Jung Myung Seok

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Template:Koreanname noimage Jung Myung Seok (born February 17 1945) is a controversial Korean religious leader. He was born in a small village called Wolmyeong-dong, which is located in Geumsan County, South Chungcheong province, South Korea.

One of seven children, Jung became involved with mysticism as a child and after finishing elementary school spent years at prayer mountains, retreats where people pray and fast. At unspecific age, he had jointed the White Horse Division, a unit of Korean force in Vietnam War.

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At 30 he returned to his hometown and visited the Unification Church which is run by a group widely known as the Moonies. Jung worked for two years as an instructor for the International Sung-gong Association -- (Sung-gong meaning "Winning victory against Communism") -- a goup formed in the 1970s by Sun-myoung Moon, leader of the Unification Church. In March 1980, Jung left the Unification Church and established Ae-Chun Church, along with four followers: Ki-hee Kim, Goo-hyoun Ahn, In-soon Suh, and Hyoung-maan Kim.

Jung developed "The 30 Lessons" of the International Christian Association (ICA), which include criticism of Christian churches, interpretation of the Bible and the claim that Jung is the saviour. The ICA uses summer retreat and revival programs including a daily devotional program and group Bible study. The name of his organization has changed several times. It has been called Nak-seong-dae Church, Seoul Church, the ICA and finally the Global Association Of Culture and Peace (GACP). The organisation operates worldwide, primarily on university campuses.

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