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‘Ps’ David Yonggi Cho said earlier in the investigations that he, “denied… allegations, calling them a smear campaign by a very small group of people in his church. ‘The truth will reveal itself during the prosecutors’s investigation. Those who filed the complaint will have to take responsibility accordingly.”
Well now the truth is out in the open and perhaps Yonggi Cho will now bear fruit in keeping with repentance. Will he ask for forgiveness from his own elders who made the original claims?
This blame shifting is typical in the WOF community. We only need to look across the water to Singapore and Kong Hee, who waits his own judgement. The same Kong Hee who claims to be mentored by both David Yonggi Cho and Phil Pringle.
Hee and Pringle are also board members of Church Growth International founded by Yonggi Cho. Scroll down link below and see other “interesting” names included on this board: Benny Hinn, Marilyn Hickey, Casey Treat etc.
The Summer Church Growth Magazine
There is much “tweeting” and many “leadership” FB comments making the rounds these days lately about choosing your companions wisely. Phil Pringle tweets,
Ldrshp Mxm – ‘Make friends wit grt ppl’
Pr 12:26 T righteous shld choose frnds carefully 4 t way f t wicked leads them astray
#YouTheLeader
Source: Phil Pringle, Twitter, https://twitter.com/philpringle/status/432217337866244098, 10:20 AM – 8 Feb 2014. (Accessed 22/02/2014.)
Need we say more?
Korea Joongang Daily reports…
Pastor and his son convicted in tax evasion case
A Seoul court yesterday convicted the Rev. Cho Yong-gi, the founder of Korea’s biggest church, and his oldest son, Cho Hee-jun, of breach of trust and tax evasion, causing 13.1 billion won ($12.1 million) in losses for the Yoido Full Gospel Church.
The Seoul Central District Court handed down the senior Cho a three-year prison term, which was suspended for five years, and ordered him to pay 5 billion won in fines.
It also sentenced his son to three years behind bars, which he was ordered to begin serving immediately.
Presiding Judge Cho Yong-hyun said in verdict deliberations that because of Cho’s status as a top decision-maker within the church, the pastor emeritus must have approved the irregularities or deliberately stayed quiet, thereby signaling his approval.
The court also ruled that the elder Cho, hailed as the father of Korean evangelicalism and known for his conservative stance on social issues, evaded an inheritance tax worth 3.6 billion won, which the court said will be collected by the state.
“Considering how the defendant has led his life in tumultuous times, and contributions he has made to society as a religious man, the court has decided to suspend his prison term for five years,” the judge explained.
The 78-year-old pastor founded the giant red-bricked Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul in 1973, after which it grew into one of the world’s largest Christian congregations, with more than 800,000 members currently registered.
Cho stood trial on charges that he ordered church officials in 2002 to purchase 250,000 shares of stock for I-Service, a company owned by his oldest son, at a price four times higher than market value, causing the church to lose 13.1 billion won.
Prosecutors argued that Cho’s son, 49, had asked his father to purchase the shares at a much higher cost to recoup the 20 billion won he lost in stock investments two years earlier – a claim the court accepted yesterday.
Cho Hee-jun apparently lost that sum while serving as chairman of the Kookmin Ilbo, when he collected billions of won in donations from readers and church members to help cover the newspaper’s operating costs.
The courtroom was packed with church members throughout the 90-minute sentencing, a testament to the influence the Cho family wielded in the mega-church.
While delivering the three-year prison term for the former newspaper chairman, the judge rebuked the younger Cho for attempting to shift the responsibility for his unethical business practices onto his father and other senior church members.
“The defendant’s behavior is subject to and deserves criticism,” Judge Cho said.”
Source: By Kang Jin-Kyu, Pastor and his son convicted in tax evasion case, Korea Joongang Daily, http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2985272&cloc=joongangdaily, Published 21/02/2014. (Accessed 22/02/2014.)
Related articles:
David Yonggi Cho Church Fraud Investigation? (Part 1)
David Yonggi Cho Church Fraud Investigation? (Part 2)
David Yonggi Cho Church Fraud Investigation? (Part 3)
David Yonggi Cho Church Fraud Investigation? (Part 4)
David Yonggi Cho Church Fraud Investigation? (Part 5) – Sex Scandal Included?
C3 Church Watch 
So what? Even when church leaders rape and molest young children under their care , would that change anything or instill common sense in people that there is no basis to believe all their holy crap?
In the long term, religious leaders have done more harm than good to our world – apart from contributing religious animosity and long history of bloodshed, their teachings generally made their followers stupid or incapable of thinking.
“Even when church leaders rape and molest young children under their care…”
If you are suggesting that the Roman Catholic Church is Christianity, sorry. The RCC has opposed the Christian faith for centuries. The RCC is one of the world’s biggest international cults.
It would be wise to research church history around the time of the reformation to understand why the RCC is dangerous and not Christian. We recommend you reading the writings of the Council of Trent.
The Crimes of Protestant Pastors are Many
By Unknown at 9/15/2010
I don’t post stories about the crimes of Protestant pastors. I leave that up to others. Who does the best job of documenting these stories? I think Dave at exchristian.net does. Check back almost daily for more and more and more crimes of pastors. Is there any wonder why we can’t take Christianity seriously when even their leaders don’t seem to be any better for their faith? We’re told that by their fruits we’ll know them. Yep. We’re told there are tares as well as wheat in the crops. But at some point there is just too much bad fruit and too many tares to believe the Christian faith produces fruit or wheat at all.
The link (one of many such links) …..http://debunkingchristianity.blogspot.sg/2010/09/crimes-of-protestant-pastors-are-many.html
One of the comment…
” I read FBI statistics that said 74 sexual assaults per day are committed by church leaders in the U.S. You can hardly expect one website run by a person with a family and a job to report all the news for you. Then when you factor in how many crimes are not reported EVER, along with those that won’t get reported until the child is an adult, you can see how underreported child molestation and sexual assault cases are.
Not only that, religious leaders are supposed to be held to a higher standard than the rest of us. They are supposed to be LEADING others into salvation, not victimizing them. Ever. So your excuses are not flying here buddy.”
Another valid comment…..
“It’s not so much an appeal to emotion as it is a demonstration that there is no difference in behavior on a macro level between the Christian population and the population in general.
One would expect a difference( victorious behavior) if it was truly possible to have a relationship with a Holy Spirit of some sort or a personal relationship with the son of the ultimate creator of the universe.”
Hypocrisy is hard to eradicate. The law can only superficially(outward show of righteousness and justice) condemn such acts of corruption or immorality in the church but at the same time, ensuring her roots of good and evil are protected and preserved.
To say more is to be censured! There are people who can’t handle the truth and yet pray for a better world. What hypocrisy!