Establishment of the Collegiate

Association for Research of the Principle

January 10, 1966, Korean church national headquarters, Seoul

  The Collegiate Association for Research of the Principle was established inside the main hall of the church headquarters in Cheongpa-dong, Seoul, on January 10, 1966. CARP members from 26 universities in various countries participated in this event. Here, Father said “Our mission is to unify the democratic side and communistic side,” and that one member of CARP with a college degree or higher should be placed in each of the 2,400 villages in Korea.  

First National Missionary

Training Workshop

January 10, 1959 Former headquarters church in Cheongpa-dong, Seoul

The First National Missionary Training Workshop, a forty-day Divine Principle workshop to raise missionaries, was held January 10–February 20, 1959. The workshop occurred in the former headquarters church in Cheongpa-dong, Seoul. The training program to obtain skills needed to become missionaries attracted 207 people. True Father offered Heaven a prayer, saying, “Please allow the participants here to feel God’s heart during this time.” Missionary Training Workshops continued until the 18th workshop.

Holy Marriage of

72 Second-generation Couples

January 11, 1989 Seoul

The Blessing Ceremony for 72 second-generation-member couples was held on January 11, 1989, in the Little Angels’ Performing Arts Center. Two thousand people from Korea and abroad came to the ceremony. Here, True Parents prayed to Heaven that they may become “seventy-two second-generation-member couples that can become the pride of heaven, earth, and humankind. They also spoke that second-generation 36-couple and 72-couple members should unite and become model families for all families.

Founding of The International Federation

for Victory Over Communism

January 13, 1968 Former Headquarters Church, Seoul

The International Federation for Victory over Communism was founded in the former headquarters church in Yongsan, Seoul, on January 13, 1968. The Victory Over Communism movement started in 1965 and many small anti-communist enlightenment groups were formed in Korea’s eight provinces. The International Federation for Victory Over Communism registered with the Ministry of Culture and Public Information (number 164). Mr. Kim In-cheol was the first chairman. True Father said, “We need an ideological organization based on the results that we can show to the world,” when explaining the significance of the founding of the International Federation for Victory over Communism.

(Provided by the FFWPU History Compilation Committee)