Sun Myung Moon Sun Myung Moon (; born Moon Yong-myeong; 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 ...

, founder of the

Unification Church The Unification Church () is a new religious movement, whose members are called Unificationists or sometimes informally Moonies. It was founded in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon in Seoul, South Korea, as the Holy Spirit Association for the Unificatio ...

, 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 Freedom of religion or religious liberty, also known as freedom of religion or belief (FoRB), is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or community, in public or private, to manifest religion or belief in teaching, practice ...

. 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

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. UPF actively supports

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projects, especially in the field of peace

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and peace building. At the 2nd Asia-Pacific

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, Cambodian

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Sen received the UPF's

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and Good

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. 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

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. 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

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of interdependence, mutual

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and universal

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. 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

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, 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. WFWP is a non-profit NGO in general consultative status with the

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(ECOSOC). Han has travelled the world speaking at conventions on the WFWP's behalf. In 1993 the WFWP held a conference in

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, Japan, at which the keynote speaker was former

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's wife Marilyn Tucker Quayle, 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

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, 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

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, 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

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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

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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

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, a conference in

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calling for Taiwan's greater participation in world affairs independent of the

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. Taiwan's president,

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, 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 Preston 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, a ...

, 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

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, 1976-08-10. The first conference, held in 1972, had 20 participants; while the largest conference, in

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, 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),

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(Physics 1963), economist and political philosopher

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, ecologist

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, pioneer of

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, 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

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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

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. 1984-09-17Rev. 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

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of Peace, in order to connect

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s and

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s 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,

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and

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, and a "

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of peace" across the

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with the goal of connecting people and overcoming divisions in the world. Peace Road takes place in 120

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

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and the

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. * 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

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

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, with the aim of promoting peace in the world through interfaith dialogue and cooperation. IAPD National Branches have so far been launched in

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and

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. The inauguration of the Interreligious Association for Peace and Development for Europe and the Middle East was held in April 2018 in

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, Austria. The ambassador of the Republic of Korea in Austria spoke at the inauguration, as did Dr. Unger, one of the founders of the

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. Speakers also included the Apostolic Archbishop of

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, the President of the World Congress of Religions from the United Kingdom and other religious leaders. In 2021, IAPD was also established in

. At the UPF summit in Korea in August 2022, a resolution was adopted to launch the IAPD Advisory Council in partnership with the

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. During the celebration of the World Week of Interfaith Harmony in

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, a local branch of the Interreligious Association for Peace and Development was established in February 2022. The

and the Inter-Religious Association for Peace and Development (IAPD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding in April 2024 at the headquarters of the African Union in Ethiopia.

Educational organizations

* Cheongshim Graduate School of Theology *

CheongShim International Academy CheongShim International Academy (, 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 (특수목적고등학교) by the governmen ...

* International Educational Foundation. * Paragon House, book publishing. * The Professors World Peace Academy * The International Association of Academicians for Peace (IAAP) was founded and operates as one of the peace associations of the UPF. 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 Sunhwa Arts School () is a private coeducational college preparatory arts academy located in Seoul, South Korea. Founded as the Little Angels Art School in 1973 by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon (the founder of the Unification Church), the Sunhwa ...

Sun Moon University Sun Moon University () is a university located in Asan, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea. Sport The university's football team participated in the 2014 IFA Shield tournament. Notable alumni * Oh Jung-se, actor. * Kim Jong-woo, South Kor ...

* Sun Myung Moon Institute * The Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) is the main

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of the international Unification Church. It is located in

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, 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
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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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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

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minister, a

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, and a

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.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 ''The Christian Century'' is a Christian magazine based in Chicago, Illinois. Considered the flagship magazine of US mainline Protestantism, the monthly reports on religious news; comments on theological, moral, and cultural issues; and reviews ...

'' 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 Academy New Hope Academy, which includes New Hope International High School, is an academically oriented pre-school through high school private school, founded in 1990, and located on a former public school"Dream school gives parents New Hope", by Nicole ...

* Several UC-related groups are working to promote

sexual abstinence Sexual abstinence or sexual restraint is the practice of refraining from sexual activity for reasons medical, psychological, legal, social, philosophical, moral, religious or other. It is a part of chastity. Celibacy is sexual abstinence general ...

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 Reasons for opposition to pornography include religious objections, moral values, feminist concerns, as well as harmful effects, such as pornography addiction and erectile dysfunction. Pornography addiction is not a condition recognized by th ...

campaign.

