fresh spiritual movements generally gather equal parts attention and scepticism ; this is especially unfeigned for newfangled and alternative religious belief in America . The United States has a recollective listing ofcult leaderswho experienced a meteoric rise to renown , follow apace by an sharp fall from grace .
The same give-up the ghost for the founders of theUnification Church , whose extremist - rudimentary Christian saint , mass arranged marriage ceremony ceremony and " second - coming messiah " palaver often made more enemies than followers .
The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU)
Federation for World Peace and Unification , also known as the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity ( HSA - UWC ) , members follow the feeling system established by Reverend Sun Myung Moon , who believed he was the renascence ofJesusChrist .
Moon ’s cardinal tenets are written in " The Divine Principle " ( 1954 ) , and members of the Unification Church , also known as the Universal Peace Federation , were finally nicknamed " moonies . " Moon and his followers all believed they were task with finish Christ ’s bare work .
Who Founded the Unification Church?
Reverand Sun Myung Moon and his wife Hak Ja Han Moon were considered the divine parental chassis of the religious belief .
During a five - year labor refugee camp sentence inNorth Korea , Moon claimed that he was gossip by Jesus Christ and other prophets from the spirit human beings who would instruct him and his followers how to make the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth .
After Moon pass away in 2012 , many of his sons divided follower across several hoagie - cults , including the Family Peace Association and the Rod of Iron Ministries .
FFWPU’s Key Beliefs and Practices
Unification Church members consider the " Divine Principle " a supplementary text to the unexampled and old Christian Testaments and a pattern for the process toward flawlessness . God , the Christian church and its rationale are celebrated on several holy days and fete scheduled according to the lunar calendar .
One of the most controversial tenets of the Unification Church was the marriage blessing , which often involved one C — sometimes thousands — of matrimony . Sun Myung Moon primitively hand - picked many of these couples ; however , format marriage turn many people away from the constitution .
This decision to later rebrand these ceremonies into " marriage assertion " events for established spousesreflectsmany skeptical opinions that Moon launch the Unification Church to serve well his byplay sake .
Is the FFWPU Still Active?
The FFWPU is still dynamic , although the organization is severely turn down . The Unification Church in Japan is currently face the menace of government dissolution keep abreast controversy , and there have been many objection against the current leadership at Cheongshim Peace World Center in Seoul .
