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Matthew 5:14 and 16
News to Pray For: October 13, 2009
Rev. Moon Turning Over Unification Church to Sons
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) The Rev. Sun Myung Moon, one of the world's most controversial religious figures, is handing over day-to-day control of his Unification Church to three sons. They are said to have Harvard degrees. Moon, who is approaching 90, will preside over another series of his trademark mass weddings tomorrow. Critics maintain the weddings, involving people who usually don't meet until shortly before the ceremony, are evidence the Unification Church brainwashes its followers. Since founding the church in Seoul in 1954, the elder Moon, a self-proclaimed "Messiah," has built a business empire with hundreds of ventures in more than a half-dozen countries, from hospitals and universities to newspapers and even a professional soccer team and ballet troupe. The properties include the Washington Times newspaper. Though the church claims millions of members worldwide, experts say the figure is far lower -- no more than 100,000. In South Korea, Unification Church members are far outnumbered by Catholics, Presbyterians and Buddhists.
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