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Lee Man-hee (Korean: 이만희; Hanja: 李萬熙; born 15 September 1931) is a Korean cult leader. Lee is the founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a South Korean religious group with teachings derived from Christianity that is considered a pseudoreligion or cult by mainstream Christian churches.
Jan 13, 2021 · The leader of a South Korean religious sect has been found not guilty of breaking virus control laws. Lee Man-hee, who heads the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, was however found guilty of...
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Shincheonji followers are awaiting judgment day. Followers believe that after the apocalypse, only 144,000 true believers will be elevated to high priests. The number is taken from Chapter 7 of the Book of Revelation, which it interprets literally. Jehovah Witnesses and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have similar interpretations. T...
Compared with Europe, Christianity has a relatively short history in South Korea, but it's been very successful in converting believers. Despite preachers only arriving there in the 18th century, about a third of South Korea's 51 million people now identify as Christian. Presbyterian missionaries from the United States were influential in shaping t...
Like fringe groups before it, Shincheonji argues that mainstream churches are so corrupt and decadent that they have lost their power to save Christians, according to Mr Byun. "Shincheonji says only through its interpretation of the Bible and through the leader can people be saved," he said. Shincheonji is particularly active on university campuses...
Shincheonji received global attention last year when it was the centre of what was, at the time, the biggest COVID-19 outbreak in Korea More than 5,000 cases of COVID-19 were linked to the church and, at one point, it was calculated to represent 60 per cent of the cases in the country. In a nation where the population is nearly universally complian...
According to court documents, Mr Lee is currently residing in a relatively nondescript apartment in outer Seoul. Choi Mi-suk heads to the complex every day. She sets up a small speaker and unfurls large banners, denouncing Shincheonji and Lee Man-hee. Ms Choi hopes her pleas to the church leader will lead to the return of her daughter. "Since my da...
Kim Eun-kang lasted about a year in the church before choosing to leave. She said members of the sect pressured her to stay but she found strength in the Ansan Sangrok Church, a congregation made up almost entirely by former members of Shincheonji. Ansan Sangrok followers actively try to encourage people to leave Shincheonji, which they consider to...
- Carrington Clarke
Aug 9, 2022 · Members believe that a South Korean man, Lee Man-hee, is a “chosen messenger of Jesus” on Earth to bring about the Second Coming.
- Holly Bancroft
In a press conference in early March 2020, the church's founder Lee Man-Hee publicly kneeled and bowed his head to the ground in a traditional Korean gesture of apology, apologized for church members unintentionally spreading the virus, and said that the church was cooperating with the government.
Aug 12, 2022 · Lee Man-hee, the 91-year-old founder of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, was indicted two years ago for allegedly underreporting the number of Shincheonji followers and church locations to the government when the virus was quickly spreading among the followers.
Aug 12, 2022 · The leader of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus Lee Man-hee was acquitted of charges of violating virus control laws Friday. The Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s ruling acquitting Lee but also upheld a three year prison sentence, suspended for five years, for embezzlement and obstruction of business.
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