Shincheonji

1. Shincheonji: All about Shincheonji Shincheonji Church of Jesus, also popularly known as the temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, was established in the year 1984 in South Korea. The Church was established by a South Korean man named Lee Man-hee, who is now in his 80s. Though Lee Man-hee established the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, very little is known about his past. However, the church describes Lee Man-hee as the “Promised Pastor,” as mentioned in the Bible. The members of Shincheonji strongly believe that he is the one who will lead the chosen shepherds into the kingdom of Heaven on Earth. Shincheonji Church of Jesus has more than 1,000 churches in South Korea. The Church also boasts of having more than 240,000 members worldwide. Thus, the group is, in effect, an offshoot of Christianity. Shincheonji represents around 14-15% of the Christian population of South Korea. One of the main aspects of Shincheonji is that their followers strongly believe that Lee Man-hee is the second coming of Jesus Christ. However, not much is known about their belief structure to the outside world. Shincheonji describes itself on its official website as “the one and only kingdom and temple of God on this earth.” Their church is all about pledging to yield to Jesus by sacrificing their bodies like a candle. One of the main ways Shincheonji recruits members is by dispatching its members to mainstream Protestant congregations. After that, they try to persuade the believers of the Protestant congregations to join their Church. However, it is a tactic that has provoked many churches to issue warnings to keep the members of Shincheonji at bay. Recently the sect’s lack of preventive measures to stop the spread of coronavirus has attracted widespread criticism from the general public of South Korea. Shincheonji, despite having the name “Church of Jesus”’, claims that they do not have any ties with other Christian groups. When you visit their official website, you will see on the group’s introduction written, “We are not a traditional church that exists between the first coming of Jesus and the coming of what’s prophesied in the book of Revelation.” The members of Shincheonji believe that the founder Lee Man-hee is the man selected by Jesus to disseminate the ultimate truth to all his shepherds. They are a group that is growing at a swift pace and has thousands of members worldwide. Visit https://nhne.tv/ for more details.