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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 ...
, founder of the Unification Church, believed in a literal
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on earth to be brought about by human effort, motivating his establishment of numerous groups, some that are not strictly religious in their purposes.Biermans, J. 1986, ''The Odyssey of New Religious Movements, Persecution, Struggle, Legitimation: A Case Study of the Unification Church'' Lewiston, New York and Queenston, Ontario: The Edwin Melton Press p. 173 Moon was not directly involved with managing the day-to-day activities of the organizations that he indirectly oversaw, yet all of them attribute the inspiration behind their work to his leadership and teachings.


Multi-faceted organizations


Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (CARP)

The Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (대학원리연구회,CARP) is a collegiate organization founded by Moon and his followers in 1955. According to CARP's website, its goal is to promote "intercultural, interracial, and international cooperation through the Unification world view". J. Isamu Yamamoto states in ''Unification Church'': "At times CARP has been very subtle about its association with the Unification Church, however, the link between the two has always been strong, since the purpose of both is to spread Moon's teachings."


Universal Peace Federation

(천주평화연합,UPF) is an international and interreligious civil society organization that was founded in 2005 which promotes religious freedom. UPF is a 501(c)(3) non-profit NGO in general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). ''Dialogue and Alliance'' is its journal published from Tarrytown, New York. UPF actively supports United Nations projects, especially in the field of peace education, family and peace building. At the 2nd
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, Cambodian Prime Minister
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received the UPF's Leadership and Good Governance Award. This award is given by the UPF when it recognizes someone's excellence in leadership, based on moral and spiritual principles. So far, more than 60 people from 48
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have received this award, including former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. During the
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, UPF organized several gatherings of hope, virtual gatherings that bring together thousands of world leaders, based on a shared culture of interdependence, mutual
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and universal values. On July 1, 2019, UPF President Dr. Thomas G. Walsh met with Pope Francis in the Vatican, in a private audience. Prior to the audience, UPF had already been active in programs organized by the Vatican, such as consultations on the Syrian crisis in 2014 and the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the papal
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in honor of Nostra aetete. Their conversation emphasized the importance of prayer and family, and Dr. Walsh had expressed UPF's and the Unification Church's readiness to support and cooperate with partners in the Catholic Church in the field of family, ecology, and interfaith relations. At the end of the meeting, the upcoming UPF 2020 summit in South Korea was discussed.


Women's Federation for World Peace (WFWP)

The Women's Federation for World Peace(세계평화여성연합,WFWP) was founded in 1992 by
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 ...
, the wife of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon. Its stated purpose is to encourage women to work more actively in promoting peace in their communities and greater society. It has members in 143 countries. Han has travelled the world speaking at conventions on the WFWP's behalf. In 1993 the WFWP held a conference in Tokyo, Japan, at which the keynote speaker was former
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Dan Quayle's wife
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, and in a speech at the event Han spoke positively of Mrs. Quayle's humanitarian work. In 1993 Han travelled to 20 cities in the United States promoting the WFWP, as well as to 12 countries. At an event in Salt Lake City, Utah, she told attendants: "If a family is not centered on God's ideal of love, there will be conflict among the members of that family. Without God's love as an absolute center, such a family will ultimately break down. A nation of such families will also decline." Her 1993 speeches in the United States focused on increasing violence in the U.S., and the degradation of the family unit. In 1995, the WFWP contributed $3.5 million to help Liberty University, which at that time was in financial difficulty. This was reported in the United States news media as an example of closer relationships between the Unification Church and conservative Christian congregations. That same year former United States president
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spoke at several WFWP meetings in Japan, and at a related conference in Washington, D.C. There he was quoted by ''The New York Times'' as saying: "If as president I could have done one thing to have helped the country more it would have been to do a better job in finding a way, either through speaking out or through raising a moral standard, to strengthen the American family." The events in Japan drew protests from Japanese people who were wary of unorthodox religious groups, including the Unification Church. Bush's spokesperson Jane Becker stated "We were satisfied that there was not a connection with the Unification Church, and based on the information we were given we felt comfortable speaking to this group." 50,000 people attended Bush's speech in Tokyo. The theme of the talks was "
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". In the half-hour speech, Bush said "what really counts is faith, family and friends". Bush also spoke on the importance of the relationship between Japan and the United States and its importance for world peace. Han spoke after Bush's speech and praised Moon, crediting him for the decline of communism and saying that he must save America from "the destruction of the family and moral decay". In 1999 the WFWP sponsored a conference in Malaysia in which religious and government leaders spoke on the need to strengthen education and support families, as well as the need for peace and understanding between ethnic and racial groups in the nations. In 2009 it co-sponsored, along with the Unification Church affiliated organization the Universal Peace Federation and the government of Taiwan, a conference in Taipei calling for Taiwan's greater participation in world affairs independent of the People's Republic of China. Taiwan's president, Ma Ying-jeou, spoke at the event. The WFWP has also been active in sponsoring various local charity and community events.


