{"id":3435,"date":"2017-10-08T11:47:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T16:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubfriends.net\/?p=3435"},"modified":"2017-10-08T11:47:54","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T16:47:54","slug":"stop-the-ubf-campus-shepherding-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubfriends.org\/ubfriends2015\/stop-the-ubf-campus-shepherding-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop the UBF Campus Shepherding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs.dreamstime.com\/b\/stop-sign-3301719.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"description\">\n<div class=\"mtm xs-phxs\">\n<div class=\"mbl\">\n<div class=\"type-break-word type-l description\">\n<div class=\"rte js-description-content\">\n<p>There are &#8220;campus shepherds&#8221; on over 300 colleges and universities from a new religious group called University Bible Fellowship.<\/p>\n<p>We, the undersigned, call on the leaders of the UBF shepherding system to stop the following:<\/p>\n<p>1. Stop appointing personal, lifelong moral supervisors (aka &#8220;shepherds&#8221;) over students&#8217; young adult lives.<\/p>\n<p>2. Stop arranging marriages between UBF members, a practice called &#8220;marriage by faith&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>3. Admit and acknowledge (and put and end to)\u00a0the mountain of eye-witness testimony regarding many kinds of abuse the UBF shepherding system has allowed, including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Demanding unnecessary sacrifice of students, including ordering abortions as a requirement to become a missionary, cutting off ties with family and friends, and pressuring students to offer money.<\/li>\n<li>Training students to obey through &#8220;dead dog training&#8221;, such as by having them walk barefoot 5 miles, to drive 3 hours every week to attend meetings, and to stand in ice water.<\/li>\n<li>Intruding into students&#8217; lives through undue religious influence, excessive daily, weekly and monthly meetings, and unhealthy indoctrination.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information about University Bible Fellowship, a Korean campus ministry, can be found here: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.ubfriends.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/wiki.ubfriends.net\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"details\" class=\"js-minimize-petition-page-hideable\">\n<div id=\"delivered-to\" data-view=\"petitions\/show\/components\/delivered_to\" data-model_id=\"8106110\" data-model_name=\"Petition\" data-visible_dms=\"3\" data-render=\"true\" data-fetch_summary=\"{&quot;model&quot;:{&quot;model&quot;:&quot;Petition&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;8106110&quot;}}\">\n<div class=\"box border-rounded-t phn sm-phm xs-phm ptm pbn mtl mbn type-s\">\n<p><strong class=\"type-weak\">This petition will be delivered to:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"list-space-m\">\n<li><strong>General Director<\/strong><br \/>\nAbraham T. Kim<\/li>\n<li><strong>President<\/strong><br \/>\nDr. Augustine Sohn<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vice President<\/strong><br \/>\nDr. Alan Wolff<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here is the link to Wikigoat&#8217;s petition:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/abraham-t-kim-stop-the-ubf-campus-shepherding\">https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/abraham-t-kim-stop-the-ubf-campus-shepherding<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are &#8220;campus shepherds&#8221; on over 300 colleges and universities from a new religious group called University Bible Fellowship. We, the undersigned, call on the leaders of the UBF shepherding system to stop the following: 1. Stop appointing personal, lifelong moral supervisors (aka &#8220;shepherds&#8221;) over students&#8217; young adult lives. 2. 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