By Teruo Aratani This testimony, written at least 30 years ago, is a candid and honest reflection on the inner challenges encountered by many of the young missionaries who went out in 1975 to nearly 100 of the world’s nations. Father sent one Japanese, one American and one German missionary out to pioneer...
A Blog of Unification Theological Seminary By Dan Fefferman (May 14, 2018) Dan Fefferman (UTS Class of 1986) is a member of the UTS Board of Trustees and President of the International Coalition for Religious Freedom. He is also the composer of several well-known Unificationist holy songs. I had the privilege...
By Gail Morey, Missionary in Southern Africa (from 1975) We are aware of the concept of committing ourselves to our mission at the risk of our life. This is a story of early missionaries consciously deciding to do so for a great purpose. The writer chose to withhold the name of the country...
By Yutaka Kijima, Missionary to East Africa This testimony was written some 30 years ago about experiences that happened more than 40 years ago. The name of the nation was not included in the story and perhaps, as that country has changed much in the intervening period, we will leave it...
By Our German missionary in Paraguay in the 1970s This testimony was written more than 30 years ago about events that happened more than 40 years ago. It is about spiritual protection in situations of personal danger. For reasons understandable at that time, our missionary decided to withhold her name from this...
by Victoria Clevenger Not long after Lee Shapiro and his fellow filmmaker Jim Lindelof were killed in Afghanistan in an ambush of their party by helicopter gunships, and before anyone knew what had happened, this article was published in Today’s World magazine as a testimony to Lee’s work and character. Now, 30...
By Elisabeth Cook (Parts 1 and 2 were posted here in previous weeks) Elisabeth’s personal testimony of being a “Butterfly” missionary behind the Iron Curtain The conclusion of last week’s installment: I had yet another significant dream connected to the mission situation in Hungary while living in a spacious apartment in...
By Elisabeth Cook Part 2 (Part 1 was posted here last week) Elisabeth’s personal testimony of being a “Butterfly” missionary behind the Iron Curtain Shortly before Peter ascended into spirit world in 1984, he handed this mission over to the world mission office, which took spiritual responsibility from that time onwards....
By Elisabeth Cook Elisabeth’s personal testimony of being a “Butterfly” missionary behind the Iron Curtain Previously published in the book Mission Butterfly. Elisabeth Cook is currently the national leader of Austria and church leader of the Vienna Church. In December 1979, I participated in the first 40-day workshop to be...
…a native Berliner CARP member looks back more than 20 years later By Claus Dubisz There are so many aspects to consider when we talk about the unification of Germany. Various people, circumstances and developments played a significant role in enabling the opening of the wall on November 9, 1989. I...
True Parents’ News: Weekly Update (June 23, 2018)
23 Jun, 2018