Service For Peace (SFP)

''Service For Peace (서비스포피스,SFP)'' is a non-profit organization, founded in 2001 by the Sun Myung Moon's third son,
Hyun Jin Preston Moon Hyun Jin Moon (born 25 May 1969) is a South Korean social entrepreneur, founder and chairman of the Global Peace Foundation, and later the Family Peace Association. His father, Sun Myung Moon, was the founder of the Unification Church, an inte ...
, to give opportunities to young people who wish to better themselves and their communities. As of April 2007, the organization had established chapters in North America, Central America, Caribbean, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania. SFP is active in communities and statewide. Colleges have recruited Service for Peace Campus Corps to benefit their fellow peers as well as the communities around them. Some SFP chapters have smaller initiatives designed to meet local needs. In the US, Service For Peace's Backpack Angel program supports students throughout Kentucky by providing backpacks and school supplies for children in need.


International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS)

'' International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS)'' is a series of conferences formerly sponsored by the ''International Cultural Foundation'' and since 2017 by the Hyo Jeong International Foundation on the Unity of the Sciences (HJIFUS).Kety Quits Moon-Linked ICF Conference
Harvard Crimson, 1976-08-10.
The first conference, held in 1972, had 20 participants; while the largest conference, in Seoul, South Korea in 1982, had 808 participants from over 100 countries. Participants in one or more of the conferences included Nobel laureates John Eccles (Physiology or Medicine 1963, who chaired the 1976 conference), Eugene Wigner (Physics 1963), economist and political philosopher Friedrich Hayek, ecologist
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,
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, pioneer of
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, Ninian Smart, President of the
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, and Holocaust theologian Richard Rubenstein. Moon believed that religion alone can not save the world,Tingle, D. and Fordyce, R. 1979, ''Phases and Faces of the Moon: A Critical Examination of the Unification Church and its Principles'', Hicksville, NY: Exposition Press pp. 86–87 and his particular belief in the importance of the unity of science and religion was reportedly a motivation for the founding of the ICUS. American news media have suggested that the conferences were also an attempt to improve the often controversial Unification Church's public image.Church Spends Millions On Its Image
The Washington Post. 1984-09-17
Rev. Moon is sponsor of scholarly conference
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'', November 12, 1977
The last two editions of the conference have focused on environmental issues, such as rising sea levels and water temperatures, food scarcity, renewable energy, and waste management. The theme in 2017, at ICUS XXIII, was "Earth's Environmental Crisis and the Role of Science", with a similar theme following at ICUS XXIV, in 2018: "Scientific Solutions to the Earth's Environmental Challenges". At ICUS XXV in 2019, the theme was "Environmental Health and the Quality of Human Life."


