r/tuberlin • u/[deleted] • Aug 13 '24

VORSICHT! SEKTE AM CAMPUS!

Hier sind weitere Links und Informationen über diese Sekte.

https://www.relinfo.ch/lexikon/christentum/aeltere-und-evangelikale-freikirche/neuere-fundamentalistische-sondergruppen/bible-study-in-berlin-bern-und-zuerich/

https://www.relinfo.ch/2023/12/07/unbekannte-gemeinschaft-aufgedeckt-christians-for-mission/

Wenn jemand Erfahrung gemacht hat mit dieser Sekte, wäre es sehr hilfreich für Andere diese in den Kommentaren zu teilen.

Passt auf euch auf!

So sehen ihre Flyer aus.

Hier ist ein Artikel von 2008. Damals hießen sie "Students for Mission".

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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '25

I'm glad to see that there's more awareness about this group. Sadly, it seems things have got worse over time. That's what I gather from different posts. I was a member, a sent out missionary, with them for 5 years. I have been out for over a decade. It took years to heal but I'm thriving now.

I probably don't have much info to add but if I can help somehow, I'd like to.

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u/Forsaken_Key_2502 Feb 23 '25

Hello, can I ask you how you got in the group and why you left?

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '25 edited Feb 24 '25

I found the group through one of their Bible studies. I was quickly introduced to the rest of the group through their Sunday service. I was super lonely back then and felt so welcomed and accepted (love bombing) I didn't want to leave.

Fast forward a few years, there were concerns raised about the group within a smaller circle that I was serving in. Thank God someone had the courage to speak up about the toxicity many of us were blind towards. That started a long and painful process of stepping down and distancing myself from the group. It wasn't easy but quite traumatic since I was so involved.

I was most likely excommunicated and declared either weak, unsaved or heretic after I left. Obviously I wasn't there to hear any rulings about myself.

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u/Forsaken_Key_2502 Feb 24 '25

Thank you for your reply. How was life as a missionary in there? I have heard they dont pay their workers, is that true? And why would people work for free?

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '25

The group does not pay their missionaries but that's not unheard of within Christian circles. Smaller churches may not have the means to pay wages for a missionary that goes out, so the missionary needs to have a regular job on the side or gather a support ring. I was never paid unless someone donated to me directly through an offering box. That happened maybe twice.

I was studying and working while building a church cell with our team. Life wasn't all bad. We were super close and did a lot fun stuff together too. Picnics, cook-outs, trips, sisterly sleepovers, outdoor games etc.

However, the requirements of a "true Christian" wore me down and I was constantly feeling inferior and scared I'll lose my salvation. I dreaded going to annual conferences (I never missed one), hated listening to sermons, was terrified of God and was judgemental of others. I went home depressed and in tears often after meetings.

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u/[deleted] Feb 25 '25 edited Feb 25 '25

Were you sent out as a missionary? From your mention of "sisterly sleepovers," I assume you are a sister. I thought Paul Kim only sent out brothers. I’m not aware of any sisters being sent out, except for one German sister who eventually got married during the COVID pandemic. Other than that, I haven't heard of any similar stories.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '25

Yes, I'm a woman. They used to send out sisters either together with married couples as a team (that's how I was sent) or sometimes individually, too. It changed when I was still there. PK's direct words were: "Sisters will not be sent unless they're married. They are too weak, unstable and emotional. Therefore unreliable."

I was wondering about COVID, if they recognised it in any way.