Arts-related organizations

Kirov Academy of Ballet The Kirov Academy of Ballet (formerly the Universal Ballet Academy) was a ballet school in Washington, D.C. founded by Rev. and Mrs. Sun Myung Moon in 1990. It closed in May 2022. Facilities The Kirov was located in a former monastery on a 1.2 ...

, dance school in Washington, D.C. *

Little Angels Children's Folk Ballet of Korea Little is a synonym for small size and may refer to: Arts and entertainment * ''Little'' (album), 1990 debut album of Vic Chesnutt * ''Little'' (film), 2019 American comedy film *The Littles, a series of children's novels by American author John P ...

, a

dance troupe A dance troupe or dance company is a group of dancers and associated personnel who work together to perform dances as a sport, spectacle or entertainment. There are many different types of dance companies, often working in different list of dance ...

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 The Manhattan Center is a building in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Built in 1906 and located at 311 West 34th Street, it houses Manhattan Center Studios, the location of two recording studios; its Grand Ballroom; and the Hammerstein Ballro ...

, Theater and recording studio in New York City.A Church in Flux is Flush with Cash
''

'', November 23, 1997 * 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 contempor ...

, founded South Korea in 1984, is one of only four professional

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

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 A ballet dancer is a person who practices the art of classical ballet. Both females and males can practice ballet. They rely on years of extensive training and proper technique to become a part of a professional ballet company. Ballet dancers ...

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

Centro Esportivo Nova Esperança Centro may refer to: Places Brazil *Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil * Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of Du ...

Clube Atlético Sorocaba Clube Atlético Sorocaba, usually known as Atlético Sorocaba, was a Brazilian football club from Sorocaba, having competed in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série C several times. History The club was founded on 21 February 1991 by entrepreneur Jo� ...

, 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. History and format Since 2003, the Peace Cup is being held every two years, the Su ...

South Korea to host global peace cup in July
ports Illustrated May 6, 2003 International football (soccer) tournament. *

Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma Seongnam Football Club () is a South Korean professional football club based in Seongnam that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. It is one of the most successful clubs in South Korea and the Asian Football Conf ...

, South Korean football team. * The Sunmoon Peace Football Foundation founded by the Unification Church in 2003 sponsors the

, an invitational preseason friendly

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

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 association football, 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 de la Fro ...

Andalucia was held in

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and

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, Spain. In 1989, Moon founded

Seongnam FC Seongnam Football Club () is a South Korean professional football (soccer), football club based in Seongnam that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. It is one of the most successful clubs in South Korea and the ...

, 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, 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 hypothetical unification of North Korea and South Korea into a singular Korean sovereign state. The process towards reunification of the peninsula while still maintaining two opposing regimes was started by the Ju ...

.Sun Myung Moon forms new political party to merge divided Koreas

Church and State The separation of church and state is a philosophical and Jurisprudence, jurisprudential concept for defining political distance in the relationship between religious organizations and the State (polity), state. Conceptually, the term refers to ...

, 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 The ''Tehran Times'' is an English-language daily newspaper published in Iran, founded in 1979 as the self-styled "voice of the Islamic Revolution". While not state-owned, it is considered state-controlled and closely tied to the hardline factio ...

, 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 Heritage Foundation (or simply Heritage) is an American Conservatism in the United States, conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1973, it took a leading role in the conservative movement in the 1980s during the Presi ...

. * 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 is an

anti-communist Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communist beliefs, groups, and individuals. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in Russia, and it reached global dimensions during the Cold War, when th ...

educational organization created in New York City in 1980 by members of the Unification Church."Moon's "Cause" Takes Aim At Communism in Americas." ''

''. August 28, 1983 In the 1980s it was active in 21 countries. In the United States it sponsored educational conferences for

evangelical Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, interdenominational movement within Protestantism, Protestant Christianity that emphasizes evangelism, or the preaching and spreading of th ...

and

fundamentalist Fundamentalism is a tendency among certain groups and individuals that are characterized by the application of a strict literal interpretation to scriptures, dogmas, or ideologies, along with a strong belief in the importance of distinguishin ...

Christian leadersSun Myung Moon's Followers Recruit Christians to Assist in Battle Against Communism
''

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'' "eva ...

'', June 15, 1985 as well as seminars and conferences for

Senate A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

staffers,

Hispanic Americans Hispanic and Latino Americans are Americans who have a Spaniards, Spanish or Latin Americans, Latin American background, culture, or family origin. This demographic group includes all Americans who identify as Hispanic or Latino (demonym), ...

and conservative activists.Church Spends Millions On Its Image
''

'', 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 ''

Nicaragua Was Our Home Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America after Guatemala and ...

