ontroversial pastor David Jang's disciples are pursuing accreditation for a new college as the sect's flagship school, Olivet University—accused in lawsuits of racketeering and trafficking foreign students—faces the prospect of losing its degree-granting status. Great Commission University, an Indiana-based institution…[Continue Reading...]
Companies, colleges and churches with alleged links to David Jang's Olivet Christian sect are being sued by a creditor who is claiming at least $8.6 million in damages over allegations of racketeering and wire fraud. Some of the companies have…[Continue Reading...]
A California Christian college is vowing to stay open despite a state judge’s ruling that bars the school from enrolling new students and requires current students to be sent to other schools. California is the second state to bar Olivet…[Continue Reading...]
ACalifornia tribunal began hearings Monday on the fate of Olivet University, a college founded by the leader of a religious sect that is beset by criminal probes and lawsuits and is under growing media scrutiny. California's Board of Private Postsecondary…[Continue Reading...]
LEXINGTON, Mo. — From the Los Angeles Times, to Newsweek, even Christianity Today is writing about a Christian college system embroiled in controversy from coast to coast. And now that system is expanding in the Show Me State, raising concerns…[Continue Reading...]
Olivet University, under federal investigation for money laundering and labor trafficking, won a reprieve from its sole accreditor, which said it would remove the university's "warning status" and delay any decision on the college's future for one year. Olivet University,…[Continue Reading...]
AUSTIN, Texas — A tech company says a dozen businesses affiliated with a sect called the World Olivet Assembly defrauded them for over $5 million. "The Community," as its members say, allegedly closed bank accounts before making payments.[Continue Reading...]
The World Evangelical Alliance has severed ties with David Jang's Olivet Assembly, the Christian sect affiliated with Olivet University which is under federal criminal investigation and faces other legal challenges in the United States. The World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), a…[Continue Reading...]
Newsweek's publisher said on Thursday the company's shareholders had resolved their legal disputes and one co-owner, Johnathan Davis, announced he had left the Olivet Christian sect which had been embroiled in the litigation. The announcement of a settlement and Davis's…[Continue Reading...]
Federal law enforcement is looking for information on World Olivet Assembly chief Mark Spisak, the first sign that a money laundering investigation into a small American Bible college has reached the top of a global Christian denomination. Spisak, a theologian…[Continue Reading...]
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