The Words of the Chang Family
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The Words of the Chang Family |
The Association was founded by Mr. Sun Myung Moon on May 1st, 1954 at 39, Bukhak-dong, Sungdong-ku, Seoul, Korea and Mr. Hyo Won Eu was elected its first president. Mr. Moon, the founder, was born on January 6, 1920 at 2221, Sangsa-ri, Dokun-myun, Chungju-kun, Pyongan-pukdo, Korea.
The Association, which came into being as a fruition of God's providence through Christianity to realize His ideal of creation, makes it its primary purpose to build the God's Kingdom on earth.
It moved its headquarters for the third time to present location at 71-3, lst-ka, Chongpa-dong, Yongsan-ku, Seoul, Korea. It is organized with a headquarters consisting of ten departments and one office.
In Korea, it has some 1,000 churches and it also has overseas missions in 16 nations to include the United States, Japan, China, Canada, Germany, England, France, Italy, Netherland, Spain, Austria, Australia, Brazil, Swiss, Portugal and Sweden with a few to few hundred churches in each of those countries.
The Association published on August 15, 1957 "The Divine Principle" and May 1st, 1966 a revised version "Discourse on The Divine Principle". They are in a wide circulation, not only in Korea, but throughout the world, with their English, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Dutch and Spanish versions.