Unification Church

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U0079050 (yo͞o′nə-fĭ-kā′shən)n. A Christian church, founded by Sun Myung Moon in 1954, that identifies Moon as Messiah and seeks to bring about the kingdom of God on Earth.

Unification Church

n (Other Non-Christian Religions) a religious sect founded in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon (1920–2012), S Korean industrialist and religious leader. See also Moonie

U′nifica′tion Church′

n. an eclectic religious sect founded by the Rev. Sun Myung Moon in 1954.

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Unification Church - a Christian church (with some Buddhist elements) founded in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon and known for staging mass weddings and other communal activitiesChristian church, church - one of the groups of Christians who have their own beliefs and forms of worshipMoonie - an often derogatory term for a member of the Unification Church

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church founded (1954) in South Korea by Sun Myung MoonMoon, Sun Myung
, 1920–2012, South Korean religious leader. He was an engineering student in Japan and a dockworker before founding (1954) the Unification Church with a doctrine loosely based on Christianity as interpreted by Moon, who declared (2004) himself the "Messiah.
..... Click the link for more information. ; officially the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification for World Christianity. Moon moved to the United States in 1971. He and his wife, Hak Ja Han, are seen by followers as "True Parents." He claimed to have communicated with Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and the Buddha in his spiritual search, and declared himself (2004) the "Messiah." In church doctrine, marriage was a key part of achieving salvation. Moon matched his followers with mates and performed mass weddings, the church's most important ritual. The couples were then expected to produce sinless children. The church's headquarters are located in New York City. In 1995 the church reported 50,000 U.S. followers, 3 million worldwide, but historians of religion estimated a much lower number of members.

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See studies by D. Bromley and A. D. Shupe, Jr. (1979) and E. Barker (1984).

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noun a Christian church (with some Buddhist elements) founded in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon and known for staging mass weddings and other communal activities

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