Unification Church
South Korean new religious movement
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Summary
Unification Church is a new religious movement[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of new religious movement entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,902 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Religion or worldview: religious pluralism[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Manhattan[4]
- Country: South Korea[5], United States[6], Japan[7], Portugal[8]
- Instance of: religious organization[9], charismatic christianity[10], Protestant church[11]
- Main regulatory text: Divine Principle[12]
- Founder: Sun Myung Moon[13]
- Named after: Christian Church[14], union[15]
- Headquarters location: Gapyeong County[16]
- Child organization or unit: Unification Church of the United States[17], Family Peace Association[18]
- Commons category: Unification Church[19]
- Industry: religious congregations and associations[20]
- Foundational text: Bible[21]
- Said to be the same as: Unification movement (Unification Church)[22], Family Federation for World Peace and Unification[23], Universal Peace Federation[24], Tongil Group[25], Peace United Family Party[26], Women's Federation for World Peace[27], Service For Peace[28], Всемирная ассоциация неправительственных организаций[29], Q4288607[30], International Federation for Victory Over Communism[31], Interreligious and International Federation for World Peace[32], Чхонбоккун[33], Q4481874[34], Global Peace Foundation[35]
- Inception: May 1, 1954[36]
- Located on street: Eighth Avenue[37], Yunykh Lenintsev street[38]
- Official website: https://familyfed.org/[39], http://ffwpu.jp/[40]
- Topic's main category: Category:Unification Church[41]
- Work location: Earth[42]
- Described at URL: https://tplegacy.net/[43]
- Phone number: +1-212-997-0050[44]
- Described by source: Günümüz Din ve Fikir Hareketleri Ansiklopedisi[45]
- Replaces: Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity[46]
- Official name: Family Federation for World Peace and Unification[47], 세계평화통일가정연합[48]
- Legal form: religious corporation[49]
- Short name: FFWPU[50]
Why It Matters
Unification Church has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[51] It is known by 94 alternative names across languages and contexts.[52]