In line with government regulations, Shincheonji Volunteer Group (SVG), which is the volunteer wing of Shincheonji Church of Jesus (Shincheonji Church), has continued to serve communities throughout the Covid-19 pandemic in South Korea.
Most recently, on 18th November 2021, Shincheonji Volunteer Group Gunsan delivered 10kg of carefully prepared homemade kimchi, that used selectively chosen pickled cabbage tossed with seasoning the day before, to 20 families of the Korean War Veterans' Association.
Ja-eun Kim, who participated in the kimchi-making process, said, "I'm always grateful that we can be here because of the sacrifice of war veterans who dedicated their lives to this country. I wish them a truly wonderful winter.”
A member of the Korean War Veterans' Association, who received their gift with thanksgiving, said, "I can enjoy my winter meals year-on-year thanks to the kimchi delivered by Shincheonji Volunteers."
Despite the challenges of COVID-19, SVG Gunsan has been carrying out various non-face-to-face volunteer activities, including visiting the 6.25 Korean War Memorial, hosting 'peace-giving' events in honour of the country, and delivering a drawing of Simu to Unjusa Temple.
SVG has been active in Korea throughout the pandemic. Since September 2020, SVG Eastern Seoul has been carrying out weekly COVID-19 prevention measures at 77 shopping centres to support small businesses most affected by COVID-19. Moreover, SVG Seoul-Gyeonggi has been supporting small business owners struggling to keep their businesses afloat and lacking finances to procure professional sanitisation and disinfection cleaning services, by providing consistent twice-weekly cleaning services. In total, since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, 212 SVG volunteers in 68 locations have carried out Covid prevention measures over a total of 65 days.
In other Shincheonji-related news, 3741 congregants of Shincheonji Daegu Church, who had contracted Covid-19 and recovered, donated their blood plasma over three rounds in an effort to help develop treatment for COVID-19. Of this figure, 1561 donors donated their blood plasma more than twice. Mr. Jun-wook Kwon, Deputy Head of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), expressed his gratitude to donors in person in November 2020, saying, "The blood plasma donation by believers of Shincheonji Church, who have now recovered from COVID-19, will make an indelible contribution to overcoming this pandemic and, eventually, will eradicate it. We hope that the voluntary and active example set by Shincheonji Church members today will serve as an example to all citizens". Earlier this year, the KDCA confirmed that it is expected to secure blood plasma treatment by the end of 2021; a step that could potentially alleviate the suffering of many Covid sufferers in Korea and beyond.
Shincheonji Volunteer Group will continue to put love for its neighbours and marginalised communities into practice through various cultural and voluntary activities, having partnered with 72 national and international volunteer agencies for initiatives that include improvements of the road network, implementation of environmental clean-up campaigns, delivery of homemade lunches, and provision of beauty services and mural painting.
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Shincheonji Volunteer Group, Korea (Covid-19 Era)
Shincheonji Volunteer Group's Support for Struggling Business Owners in Seoul, Korea
Shincheonji Volunteer Group Commits to Bus Sanitisation and Environmental Services "Until the Eradication of COVID-19" in Cheongju, Korea
Shincheonji Volunteer Group Carries Out Covid-19 Sanitisation Service in Shopping Centres in Suwon, Korea
Shincheonji Volunteer Group Carries Out Weekly COVID-19 Prevention Measures in Seoul, Supporting Small Local Businesses
👉http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/07/shincheonji-volunteer-group-carries-out_16.htmlShincheonji Volunteer Group Carries Out COVID-19 Infection Prevention Services in Suwon, Korea, July 2021
👉http://noahbrown1984.blogspot.com/2021/07/shincheonji-volunteer-group-carries-out.htmlShincheonji Volunteer Group's Iksan Branch Heads Up Flood Recovery Efforts
Shincheonji Volunteer Group Delivers Water Kimchi to the Elderly in Suwon, Korea
Third donation by 4000 recovered Daegu congregants
Shincheonji Volunteer Group Commits to Regional Vaccination Effort in Busan, Republic of Korea
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Global Media Reports on Shincheonji Church's Blood Plasma Donations
Initial donation by 500 recovered Daegu congregants, July 2020 (video at the end)
Second donation by 1100 recovered Daegu congregants
Third donation by 4000 recovered Daegu congregants
From mid-2020, 231 reports published in 69 countries on intended 4000 donation
Shincheonji Church's official response to all allegations:-
“This is our earnest request: please stop the cursing and hatred towards Shincheonji. And we ask some media outlets that are slandering and suppressing Shincheonji using unconfirmed information and fake news to stop immediately.”
Official Statement by Shincheonji Church
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Further Global News Reports on Shincheonji Church (COVID-19)
Lies regarding the Coronavirus about Shincheonji ì‹ ì²œì§€ (03/03/2020)
Quarantine Official: "Confirmed case of COVID-19 in Daegu had existed before ‘patient 31’" (Daum News 22/03/2020)
Quarantine Official: "Confirmed case of COVID-19 in Daegu had existed before ‘patient 31’" (Naver 22/03/2020)
Shincheonji Church of Jesus in S. Korea Responds To What It Believes Are Erroneous Media Reports (Cision PR Newswire, 01/03/2020) ▶https://prn.to/3hDu3uo
"Shincheonji didn't lie about membership figures." (The Korea Herald 17/03/2020)
'Shincheonji members who survived COVID-19 volunteer en masse to aid vaccine development' (Religion News Service 26/06/2020)▶https://religionnews.com/2020/06/26/shincheonji-members-who-survived-covid-19-volunteer-en-masse-to-aid-vaccine-development/
South Korea church hit by COVID-19 says members to give plasma for research (Today Online 23/06/2020)▶https://bit.ly/3dxDTup
South Korea church hit by COVID-19 says members to give plasma for research (Jakarta Post 24/06/2020)▶https://bit.ly/2CBY5if
Official COVID-19 Response by Shincheonji Church of Jesus
•0307 Chairman Man Hee Lee asks "all congregants to fully cooperate for disease control" in a special announcement
•0302 Statement at Press Conference of Shincheonji Church of Jesus Regarding COVID-19
•0302 Regarding COVID-19 Testing of Chairman Lee, Man-hee of Shincheonji Church of Jesus
•0301 Letter of Appeal to Political Leaders
•0228 Letter of Appeal from Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Regards to COVID-19
•0226 Shincheonji Church of Jesus Provided a List of All Members to Public Health Authorities
•0223 Statement of Shincheonji Church of Jesus Regarding COVID-19
•0222 Over 1000 Shincheonji Church of Jesus Locations Disinfected and Closed Down in Korea
•0221 Shincheonji Church of Jesus Closed Down Its Churches and Affiliated Buildings from 18 Feb
•0220 Statement of Shincheonji Church of Jesus Regarding COVID-19 Countermeasures and Fake News
•0219 Statement of Shincheonji Church of Jesus Regarding the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
•0218 Notice on the Worship Service of Shincheonji Church of Jesus in Regards to COVID-19
COVID-19/Fact Checker: Q&A on Shincheonji Church of Jesus Regarding the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19)
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500 cured congregation members of Shincheonji Daegu Church Donate Blood Plasma
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