Unification Church

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I spoke with the author Lisa Kohn about her memoir of her life in the Moonies — I found a lot to relate to in Lisa Kohn’s memoir, To the Moon and Back: A Childhood Under The Influence. Like me, she was an ex-member of a cult known as the Unification Church. The cult was founded by the late Korean billionaire Sun Myung Moon, in 1954, where…

“There Is More To The Unification Church, Abe's Death And What We Are Being Told” At times, it takes a mental drained ex-military guy to throw light on some debatable issues. That is exactly what happened in Japan last week. History and culture of modern China could be said to…

Six reasons why I am no longer a member of the Unification Church — My Life with Reverend Moon For the first nine years of my life, I was raised by a single mom in the Catholic Church. My mother emphasized to me that God was a God of love, and that I needed to follow the example of Jesus. I went to church every Sunday, took First Communion…

I speak with the author on the 20th anniversary of his moving ex-cult memoir — Kenneth Gordon Neufeld, like me, is a former member of the late Sun Myung Moon’s cult, the Unification Church. Founded in Korea in 1954, the organization taught that Moon was the Second Coming of Christ, with the mission of bringing the Kingdom of Heaven on Earth. The Unificationist reading of…

NOTE: The following essay is an abridged summary of an unfinished series of essays about the Unification Church. Upon reflection, I decided to cut my thoughts down to one piece, with a focus on ex-member, Nansook Hong. To tell her story properly, however, I felt it prudent to provide a…