Interfaith organizations

* The Assembly of the World's Religions was founded by Sun Myung Moon. The first assembly was held from November 15 to 21, 1985, in
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. The second was from August 15 to 21, 1990 in San Francisco. * Interreligious Federation for World Peace * American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC) * The Peace Road is a major international initiative that wants to emphasize the importance of building the International Highway of Peace, in order to connect nations and continents around the world. The project to build the International Highway of Peace was proposed by Reverend Sun Myung Moon at the International Conference on the Unity of Science (ICUS) in 1981. He also proposed building a highway between former enemies, South Korea and
Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
, and a " tunnel of peace" across the Bering Strait with the goal of connecting people and overcoming divisions in the world. Peace Road takes place in 120
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around the world and is sponsored by the Universal Peace Federation. * The Middle East Peace Initiative sponsors projects to promote peace and understanding including visits by international Christians to Israel and Palestine and dialogues between members of the Israeli Knesset and the
Palestinian Legislative Council The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) is the unicameral legislature of the Palestinian Authority, elected by the Palestinian residents of the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It currently comprises 132 members, e ...
. * The Interreligious Association for Peace and Development (IAPD) is an interfaith association that represents different religious traditions from around the world. It was launched in November 2017 in South Korea. The IAPD supports the efforts of the United Nations to achieve sustainable development and emphasizes the importance of religious freedom in society, and promotes interreligious cooperation, in accordance with publicly published information on the organization's official website. Eminent
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leader Sadguru Bhau Maharaj ji supported the founding conference of the Interreligious Association for Peace and Development in India. On August 14, 2021, the UPF initiated the establishment of the Interreligious Association for Peace and Development in Ghana, with the aim of promoting peace in the world through interfaith dialogue and cooperation. IAPD National Branches have so far been launched in Benin,
DR Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...
,
Côte d'Ivoire Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria and Zambia. The inauguration of the Interreligious Association for Peace and Development for Europe and the Middle East was held in April 2018 in Vienna, Austria. The ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Austria spoke at the inauguration, as did Dr. Unger, one of the founders of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Speakers also included the Apostolic Archbishop of Zimbabwe, the President of the World Congress of Religions from the United Kingdom and other religious leaders. In 2021, IAPD was also established in Malaysia. At the UPF summit in Korea in August 2022, a resolution was adopted to launch the IAPD Advisory Council in partnership with the
African Union The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the Africa ...
. During the celebration of the World Week of Interfaith Harmony in Georgia, a local branch of the Interreligious Association for Peace and Development was established in February 2022.


Educational organizations

*
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CheongShim International Academy Cheongsam International Academy (Korean: 청심국제중고등학교, abbreviated as CSIA), is a private boarding school in South Korea located in Gapyeong County, Gyeonggi Province. CSIA is classified as a special purposes high school (특수 ...
* International Educational Foundation. * ''New World Encyclopedia'' – an
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that, in part, selects and claims to rewrite certain Wikipedia articles through a focus on Unification Church values. It "aims to organize and present human knowledge in ways consistent with our natural purposes" and "to promote knowledge that leads to happiness, well-being, and world peace". * Paragon House, book publishing. * The Professors World Peace Academy was founded in 1973 by Sun Myung Moon, who declared the group's intent to "contribute to the solutions of urgent problems facing our modern civilization and to help resolve the cultural divide between East and West". PWPA now has chapters in over one hundred countries. * The International Association of Academicians for Peace (IAAP) was founded and operates as one of the peace associations of the UPF. At the February 2022 conference as part of the Think Tank 2022 forum, Mr. Yamazaki, the European coordinator of IAAP, said that the International Association of Academicians for Peace was established in South Korea in 2020 as one of the UPF's peace initiatives that brings together academics and scientists. In 2021, UPF, together with PWPA, launched a local branch of the International Association of Academicians for Peace (IAAP) in the Philippines. * Sun Hwa Arts School * Sun Moon University * Sun Myung Moon Institute * The Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) is the main seminary of the international Unification Church. It is located in Barrytown, New York, and has an Extension Center in
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. Its purpose has been described as training leaders and theologians within the Unification Church.Yamamoto, J. I., 1995, ''Unification Church'', Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House
Excerpt:
The seminary's first classes were offered in September 1975. The institution's
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by the
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first granted in 1996 was reaffirmed in 2016."New England, Mid-Atlantic Accreditors Reaffirmation of the Seminary's Accreditation"
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"List of Accredited Institutions by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education"
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"Removal of Probation and Reaffirmation of Accreditation"
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While most of the UTS's students have been Unification Church members,
Leo Sandon Jr. ''Theology Today'', July 1978, "The Unification Church purchased the estate and now administers a growing seminary where approximately 110 Moonies engage in a two-year curriculum which includes biblical studies, church history, philosophy, theology, religious education, and which leads to a Master of Religious Education degree."
a growing number come from diverse churches and faiths. The seminary's professors come from a wide range of faiths, including a
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, a
Sheikh Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a ...
, a Methodist minister, a Presbyterian, and a Roman Catholic priest.Dialogue with the Moonies
Rodney Sawatsky, ''Theology Today'', April 1978. "Only a minority of their teachers are Unification devotees; a Jew teaches Old Testament, a Christian instructs in church history and a Presbyterian lectures in theology, and so on. Typical sectarian fears of the outsider are not found among Moonies; truth is one or at least must become one, and understanding can be delivered even by the uninitiated."
Where have all the Moonies gone?
K. Gordon Neufeld, ''First Things'', March 2008, "While I was studying theology, church history, and the Bibletaught by an eclectic faculty that included a rabbi, a Jesuit priest, and a Methodist ministermost of my young coreligionists were standing on street corners in San Francisco, Boston, and Miami urging strangers to attend a vaguely described dinner."
Divine Principle and the Second Advent
'' Christian Century'' May 11, 1977 "In fact Moon's adherents differ from previous fringe groups in their quite early and expensive pursuit of respectability, as evidenced by the scientific conventions they have sponsored in England and the U.S. and the seminary they have established in Barrytown, New York, whose faculty is composed not of their own group members but rather of respected Christian scholars."
In 2003, the seminary had about 120 students from around the world, with most coming from South Korea and Japan, which have large numbers of Unification Church members. * New Hope AcademyLandover Hills, Maryland, US. "Although New Hope Academy was founded in 1990 by members of the Unification Church, it is not a sectarian school. No doctrines are taught; in fact, no classes in religion are offered. However morning services are mandatory, during services discussions about religious doctrines, hymns, and group prayers all take place. We believe it is the job of parentswith the support of their church, temple, or mosqueto impart their personal faith to their child." * WUF – World University Federation * Several UC-related groups are working to promote sexual abstinence until marriage and fidelity in marriage and to prevent child exploitation; they care for victims of Thailand's sex trade as well. In 1996, members of the Unification Church gathered 3,500 signatures in an anti-pornography campaign.


