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Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony


Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony


Shinchonji Church of Jesus (SCJ); Shinchunji; Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL); Xintiandi; Mannam; Declaration of Peace and Cessation of War (DPCW); "New Heaven and New Earth" church (NHNE)


Lee Man-Hee (1931–), aka "Manhee Lee” or "Man Hee Rhee" ("the promised pastor," “the chairman,” “the advocate”)


Lee Man-Hee (1931–), aka "Manhee Lee,” chairman


South Korea (1984)


South Korea


Zion Christian Mission Center, Open Bible Seminars


Mannam Volunteer Association (Mannam International); Healing All Nations; Shinchonji National Olympiad; International Peace Youth Group (IPYG); Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL), Peace Walk, Peace Letter Campaign; Peace Media Forum; Track Nepal; Coalition for Caribbean Leaders for Peace (CCLP); African Leaders of Peace Summit; World Alliance of Religious Peace (WARP) Summit; O-YES Foundation; Parachristo


include The Creation of Heaven and Earth (2009), The Physical Fulfillment of Revelation (2015)


Lee Man-hee claims that he is “the son of God who will inherit the kingdom as promised,” and warns that “people who fail to follow the one promised pastor sent by Jesus do not really believe in Jesus.” Former members from around the world allege that the group uses deceptive, high-pressure tactics to recruit and retain converts.


Online sources indicate membership of over 300,000 (as of March 2020).


Australia, Austria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ghana, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, United Kingdom, Uganda, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe

The group does not publish a comprehensive list of countries in which it has an active presence.


Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish


www.apologeticsindex.org/14298-shincheonji-cult-of-christianity
www.gotquestions.org/Shincheonji.html
www.web.archive.org/web/20220704055305/https://baptistmag.org.nz/10-things-i-wish-id-known-about-cults
www.shinchonjivaccine.blogspot.com
www.shinchonjiandthebible.blogspot.com/2010/06/all-or-nothing.html
www.web.archive.org/web/20150326183019/blogs.christianpost.com/scriptural-truths/shinchunji-heresy-challenges-church-in-south-korea-and-elsewhere-19000
www.travelblog.org/Asia/South-Korea/Daegu/blog-744397.html
www.cluster1.cafe.daum.net/_c21_/bbs_search_read?grpid=1AEPo&fldid=E4mY&datanum=493
www.web.archive.org/web/20221021033014/https:/www.waygook.org/index.php?topic=43242.35;wap2
www.web.archive.org/web/20160817210355/www.asiapundits.com/psys-cult-connection
www.thethreewisemonkeys.com/2011/10/17/branding-korea-how-about-culture-shock-day-with-mannam
www.thethreewisemonkeys.com/2011/10/24/branding-korea-how-about-culture-shock-day-with-mannam-pa


www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/secretive-shincheonji-religious-sect-forced-by-circumstances-in-korea-to-open-up-expert-says/BMU3746XPTGVWPW7GBB46YEFNI
www.abc.net.au/news/2021-09-08/accidentally-joining-south-korean-doomsday-group/100298774
www.abc.net.au/news/2021-05-02/south-koreas-secretive-religious-sect/100101810
www.nytimes.com/2021/01/13/world/asia/korea-church-covid-trial-prison.html
www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/world/asia/south-korea-coronavirus-shincheonji.html?searchResultPosition=1
www.pri.org/stories/2017-07-11/apocalyptic-korean-christian-group-goes-different-names-critics-say-its-just-cult
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11944703
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/12/10/exclusive-churches-warned-deceptive-cult-linked-south-korea
www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Museveni--King-Oyo-get-peace-awards/-/688334/2246682/-/7xmk9oz/-/index.html
www.asiancorrespondent.com/88076/skorea-mannam-group-is-front-for-shinchonji-cult
www.koreaherald.com/view.php?


www.shincheonji.kr
hwpl.kr
ipyg.org
www.hmbc.tv
www.scjbible.tv
cafe.daum.net/scjschool