What Is Shincheonji

<br>Answer: Shincheonji, sometimes spelled "[https://wiki.uni-due.de/wls/index.php/COVID-19_Pushes_South_Korea_Into_Recession Shinchonji]" or abbreviated as SCJ, is a pseudo-Christian religion primarily practiced in South Korea. The religion’s official name is "Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony." It was created by Lee Man-Hee in the 1980s and currently claims just under 200,000 adherents. The sect’s twisting of Scripture has actually inspired several anti-Shincheonji task forces. Some are run by church groups, others by organizations like newspapers and television stations. The general Korean strategy for opposing Shincheonji uses social and internet media to discourage people from joining it.<br><br>SOUTH KOREA has a proud history of noisy opposition to the powers that be. Japanese colonisers found their subjects unruly. Homegrown military dictators, who brutally suppressed their citizens’ democratic yearnings for decades, eventually yielded to widespread protests. Even democratically elected leaders have incurred the wrath of civil society. Park Geun-hye, the predecessor of Moon Jae-in, the current president, was chased out of office in 2017 after millions of South Koreans took to the streets to decry rampant corruption in her government. Ms Park’s left-wing successors had vowed to do better. Mr Moon, a former activist and human-rights lawyer, and his Minjoo party claim to embody the legacy of the pro-democracy movement. They promised to honour the spirit of the protests that swept them to power. The country would become more egalitarian.<br><br>DAEGU/SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) - An So-young had a gut feeling that the 31st person in South Korea to test positive for the coronavirus might be a member of the controversial religious sect she quit four years ago. The person, dubbed "Patient 31," was the first of an explosive wave of cases that made South Korea’s outbreak the largest outside of China.<br><br>SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's capital on Monday ordered masks to be worn in both indoor and outdoor public places for the first time, as it battles a surge in coronavirus cases centred in the densely populated metropolitan area. President Moon Jae-in told his top aides. Under phase 3, schools and business will be urged to close inflicting more damage on Asia's fourth-largest economy.<br><br>All the age groups normally split up into age-specific ministries on Sunday. Now, much of the delivery of children’s ministry has to involve parents, which naturally encourages them to minister to their own kids. We’ve also asked members to have family worship while going online, something a big church cannot do physically. We are seeing poorer members of our church giving beyond what is normal. We feel this is an opportunity to be a witness to Christ by helping the most vulnerable.<br>