Good News Mission (Hangul: 기쁜소식선교회; RR: gi-ppeun-so-sik-sseon-gyo-hoe) is a South Korean Christian-based new religious movement founded in 1971 by Pastor Park Ock-soo.
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In South Korea Good News Mission is one of several sects commonly known as Guwonpa (Hangul: 구원파; Hanja: 救援派; RR: gu-won-pa) meaning Salvation Sect, from the Korean term guwon (Hangul: 구원; RR: gu-won) meaning "salvation".
According to the church webpage it has 178 churches in South Korea and 582 international churches.
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Controversy
In December 2011, several college students attended an "English Camp" sponsored by Good News Mission after claiming to being misled they would be teaching English in Mexico. Instead, the students were allegedly subjected to religious lectures in ballrooms guarded by security personnel that discouraged members from leaving. One of the college students attending the event said "I was the victim of a scam.”