New Religious Movement
Chen Tao (God's Salvation Church)
30/40· HighConfidence: High
Taiwanese-derived UFO religion led by Hon-Ming Chen, briefly notorious for the failed 1998 prophecies that God would appear in Garland, Texas. The group dispersed after the failure.
CLCI radar
High Control
BITE breakdown
Behavior Control7/10
Information Control7/10
Thought Control8/10
Emotional Control8/10
Modifiers (+0)
0 — historical Taiwanese-derived UFO religion; failed 1998 prophecies prompted dispersal.
Founded
1995
Members
Peak ≈150; dispersed
Active in
Taiwan, USA (Garland, TX, briefly)
In context
Hon-Ming Chen led Chen Tao from Taiwan to Garland, Texas in 1997, predicting God would appear on TV channel 18 on 25 March 1998 and in person on 31 March 1998. After both prophecies failed publicly, the group dispersed; Chen returned to Taiwan. The case is a paradigmatic study of failed-prophecy NRM dispersal.
Key control doctrines
- Hon-Ming Chen's authoritative apocalyptic prophecies
- Cosmic / UFO eschatology
Timeline
- 1995Chen organises Chen Tao in Taiwan
- 1998Failed Garland prophecies; dispersal begins
Sources
- Ryan J. Cook academic study
- 1998 international news coverage
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