Editing Good News Mission (section)

=== Lies and Deceptive Proselytism ===
In 2011, 400 volunteer English teachers, including a number of young college students, were led to believe that they were recruited to teach English in [[Mexico]]. The preparatory meeting, called "English Camp", included religious lectures on the topic of sin, which took place in ballrooms guarded by security personnel that discouraged members from leaving. Participants who were considered "tardy" were subjected to [[physical punishment]] such as being made to do [[squat-thrust]] exercises. One of the college students attending the event said, "I was the victim of a scam."<ref>{{cite web
  | last1      = Dwyer
  | first1     = Jim
  | title      = Traveling to Teach English; Getting Sermons Instead
  | url        = https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/20/nyregion/traveling-to-volunteer-but-it-wasnt-what-they-expected.html?_r=0
  | work       = New York Times
  | accessdate = 26 July 2015
}}</ref>

The organisation's activities in [[Nagaland]], India, as well as in [[Uganda]] where religious material from the Good News Mission has been used in public schools, have also been questioned.<ref>{{cite web
  | title      = "NBCC cautions on 'Good News Mission'"
  | url        = http://www.nagalandpost.com/ShowStory.aspx?npoststoryiden=UzEwMTg1Njg%3D-ITV3kfEFmyQ%3D
  | work       = Nagaland Post
  | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160415090812/http://www.nagalandpost.com/ShowStory.aspx?npoststoryiden=UzEwMTg1Njg%3D-ITV3kfEFmyQ%3D
  | archivedate = 15 April 2016
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
  | last1      = Okoth
  | first1     = Josue
  | title      = "International Youth Fellowship: Is it a cult or form of religion?"
  | url        = http://www.monitor.co.ug/OpEd/Commentary/International-Youth-Fellowship-cult--religion/689364-4075866-5bbs11z/index.html
  | work       = Daily Monitor
  | accessdate = 19 April 2018
}}</ref>