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| • | The Unification movement is a religious organization founded in 1954 by Sun Myung Moon, a Korean minister who fled from North Korea during the Korean War.
The original name was The Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (HSA-UWC), reflecting Moon's original vision as an ecumenical movement. However, in the face of opposition by established churches it developed its own identity and became known as the Unification Church. In the 1990s Moon began to establish various peace organizations, including the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (nicknamed "family fed"), which took over many of the spiritual and organizational functions of the Unification Church. In many parts of the world, the movement was incorporated as HSA-UWC, and that name remains on legal documents.
Members were initially dubbed "Moon Children" by the U.S. media around 1973-1974, although this nickname was quickly shortened to "Moonies", a term now primarily used by critics. Members active in ecumenical and interfaith activities often call themselves Unificationists.
The Unification movement is among the more controversial religious organizations in the United States and other nations. Although the US government recognized it as a bona fide religion entitled to organize as tax exempt status, it has attracted a number of opponents who denounce it as a money-laundering cult. The Japanese Supreme Court upheld a 1997 fraud charge against the Unification Church of Japan with regard to certain fundraising practices, but it has also upheld the church's status as a religion whose members have a right to practice their beliefs. Courts in several European countries have also recognized the church as a bona fide religion.
Members generally consider Rev. Moon to be the new Messiah. While some consider the movement non-Christian because of this belief, Unification Church members who follow Moon cite the example of Jesus' followers, who included faithful Jews.
In 2002, the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification published a message which it says describes a conference at which all the historical founders of all other religions have recently, in heaven, proclaimed Moon's messiahship (see Clouds of Witnesses). Fundamentalist Christians strongly reject such a "proclamation," citing the Gospel of John
Source: [wikipedia: unification church]
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