The HKU Shepherdess Armor borrowed money from her father to attend 2008 Purdue SBC (9 Dec 2011)

In 2008, The HKU missionary ordered each house church to send at least one coworker to attend 2008 Purdue SBC, moreover, all unmarried team members must attend.The whole trip costed around HK$ 15000.The HKU top shepherdess Armor, without a proper career but serving sheep all day, had no money to attend.

At the moment after group Bible study, she announced publicly that she would ask her father to lend her money in order to attend Purdue SBC. She showed herself obeying to (even without money but still ) attend the Purdue SBC abolutely. What a great faith she possessed! At that time, many coworkers didn’t want to attend because of insufficient money. However, upon hearing Shepherdess Armor’s absolute faith, no one dared to unattend. As a results, they found part-time job secretly or ask someone to borrow them money in order to participate. So, they would not be regarded as disobedience or lack of faith.

We understand that UBF’s teachings stress on overcoming and suppressing your rational analysis and critical thinking. They ask for numbness obedience and absolute loyalty to missionaries. Therefore, rational analysis instead of numbness obedience will cause you to feel guilty or anxiety, but please still be struggle to thinkrationally:

1.     Why should missionary give order: each house church must send one coworker to attend Purdue SBC? If they couldn’t attend due to economical problems (Note: the church will not even have a cent allowance), it is reasonable for not attending. Why should they be regarded as lack of faith or disobedience? (Should the missionary let go until the shepherds take government’s assistance?)

2.      That Shepherdess Armor is already an adult around 35-40 years old.  Her father supported her until Ph.D. However, she didn’t find a proper career but treasures so much the HKU missionary’s Bible study materials. She transmits her Bible study materials to sheep all day long until she didn’t have money to attend Purdue SBC. She even needed to borrow money from her father to participate Church activities. If you were her father, would you feel something wrong about your daughter’s church?

3.     As a top Shepherdess but with such manner, is that correct? If she had money to attend SBC, should she be humble to glorify Lord instead of glorifying her absolute faith?

In fact, that event mentioned is only tip of the iceberg, HK ubfers should know clearly the fruits they bore:legalism, condemnation, judging, dictatorship, lies, manipulation, distortion of the Bible, rewritten lifetestimonies, abuse of power, closed, abuse of money ... usually, UBF shepherds did not do such evil thingsintentionally. However, after leaving UBF, they will gradually get rid of such evil.

"Because there is no good tree bears bad fruit, nor a bad tree bear good fruit." (Luke 6:43)