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)

鐵甲牧者問阿爸借錢參加美國 2008 Purdue 國際夏令營 (8 Dec 2011)

2008 年港大宣教士命令，所有核心牧者的家庭都要派至少一人出席2008 Purdue國際夏令營，所有入了 team 的未婚弟兄姊妹也要絕對出席，呢個靈修營費用是 $15000。一個沒有正職、卻全時間服事眾多羔羊的鐵甲牧者（senior 牧者），亦無錢參加 2008 年 Purdue 國際夏令營。當時，呢個牧者竟然在查經後當眾表示：自己會問阿爸借錢去美國靈修營，顯出自己 (即使無錢都絕對地) 出席該靈修營是何等大的信心！當時許多同工都因無錢而唔想參加，但聽完鐵甲牧者無錢都絕對出席美國靈修營，所以都唔敢唔去，因此，唯有暗地裏搵 Part-time 或問人借錢參加，免得被視為不信或不絕對順從。 


我們明白在 UBF 的教導裏，是強調要克服及壓抑你的理性分析及批判思想，要求你麻木順從和絕對效忠宣教士/牧者，因此，以理性分析代替麻木順從是會引起你的罪疚感和不安，但請大家仍掙扎以理性思考： 


1. 為何宣教士要一言堂，命令所有核心牧者的家庭都要絕對派至少一人出席呢個靈修營？若因經濟問題而不能出席 (註：教會一個仙都唔會津貼)，是合情合理的，為何又受定罪，被視為不信呢？（唔通真係要拿綜援佢地才放手）。


2. 那位鐵甲牧者咁大個人，阿爸攻佢讀書攻到 Ph.D，成三、四十歲都冇正職，從早到晚拿住港大宣教士的查經資料當係寶，周圍向人覆述查經資料，攪到冇錢參加國際靈修營，仲要伸手問阿爸借錢參加教會活動，若果你係佢阿爸，你會否覺得個女既教會有問題呢？ 


3. 身為高級牧者，表現出咁樣既行為，o岩唔o岩既呢？有錢能參加到靈修營，唔係應該謙卑，歸榮耀與神嗎？為何要高舉自己好有信心呢？ 


其實以上講既都只係冰山一角，有返過UBF的人應該好清楚，UBF一直以來所結的果子，包括: 律法主義、定罪、論斷、獨裁、謊言、操控、曲解聖經、私意解經、改寫生命見證、濫權、封閉、濫財… 通常，UBF牧者行這些惡事，都是身不由己的，但離開UBF後、便能漸漸擺脫這些罪惡了。 
”因 為 ， 沒 有 好 樹 結 壞 果 子 ， 也 沒 有 壞 樹 結 好 果 子 。” (路6:43)

a CUHK shepherd was cheated for the marriage arrangement (7 Dec 2011)

A ture story about a CUHK shepherd who was cheated for the marriage arrangement

HKU missionary told lies and sweet words to persuade a CUHK shepherd to marry a sister who came from the mainland China. That sister was older than him about 5 years. The brother accepted by faith because the missionary told him that  the Korean Director Shep D Kim and her had prayed for him for a long time. However, that missionary changed the marriage partner for him suddenly. The CUHK shepherd was very shock. However, the missionary told lies and sweet words again. She told him again that the Korean Director Shep D Kim and her had prayed for him for a long time, explaining that the true marriage partner was not the sister from the mainland China, instead was another sister shepherdess in HKUBF (that sister was serving another university at that time). The CUHK shepherd was still cheated by that missionary until today.

source:

http://www.armbell.com/liberalhk/viewtopic.php?t=4894&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=45&mforum=liberalhk

UBF 報喜不報憂 (只讚美神，莫視分裂) / Praise God, Ignore Division (4 Dec 2011)

(source: http://www.priestlynation.com/archives/689)

30Nov2011

Praise God, Ignore Division

Posted by briank

Things that disturb me about UBF: a tendency to rewrite history to be only positive; a tendency to focus on individual and communal praise of God while ignoring the reality of painful divisions and disunity.

A recent report on the history of Asia pioneering is a clear example of what I’m talking about. Here is an excerpt for the positive-only UBF report:

“She offered her five loaves and two fish for HK pioneering mission. As a result, HK UBF has grown rapidly by raising 6 native Sunday messengers and more than 115 Sunday worshipers. Now 5 chapters are having worship service independently and 6 Korean missionaries are co-working together. We thank and praise God for using M. Angela so preciously as a mother of prayer for HK campus souls.” (source)

However, in spite of the rosy picture painted by the UBF report, the reality is very different from their perception. Clearly there has been an ongoing exodus of leaders in Hong Kong UBF. The report also includes glorious-sounding words about India UBF, completely glossing over the exodus of leaders that happened there recently.

The UBF reporter and those who posted the report and those who approved the report all know about the painful reality going on for more than a decade in Hong Kong. Yet the UBF report focuses on the sacrificial life of one missionary and ignores the division completely, just as the majority of UBF leaders continue to ignore any differing opinions regarding their ministry methods and beliefs. I pray that UBF leaders will face the facts and begin to report honestly and factually.

