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Unification Church
Sign in to saveAlso known as Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, Unificationists, Moonies, Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, Moon sect
South Korean new religious movement
Key facts
- Abbreviation
- FFWPU, UC
- Classification
- New religious movement
- Scripture
- Bible , Divine Principle
- Acting leader
- Hak Ja Han
- Region
- Worldwide
- Headquarters
- 12F Dowon Building, 292-20 Dohwa-dong, Mapo-gu , Seoul, South Korea
- Founder
- Sun Myung Moon
- Origin
- May 1, 1954 , Seoul , South Korea
- Separated from
- Christianity
- Other names
- Unification Movement Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity ( 세계기독교통일신령협회 ) Unificationists Moonies Moon sect
- Official website
- familyfed .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Protestant church
- Named after
- union
- Official name
- 세계평화통일가정연합
- Religion
- religious pluralism
- Country
- Portugal
- Located in
- Manhattan
- Founded by
- Sun Myung Moon
- Headquarters
- Gapyeong County
- Official website
- ffwpu.jp
- Image
- Unification Church DC 2.jpg
- Work location
- Earth
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- owner of
- University of Bridgeport
- main regulatory text
- Divine Principle
- Commons category
- Unification Church
- topic's main category
- Category:Unification Church
- inception
- 1954-05-01
- McCune–Reischauer romanization
- T'ongilgyo
- Revised Romanization
- Tong-ilgyo
- street address
- 東京都渋谷区松濤1-1-2
- short name
- FFWPU
- phone number
- +1-212-997-0050
- foundational text
- Bible
- has goal
- world peace
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Encyclopedic overview
Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han, founders of the Unification Church
The Unification Church (Korean: 통일교; RR: Tongilgyo), officially the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU; 세계평화통일가정연합), is an Abrahamic monotheistic new religious movement, whose members are called Unificationists or sometimes informally Moonies. The Unification Church was founded in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon in Seoul, South Korea, as the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC; 세계기독교통일신령협회); in 1994, the organization changed its name to the FFWPU. It has a presence in approximately 100 countries around the world. The organization's leader is Hak Ja Han, Moon's wife; Moon had previously co-led it until his death. The couple's followers honor them with the title "True Parents".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Unification Church” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.