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==Reactions== Reactions to the group's recruitment efforts on college campuses have been mixed. Some regard the group as a self-supporting missionary model.<ref>[http://www.kukmindaily.co.kr/article/view.asp?arcid=0011089189 University Bible Fellowship Fosters Faith and Intellect Leaders], October 31, 2013, The Kukmin Daily, retrieved December 31, 2016.</ref> Others have, at times, limited or banned the group from practicing their on-campus recruiting efforts, such as at [[University of Winnipeg]] (1989),<ref>Winnipeg Free Press, Vol. 114., No. 322, page 1, Oct. 25 1986</ref><ref>Wendy Stephenson, [https://winnipegubf.blogspot.com/2017/09/ex-cult-member-still-feels-fear.html "Cult personality draws people to Fellowship: Ex-Cult Member Still Feels Fear"], ''The Winnipeg Sun'', Vol. 10, No.90, Tuesday, April 17, 1990, page 5</ref> [[University of Manitoba]] (1991),<ref>Greg Reage, [https://winnipegubf.blogspot.com/2017/09/shepherds-no-band-of-simple-country-folk.html "Shepherds no band of simple country folk"], The Manitoban, VOL. LXXVIII No.9, PAGE 5, October 3, 1990</ref><ref name="upside" >{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Hayward |title=They Can Turn Your Mind Upside Down, Vol. LXXVIII, No.5 |url=http://rsqubf.info/documents/external/manitoban4/ |work=The Manitoban |publisher=Manitoban Newspaper Publications Corporation |location=Winnipeg, Canada |date=1990-09-05 |pages=12–13 |access-date=2009-04-03 }}</ref><ref>''The Silhouette'' (the student newspaper of McMaster University), February 7, 1991 (Vol. 61, No.22) Page 11</ref> and [[University of Illinois]] (1993)<ref name="uic">Daniel Buckman, [http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/uicnews/articledetail.cgi?id=2031&IssueID=95&catID=2 "UIC worries about cult recruitment; three cases this fall"], ''UIC News'', 12/1/93</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.apologeticsindex.org/747-university-bible-fellowship-ubf |title=University Bible Fellowship|date=8 October 2008 | publisher= Apologetics Index|access-date=26 November 2016}}</ref> The group has been documented by various religious watchdog organizations, such as the [[New England Institute of Religious Research]],<ref name="neirr">{{cite web|url=http://neirr.org/ncultlst.html|title= Short List of "Cults", Aberrational Christian, and Other Controversial Groups|publisher= NEIRR|date=October 8, 2008|access-date=26 Oct 2020|archive-date=24 Feb 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224203311/http://neirr.org/ncultlst.html}}</ref> the Freedom of Mind Resource Center,<ref name ="fom"/> and the Evangelical Center for World Survey.<ref>[https://ezw-berlin.de/downloads/Materialdienst_08_1991.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023153707/https://ezw-berlin.de/downloads/Materialdienst_08_1991.pdf |date=2021-10-23 }} The Evangelical Center for World Survey Material Service August, 1991 University Bible Fellowship (UBF) Experience - Report from a Mother</ref> Some consider the group to be a hyper-evangelical Christian movement contributing to the restoration of Christianity in the United States and other countries.<ref>The Spirit Moves West: Korean Missionaries in America 1st Edition, Oxford University Press, 2015, Rebecca Y. Kim, pg 14</ref> Other observers and former members describe the group as [[cult|cult-like]], excessively controlling, spiritually damaging, or abusive.<ref>[https://arcapologetics.org/marks-of-abusive-religious-groups/ Apologetics Resource Center]</ref><ref name="fom">{{cite web| url = https://freedomofmind.com/Info/infoDet.php?id=543| title = Group information: University Bible Fellowship | website = freedomofmind.com | publisher= Freedom of Mind Resource Center Inc. | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170809214115/http://old.freedomofmind.com/Info/infoDet.php?id=543&title=University_Bible_Fellowship | archive-date=9 Aug 2017 | url-status= dead|access-date=26 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="neirr" /><ref>Ronald Enroth, ''[[Churches That Abuse]]'', Zondervan, 1992</ref>
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