This article is a list of prominent members and supporters of the

Unification movement The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, is a new religious movement, whose members are called Unificationists, or "Moonies". It was officially founded on 1 May 1954 under the name Holy Spi ...

, founded by

Sun Myung Moon Sun Myung Moon (; born Yong Myung Moon; 6 January 1920 – 3 September 2012) was a Korean religious leader, also known for his business ventures and support for conservative political causes. A messiah claimant, he was the founder of the Unif ...

Moon family

The family of Rev. Moon and his wife Hak Ja Han are known as the "True Family". Rev. and Mrs. Moon are known as "True Father" and "True Mother" within the movement, and collectively as the "True Parents." Their children are known as the "True Children." * Rev.

(1920–2012) – founder and leader of the Unification movement. *

Hak Ja Han Hak Ja Han (Korean: 한학자, Hanja: 韓鶴子) (born January 6, 1943, lunar calendar which is February 10, 1943, Gregorian) is a Korean religious leader. Her late husband Sun Myung Moon was the founder of the Unification movement, also known ...

– founder's wife and current leader of the Unification movement. They were married in 1960. *

Heung Jin Moon Heung Jin Moon (; October 23, 1966 – January 2, 1984), also referred to by members of the Unification Church as Heung Jin Nim or posthumously as Lord Heung Jin Nim (),"Theological Uproar in Unification Church: Rev. Moon Recognizes Zimbabwean as ...

(1966–1984) second son, died in auto accident, believed by members to be leading workshops in the spiritual world in which spirits of deceased persons are taught Unification movement teachings."From the Unification Church to the Unification Movement, 1994–1999: Five Years of Dramatic Changes"
by Massimo Introvigne, a condensed version of material in ''The Unification Church'', in the series "Studies in Contemporary Religion", Signature Books. * In Jin Moon second daughter, former president of the

Unification Church of the United States The Unification Church of the United States is a religious movement in the United States of America. It began in the 1950s and 1960s when missionaries from Japan and South Korea were sent to the United States by the international Unification Churc ...

.Unification Church Woos A Second Generation

National Public Radio National Public Radio (NPR, stylized in all lowercase) is an American privately and state funded nonprofit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. It differs from other n ...

, June 23, 2010 *

Julia Moon Julia H. Moon also known as Hoon Sook Moon (born Hoon Sook Pak, January 1, 1963) is the General Director of Universal Ballet in South Korea, and daughter-in-law of Sun Myung Moon, founder of the ballet company. She was the prima ballerina of the ...

– widow (posthumous wedding) of

. Born Hoon Sook Pak, oldest daughter of long time major leader and key aide Bo Hi Pak. General Director and former prima ballerina of

Universal Ballet The Universal Ballet was founded in Seoul, South Korea in 1984. One of only five professional ballet companies in South Korea, the company performs a repertory that includes many full length classical story ballets, together with shorter contempora ...

, South Korea. * Moon Kook-jin – fourth son; also known as Justin Moon. Businessman and firearms designer. Owns and operates

Kahr Arms Kahr () is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Andrew Kahr, executive * Claudia Kahr (b 1955), Austrian judge * Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862–1934), German politician See also

* KAHR, radio station * Kahr Arms, manufa ...

, a U.S. small arms manufacturer, former chairman of

Tongil Group Tongil Group ( ko, 통일그룹) is a Korean business group ( chaebol) associated with the Unification Church (UC). (“Tongil” is Korean for “unification,” the name of the Unification Church in Korean is “Tongilgyo.”) It was founded in ...

, a South Korean

chaebol A chaebol (, ; ) is a large industrial South Korean conglomerate run and controlled by an individual or family. A chaebol often consists of multiple diversified affiliates, controlled by a person or group whose power over the group often exc ...

associated with the Unification movement. * Hyun Jin "Preston" Moon (born 25 May 1969) - South Korean social entrepreneur, founder and chairman of the

Global Peace Foundation The Global Peace Foundation (GPF) is an international nonprofit organization with a stated mission to promote “an innovative, values-based approach to peacebuilding, guided by the vision of One Family under God.” GPF partners with government ...

