A religious organization accused of aggressive recruitment tactics is increasingly focusing its attention on ethnic Chinese students in Lower Mainland universities, according to campus clergy. Simon Fraser University chaplain Bobby Ogden said all university students are vulnerable and those with poor English-language skills are even more susceptible to the tactics employed by the Vancouver Church of Christ.
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They are away from the influence of their home church. We get calls from adults who are interested in their kids or someone else's kids. The Vancouver Church of Christ is not associated with the more traditional Church of Christ, which has numerous mainstream churches in Canada. Pastor Chuck Cooley, a Lutheran minister who was formerly a part-time chaplain at SFU and the University of B.C. said he has been approached by many Christian students curious about the Vancouver Church of Christ. Cooley said he has counseled students about the church and its tactics.