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The '''Unification Church''' was founded in 1954 by [[Sun Myung Moon]], a religious minister who was raised in a [[Christian]] household.   

The '''Unification Church''' was founded in 1954 by [[Sun Myung Moon]], a religious minister who was raised in a [[Christian]] household.   

Moon was originally from northern [[Korea]] and founded ''The [[Washington Times]]'', a conservative newspaper.  

Moon was originally from northern [[Korea]] and founded ''The [[Washington Times]]'', a conservative newspaper.  

The church's adherents, called ''Unificationists'', dislike being labeled as "Moonies" (as the press did until the late 1980s or early 1990s).  

The church's adherents, called ''Unificationists'', dislike being labeled as "Moonies".

The church preaches a [[universalist]] doctrine of [[salvation]] based on a doctrine called the Unification Principle.<ref>The church's teachings are written in Korean, and were re-translated in 1996 as ''Exposition of the Divine Principle'' [http://www.unification.net/dp96/] </ref>  

The church preaches a [[universalist]] doctrine of [[salvation]] based on a doctrine called the Unification Principle.<ref>The church's teachings are written in Korean, and were re-translated in 1996 as ''Exposition of the Divine Principle'' [http://www.unification.net/dp96/] </ref>  

Rev. Moon, calling himself the Lord of the Second Advent, believes he is the new [[messiah]], sent to complete the elimination of evil, the establishment of a perfect society on earth and the cleansing of mankind of [[original sin]].  

Rev. Moon, calling himself the Lord of the Second Advent, believes he is the new [[messiah]], sent to complete the elimination of evil, the establishment of a perfect society on earth and the cleansing of mankind of [[original sin]].