''. * 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 Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in Global surface temperature, global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate variability and change, Climate change in ...

, the

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. In January 2020, the disease spread worldwide, resulting in the COVID-19 pandemic. The symptoms of COVID‑19 can vary but often include fever ...

crisis,

geopolitics Geopolitics () is the study of the effects of Earth's geography on politics and international relations. Geopolitics usually refers to countries and relations between them, it may also focus on two other kinds of State (polity), states: ''de fac ...

and more. Rallies of Hope was attended by millions of people around the world, and some of the speakers were former

Secretary General

Ki-Moon Ki-moon, also spelled Gi-mun, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 68 hanja with the reading "ki" and 14 hanja with the reading "moon" on the South Korean gover ...

, former

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, former

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Pompeo and other politicians. Rally of Hope is sponsored by UPF. * The International Coalition for Religious Freedom is an activist organization based in

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, the United States. Its president is Dan Fefferman, who has held several leadership positions within the

Unification Church of the United States The Unification Church of the United States is the branch of the Unification Church in the United States. It began in the late 1950s and early 1960s when missionaries from South Korea were sent to America by the international Unification Church' ...

. Founded in the 1980s, it has been active in protesting what it considers to be threats to

by governmental agencies. * International Federation for Victory over Communism (IFVOC) * Korean Culture and Freedom Foundation, a nonprofit organization which in the 1970s staged a

public diplomacy In international relations, public diplomacy broadly speaking, is any of the various government-sponsored efforts aimed at communicating directly with foreign publics to establish a dialogue designed to inform and influence with the aim of bui ...

campaign in the United States for South Korea When it was founded in 1964, former U.S. Presidents

Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt that year. Subsequen ...

and

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, he was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionar ...

were named as honorary presidents and former Vice President

Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until Resignation of Richard Nixon, his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican ...

(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 The Watergate scandal was a major political scandal in the United States involving the Presidency of Richard Nixon, administration of President Richard Nixon. The scandal began in 1972 and ultimately led to Resignation of Richard Nixon, Nix ...

. * 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 Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically divided at or near the 38th parallel between North Korea (Dem ...

. The initiative was supported by many world leaders such as former

UN Secretary General The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or UNSECGEN) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the United Nations System#Six principal organs, six principal organs of ...

, former

Pompeo,

Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...

Hun Sen Samdech Hun Sen (; , Romanization of Khmer#UNGEGN, UNGEGN: ; born 5 August 1952) is a Cambodian politician and former military officer who currently serves as the List of presidents of the Senate (Cambodia), president of the Senate. He previous ...

, former U.S. Speaker of the

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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 Nigerians or the Nigerian people are citizens of Nigeria or people with ancestry from Nigeria. The name Nigeria was derived from the Niger River running through the country. This name was allegedly coined in the late 19th century by British jo ...

President

Goodluck Jonathan Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan (born 20 November 1957) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2010 to 2015. He lost the 2015 presidential election to former military head of state General Muhammadu Buhari and ...

delivered the opening speech at the 2019 International Peace Summit in

Sao Tome and Principe SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Serb Autonomous Regions (''Srpska autonomna oblast'', SAO), during the breakup of ...

. 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 Niger, officially the Republic of the Niger, is a landlocked country in West Africa. It is a unitary state Geography of Niger#Political geography, bordered by Libya to the Libya–Niger border, north-east, Chad to the Chad–Niger border, east ...

and the former president of

Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers with an estimated population of 2,026,778. It borders Senegal to Guinea-Bissau–Senegal border, its north and Guinea to Guinea–Guinea-Bissau b ...

. Peace, security and human development were discussed at the 2020 World Summit in

. The summit was attended by the prime minister of

, former UN

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Ban Ki Moon, former President of

Goodluck Jonathan,

Newt Gingrich Newton Leroy Gingrich (; né McPherson; born June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the List of speakers of the United States House of Representatives, 50th speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1 ...

, former president of the

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and many other world leaders. In February 2022, a global forum was held to discuss the establishment of peace on the

. This forum is part of the World Peace Summit 2022 in South Korea. The UPF and the Royal Government of

have convened the World Summit for Peace on the Korean Peninsula 2022 in South Korea. Former

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, Sall, President of

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, former

Pompeo, former US Congress president Gingrich, former

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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

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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 Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

. * 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 A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vi ...

Cheney, former Speaker of the

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Gingrich, former President of

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Moisiu, former President of

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Gómez and other former and current presidents. ISCP continues to work on the foundations of the World Peace Summit, established in 1987.

