“Big 4” Founder Admits Connection To Notorious Cult

The allegations have been circulating for years. Koreaboo 3 minutes ago JYP Entertainment founder and CCO J.Y. Park has finally addressed renewed accusations of ties to a controversial “cult”. | @asiansoul_jyp/Instagram J.Y. Park surprised K-Pop fans several years ago when he began uploading Bible lectures to YouTube under the name of Firstfruits. In a newly uploaded video on the church’s Korean channel, the founder addressed the church’s origins directly from the pulpit. Park, who is a born-again Christian, explained that he’s often asked whether Firstfruits has secret connections to other groups. But while he pushed back against critics, insisting that Firstfruits has its own “lineage [and] spiritual genealogy,” he did go on to reveal the denominations of Christians who belong to it. Our church has people from Catholic backgrounds, Presbyterian backgrounds, Baptist backgrounds, and Shincheonji backgrounds — J.Y. Park Shincheonji is one of South Korea’s most controversial new religious movements, long labeled a cult by mainstream churches and even blamed for helping spread a major COVID-19 outbreak. Shincheonji congregation | Cheonji Ilbo Park went on to argue that the Firstfruits...