Arts-related organizations

* Kirov Academy of Ballet, dance school in Washington, D.C. * Little Angels Children's Folk Ballet of Korea, a
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founded in 1962 by Moon and other Unification Church members to project a positive image of South Korea to the world. In 1973 they performed at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City. The group's dances are based on Korean legends and regional dances, and its costumes on traditional Korean styles. * Manhattan Center, Theater and recording studio in New York City.A Church in Flux is Flush with Cash
'' The Washington Post'', November 23, 1997
* New York City Symphony * The
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 ...
, founded South Korea in 1984, is one of only four professional ballet companies in South Korea. The company performs a repertory that includes many full length classical story ballets, together with shorter contemporary works and original full-length Korean ballets created especially for the company. It is supported by Unification Church members with Moon's daughter-in-law
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 ...
, who was the company's prima ballerina until 2001, now serving as General Director. * The International Association of Arts and Culture for Peace (IAACP) was created and operates as one of the specialized organizations of the UPF.


Sports organizations

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, Clube Atlético Sorocaba, Brazilian football teams. *
Peace Cup The Peace Cup was an invitational pre-season friendly football tournament for club teams which was held every two years by the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation. It was usually contested by eight clubs from several continents, though 12 teams pa ...
South Korea to host global peace cup in July
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May 6, 2003
International football (soccer) tournament. * Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, South Korean football team. * The Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation founded by the Unification Church in 2003 sponsors the
Peace Cup The Peace Cup was an invitational pre-season friendly football tournament for club teams which was held every two years by the Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation. It was usually contested by eight clubs from several continents, though 12 teams pa ...
, an invitational preseason friendly association football tournament for club teams, currently held every two years. It is contested by the eight clubs from several continents, though 12 teams participated in 2009. The first three competitions were held in South Korea, and the
2009 Peace Cup The 2009 Peace Cup Andalucia was an invitational friendly football tournament. It was the fourth edition of Peace Cup and was held in Spain from 24 July to 2 August in the cities of Madrid, Seville, Málaga, Jerez and Huelva. It was the first ...
Andalucia was held in Madrid and Andalusia, Spain. In 1989, Moon founded
Seongnam FC Seongnam () is the fourth largest city in South Korea's Gyeonggi Province after Suwon and the 10th largest city in the country. Its population is approximately one million. Seongnam is a satellite city of Seoul. It is largely a residential cit ...
, a South Korean football team.


