Mozambique: Regional Leaders Workshop
... This workshop followed the 40-day Spiritual Workshop and brought together 14 national leaders from Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Zambia, Botswana, Eswatini, South Africa, Malawi, and Mozambique, the host nation.
Where will believers find refuge? Part 4
... To active believers, the church is more than just a building. It’s a place that replenishes their spiritual energy. If churches disappear, believers will be left adrift. We want people to understand that we…
Where will believers find refuge? Part 3
... To build the new church, the Isehara Church formed a “Dedication Committee” in March 2023. After each Sunday service, committee meetings were held where 24 representatives of the congregation discussed details like the renovations…
Where will believers find refuge? Part 2
... Even if the Suginami Church disappears, the relationships among believers will remain,” but she also appealed that, “There must never come a time when we have no place or environment to connect through our…
Where will believers find refuge? Part 1
... Even if the building is in the name of the corporation and legally belongs to headquarters, for us on the ground, this is our church. Taking away a church we built with donations given…
Unconstitutional: Civil Code Use for Dissolution
... The views of a prominent constitutional scholar carry significant weight. While the Family Federation is prioritizing the correction of the District Court’s errors, it said it is provisionally asserting the unconstitutionality of the non-contentious…
Media as First Power and Today’s Witch Hunts
... When many people later realized the whole thing was fabricated, I asked a Nishinippon Shimbun reporter why they had believed the teacher was guilty. They said it was because the Board of Education had…
Evil: Deprogramming Destroys Families and Minds
... Deprogramming, involving abduction, confinement, and forced renunciation of faith, mainly targeting believers of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, does not end even after the believers declare they have abandoned their faith.
Gross State Violations of Freedom of Conscience
... individuals involved should be held socially, morally, and criminally responsible. However, he warns that “mocking not only the individuals who caused problems, but also all believers and even the belief system itself” must not…
Japan: Deprogrammed Believers Sent to Infiltrate
... Starting in 1998, new believers – those who had only just joined – began being abducted and confined in rapid succession. Over a period of less than two years, at least 18 individuals were…