An unprecedented event took place earlier this month in South Korea.
100,000 students graduated from a 6-month Bible study course.

Chairman of Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), a non-governmental peace organization, Man-Hee Lee hosted the successful ‘100,000 Graduation Ceremony’ on the 10th at the Shincheonji, Church of Jesus(SCJ).

100,000 people officially were registered as congregation members and wrote a new history in spreading the gospel.

The total number of the graduates on this day was summed up to 103,764. Notably, the evangelism rate of these graduates was confirmed to be 142%, which indicates the geometric growth of Shincheonji, Church of Jesus is at hand.

SCJ hosted the graduation ceremony of Zion Christian Mission Center Class 110 on this day. The graduation ceremony was held simultaneously in different parts of the world due to space restriction. The metropolitan cities, Busan Andrew Tribe training center, Gwangju Peter Tribe temple and three other domestic cities and 112 countries around the world including the United States of America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania also participated in the graduation ceremony.

The graduation ceremony signifies the official registration as the new church members of Shincheonji, Church of Jesus after completing 6 months of bible studies at Zion Christian Mission Center which is a free bible education institution run by Shincheonji, Church of Jesus.

Mr Man-Hee Lee told graduates: “There must be physical reality that appeared according to the Book of Revelation. The purpose of God is to create the Kingdom of God by harvesting the ripen fruits from the seed that was sowed 2,000 years ago. God creates God’s new kingdom and new people with those people who are born with God’s seed today.

“The world that is created at the time of Revelation is the world of Shincheonji. There is the new heaven and new earth recorded in Revelation chapter 21. It means one generation passes away and the new generation comes.

“Since it is God’s grace that you are graduating today, you must thank God and Jesus. For we believe in God, we should be the glorious light as God’s family and his children. Also, we must understand the bible perfectly. This is what we must do.”

The graduation ceremony, having 100,000 congregation members in a year is said to be the most unprecedented event not only in the Republic of Korea but also in the whole world. It is as though 10 churches with 10,000 members have been established within one year.

Especially, it is significant to understand that Shincheonji, Church of Jesus is only possible to enter after finishing the 6 month education and having to pass the graduation examination. Not only becoming passive believers who simply listen to the sermon but having 100,000 congregation members who can preach gospel at a pastor’s level indicates this will lead to a great movement inside the Christian religious world.

Shincheonji, Church of Jesus, Zion Christian Mission Center has strict graduation guidelines as the students must progress in Elementary, Intermediate and Advanced level covering from Genesis to Revelation and the graduates must achieve more than 90% mark in the examination that is taken after completing each levels in order to graduate.

While traditional churches mainly focus on the moral teachings or history, the point that Shincheonji, Church of Jesus emphasizes is on the prophecy and its fulfilment, focusing on checking the physical realities. This leads to an outlook that there will be changes in the fundamental viewpoint of life of faith within the Christian religious world.

A person from Shincheonji, Church of Jesus commented “Having 100,000 graduates all over the world at once is the most unprecedented event in the world. Furthermore, there are about 200,000 who are at their studies currently and with this trend, the number of Shincheonji, Church of Jesus will exceed 1 million members within 3 years.”

He continued to say “100,000 people were evangelized, studied the Bible and graduated within 10 months. This is not the power of men but God. It is only possible for God is together.” He also emphasized that “According to the promise of the Bible, the waves of changes in the religious world have already begun and they will only move more rapidly in time.”