World Peace and Unification Sanctuary Church

By TKButler

  • Church Origins

    He was incarcerated by the communists and was released when the Americans and United Nations military arrived. Moon traveled to South Korea with others North Koreans and established the Church

  • Founded

    Family Federation for World Peace and Unification was founded by Reverend Sun Myung Moon and Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon

  • Presidential Appointment

    Sun Myung Moon (then 88 years old) appointed his son, Hyung Jin Moon to be the International President of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU).

  • Coronation Ceremony

    A coronation was held in honor of Hyung Jin Moon with his father that he and members of the church believe made him heir and successor to the church.

  • Death of the Founder/First King

    Sun Myung Moon, the founder died and was succeeded by his widow Hak Ja Han. She continued to lead the Moonies as well as the church’s missions

  • World Peace and Unification Sanctuary Church official commencement

    The new sect was officially commenced

  • Betrayal of True Mother

    Hyung Jin Moon began renouncing his mother as the “Whore of Babylon” saying she was no longer the True Mother. He also began teaching that Hyun Shil Kang, one of his fathers first disciples was the True Mother instead. He and his wife began assuming the roles and titles “Second King/Queen”

  • True Mother anointment

    Hyun Shil Kang was anointed as the first generation True Mother. True Mother Kang fulfilled the perfection level of True Mother which was vacant by the failure and betrayal of Hak Ja Han

  • Blessing Ceremony

    Hyung Jin Moon and his wife adorned a crown of bullets during a blessing ceremony in Newfoundland, Pennsylvania for hundreds of married couples. This included preforming religious and marriage rituals that involves carrying AR-15 assault rifles

  • Freedom Festival

    members of the World Peace and Unification Sanctuary were invited to "show their willingness to defend their families, communities and nation" by bringing their semi-auto rifles to a service in which their weapons were blessed. Moon took to the stage at his church's annual Festival, which brought together a medley of far-right figures and gun enthusiasts at the Kahr Arms headquarters in Greeley, Pennsylvania.

  • Compound Relocation

    it was reported that Moon and Sanctuary Church had bought and moved to a compound 40 miles from Waco, Texas, the site of the Waco siege.Upon moving to the compound they continued to espouse a highly militant ideology.

  • United States Capital Riot

    Moon and other members of Sanctuary Church participated in the United States Capitol attack. Moon faced no criminal charges from his involvement in the insurrection.

  • Supreme Court Ruling

    The United States Supreme Court issued a decision denying the petition for certiorari submitted by Hyung Jin Moon. In the petition Moon argued Austin that he had been appointed by the reverend Sun Myung Moon as the leader of Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. The decision dismissed his claims of leadership

  • Separation

    Hak Ja Han, as the successor to the church began to change the theological foundations of her husbands, Hyung father’s teachings and elevating her own status within the church. This lead to Hyung Jin Moon and his wife to separate from the movement and establish their own local sect.