Political organizations

* Freedom Leadership Foundation, an anti-communist organization in the United States active in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. *
Peace United Family Party 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 ...
, a South Korean political party founded by the Sun Myung Moon, one of whose main goals is the
reunification of Korea 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 ...
.Sun Myung Moon forms new political party to merge divided Koreas
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, May 2003
* The International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP) works to promote peace and understanding between potentially hostile nations.Proposal for a Joint Mission to North Korea
Tehran Times, 2017-11-6
More than a hundred parliamentarians from about 40 countries of the world announced a resolution on the establishment of the International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace IAPP in the National Assembly of South Korea in February 2016 at an international conference. Since its foundation, IAPP has spread to all continents of the world. In Uganda, the IAPP was established in 2017 in the national parliament with the participation of several legislators. The Speaker of the Parliament of Ghana, Mr. Bagbin, supported the establishment of the International Association of Parliamentary Members for Peace, IAPP, in May 2021. The establishment of the International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP) in Liberia 2018 was supported by Dr. Roland of the Parliamentary Committee on Peace, Religion and National Reconciliation. * TheConservatives.com, a former political website in partnership with The Heritage Foundation. * The Summit Council for World Peace is an international group active in Moon's effort to unite North and South Korea. * Coalition for a Free World, anti-Soviet group active in the 1980s. * Washington Institute for Values in Public Policy *
CAUSA International 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 ...
is an
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educational organization created in New York City in 1980 by members of the Unification Church."Moon's "Cause" Takes Aim At Communism in Americas." '' The Washington Post''. August 28, 1983 In the 1980s it was active in 21 countries. In the United States it sponsored educational conferences for evangelical and fundamentalist Christian leadersSun Myung Moon's Followers Recruit Christians to Assist in Battle Against Communism
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Christianity Today ''Christianity Today'' is an evangelical Christian media magazine founded in 1956 by Billy Graham. It is published by Christianity Today International based in Carol Stream, Illinois. ''The Washington Post'' calls ''Christianity Today'' "evange ...
'', June 15, 1985
as well as seminars and conferences for
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staffers, Hispanic Americans and conservative activists.Church Spends Millions On Its Image
'' The Washington Post'', 1984-09-17. "Another church political arm, Causa International, which preaches a philosophy it calls "God-ism," has been spending millions of dollars on expense-paid seminars and conferences for Senate staffers, Hispanic Americans and conservative activists. It also has contributed $500,000 to finance an anticommunist lobbying campaign headed by John T. (Terry) Dolan, chairman of the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC)."
In 1986 it produced the anti-Communist documentary film ''
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''. * Rally of hope was launched in 2020 with the goal of connecting people around the world live online. At the Rally of Hope, experts talk about major world problems such as climate change, the COVID-19 crisis,
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and more. Rallies of Hope was attended by millions of people around the world, and some of the speakers were former United Nations Secretary General Ki-Moon, former US Vice President
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, former US Secretary of State Pompeo and other politicians. Rally of Hope is sponsored by UPF. * The International Coalition for Religious Freedom is an activist organization based in Virginia, the United States. Its president is
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, who has held several leadership positions within the
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. Founded in the 1980s, it has been active in protesting what it considers to be threats to religious freedom by governmental agencies. * International Federation for Victory over Communism (IFVOC) *
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, a nonprofit organization which in the 1970s staged a
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campaign in the United States for South Korea When it was founded in 1964, former U.S. Presidents
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and Dwight D. Eisenhower were named as honorary presidents and former Vice President Richard Nixon (then practicing corporate law) was named as a director. * National Committee Against Religious Bigotry and Racism * National Prayer and Fast Committee, which supported President Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal. * Radio Free Asia. * Think Tank 2022, launched in May 2021, is a global network that brings together thousands of experts with the aim of seeking solutions for achieving peace on the Korean Peninsula. The initiative was supported by many world leaders such as former UN Secretary General Ki-Moon, former US Vice President
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, former US Secretary of State Pompeo, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, former U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives Gingrich and others. Think Tank 2022 operates through expert groups and in cooperation with international UPF associations. * The World Summit is a UPF project that aims to bring together the heads of state, who with their vast experience and wisdom can help build a world of mutual understanding, sustainable peace and prosperity for all. Former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan delivered the opening speech at the 2019 International Peace Summit in
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. The conference was attended by several current and former African leaders, such as the president and prime minister of Sao Tome, the former president of Niger and the former president of Guinea-Bissau. Peace, security and human development were discussed at the 2020 World Summit in South Korea. The summit was attended by the prime minister of Cambodia Hun Sen, former UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, former President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan,
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, former president of the US Congress and many other world leaders. In February 2022, a global forum was held to discuss the establishment of peace on the Korean Peninsula. This forum is part of the World Peace Summit 2022 in South Korea. The UPF and the Royal Government of Cambodia have convened the World Summit for Peace on the Korean Peninsula 2022 in South Korea. Former US president Trump, Sall, President of Senegal, former US Secretary of State Pompeo, former US Congress president Gingrich, former European Commission president Barroso, and numerous other world leaders took part in the summit, live or via video. UPF organized a world summit for peace in August 2022 in South Korea. The summit was attended by several world leaders such as former Canadian Prime Minister
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, former president of the US Congress Gingrich, former US Secretary of State Pompeo and others. The participants of the summit gave their support to building peace in the world, especially on the Korean Peninsula. Religious freedom was also discussed at the Summit and support was given to the education of young people in Africa. * The International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP) was launched in 2019 in South Korea with the aim of bringing together former and current heads of government and state. Among the participants of the inaugural meeting were former US Vice President Cheney, former Speaker of the US House of Representatives Gingrich, former President of Albania Moisiu, former President of Paraguay Gómez and other former and current presidents. ISCP continues to work on the foundations of the World Peace Summit, established in 1987. Goodluck Jonathan, the former president of Nigeria, became the chairman of the ISCP-Africa International Summit Council for Peace, an organization made up of former African presidents. At the opening ceremony of the
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Summit 2019, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen signed the Resolution on the launch of the International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP). The Prime Minister of Cambodia, Hun Sen, delivered the keynote speech at the International Summit Council for Peace Council (ISCP) in 2022. Hun Sen proposed that the two Koreas should begin to cooperate through UNESCO, to cooperate culturally and to change the demilitarized zone into a zone of peace. The International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP)-Africa discussed the issue of COVID-19 in Africa and pledged support for the efforts of African countries in curbing the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. They called on the international community to help people in Africa fight against COVID-19 with medical supplies. ICSP Africa stands for good governance on the African continent and the organization gathers former African presidents. At the
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Businesses

