I always enjoy reading “story behind the story” pieces in
magazines, and even more so when the story in question involves serious
investigative journalism. Mark Galli, the Senior Managing Editor of
Christianity Today, wrote an interesting “Inside CT” column in the issue that
features the David Jang “Second Coming Christ” scandal. If you have not read
Mark’s thoughts yet, be sure and take a look at them. This quote in particular
struck me because it spoke to the lengthy process of investigation that led to
the story and to the explosive nature of the charges against Jang:
Five years
ago, we began to receive reports of a new network of ministries rapidly
expanding in East Asia. Given our many global partnerships with international
Christian media, we were intrigued. However, our contacts warned us that the
group seemed to have ties to the Unification Church and taught that its leader
was the “Second Coming Christ.” When we asked representatives of one ministry
whether such ties existed, they threatened to sue and ended the conversation.
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