, the former president of

, 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 Asia-Pacific Summit 2019, Cambodian Prime Minister

signed the Resolution on the launch of the International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP). The Prime Minister of

, 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 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO ) is a List of specialized agencies of the United Nations, specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and International secur ...

, to cooperate culturally and to change the

demilitarized zone A demilitarized zone (DMZ or DZ) is an area in which treaties or agreements between states, military powers or contending groups forbid military installations, activities, or personnel. A DZ often lies along an established frontier or boundary ...

into a zone of peace. The International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP)-Africa discussed the issue of

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

Sao Tome SAO or Sao may refer to: Places * Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD * Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso * Serb Autonomous Regions (''Srpska autonomna oblast'', SAO), during the breakup of ...

Peace Summit 2019, Goodluck Jonathan stated that the goals of the International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP) coincided with his personal goals and ideals of strengthening democracy, peace and stability by supporting the youth of Africa. The former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan, at the 2020 world summit in South Korea, led the session of the International Summit Council for Peace (ISCP), where former and current heads of governments discussed current problems in the world.

Businesses

The Unification Church controls a large number of businesses around the world. In 1997 David Bromley, a sociologist at

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, 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 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a nontrinitarian restorationist Christian denomination and the largest denomination in the Latter Day Saint movement. Founded during ...

or the

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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

Pyeonghwa Motors Pyeonghwa Motors (Hangul : 평화자동차; Hancha : 平和自動車 – a Korean language word for "peace"), also spelled Pyonghwa, is one of the two car manufacturers and dealers in the Automotive industry in North Korea, North Korean automoti ...

is an

automobile A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, Car seat, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport private transport#Personal transport, peopl ...

manufacturer based in

, South Korea, and owned by the Unification Church. It is involved in a

joint-venture A joint venture (JV) is a business entity created by two or more parties, generally characterized by shared ownership, shared returns and risks, and shared governance. Companies typically pursue joint ventures for one of four reasons: to acces ...

with the North Korean Ryonbong General Corp. The joint venture produces two small cars under license from

Fiat Fiat Automobiles S.p.A., commonly known as simply Fiat ( , ; ), is an Italian automobile manufacturer. It became a part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles in 2014 and, in 2021, became a subsidiary of Stellantis through its Italian division, Stellant ...

, and a

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and an

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using

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kits from Chinese manufacturer Dandong Shuguang. 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

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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 () is a Korean business group (chaebol) associated with the Unification Church. (“Tongil” is Korean for “unification,” the name of the Unification Church in Korean is “Tongilgyo.”) It was founded in 1963 by Unification Ch ...

was founded in 1963 by Sun Myung Moon as a

nonprofit A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

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

1997 Asian Financial Crisis The 1997 Asian financial crisis gripped much of East Asia, East and Southeast Asia during the late 1990s. The crisis began in Thailand in July 1997 before spreading to several other countries with a ripple effect, raising fears of a worldwide eco ...

. By 2004 it was losing money and was $3.6 billion in debt. In 2005 Sun Myung Moon's son,

Kook-jin Moon Moon Kook-jin (born July 17, 1970), also known as Justin Moon, is a Korean American religious leader, businessman, and gun manufacturer. He is the son of Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han. His father is the founder of the Unification Church and hi ...

was appointed chairman of Tongil Group. Among Tongil Group's chief holdings are: The Ilwha Company, which produces

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

Shipbuilding

The Church owns Master Marine, a shipbuilding and fishing company in

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; International Seafood of

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; In 2011 Master Marine opened a factory in

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, 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

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trade in the US.Sushi and Rev. Moon: How Americans' growing appetite for sushi is helping to support his controversial church

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, April 11, 2006 True World Foods parent company is the corporate conglomerate True World Group 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 An exclusive economic zone (EEZ), as prescribed by the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, is an area of the sea in which a sovereign state has exclusive rights regarding the exploration and use of marine natural resource, reso ...

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 "

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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. History News World Communications was founded in New York City, in 1976, by Unification Church founder and leader Sun Myung Moon. Its first two newspapers, ''Th ...

is an international

news media The news media or news industry are forms of mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public. These include News agency, news agencies, newspapers, news magazines, News broadcasting, news channels etc. History Some of the fir ...

corporation A corporation or body corporate is an individual or a group of people, such as an association or company, that has been authorized by the State (polity), state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law as ...