The Unification Church controls a large number of businesses around the world. In 1997 David Bromley, a sociologist at Virginia Commonwealth University, said: "The corporate section is understood to be the engine that funds the mission of the church. The wealth base is fairly substantial. But if you were to compare it to the LDS Church or the Catholic Church or other churches that have massive landholdings, this doesn't look on a global scale like a massive operation."A Church in Flux Is Flush With Cash
The lines between the Unification Church's charities, businesses, religious activities, and related organizations is blurred with money and goods flowing between them. Money is in general believed to flow from East Asia to the United States although these flows are opaque. In the 1990s One Up Enterprises Inc. was the Church's primary American holding company. Business are owned by the Church through arcane corporate structures with many ultimately controlled by the holding company Unification Church International Inc. * The International Association for Peace and Economic Development (IAED) was created and operates as one of the specialized UPF organizations. At the first virtual International Leadership Conference (ILC) in September 2020, organized by UPF, the work of the International Association for Peace and Economic Development (IAED) was presented.


Automotive

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is an automobile manufacturer based in Seoul, South Korea, and owned by the Unification Church. It is involved in a
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with the North Korean Ryonbong General Corp. The joint venture produces two small cars under license from
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, and a
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and an SUV using complete knock down kits from Chinese manufacturer
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. Pyeonghwa has the exclusive rights to car production, purchase, and sale of used cars in North Korea. However, most North Koreans are unable to afford a car. Because of the very small market for cars in the country, Pyeonghwa's output is reportedly very low. In 2003, only 314 cars were produced even though the factory had the facilities to produce up to 10,000 cars a year. Erik van Ingen Schenau, author of the book ''Automobiles Made in North Korea'', has estimated the company's total production in 2005 at not more than around 400 units.


Health care

* Cheongshim Hospital, Korean hospital. * Ilhwa Company, South Korean based producer of ginseng and related products. * Isshin Hospital, Unification Church sponsored hospital in Japan which practices both modern and traditional Asian medicine.


Manufacturing

In South Korea the
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 ...
was founded in 1963 by Sun Myung Moon as a
nonprofit A nonprofit organization (NPO) or non-profit organisation, also known as a non-business entity, not-for-profit organization, or nonprofit institution, is a legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public or social benefit, in co ...
organization which would provide revenue for the Unification Church. Its core focus was manufacturing but in the 1970s and 1980s it expanded by founding or acquiring businesses in pharmaceuticals, tourism, and publishing. In the 1990s Tongil Group suffered as a result of the
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. By 2004 it was losing money and was $3.6 billion in debt. In 2005 Sun Myung Moon's son, Kook-jin Moon was appointed chairman of Tongil Group. Among Tongil Group's chief holdings are: The Ilwha Company, which produces ginseng and related products; Ilshin Stone, building materials; and Tongil Heavy Industries, machine parts including hardware for the South Korean military. The Tongil Group funds the Tongil Foundation which supports Unification Church projects including schools and the Little Angels Children's Folk Ballet of Korea.


