Winnipeg UBF Exposed

The article below was published in the University of Winnipeg’s “The Uniter” in 1986, showing widespread student disenchantment with the harassment of the UBF cult members on campus. The majority of student opinion actually favored disbarment which is what happened. The result might be a case study (or a model) in the effectiveness of direct confrontation of the UBF cult. Still, however, UBF did not repent but continued to harass students at the University of Manitoba and elsewhere. The University of Winnipeg, “THE UNITER”,Winnipeg, Canada. Vol. XI, No. 4 September 23, 1986, page 1 (front page) “Missionaries Viewed [As] Vexing” by S. Dakshinamurti The average U of W student has been solicited by a religious missionary [UBF] on campus at least twice – some have been accosted over ten times. A survey taken from the a random sampling of the University’s student population revealed these and the following figures: 59 per cent of all students have been solicited during their te...

In God’s name: New Korean cult seeks converts on Winnipeg’s campuses The Winnipeg Free Press/October 25, 1986 By Catherine Bainbridge Keith’s friends say they never see him any more. Keith is a 22-year-old chemical technology graduate. He used to love martial arts, music, his record collection and books. But in the space of 4 months, he’s given all that up. Keith is losing his family, money, personality and probably his self-control to the University Bible Fellowship, cult experts say. The UBF which came to Canada three years ago from Korea and has 20 chapters in the United States and a dozen countries around the world, is flourishing in Winnipeg. It calls itself a Christian Bible study group, dedicated to the task of campus evangelism, in a pamphlet published by the group. But according to Dr. Ronald Enroth of California, a world renowned sociologist who has had six books published on North American cults, UBF is part of a new wave of authoritarian mind control group...

U of W bans Korean cult recruiters from campus The Winnipeg Free Press/October 25, 1986 By Catherine Bainbridge Members of a group condemned for using mind-altering techniques and psychological abuse to gain converts have been banned from the University of Winnipeg campuses. The University of Bible Fellowship, which came to Canada three years ago from Korea, is active in Winnipeg recruiting students at university and college campuses. The mainly female Korean missionaries, referred to as shepherds by the group, have been regularly approaching students at the U of W, a few blocks from the UBF Bible house on Sherbrook Street. “They’re always around here,” Caroline Krebs, president of the U of W Students Association said. “It’s rather alarming. They’re in the library, cafeteria and hallways – harassing and bothering people.” Krebs said the university warned UBF members several times not to recruit on campus but eventually had to resort to banning them. University secu...

Brandon Sun Brandon, Manitoba Sat Oct 25, 1986—page 2 Cult Members Banned WINNIPEG (CP)— Members of a Korea-based religious group that has been aggressively attempting to recruit students have been banned from the University of Winnipeg. “They’re always around here,” said Caroline Krebs, president of the University of Winnipeg Students’ Association. “It’s rather alarming. They’re in the library, cafeteria, and hallways —- harassing and bothering people,” The mainly female Korean missionaries belong to an organization called University Bible Fellowship, which moved to Canada three years ago. The group has been widely condemned in the United States. University security officers have been ordered to escort any members of the group off campus. Even though one University Bible Fellowship member has been charged with petty trespass, they continue to come to the university to hand out pamphlets. Brandon Sun Brandon, Manitoba Wed, Oct 29, 1986 – Page 56 Campu...

“MANITOBAN” Vol 74 Issue 21 November 23, 1987 Cult goes fishing on campus Banned at U of W, renamed group meeting at U of M By Doug Nairne A rather non-descript young man walked into the Manitoban on Friday. He could have been any one of the thousands who pass through University Centre every day. He placed a pile of yellowed newspaper articles on a desk and declared, “They’re fishing again; I’ve seen them on campus,” This person was once a member of the University Bible Fellowship (UBF) the cult which made the news in 1984 when it was banned from the University of Winnipeg for using “mind-altering techniques and psychological abuse to gain covets. Since that time, the UBF has changed its name to the Campus Bible Fellowship (CBF) and begun meeting at the University of Manitoba. The CBF came to Canada in 1981 from Korea and has several dozen chapters in the United States and a dozen chapters around the world. The  Winnipeg’s Free Press’s  October 24, 198...

The Projector: Student’s Journal Date September 25, 1989 CULT ON CAMPUS Cult Recruits on Campus Part One: In the Beginning… By Kim Van Bruggen Administration is warning stu- dents to stay away from a religious cult attempting to infiltrate the college. Known members of the University Bible Fellowship are attending classes at the college, according to Brian Hanson, V.P. Student Affairs. “They are primarily here to recruit,” Hanson said. The group has been active on the U of W campus for the last four years, before being banned from the property. They moved on to the U of M campus in February 1988, but were forced off the campus after widespread publicity made re- cruiting difficult. “They call themselves missionaries, and the core of the group is Korean,” Gordon Gillespie of Manitoba Cult Awareness said. “It all starts very simply. They’ll try to zero in on the lonely ones. They’ll invite them out in the evening...

“The Winnipeg Sun” Vol. 10, No.90 Tuesday, April 17, 1990 PAGE 5 “Cult personality draws people to Fellowship” Ex-Cult Member Still Feels Fear by Wendy Stephenson Sun Staff Writer She doesn’t make the phone call herself. She’s scared. Someone else phones the newsroom. Please don’t print Theresa’s story – she’s changed her mind, he says. The story – told over 4 1/2 hours one day in late June – is one of human tragedy – a young woman who sought a closer relationship with God, but instead found herself abused and berated by so-called Christians. She became mixed up with the University Bible Fellowship, a cult that’s been kicked off university and college campuses in Canada and the United States [insert] Leader abused woman’s trust It was the last straw for a then 22 year old Bible study student, who realized the missionary position could take on a new meaning. She blushes even yet as she recalls how the man she looked to as her spiritual leader abused her trust. She had a...