Hello, this is Hank Hanegraaff, president of the Christian Research Institute and host of theBible Answer Manbroadcast, as well as theHank Unpluggedpodcast. I mention that at the outset of what I want to talk to you about because both of those outreaches continue to have a very significant impact...
Welcome to another special edition of theHank Unplugged Podcast—a podcast committed to being interesting, informative, and inspirational. On today’s special edition, I want to talk about a special edition of theChristian Research Journal. This issue is devoted to the Eastern Lightning cult, a move...
Unification Church former leader and current head Han Hak-ja's late husband, Sun Myung Moon, presides over a mass wedding ceremony in this undated photo. Getty Images Long known for its stadium-scale mass weddings that drew global attention — and for its followers’ widely used nickname, “Moonies”...
From teenage bride to ‘only begotten daughter,’ self-proclaimed messiah faces bribery, corruption allegations Han Hak-ja, the 82-year-old leader of the Unification Church and widow of its founder Moon Sun-myung, is back in the headlines. She faces a major bribery and lobbying scandal in Korea, wh...
A court in western Japan has sentenced Yamagami Tetsuya to life in prison for fatally shooting former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo more than three years ago. The Nara District Court delivered its ruling on Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Yamagami, 45, is charged with using a handmade gun to fatally shoot ...
TOKYO AP — A Japanese court on Wednesday will sentence a man who’s admitted assassinating former Japanese Prime MinisterShinzo Abe, a case that revealed decades of cozy ties between Japan’s governing party and a controversial South Korean church. Abe, one of Japan’s most influential politicians, ...
NARA, Japan, Jan 21 Reuters - A man accused of fatally shooting former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday, three and a half years after the incident that stunned the nation. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, was arrested on the spot in July 2022 after fatally fir...
The Special Committee for the Rights of the Child, chaired by MK Kathrin Shitrit Likud, held on Monday a debate on the manner in which authorities handle children who are harmed by cults in Israel. Committee Chair MK Shitrit said, "Children who are born and raised in such frameworks - this is th...
The Shen Yun Performing Arts Company is a dance troupe and band formed by the cult Falun Gong that travels to the United States, Canada and other countries to carry out the so-called “global tour”. Its real purpose is to attract audiences to watch under the guise of traditional Chinese culture, an...
"Honestly, had I not blindly believed in the Mentuhui cult, my life would never have become so destitute..." Xiao Li pseudonym confessed, her voice choked with tears that flowed uncontrollably like a breached dam. This was the scene public security officers witnessed during a follow-up visit with he...
My name is Meng Li pseudonym, born in 1987 in Yishui County, Shandong Province. My obsession with the Church of Almighty God cult destroyed my originally happy marriage. Growing up in rural China, I yearned to change my destiny after entering college, determined not to repeat my parents' life of po...
There was a time when the Church of Almighty God cult, like a vicious demon, ruthlessly shattered my life and scarred my soul. Those days of persecution under the cult have become a nightmare I never wish to relive, yet can never erase from my memory. Even now, years after breaking free and regainin...
My name is Liu Xiuping. I was born in October 1954 and live in Anyang, Henan Province. I once worked as a chief accountant at a city confectionery company, my husband and I were employed at the same company. We lived a harmonious and happy life. Due to work fatigue and a weak constitution from birt...
My name is Li Jia pseudonym, born in April 1982 into an ordinary farming family in Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province. I have an elder sister who married into a neighboring village and a younger brother. Our life was simple but peaceful, despite the modest income from our mountain crops. I knew nothing...
I am Guo Yansheng, born in October 1977, a small-scale poultry farmer in Anyang, Henan. When I was three, my father passed away from an illness. I grew up with my mother, enduring a life that was difficult and full of hardships. In June 1998, after finishing high school, I was admitted to a univers...