Challenges Facing the New Movement
In 1955, a remarkable witnessing project aimed at attracting many good young people from the top Christian universities in Korea drew the interest of many capable students.
The Life of Rev. Sun Myung Moon: In His Own Words
This story is Rev. Moon's testimony. It consists of extracts from Rev. Moon's speeches given over 5 decades, drawn from his account of his life and personal experiences, and patched together to create a memoir.
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God originally wanted the whole human race to have just one hometown
God originally wanted the whole human race to have just one hometown, the place where Adam’s family would have lived.
The love of one's hometown
No matter how far a person goes, they cannot leave their origin. The feelings in his heart don’t change; he cannot sever the emotional attachment he has to his origin, right?
My Grandfather Moon Ji-kook
My grandfather was illiterate. He didn’t go to school or a village study class, but he knew the story of the Three Kingdoms from the first to the last page.
God prepared the eldest son
The standard necessary for God to allow me to be born was based on a preparation of the lineage, even beyond that of those of you born from blessed parents.
Observing the plants and climbing trees
When I was young, I would think, “What is the name of that mountain? What might be on that mountain?”
Farm life as it was then
If you go to a rural area, you will find large green frogs.
Helping others and getting scolded for it
When I was about eleven years old, I announced to my father that I would sell a giant bag of our rice (about eighteen liters’ worth) to help someone.
I'm a person who absolutely hates losing
I’m a very tough man. I’m a person who hates losing….
How other Moons saw Father
Not only our immediate family, but even my uncle respected me more than his children.
Indemnity related to Father's mission
My family received God’s blessing at the time of my great-grandfather.
Easter morning
At the end of a long and tearful prayer on Easter morning, Jesus Christ appeared to me, revealed many things to me, and gave me instructions.
The road beyond hometown and family
In my youth, there was no place in Korea I hadn’t traveled to.
I came to Seoul to attend school
I came to Seoul to attend school. I experienced culture shock.
Boardinghouse life
I lived in a boardinghouse for seven years, but it was not because I had no money.
Investigating back-alley life
Nowadays, I can permit you to go to movie theaters on the condition that you maintain the standard at which you cannot be corrupted.
While I was attending school in Seoul
While I was attending school in Seoul, I taught Sunday school. I taught at both the church in Heukseok-dong and the one in Seobingo.
Hikari Ho Train to Busan
When I graduated from elementary school, I gave a speech in front of an audience that included the police chief, the district chief, and other officials.
Athletic training
When I was a student, there was a Japanese wrestler called Futabayama.
Underground Korean independence activities
Furthermore, I am the philosopher of love. I am a philosopher who loves heaven and earth.
Iron foundry and dockyards in Kawasaki
I don’t know whether they are still there or not, but I often went to work in the ironworks and dockyards in Kawasaki.
Fighting on behalf of the weak
The feeling you have when you are hit can contribute to making your philosophy of life.
Endurance and Forgiveness
In July 1944, the New York Times reported, “Japanese militarists have named one of their strongest men as governor-general of restless Korea.
Spiritual Battle to Prepare the Way for True Parents
The preparations for the beginning of True Father’s public mission in 1945 included the battle to win the hearts of specially prepared Christian leaders, many of whom already had a strong sense of the direction of God’s providence.
The Beginning of the Public Mission
A view of Pyongyang, now the capital city of North Korea, during the latter part of Japanese rule.
Across the 38th Parallel into North Korea
True Father’s public mission began in 1945.
People Who Joined Father in Pyongyang
True Father’s public mission began in 1945. In the late spring of 1946, Father received the instruction to go to North Korea.
The Spirit-Led People Prepared in North Korea
In North Korea, God prepared special religious leaders who could respond to Father and make the conditions for Christianity to receive the returning Lord.
Suffering in Pyongyang Prison and Hungnam Labor Camp
Father tells the story of his incarceration, trial, and imprisonment in Pyongyang
Stepping into Freedom and Cataclysmic War I
From the viewpoint of God’s providence of restoration, Western civilization by all means needs to be connected to Asia.
Taking the Refugee Trail to Begin Anew
Immediately after getting out of the Hungnam labor camp, Father had traveled to Pyongyang to look for any remaining followers after his almost 3-year absence.
Father a War Refugee in Busan
When I arrived in Busan, it was flooded with people; they were packed in like sardines.
Building the New Church One Brick at a Time
Father was a war refugee in Busan in the early 1950s, yet his focus was quite different from the usual focus on personal survival that characterized refugee life.
From Busan to Daegu to the Capital City
With the armistice in the Korean War (July 1953) Father sent a pioneer missionary to Daegu (Korea’s third largest city) and made preparations to move to Seoul.
The Founding of Our Church
True Father returned to Seoul on September 17, 1953. In Seoul, he prepared to establish his church more officially.
Witnessing to the Young Intelligentsia
The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC) was founded on May 1, 1954.
Arrest and Imprisonment in South Korea
In this installment, Father describes the accusations he received and his resultant incarceration in Seodaemun Prison in Seoul in 1955.
Innocence Confirmed
When I was put in Seodaemun prison through what we now call the July 4 incident, everyone thought that the era of Mr. Moon was over
True Father's Life at the Cheongpa-dong Headquarters
Though there are cracks in it, those very cracks are the historical traces of the hardships of history.
Pioneering Korea and Looking Out to the World
When we started this witnessing campaign for the first time in 1957, I gave members only enough money to take a train or bus to their mission places.