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The nationwide structure of the church was first organized on October 14, 1960, and since then the structure has evolved following the church's development.
The Holy Wedding of True Parents, held on April 11, 1960 (16th day of the 3rd lunar month), is the starting point of the new providential history.
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The nationwide structure of the church was first organized on October 14, 1960, and since then the structure has evolved following the church's development.
The Seonghwa Christian Students Association was launched on December 31, 1954, as the first affiliate of HSA-UWC.
Seonghwa graduates led the Unification Church activities in the early days.
The writing of Explanation of the Divine Principle, which was based on the Original Text of the Divine Principle, was begun in May 1955 by former church President Eu Hyo-won.
The holy songs depict the entire history of True Parents' suffering and victory.
Beginning in the 1960s, True Parents offered countless conditions focusing on the whole region of Cheongpyeong Lake in Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province.
The period starting with the Holy Wedding of True Parents in 1960 and going through 1967 was the first seven-year course, the purpose of which was to create the foundation for the restoration of the Korean people.
The second seven-year course was the period in which blessed families needed to fulfill their duties as tribal messiahs to restore their position as the ancestors.
The 40-day summer witnessing and education, which began on July 20, 1960, for Parents after True Parents' Holy Wedding, ignited our membership nationwide for the cause of restoring the Korean people.
True Parents said that women were being sent out to the front lines because it was Eve originally who broke up the family.
At the US state leaders meeting held on March 15, 1978, True Parents emphasized, home church work and stressed that from April 1 the state leaders should begin to work in earnest to recruit 30,000 members
After the 1970s, True Parents carried out extensive education in Unification Principle, Unification Thought, and Victory Over Communism for leaders of society,
True Parents proclaimed April 17, 1960, the day after the Blessing of 3 couples, as the Day of the Resurrection of Heart, and April 17, 1961, as the Day of the Resurrection of Substance.
The engagement ceremony of Sun Myung Moon and Hak Ja Han, on the 1st day of the 3rd lunar month in 1960 (March 27) at the original Cheongpa-dong headquarters church in Seoul
Through the institution of Children's Day, they built a foundation on which to eradicate the seed of sin sown by Adam and Eve and liberate humanity from evil.
This day is to be celebrated every year on the 1st day of the 5th lunar month, which was the day after the proclamation of the completion of the three-year course in 1963 (June 21).
True Parents proclaimed the historic God's Day at the original Cheongpa-dong headquarters church in Seoul on January 1, 1968.
Beginning in 1960, True Parents began to announce yearly mottoes that set the direction and goals of the year for all members of the Unification Church.
In the 1970s, they focused on the national foundation that could impact the world, with external activities including Victory Over Communism and the Christian ecumenical movement.
To, develop full-scale home church activity, True Parents announced home church-related mottoes for four consecutive years, from 1980 to 1983, at the World Mission Center in New York.
The motto for 1990 is “The unification of my country.” From the perspective of providential history, the 1980s was an important decade.
The motto of 2000 is, “The cosmic expansion of true love will perfect the new millennial kingdom.”