christian press and government, they have successfully thrown public opinion into confusion, making countless false broadcasts about Shincheonji Church of Jesus, which has grown exponentially year-on-year to over 200,000 members today, according to the promises of the Bible.

The CCK's most vile act is its conception and implementation of the "coercive conversion" programme in which CCK-affiliated pastors target defected congregation members, or believers of minority faiths, and through fear manipulate families to abduct and drug their loved one and confine them in a remote location whereupon a pastor verbally berates the victim until he or she renounces their beliefs and accepts the Presbyterian teachings of the CCK. To date, two women have died from this programme: Mrs. Sunhwa Kim who was murdered with a hammer blow to the head in October 2007 and Ms. Ji-In Gu who died from asphyxiation on January 9th 2018. Furthermore, more than 1250 believers - mainly youth - have been forcibly subject to this programme over the last ten years in the Republic of Korea. Coercive conversion is a medieval practice taking place in a democratic, constitutional country which has the ‘freedom of religion’ enshrined within its constitution (article 20).

The CCK commits such evil actions because of the spirit that is working through its pastors (please click on the two articles below for more detailed Biblical explanations). Throughout the 6000 years of God’s Biblical history, there has been a constant war between the spirits and flesh belonging to God and Satan which manifest themselves through words and actions. In the same way that Israel split into two after King Solomon led the Israelites to worship foreign gods (1Kings11), the Presbyterian Church in Korea bowed down to Japanese gods during Japanese colonial occupation (1910-1945), and Korea was split in two. More recently, CCK has distorted God's word by publishing 200 lies about it based on their own interpretation. The CCK is a criminal organisation disguised a a religious one.



The 27th January 30,000-strong rally in Seoul, Korea, triggered a wave of rallies throughout Europe, the Americas, Africa and Australasia with global media coverage from the New York Times and the Washington Post, among other leading news agencies. Various faith leaders have publicly condemned the practices of the CCK, yet the Korean government has not issued a single statement. Shockingly, it shows no sign of stopping. In the last 12 months, there have been 147 confirmed cases of coercive conversion in South Korea and, shortly after the 27th January rally, a woman in her forties was dramatically rescued by friends after hearing her cries emerging from secluded lodgings. As this article goes out for publication, dozens of victims are being confined against their will in remote locations throughout South Korea, suffering silently.

Would you consider raising your voice and helping end coercive conversion?

God’s Work of 6,000 Years

The War between the True God and the Devil

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