Sun Myung Moon claims that Jesus Christ appeared to him in 1935 and commissioned him to establish the kingdom of God on earth. He started the Unification Church in Korea in 1954, and in 1971 he came to the United States. Supposedly, Adam and Eve failed to produce the kingdom because of their sin, and Jesus likewise failed to produce the kingdom of God because he was crucified before he could marry the perfect bride. Thus Moon was chosen to carry on the work of Jesus Christ. Moon claims that Jesus was born of an immoral relationship between Mary and the father of John the Baptist.
Moon conducts mass weddings of interracial couples.
He says that only when man and woman come together to procreate do they make a whole human being. I have met God. The brochure mentioned a January banquet in Washington, D.C. and listed support from Tony Evans and James Merritt of the Southern Baptist Convention. We have since learned that though these men did attend the banquet, they have since renounced any connection with Moon's project. Way of Life L iterature.