, and later the

Family Peace Association The Family Peace Association was inaugurated on December 2, 2017, in Seoul, South Korea, where it announced its mission: "To enlighten humanity by uplifting their spiritual consciousness through universal principles and values rooted in God-centere ...

. * Hyung Jin “Sean” Moon (born 1979) – youngest son, pastor and co-founder of

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...

-based, unofficial

militant The English word ''militant'' is both an adjective and a noun, and it is generally used to mean vigorously active, combative and/or aggressive, especially in support of a cause, as in "militant reformers". It comes from the 15th century Latin " ...

offshoot, ''World Peace and Unification Sanctuary'', also known as ''Rod of Iron Ministries'', former president of international Unification movement, studied

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

Harvard Extension University Harvard Extension School (HES) is the extension school of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school is one among 12 schools that grant degrees and falls under the Division of Continuing Education in the Harvard Faculty of Arts ...

Unification movement members

Ek Nath Dhakal Ek Nath Dhakal (Nepali: एकनाथ ढकाल) (born 13 August 1974) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the Nepal Pariwar Dal, and served as Minister for the Ministry of Peace and Reconstruction of the Government of Nepal. He is the hea ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

ese politician. *

Mose Durst Mose Durst (born 1939) is an author, educator, and the former president of the Unification Church of the United States. He was born in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, a predominantly Orthodox Jewish community, to immigrants from Russia. He ...

– President of the

in the 1980s, author, educator. * Dan Fefferman – Executive Director of the International Coalition for Religious Freedom. * Patrick Hickey – Nevada state legislator and author of ''Tahoe Boy: A Journey Back Home'', his autobiography which told of his experiences as a movement leader and of his marriage to a Korean woman introduced to him by Moon. *

Nansook Hong Nansook Hong (born 1966), is the author of the autobiography, ''In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family'', published in 1998 by Little, Brown and Company. It gave her account of her life up to that time, includ ...

– Ex-wife of Hyo Jin Moon and ex-member of the organization. Author of book about her experiences, ''In the Shadow of the Moons: My Life in the Reverend Sun Myung Moon's Family''. * Frank Kaufmann –

Comparative religion Comparative religion is the branch of the study of religions with the systematic comparison of the doctrines and practices, themes and impacts (including migration) of the world's religions. In general the comparative study of religion yie ...

scholar; editor of journal ''Dialogue and Alliance''; IRFWP director *

Young Oon Kim Young Oon Kim (1914–1989) was a leading theologian of the Unification Church and its first missionary to the United States.J. Isamu Yamamoto, 1994, ''Unification Church: Zondervan guide to cults & religious movements'', Zondervan, pages 8 and ...

(1914–1989) was a leading

theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

of the Unification movement and its first

missionary A missionary is a member of a Religious denomination, religious group which is sent into an area in order to promote its faith or provide services to people, such as education, literacy, social justice, health care, and economic development.Tho ...

to the United States.J. Isamu Yamamoto, 1974, ''Unification Church: Zondervan guide to cults & religious movements'', Zondervan, pages 8 and 22 * Chung Hwan Kwak – Former chairman and president of

United Press International United Press International (UPI) is an American international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th ...

and of

News World Communications News World Communications Inc. is an American international news media corporation. Background It was founded in New York City, in 1976, by Unification movement founder and leader Sun Myung Moon. Its first two newspapers, ''The News World'' (l ...

, Inc.; former leader of many other Unification-affiliated organizations. Now Honorary President of the

. *

Tom McDevitt Tom McDevitt is the chairman of the board of directors of the ''Washington Times'', a newspaper in Washington DC, United States. He is a member of the Unification Church The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as ...

– President of ''

The Washington Times ''The Washington Times'' is an American conservative daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., that covers general interest topics with a particular emphasis on national politics. Its broadsheet daily edition is distributed throughout ...

