no reputable news source calls adherents "Moonies" any more
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The '''Unification Church''' was founded in 1954 by [[Sun Myung Moon]] (1920-), a religious minister who was raised in a [[Christian]] household. The Unification Church was officially named the ''Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity'', abbreviated as HSA-UWC, but is now officially named as the ''Family Federation for World Peace and Unification''.<ref>ttp://www.apologeticsindex.org/21-family-federation-for-world-peace-and-unification</ref>Its followers are typically referred to as ''Moonies'' by critics, a term the church's adherents, called ''Unificationists'', dislike.
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The '''Unification Church''' was founded in 1954 by [[Sun Myung Moon]] (1920-), a religious minister who was raised in a [[Christian]] household. The Unification Church was officially named the ''Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity'', abbreviated as HSA-UWC, but is now officially named as the ''Family Federation for World Peace and Unification''.<ref>ttp://www.apologeticsindex.org/21-family-federation-for-world-peace-and-unification</ref> Its followers are typically referred to as ''Unificationists''.
Moon was originally from northern [[Korea]] and later founded ''The [[Washington Times]]'', a conservative newspaper.
Moon was originally from northern [[Korea]] and later founded ''The [[Washington Times]]'', a conservative newspaper.