[100,000 Graduation Ceremony] Pastor graduate “signs an MOU with Shincheonji from theological seminary and evangelises 294 people”

by Noah Brown - 08:57

On 20th November 2022, Cheonji Ilbo (Cheonji Daily) published an article in Korean, entitled, “[100,000 Graduation Ceremony] Pastor graduate 'signs an MOU with Shincheonji from theological seminary and evangelises 294 people'”. This is a translation of that report.

(Photo) Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Shincheonji Church of Jesus, Chairman Man-hee Lee) held its first face-to-face graduation ceremony after the COVID-19 pandemic on the 20th November and produced 106,186 graduates. Mr. D. Jackson presents his graduation testimony as a representative of overseas graduates

[Cheonji Ilbo = Reporter Su-kyung Kang] Shincheonji Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (Shincheonji Church of Jesus, Chairman Man-hee Lee) held its first face-to-face graduation ceremony after the COVID-19 pandemic on the 20th November and produced 106,186 graduates. For the graduates of Class 113, the ratio of pastors compared to the previous graduation ceremony increased. A total of 522 pastors, 37 in Korea and 485 overseas, completed the Bible study course in an environment of online learning due to COVID-19. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Shincheonji Church of Jesus released educational material via YouTube. As an environment was created in which students could take classes without being conscious of others, the number of pastors and seminary students increased rapidly.

D. Jackson, the representative of overseas graduates, is also a pastor in India. After encountering Shincheonji Church of Jesus' online Bible classes in October 2021, he signed an MOU with Shincheonji and changed the name of the theological college he was operating to 'Hepto Zion Christian Mission Center'. Currently, 294 members of the church he runs, including pastors in charge of two branch churches, have completed the entire Zion Christian Mission Center course, and are registered as graduates of Class 113. Like D. Jackson, there are currently over 1,000 churches and pastors that have signed MOUs with Shincheonji Church of Jesus. What follows is the full text of D. Jackson's graduation speech made at the graduation ceremony.

I am Pastor D. Jackson, who founded and runs Hepto Theological Seminary. Although I led the denomination and worked as a seminary lecturer, I was unable to understand the true meaning of the Book of Revelation. While searching for answers to the Book of Revelation and the Bible, I came across Shincheonji's revealed word by God's grace!

I am incredibly grateful that the Chairman of Shincheonji Church of Jesus was chosen by Jesus to receive the revealed word, and he is the one who saw and heard all the events when Jesus fulfilled the Book of Revelation. I felt such gratitude that I could not express in words when I realised that the Chairman is testifying to the world what he has seen and heard.

I started evangelism right away to make known the 'secrets of the kingdom of heaven of the last trumpet' in the Book of Revelation. In November 2021, I signed an MOU with Shincheonji Church of Jesus, and I introduced this word to church congregation members, fellow pastors, and friends. On May 22, 2022, the name of the seminary I had been running was changed to 'Hepto Zion Christian Mission Center' and I am still spreading this word to the people in various regions. Currently, all 294 congregants and head pastors of two branch churches have received the word and became members of the family of heaven who were evangelised. We are working hard to open classes with a new batch of 1,000 students!

We want to evangelise countless people around the world with the revealed word of Shincheonji. I promise to work together with the Chairman of Shincheonji, the Promised Shepherd, who is running for God's purpose, the completion of global peace, and healing all nations!

Currently, not only India, but also 24,000 people in Asia, 6,400 people in Africa, 5,300 people in the Americas, and 42,000 people in Europe, Oceania, and the Middle East combined have all become God's family and are being reborn through the revealed word of Shincheonji. The whole world is gathering to Shincheonji, where God is, as promised in the Bible. All glory to God the Father. Hallelujah! Thank you.