. It was founded in

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

, in 1976, by Sun Myung Moon. Its first two newspapers, ''The News World'' (later renamed the '' New York City Tribune'') and the Spanish-language ''Noticias del Mundo,'' were published in New York from 1976 until the early 1990s. In 1982 ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of ...

'' 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

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, ''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 ''

Insight on the News ''Insight on the News'', also called ''Insight'', was an American conservative print and online news magazine. It was owned by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate founded by Unification movement founder Sun Myung Mo ...

''. Until 2010, it owned ''

The Washington Times ''The Washington Times'' is an American Conservatism, conservative daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It covers general interest topics with an emphasis on Politics of the United States, national politics. Its broadsheet daily edit ...

''. 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

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, 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

began making major real estate investments. Church buildings were purchased around the nation. In

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the Belvedere Estate, the

Unification Theological Seminary HJ International Graduate School for Peace and Public Leadership is a private Unification Church-affiliated graduate seminary headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, New York. It was known as Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) from ...

, and the

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were purchased. The international headquarters of the church was established in

. In

, the church purchased a church building from

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, and in

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the historic

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for $175,000 in 1977. In 1991

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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

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, 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

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and King

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hosted officially a program to promote the proposal. Moon's

Universal Peace Federation The Unification Church () is a new religious movement, whose members are called Unificationists or sometimes informally Moonies. It was founded in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon in Seoul, South Korea, as the Holy Spirit Association for the Unificatio ...

is in general ''consultative status'' with the

and a member of the

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, a member of the

UN Human Rights Council The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. The Council has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis. The ...

, a member of the

United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is responsible for the follow-up to major United Nations Summits and Conferences, as well as services to the United Nations Econ ...

and

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific United may refer to: Places * United, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community * United, West Virginia, an unincorporated community Arts and entertainment Films * ''United'' (2003 film), a Norwegian film * ''United'' (2011 film), a BBC Two f ...

. Three of Moon's

non-governmental organizations A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...

(NGOs)Universal Peace Federation, Women's Federation for World Peace and Service for Peaceare 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 Hare Krishna may refer to: * International Society for Krishna Consciousness, a group commonly known as "Hare Krishnas" or the "Hare Krishna movement" * Hare Krishna (mantra), a sixteen-word Vaishnava mantra also known as the "Maha Mantra" (Great ...

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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Ed Meese Edwin Meese III (born December 2, 1931) is an American attorney, law professor, author and member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party who served in Ronald Reagan's Governorship of Ronald Reagan, gubernatorial administration ...

Ben Wattenberg Benjamin Joseph Wattenberg (born Joseph Ben Zion Wattenberg;Roberts, Sam New York ''Times'', June 29, 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-29. August 26, 1933 – June 28, 2015) was an American author, political commentator, and demographer associated with b ...

and

Jeane Kirkpatrick Jeane Duane Kirkpatrick (née Jordan; November 19, 1926December 7, 2006) was an American diplomat and political scientist who played a major role in the foreign policy of the Ronald Reagan administration. An ardent anticommunist, she was a lon ...

. * Christian Heritage Foundation, a private, independent charitable foundation based in

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

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. * Foundation for Religious Freedom (Also known as the New Cult Awareness Network), an organization affiliated with the

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 The ''Houston Chronicle'' is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Houston, Texas, United States. it is the third-largest newspaper by Sunday circulation in the United States, behind only ''The New York Times'' and the ''Los Angeles Times''. ...

'' 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

Ambassador for peace curriculum. *

. Sun Myung Moon and his wife

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 Christian Heritage Foundation, 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." * Married Priests Now!, is an advocacy group headed by the

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former archbishop

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, who was himself married by Moon. MPN is a liberal

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organization calling for relaxing the rules concerning marriage in the

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. *

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, 2000 rally in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the FFWPU and

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. * National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC), was given $500,000 by CAUSA International to finance an anticommunist lobbying campaign. *

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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 Richard L. Rubenstein (from 1995 to 1999), and subsequently former U.S. HSA-UWC president Neil Albert Salonen (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

{{Unification Church Lists of religious organizations Christianity and society

Multi-faceted organizations

Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (CARP)

Universal Peace Federation

Women's Federation for World Peace (WFWP)

Service For Peace (SFP)

International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS)

Interfaith organizations

Educational organizations

Arts-related organizations

Sports organizations

Political organizations

Businesses

Automotive

Health care

Manufacturing

Shipbuilding

Seafood

Agriculture

Media

Real estate

United Nations–related non-governmental organizations

Other organizations

Organizations which are supported by the members of the Unification Church

See also

References