Escaping Shincheonji, Korea’s Covid Cult with Chris Vishoot

A survivor of the Korean doomsday cult on lies, waking up and helping others break free.

Shincheonji recruits through what looks like an ordinary Bible study, and most people who walk through the door have no idea that it is a destructive cult. Chris Vishoot found out only after two and a half years as a devoted member. In 2018, a woman he met on a dating app invited him to what she called an innocent class on scripture. Within a year he wa…