About Us

You may know us as the “Unification Church.” While our name has evolved from the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity to Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, our mission has also grown.

We focus on creating world peace through the family: the school of love. We offer the Blessing to do just that.

Our Founders

REV. DR. SUN MYUNG MOON

and DR. HAK JA HAN MOON

The heart of the Unification movement Rev. and Dr. Moon founded is the recreation of God's ideal family. Beginning from their own marriage in 1960, Father and Mother Moon are calling men and women to transcend race and religion, rebuilding the family as the vessel of true lasting love, and the cornerstone of world peace through the Blessing.

This tradition of God-centred marriage provides a powerful model for building a family of true love, and expanding at life, to establish a foundation for lasting peace. Unificationists affectionately refer to the Rev. and Dr. Moon as True Parents.

Our Mission

We strive for a peaceful world, not a new religion. Our vision is a world of mature individuals fostering strong families, communities, and nations.

To secure a brighter future and global peace, we emphasise the renewal of families, the fundamental units of our societies. Families are pivotal in shaping future generations, with married couples as the linchpin.

Our aspiration is a world where individuals coexist harmoniously with their loved ones, society, and environment, fostering peace, freedom, love, and happiness for all.

FAQs

  • God is constantly seeking in our lives to make a personal relationship with us, and we have a unique take on how to achieve that. We believe that family is the cornerstone of society and of personal spiritual development. We learn about God’s love through our family relationships. Learn more here.

  • The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification began as the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity. The name “Unification Church” is an unofficial colloquial name that media outlets and the public adopted.

  • While many couples go on to have individual wedding ceremonies, the mass wedding ceremonies of the “Unification Church” are a unique experience for couples to receive the Holy Blessing upon their union. We see marriage as not just a ceremony to bring two individuals together but as representative of what world peace can look like through generational and cultural healing. By committing to a relationship with other couples, they are making a public promise to bring joy to God through loving each other.

    Mass marriages are becoming more popular around the world, and we are proud to say that we have led this effort for over 60 years. Click here to learn more.

  • Yes, absolutely. We believe that the cross-cultural Marriage Blessing helps transcend the barriers of race, culture, nationality, ethnicity, and religion to create one worldwide family.

    When the children of enemy families join together through the cross-cultural Marriage Blessing, love each other, and build a happy home, the grandparents grow closer to each other. In time, lineages that were once enemies become friends. The family is the pattern for people to live together in harmony. With the grace of God’s Blessing, we will see this become the pattern for national to live together in harmony. Learn more here.

  • Unificationists are people of faith working to build a better world. We participate in Unification family churches and communities as well as in all the world’s faith traditions. We come from all backgrounds, races, ethnicities, and nationalities, and strive to live as one family under God. We believe that God called the Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon and his wife, Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, to bestow the Holy Marriage Blessing, which liberates us to build ideal families for world peace. We honour the world’s great scriptures and view Reverend and Mrs. Moon’s teachings as an expression of the principles and ideals common to them all.

  • We believe that the scriptures of all religions are holy. The Unificationist scriptures include the Exposition of the Divine Principle, and a three-volume compilation of Father and Mother Moon’s teachings and words called the Cheon Seong Gyeong (“Heavenly Scripture”), Pyeong Hwa Shin Gyeong (“Peace Scriptures”), and Chambumo Gyeong (“True Parents Life Course”).

  • Sun Myung Moon (1920 - 2012) emerged from a Korean farming village to attain global stature. After founding the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity (the first name of Family Federation) in 1954, he launched organisations for dialogue and alliance across all boundaries, centred on God and true family life. He is the founder of Unificationism and the global Unification movement. Learn more about his life by listening to his autobiography on Spotify and other platforms.

    Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon, affectionately called the Mother of Peace or Mother Moon, is the co-founder and the current worldwide leader of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, colloquially known as the “Unification Church,” since her husband, the Rev. Dr. Sun Myung Moon’s ascension to the spirit world in 2012. Learn more about her life by reading or listening to her autobiography: Mother of Peace.