'', from 2007 to 2009. Unification movement spokesperson, and pastor in the

Washington, D.C. ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan, ...

region. * Bo Hi Pak (1930−2019) — Founding chairman and president of ''

''; main translator (during the 70s and 80s) for Rev. Moon's speeches given to English speaking audiences. Author of ''Messiah'', a biography of Sun Myung Moon. * Junko Sakurada (桜田淳子) – Singer and actress. *

Neil Albert Salonen Neil Albert Salonen (born 1946) served as the ninth president of the University of Bridgeport, a private university in Bridgeport, Connecticut from 1999 to 2018. He is a member of the Unification Church and became the president of the Unification ...

– Former president of the

and of the University of Bridgeport. *

Lee Shapiro Lee Shapiro (1949–1987) was an American documentary filmmaker. His one feature-length film, ''Nicaragua Was Our Home'', was released in 1986. It was filmed in Nicaragua among the Miskito people, Miskito Indians who were then fighting against Nica ...

(1949–1987) – Documentary filmmaker, died while filming in

Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...

in 1987, during the

Soviet–Afghan War The Soviet–Afghan War was a protracted armed conflict fought in the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan from 1979 to 1989. It saw extensive fighting between the Soviet Union and the Afghan mujahideen (alongside smaller groups of anti-Soviet ...

. *

Josette Sheeran Josette Sheeran (born 12 June 1954) is an American non-profit executive and diplomat who served in the United States Department of State. Sheeran serves as the seventh president and CEO of Asia Society since June 10, 2013. Sheeran was also the Un ...

– Vice Chairman of the

World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab. The foundation, ...

, formerly Executive Director of the

United Nations The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and international security, security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be ...

World Food Programme and journalist and editor of ''

''. * Kevin Thompson – Pastor of the Bay Area Family Church, a Unification movement congregation located in

San Leandro, California San Leandro (Spanish for " St. Leander") is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is located in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area; between Oakland to the northwest, and Ashland, Castro Valley, and Hayward to the sou ...

. * Jonathan Wells – Author of ''

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: Science or Myth?'' and senior fellow of the

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Center for Science and Culture The Center for Science and Culture (CSC), formerly known as the Center for the Renewal of Science and Culture (CRSC), is part of the Discovery Institute (DI), a conservative Christian think tank in the United States. The CSC lobbies for the in ...

. * Andrew Wilson – Professor at Unification Theological Seminary; editor of ''World Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts''.

Supporters

These are some people well-known for their support of the Unification movement. *

Ralph Abernathy Ralph David Abernathy Sr. (March 11, 1926 – April 17, 1990) was an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was ordained in the Baptist tradition in 1948. As a leader of the civil rights movement, he was a close friend and ...

, minister, civil rights leader, served as vice president of the Unification movement-affiliated group

American Freedom Coalition The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, is a new religious movement, whose members are called Unificationists, or "Moonie (nickname), Moonies". It was officially founded on 1 May 1954 unde ...

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San Francisco Chronicle The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California. It was founded in 1865 as ''The Daily Dramatic Chronicle'' by teenage brothers Charles de Young and M. H. de Young, Michael H. de ...

, page=B3 , date=August 10, 1989 and served on two Unification movement

boards of directors A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ...

. * Neil Bush, businessman, son of United States president

George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...

and brother of president

George W. Bush George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he ...

, promoted Moon at events in Asia and the United States. *

Danny K. Davis Daniel K. Davis (born September 6, 1941) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative from , elected in 1996. The district serves much of western Chicago, including the Loop. It also includes several of Chicago's inner western suburb ...

, United States congressman co-sponsored a 2004 ceremony in which Moon was crowned the "King of Peace."{{cite news, url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61932-2004Jun22.html, title=The Rev. Moon Honored at Hill Reception – Lawmakers Say They Were Misled, first=Charles, last=Babington, author2=Alan Cooperman , newspaper=Washington Post, date=June 23, 2004, pages=A01 * Louis Farrakhan, the leader of

The Nation of Islam The Nation of Islam (NOI) is a religious and political organization founded in the United States by Wallace Fard Muhammad in 1930. A black nationalist organization, the NOI focuses its attention on the African diaspora, especially on African ...

, an

African American African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ens ...

