The University of Wisconsin-Madison terminated the Chinese Christian Fellowship student organization in January 2025 after multiple former students reported “predatory” recruitment practices from non-students and a subsequent investigation determined the organization was majority non-students.
Students alleged the group, which first registered in 2022, used their standing as a student organization to pressure and recruit Chinese students. One student said the non-students pressured them to be baptized on a group trip out of state, and others described signing a lease with the non-student leaders, according to records obtained by The Daily Cardinal. Former non-student members of the CCF, however, refute these accusations and say the university terminated their group without cause.
On Jan. 13, the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards received a report that the CCF was not a RSO in practice, instead a group of “non-students who entice actual students to join the organization and participate in different activities including out-of-state travel.” The reporter also alleged that the non-students used the actual student’s campus IDs to register as a student organization and send mass emails on behalf of the organization…