Shipbuilding

The Church owns Master Marine, a shipbuilding and fishing company in Alabama; International Seafood of Kodiak, Alaska; In 2011 Master Marine opened a factory in Las Vegas, Nevada, to manufacture a 27-foot pleasure boat designed by Moon.


Seafood

The Unification Church owns
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, which controls a major portion of the sushi trade in the US.Sushi and Rev. Moon: How Americans' growing appetite for sushi is helping to support his controversial church
Chicago Tribune, April 11, 2006
True World Foods parent company is the corporate conglomerate
True World Group The True World Group is an American conglomerate. It is controlled by the Unification Church. History The Group primarily operates the seafood related businesses of the Unification Church. This includes fishing vessel production, seafood catc ...
which operates restaurants and markets. The Unification Church's foray into the seafood industry began at the direction of Reverend Moon who ordered an expansion into "the oceanic providence." In 1976 and 1977 the Church invested nearly a million dollars into the American seafood industry. Moon delivered a speech in 1980 entitled "The Way of Tuna" in which he claimed that "After we build the boats, we catch the fish and process them for the market, and then have a distribution network. This is not just on the drawing board; I have already done it." and declared himself the "king of the ocean." He also suggested that they could get around the recently imposed 200 nautical mile exclusive economic zone by marrying American and Japanese members allowing the Japanese ones to become American citizens, because once married "we are not foreigners; therefore Japanese brothers, particularly those matched to Americans, are becoming ..... leaders for fishing and distribution." He also declared that " Gloucester is almost a Moonie town now!" Later in 1980 Moon gave a sermon in which he said that "This ocean business is really reserved for Unification Church. How much income would this business generate? Roughly speaking, enough money to buy the entire world. That's true! It has unlimited potential." In 1986 he advised his followers to open a thousand restaurants in America.


Agriculture

The Church owns a
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farm named One Mind Farms.


Media

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 ...
is an international news media corporation. It was founded in New York City, in 1976, by Sun Myung Moon. Its first two newspapers, ''The News World'' (later renamed the ''
New York City Tribune The ''New York City Tribune'' was a daily newspaper that existed from 1976 to 1991 in New York City and was published by News World Communications, owned by the Unification Church and its leader Reverend Sun Myung Moon. Its offices were in the f ...
'') and the Spanish-language ''Noticias del Mundo,'' were published in New York from 1976 until the early 1990s. In 1982 '' The New York Times'' described ''News World'' as "the newspaper unit of the Unification Church." Moon's son
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is its chairman of the board. News World Communications owns United Press International, ''The World and I'', ''Tiempos del Mundo'' (Latin America), ''The Segye Ilbo'' (South Korea), ''The Sekai Nippo'' (Japan), the ''Zambezi Times'' (South Africa), ''The Middle East Times'' (Egypt). Until 2008 it published the Washington, D.C.-based newsmagazine ''
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''. Until 2010, it owned '' The Washington Times''. On November 2, 2010, Sun Myung Moon and a group of former ''Times'' editors purchased the paper from News World. * AmericanLife TV cable television network formerly owned by the Unification Church.American Life TV targets baby boomers: Channel airing Clooney's Darfur docu
Variety, June 1, 2007
* The International Media Association for Peace was founded and operates as one of the peace associations of the UPF.


Real estate

In the 1970s the
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began making major real estate investments. Church buildings were purchased around the nation. In New York State the Belvedere Estate, the Unification Theological Seminary, and the
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were purchased. The international headquarters of the church was established in New York City. In Washington, D.C., the church purchased a church building from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and in Seattle the historic
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for $175,000 in 1977. In 1991 Donald Trump criticized Unification Church real estate investments as possibly disruptive to communities. As of December 1994, Unification Church had invested $150 million in Uruguay. Members own the country's largest hotel, one of its leading banks, the second-largest newspaper and two of the largest printing plants. In 2008 church related real estate investment partnership USP Rockets LLC was active in
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. In 2011 the church related National Hospitality Corporation sold the Sheraton National Hotel. U.S. Property Development Corporation, real estate investment Yongpyong Resort, which hosted the alpine skiing events for the
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and
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United Nations–related non-governmental organizations

