JMS Church Cult Abuse
How did a church become a cult?
4.4 (27)
41 mins
Explore the disturbing story of JMS, the South Korean religious movement founded by Jung Myung-seok, who presented himself as a messianic figure to his followers. Learn how his teachings, charisma, and claims of spiritual authority allowed him to build a devoted following while allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation emerged around him.
Ep 1:
The Man Who Named a Cult After Himself
An elementary-school dropout from rural Korea rewrote scripture to serve himself, building JMS through university infiltration, disguised recruitment clubs, and a name that secretly spelled his own initials.
Ep 2:
The Machinery of Manipulation
Inside JMS's grooming machine: a twisted gospel turning sexual abuse into 'purification,' a hunting pipeline targeting young women, and the BITE model tactics that dismantled followers' minds and wills.
Ep 3:
Fugitive Prophet, Global Reckoning
As lawsuits mounted, Jong Myung-sok fled across three countries, buying protection with bribes—until arrest, imprisonment, and a threatened Netflix documentary finally cracked his empire wide open.
Ep 4:
The Cult That Refuses to Die
Brave whistleblowers risked everything to expose JMS's horrors, yet decades later the cult still recruits on elite campuses—proving exposure alone can't kill what manipulation built.
Discussions (5)
Everett
Level 8 · 2 days agoSo JMS literally had NIS agents and prosecutors as secret members leaking investigation details to protect Jong the whole time. The cult had people INSIDE the system. That's not just influence, that's infiltration at the highest level.
Xenos
Level 3 · 2 days agobass guitar to cult pipeline is wild
Allen
Level 4 · 2 days agoJMS sex crime statutes in Korea were complaint-based with a 6 month limit in 1999, that's actually accurate and exactly why Jong fled right after the SBS expose aired
