A Korean based group, Shincheonji “New Heaven and New Earth”, is a cult that is infiltrating churches. Their leader is called God's advocate, the Promised Pastor. Shinchonji teaching documents seen by The Telegraph instructs these “maintainers” to “arouse curiosity” of newcomers and “try to be close to each other until the student relies on you fully”. [...]

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Here is an eerily familiar TV report from 10/23/2018 about a church near a campus in Michigan. "When you send your teens off to college, you have an expectation that they will stay a part of your family, even as they grow in independence. But some families say when they sent their kids to Central Michigan University, a nearby church isolated and manipulated them and they want the school to do something about it." [...]