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"Shincheonji, Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
(SCJ), commonly known as Shincheonji (Korean: 신천지, Hanja 新天地, "new heaven and
earth") is a Christian organization established on March 14, 1984 in South Korea
by Lee Man-hee. He is the chairman and leader of the group. SCJ has established
several other organisations. There is some level of skepticism about the purpose
of these 'sister organisations'. Some of the known aliases are "Heavenly
Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light" (HWPL) for which Mr Lee is the
Chairman, "International Peace Youth Group" (IPYG), "Mannam" (Or Mannam
Volunteer Association), "Mannam International Youth Coalition" and
"International Women's Peace Group" (IWPG). The members of these different
groups are also members of SCJ. Under the umbrella of these organisations Mr Lee
is considered to be a peace advocate with regard to religious conflicts and war,
human rights, and youth and women empowerment. HWPL is a non-governmental,
non-profit organization (NGO) in association with the United Nations Department
of Public Information (UN DPI)
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shincheonji_Church_of_Jesus_the_Temple_of_the_Tabernacle_of_the_Testimony
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Man-hee
In
https://edelweisshwplpeace.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/hwpl-flag.jpg,
source:
https://edelweisshwplpeace.wordpress.com/tag/5-25-world-peace-day/, one can
see from left to right, the following flags:
- Republic of
Korea
- HWPL (Heavenly Culture and World Peace, Restoration of Light)
flag
- IPYG (International Peace Youth Group) flag
For additional
information go to Shincheonji (official website):
http://www.shincheonji.org/ and HWPL
(official website): http://hwpl.kr/
Esteban Rivera, 10 April 2016
The flag of Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light, based on the
photograph from
Esteban's E-mail.
Randy Young, 10 April 2016
A variant of the Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light flag seen
on YouTube at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qmOVeQte1k, without the inscription beneath
the logo.
Randy Young, 10 April 2016
The flag of the International Peace Youth Group based on the photograph from
Esteban's E-mail.
Randy Young, 10 April 2016