Praise God and ignore division? Serve God and forget about your neighbor? Sacrifice your life and mitigate the mercy of God? I don’t think so. Abraham repented of doing such things, and was blessed for it. We dare not talk about faith and serving God and obeying Christ if we cannot face the facts of our reality. How can I claim to know God if I do not attempt reconciliation, love my neighbor and fall at the mercy of God? We are in danger of becoming mystical fools if we do not face the facts of our situation.

“Without weakening in his faith, he faced the fact that his body was as good as dead–since he was about a hundred years old–and that Sarah’s womb was also dead.”Romans 4:19 (NIV84)

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2 Responses to “Praise God, Ignore Division”

1. The same “praise God, ignore division” attitude happened in the US recently too:

   http://www.priestlynation.com/archives/369
   admin

   November 30th, 2011 at 2:32 pmpermalink
2. We agreed that the UBF reporter and those who posted the report and those who approved the report all know about the painful reality going on for more than a decade in Hong Kong. Yet the UBF report reported the good news but not the bad, such as the left of the HK Director last year (2010), lots of shepherds and whole fellowship disappear suddenly during the past 10 years. However, no one reported it. (Note: Most missionaries and leaders bring shame on the former UBF members while they are praising God of the growth in HKUBF on the other hand.)

   Here are more examples of “reporting the good news but not the bad” in HKUBF:

   1. While the leaders praised the growth in HKUBF, they ignored the very serious power struggle problems between former HK Director, CUHK and HKU missionary (actually as well as the shepherds). HKU missionary always defied the former HK Director publicly during the GBS. Once the Director mentioned in his Sunday message that the Yonhee Director Shep D. Kim had weakened his authority in HKUBF by diving HKUBF into three chapters in 2005. At that time, he was suffered from depression. He was suffered a lot and could not sleep at night.

   2. Once CUHK missionary praised publicly that HK UBF medical shepherds who offers two tenths income, “Three medical doctor shepherds were established. They offer offerings sacrificially offering two tenths of their income. ” (source:http://downeyubf.com/2011/01/27/asian-directors-conference-2011/)
   HKU missionary also praised HK shepherds publicly, “Even though HK is a small city rather than a country, but HK Centre’s offering to US HQ ranks no. 3 among all countries. The amount is even more than the sum of the all chapters in one country.” She was so proud of HK shepherds’ offerings. However, they ignored the reality that the shepherds are struggling to offer a lot of money to the church and they must live in poor on the earth. Some PhD. shepherds even proud of absolutely attending the Perdue University SBC by borrowing a lot of money from their parents to buy the air-tickets. Many shepherds need to borrow money from the bank in order to give marriage offerings to UBF (One month salary and offering to Director, shepherds, ……) While they praised the offerings of HK shepherds publicly, they ignore the reality that the current net worth of UBF is USD $12,896,882. While the missionaries teach the shepherds not store up their treasures on earth and not allowing them to buy their own flats, they store up a lot of net worth on earth for the missionaries and built magnificent Centres in Korea.

   It is puzzling to brothers and sisters why do UBF always praise God while ignoring the reality of painful divisions and disunity? According to the cult expert, “Only good and proper thoughts are encouraged”, “Need for obedience and dependency”, “No critical questions about leader, doctrine, or policy seen as legitimate”, are THOUGHT CONTROL and BEHAVIOR CONTROL which are the characteristics of a cult.

   In HKUBF, all brothers and sisters are not allowed to criticize the church policy or the missionaries. For those would be judged by the missionaries and leaders such as “lack of faith”, “human thoughts”, “disobedience”, “proud”, etc. during GBS or even in the Sunday message. However, those who pretend to report good news would be gloried or praised publicly or raising them as messageners or team leaders. In this way, they can easily manipulate the followers.

   In conclusion, “Praise God, Ignore Division” attitude happened in HK UBF too. These are THOUGHT CONTROL and BEHAVIOR CONTROL which are the characteristics of a cult. It is very clear that it is not because of Korean culture, but spiritual abuse. Even we are asians, we cannot accept the spiritual abuse. Hope this information can help the brothers and sisters to know the reality about HKUBF which is always praised by the Korean Director and other missionaries all over the world.
   HKUBF

   December 4th, 2011 at 5:09 am

Chris 離開香港 UBF 的見證 (4 Dec 2011)

Chris 離開香港 UBF 的見證 (Leaving testimony of chris)

I left UBF 3 years ago. It was hard at first – especially with the emails they would send me – saying that God could no longer love me – or that I had shipwrecked my faith – as well as several other unfounded accusations (like that I dropped out of school?). But, UBF does not define who and what you are – God defines who and what you are. It is because of his unfailing love for you that he would not abandon you to UBF. To all who have suffered under the oppressive regime of UBF I say this – look not to UBF for justice – look instead to the Cross – look to Jesus. It is here you will find justice and peace. Let God be the one to take revenge. And surely anyone who steals his sheep, calls themselves a shepherd, and leads the sheep into dark caves to be eaten by wolves – will answer to Jesus – the only Good Shepherd. The sheep will be saved – but the false shepherds will face only wrath and judgement. Because Jesus never ever loses a sheep! He promised this!

(source: http://www.priestlynation.com/archives/676)