Islamic organization, served as a "co-officiator" at a Blessing ceremony of the Unification Church. In 2000 the Unification movement co-sponsored the

Million Family March The Million Family March was a rally in Washington D.C. to celebrate family unity and racial and religious harmony; as well as to address other issues, including abortion, capital punishment, health care, education, welfare and Social Security ref ...

, a rally in Washington D.C. to celebrate

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

unity and racial and religious harmony, along with the Nation of Islam. Farrakhan was the main speaker at the event. *

Morton Kaplan Morton A. Kaplan (May 9, 1921 – September 26, 2017) was Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science, Emeritus, at the University of Chicago. He was also President of the Professors World Peace Academy International; and Editor of the Wor ...

, author and

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professor of

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

. Editor of Unification movement owned '' The World & I'' magazine and organizer of movement sponsored conferences. *

Kim Chong Pil Kim Jong-pil (; ; January 7, 1926 – June 23, 2018), also known colloquially as JP, was a South Korean politician and the founder/first director of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA, now the National Intelligence Service). He s ...

, South Korean politician and founder of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency (KCIA), supported the movement's political activism in the United States. *

Nobusuke Kishi was a Japanese bureaucrat and politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1957 to 1960. Known for his exploitative rule of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in Northeast China in the 1930s, Kishi was nicknamed the "Monster of the Shō ...

, Japanese politician and Prime Minister (1957 to 1960), had longstanding ties to the Unification Church Kishi's postwar political agenda led him to help set up the Unification Church in Japan in 1963. *

Douglas MacArthur II Douglas MacArthur II (July 5, 1909 – November 15, 1997) was an American diplomat. During his diplomatic career, he served as United States ambassador to Japan, Belgium, Austria, and Iran, as well as Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative ...

, American diplomat. Chairman of the World Media Association and member of the editorial advisory board of the '' Washington Times''.Church Spends Millions On Its Image
''

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'', 1984-09-17. *

Emmanuel Milingo Emmanuel Milingo (born June 13, 1930) is an excommunicated former Roman Catholic archbishop from Zambia. He was ordained in 1958; in 1969, aged 39, Milingo was consecrated by Pope Paul VI as the bishop of the Archdiocese of Lusaka. In 1983, he ...

, now

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archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ...

, married by Moon in 2001 to Unification movement member and supporter of Unification movement projects. *

Richard L. Rubenstein Richard Lowell Rubenstein (January 8, 1924 – May 16, 2021) was a theologian, educator, and writer, noted particularly for his path-breaking contributions to post-Holocaust theology and his socio-political analyses of surplus populations an ...

, author and educator. Appointed by Moon as president of the University of Bridgeport. * Ryoichi Sasakawa, Japanese businessman and philanthropist. Supported Moon’s anti-communist work in Asia. * Ninian Smart (1927–2001),

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author and professor at

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and University of California at Santa Barbara. President of the

American Academy of Religion The American Academy of Religion (AAR) is the world's largest association of scholarly method, scholars in the List of academic disciplines, field of religious studies and related topics. It is a nonprofit member association, serving as a profes ...

. Supported the Inter Religious Federation for World Peace, the

International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, widely known as the Unification Church, is a new religious movement, whose members are called Unificationists, or "Moonies". It was officially founded on 1 May 1954 under the name Holy Spi ...

and other Unification movement affiliated projects. *

George Augustus Stallings, Jr. George Augustus Stallings Jr. (born March 17, 1948) is the founder of the Imani Temple African-American Catholic Congregation and was long active in the Black Catholic Movement. He served as a Priesthood in the Catholic Church, Catholic priest fr ...

, former Roman Catholic priest. Organized Washington, D.C. coronation of Moon. Married by Moon. * Peter Tapsell, former

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. In 2006, he sponsored the Unification movement organization Universal Peace Federation in New Zealand and spoke at a rally with Mrs. Moon. *

Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pe ...

, real estate investor and President of the United States (2017-2021) gave speeches at an event hosted by an affiliate of the Unification Church supporting Han's leadership and calling for

Korean reunification Korean reunification () is the potential reunification of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea into a single Korean sovereign state. The process towards reunification was started by the June 15th North–South Joi ...

.TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO NEWSDAY: "Carmona, Trump call for Korean reunification"
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