From 2000 until his death in 2012, Moon promoted the creation of an interreligious council at the United Nations as a check and balance to its political-only structure. Since then King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and King Juan Carlos I of Spain hosted officially a program to promote the proposal. Moon's
Universal Peace Federation 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 ...
is in ''special consultative status'' with the United Nations Economic and Social Council and a member of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, a member of the United Nations Division for Palestinian Rights, a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, a member of the UNHRC, a member of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs and United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. Three of Moon's
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(NGOs)Universal Peace Federation, Women's Federation for World Peace and
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are in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.


Other organizations

* International Relief Friendship Foundation (IRFF) * Joshua House Children's Centre in
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helps homeless and victimized children. * Korean War 60th Anniversary Memorial Committee * National Committee Against Religious Bigotry and Racism * The New Hope East Garden Project (새소망농장), agricultural project in Brazil. * Ocean Church * Summit Council for World Peace * Tongil Foundation * World Media Association, sponsors trips for American journalists to Asian countries.


Organizations which are supported by the members of the Unification Church

* American Conference on Religious Movements, a
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-based group that fights discrimination against new religions. The group is funded by the
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, the Hare Krishna organization, as well as by the Unification Church, which gives it $3,000 a month. * American Freedom Coalition (AFC), a group which seeks to unite American conservatives on the state level to work toward common goals. The coalition, while independent, receives support from the Unification Church. ''American Freedom Journal'' was a publication of the AFC published by Robert Grant. The journal was started in 1988 and suspended publication sometime before 1994. Contributors included
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,
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, Ben Wattenberg and Jeane Kirkpatrick. * Christian Heritage Foundation, a private, independent charitable foundation based in Virginia that distributes Bibles and Christian literature to Communist and Third World nations. In 1995 it was given $3.5 million by the Women's Federation for World Peace. * Empowerment Network, a pro-faith political action group supported by United States Senator Joe Lieberman. *
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(Also known as the New Cult Awareness Network), an organization affiliated with the
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which states its purpose as "Educating the public as to religious rights, freedoms and responsibilities." *
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. In June 2006 the '' Houston Chronicle'' reported that in 2004 Moon's Washington Times Foundation gave a $1 million donation to the George Bush Presidential Library.
Geneva Interfaith and Intercultural Alliance
a Swiss association founded in 2008 under the patronage of the UN Mission of the Republic of the Philippines and the UN Mission of the Republic of Indonesia, and the Universal Peace Federation, offering programmes and intercultural training for diplomats, based on the
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Ambassador for peace curriculum. * Liberty University. Sun Myung Moon and his wife
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helped to financially stabilize the university through two organizations: News World Communications, which provided a $400,000 loan to the university at 6% interest; and the Women's Federation for World Peace, which indirectly contributed $3.5 million toward the school's debt. "Also in 1995, the Women's Federation made another donation that illustrates how Moon supports fellow conservatives. It gave a $3.5 million grant to the
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, which later bought a large portion of Liberty University's debt, rescuing the Rev. Jerry Falwell's Lynchburg, Va., religious school from the brink of bankruptcy."
*
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, is an advocacy group headed by the excommunicated former archbishop
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, who was himself married by Moon. MPN is a liberal Catholic organization calling for relaxing the rules concerning marriage in the Latin Church Catholic priesthood. *
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, 2000 rally in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the FFWPU and
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. *
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(NCPAC), was given $500,000 by CAUSA International to finance an anticommunist lobbying campaign. * University of Bridgeport of
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. In 1992, following the longest faculty strike in United States academic history, the University of Bridgeport agreed to an arrangement with the Professors World Peace Academy whereby the university would be subsidized by PWPA in exchange for control of the university. The initial agreement was for $50 million, and a majority of board members were to be PWPA members. The next University of Bridgeport president was PWPA president and Holocaust theologian
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(from 1995 to 1999), and subsequently former U.S. HSA-UWC president
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(2000–2018). * World Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (WANGO)The Words of the Milingo Family
Statement of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification On the Recent Publication of "The Fish Rescued from the Mud" by Archbishop Emanuel Milingo and Michele Zanzucchi

Harold Paine and Birgit Gratzer, Global Policy Forum

Inner City Press, June 5, 2007


References

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