In this article Jurgen D an ex-member of Bonn UBF chapter in German UBF told chapter director Peter (Dae-Won) Chang not just that he was wrong but also how he wanted nothing to do with UBF anymore.
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The History of the American UBF reform movement part 3
This is a document on what happened right after the the third reform movement.
**Note: The emails on this document have been removed**
This is a letter which has been sent to the current UBF topmost leader, Sarah Barry, by the operator of this website in the name of many former UBF members by certified mail on January 28, 2003. According to the return receipt, Miss Barry received the letter on February 4, 2003. When after a month there was no answer, the letter was resent by email to Sarah Barry and the Chicago UBF webmaster and one week later once again to twelve official contact addresses given on UBF web pages with the request for forwarding. There never was any reaction to any of these letters, let alone any answer to the questions asked in the letter. This proves that Sarah Barry as a leader of UBF maintains the same arrogant and autocratic behavior as her predecessor Samuel Lee, who also was completely unaccountable and ignored any kind of critical inquiries. Even members who had given their hearts, time and money for the organization for years and decades are not even considered worthy of a short answer.
The History of the American UBF reform movement part 2
About the New York UBF chapter
How to leave UBF for Good– The Complete Series [Re-upload]
Hello everyone. Here I re-uploaded the list compilation of the How to leave UBF for Good article series. The reason being is because now ubfriends.net has a Google Translator feature literally everyone can now read the article series
Here is the list compilation which is in order from the oldest to the recent from top to bottom.
- http://ubfriends.net/how-to-leave-ubf-for-good-introduction/
- http://ubfriends.net/how-to-leave-ubf-for-good-what-is-a-cult/
- http://ubfriends.net/how-to-leave-ubf-for-good-fear-god-not-man/
- http://ubfriends.net/how-to-leave-ubf-for-good-deprogramming-process/
- http://ubfriends.net/how-to-leave-ubf-for-good-christian-theology-part-1/
- http://ubfriends.net/how-to-leave-ubf-for-good-christian-theology-part-2/
- http://ubfriends.net/how-to-leave-ubf-for-good-rebuilding-your-personality/
- http://ubfriends.net/how-to-leave-ubf-for-good-ubf-married-couples/
- http://ubfriends.net/how-to-leave-ubf-for-good-children-of-chapter-directors-2nd-gens/
- http://ubfriends.net/how-to-leave-ubf-for-good-epilogue/
ISMF – the new front group of Bonn UBF
Introduction
After the negative publicity in 2002, Dae-Won (“Peter”) Chang, the Bonn UBF director, applied a very interesting tactic. At first, Bonn UBF seemed to have retracted themselves completely “out of the business.” The members were instructed to avoid attracting attention in public. However, in the beginning of 2004 suddenly Mr. Chang’s UBF emerged again from the cover, but using a completely new name and a completely new field of activity, where he increasingly actively searches the general, mainly Korean, public. The name of his new enterprise is “International Senfkorn Music Friends” or “International Senfkorn Music Festival,” abbreviated “ISMF.” As in his Bonn UBF, Mr. Chang is also in the ISMF the chief in command who is holding all strings in his hand, and meanwhile is not even shy to call himself their “president.” In the ISMF, it is officially no more about “campus mission” like in the UBF, but exclusively about music, child education and promotion of Korean culture and Korean values: a pretty radical change. What could be behind such a strange change of course?
For the following report, former members of the UBF have gathered some quite evident and some further possible motives, why Mr. Chang could be suddenly involved in this area. We refer here to the situation and our level of knowledge as of beginning of the year 2005.
ISMF – die neue Tarnorganisation von UBF Bonn
Vorbemerkung
Nach der negativen Publicity im Jahr 2002 wandte Dae-Won („Peter“) Chang, der Leiter der UBF Bonn, eine sehr interessante Taktik an. Zunächst schien sich UBF Bonn völlig „aus dem Geschäft zurückgezogen“ zu haben. Die Mitglieder wurden instruiert, nicht mehr in der Öffentlichkeit Aufsehen zu erregen. Doch dann tauchte Herr Chang UBF Anfang 2004 unvermittelt wieder aus der Versenkung auf, aber unter einem völlig neuen Namen, und in einem völlig neuen Betätigungsgebiet, mit dem er die Öffentlichkeit, vor allem die koreanische, zunehmend aktiv sucht. Der Name seiner neuen Unternehmung lautet „Internationale Senfkorn-Musik-Freunde“ oder „Internationales Senfkorn-Musik-Festival“, abgekürzt „ISMF“. Wie in seiner UBF Bonn ist Herr Chang auch in der ISMF der uneingeschränkte Chef, der alle Fäden in der Hand hat, und bezeichnet sich inzwischen auch ganz offen als deren „Präsident“. Bei ISMF geht es offiziell nicht mehr um die „Campusmission“ wie bei der UBF, sondern ausschließlich um Musik, Kindererziehung und Förderung koreanischer Kultur und koreanischer Werte: Ein ziemlich radikaler Wandel. Was könnte hinter diesem merkwürdigen Richtungswechsel stecken?
Für den folgenden Bericht haben ehemalige Mitglieder der UBF einige ziemlich offensichtliche und einige weitere mögliche Motive zusammengetragen, warum sich Herr Chang plötzlich in diesem Bereich engagieren könnte. Wir beziehen uns dabei auf die Situation und unseren Wissensstand von Anfang des Jahres 2005.