Shincheonji Church of Jesus, The Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (hereafter 'Shincheonji Church') is forecast to grow by 100,000 congregation members by the end of 2019; an extraordinary achievement by any religious institution's standard. 

The rapid growth rate of Shincheonji church, which began with a handful of believers in March 1984 to over 200,000 today, is a response to peoples' deep-rooted hunger for truth in an increasingly secular and religiously confused global age. But more than this, it is also the promised church recorded in the New Testament book of Revelation, which contains the new promise believers are learning today.

As the events recorded in Revelation have been fulfilled in the Republic of Korea, it is referred to as 'Shincheonji', which is a shortened version of 'Shin-cheon-shin-ji', which translates into 'New Heaven New Earth'. This is a place where God one day promises to dwell with people without death, mourning, crying or pain (Revelation 21). It is also recorded as 'Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony' (Revelation 15:5) because it is at the Tabernacle Temple in Korea where Revelation is fulfilled, so explanation of the fulfilment can be plainly given. It is named 'Shincheonji Church of Jesus' because Jesus, and not man, is head of the church. It is, in brief, the church God and Jesus promised in the book of Revelation.

As a result, the word of the Bible taught in Shincheonji church is flawless. Shincheonji church creates ‘Bible-centered believers’, providing students with an intensive six-month Bible study programme at one of their 300 global Zion Mission Centers that covers the true meaning of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, the realities of the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil in Genesis, the new covenant today, the cause and solution to sickness, ageing and death, God's will for our individual lives and God's plan to restore our broken world. It is truly hopeful. The Bible study programme ends with a 400-question exam on the Bible. Upon scoring over 90%, one graduates into Shincheonji church. It is no exaggeration to say that believers in Shincheonji church have mastered the 66 books of the Bible.

Shincheonji church is currently expanding its communication channels far and wide to allow as many people as possible, hungry for spiritual nourishment, to learn the Bible. Additionally, Zion Mission Center online lectures were opened in May 2019 which, within the first two months, had a registration of 10,589 students. Online classes in all languages will soon be made available worldwide.

At the end of 2019, Shincheonji church will shine its light to the world through its 100,000-strong graduation ceremony, bringing the total number of congregation members to 300,000. I believe many more people will come to learn the true word of the Bible in 2020.