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'''Marriage in the [[Unification Church]]''' works the same way as marriage in every other religion or culture. A man and a woman consecrate their relationship to God, and live together. They love each other, have sexual relations only with each other, and they raise their children to love God and to refrain from sexual relations until marriage.  

'''Marriage in the Unification Church''' works the same way as marriage in every other religion or culture. A man and a woman consecrate their relationship to God, and live together. They love each other, have sexual relations only with each other, and they raise their children to love God and to refrain from sexual relations until marriage.  

In the early days of the church in America, few married couples joined. New members were nearly all young single adults. Married couples remained married, although some refrained from conjugal relations until their marriage was Blessed by Rev. & Mrs. Moon.  

In the early days of the [[Unification Church]] in America, few married couples joined. New members were nearly all young single adults. Married couples remained married, although some refrained from conjugal relations until their marriage was Blessed by Rev. & Mrs. Moon.  

Single members were encouraged to take up full-time missions. By the early 1970s, church membership in the US was less than 1,000 - nearly all single. Curiously, the church did not have men and women live separately (except, of course, that they had separate sleeping quarters). It was an arrangement described as a "co-ed monastery". <-- Frederick Sontag, I think -->

Single members were encouraged to take up full-time missions. By the early 1970s, church membership in the US was less than 1,000 - nearly all single. Curiously, the church did not have men and women live separately (except, of course, that they had separate sleeping quarters). It was an arrangement described as a "co-ed monastery". <-- Frederick Sontag, I think -->