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...There's this divine mandate that the endsjustify the means because we have to evangelizethe world in this generation, its okay for us tocut corners along the way," Bauer says of his daysas a campus recruiter for the church...
...Rick G. Bauer, a graduate of the DivinitySchool, once led college recruitment in the Bostonarea for the Church. Rank in the Church was linkedto the ability to draw in more people, Bauer says,comparing the group to a sales corporation. "Themore widgets you sell, the more people you canconvert, the higher in the organization youbecome," he says...
Intelligent and famous converts add credibilityto a religious group, Bauer says. "The morehigh-profile, successful, powerful a person is,the more attractive a convert they become," Bauersays...
First-year students looking for friends areespecially susceptible to cult-like groups, Bauersays. "Freshmen are very vulnerable, most of themhave not heard or have not been warned aboutcult-like groups," Bauer says. "When you're afreshman, you're lonely and looking to connect...
...When Bauer was a leader with the Church,members were shown how to stage bible studies, hesays. "We would have workshops before the semesterbegan on what to say, what not to say, how tosupport the leader, what comments wereappropriate," he says. "The whole thing wascompletely staged...