The positive glowing reports about cult leader Lee Jae-Rock and his crusades all seem to come from the same source: Dan Wooding and ASSIST Ministries.
Some have asked, if Lee Jae-Rock's ministry is not of God, why are there so many complimentary, glowing reports about his crusades circulating around the globe? Indeed just a quick Google search on the Internet can produce many very positive news stories about the Lee Jae-Rock crusades. You can find these stories on good Christian sites such as Across Asia & Pacific, UCB, Christian Today, Challenge Weekly, John Mark Ministries, CMDnet, Charisma News Service, HCJB world Radio, FaithNews Network and Pulpit Helps. Are many or at least some of these news services sending reporters to the Lee Jae-Rock crusades? No, they all are getting their glowing reports from the same source - Dan Wooding and ASSIST News. (However it should be admitted that one News service, Joel News, noticeably did got their information from a different source - The Friday Fax. Friday Fax got their information from the Manmin Missions website. However the Manmin Missions website news releases are extracted from Dan Wooding and ASSIST News!) In a way, Dan Wooding seems to function as a volunteer PR man (to the western media) for Lee Jae-Rock.
Dan Wooding's journalistic experience is impressive. He has worked as a reporter for the National Enquirer, Sunday Mirror of London and had a weekly commentary on UPI radio. He has worked as a writer and broadcaster for Billy Graham on occasion. He has interviewed many people such as Mother Theresa, Johnny Mathis, Burt Lancaster, David Soul, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr from The Beatles. He is the author of 41 books. He also has done much more than all this and you can read it all in his biography.
Wooding is the founder and international director of ASSIST (Aid to Special Saints in Strategic Times), based in Garden Grove, California, and is the president of the ASSIST News Service, a daily news service that sends stories to 2,600 media around the world. With such a well-connected new service and with his trusted experience his news stories are picked up and republished often.
Wooding seems to be almost the sole source of international news publicity for the Manmin Crusades. Not only does he report on recent crusades but also upcoming ones. His reports are overly enthusiastic and it is safe to predict that all his reports on all Lee Jae-Rock crusades he will ever attend will be glowing reports. But his over enthusiasm can be quite apparent.
Randi comments:
"On a completely different matter, here's a link to a picture of a man "healed" by a faith healer in St. Petersburg. The man holds his crutch aloft: the fact that his leg is clearly still withered and that he is being supported by two other people seems not to concern the author of the piece at all."
Wooding also related to me that there are different reasons for attacking others, and to be careful in accusing others of being heretical and a cult. he wrote, "It's so easy to set oneself up as the only one with the truth! We need some unity, not attacks on others."
Dan Wooding seems to be a very positive, trusting and mercy-oriented individual who has shown concern for those with HIV and who files very positive, upbeat edifying and encouraging stories. It appears that his trusting, positive personality has usually served him well. However in this instance, his trusting friendly nature may have caused him to decide too quickly to disbelieve the reported quotes of Lee Jae-Rock's heretical statements and the accusations against him. It is good to be positive, but not to be naive.
Though Wooding is certainly trustworthy and has a wonderful ministry in media, he seems to report on Lee Jae-Rock, the Manmin Church and their big crusades over enthusiastically. In this case, judging just from all his news releases, he seems to be acting as if he is not so much an objective reporter, but more like a loyal promotional department head for Lee Jae-Rock and the Manmin church. He is like a John the Baptist heralding Lee Jae-Rock to the world with glowing news releases.
It is a shame that this good man Dan Wooding, who has such a helpful ministry in media, has been totally fooled in this case. But this should not greatly surprise us. Even Joshua, though one of the finest of men in the Bible, was deceived by the Gibeonites. The righteous king Jehoshaphat unwisely aided the evil king Ahab. It can happen to anyone.
Dan Wooding interviewing Rev. Lee
Jae-Rock in his office
Johnny Kim, Dr Lee Jae-Rock, Dan Wooding and Elder Lee Jung-Ho
Lee Jae-Rock and Dan Wooding