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“Beautiful Small Narratives of Church Growth”

(Excerpts from Rev. Ken Doo’s message) *

I would like to share two of the beautiful and inspiring stories, about the churches that received the Achievement Award and Excellence Award.

Rev. John Jackson of the Arkansas Church in the United States has led a remarkable revival among the younger generation, centering his ministry on True Parents’ message of “Spirit and Truth.”

Without a church building of its own, the community opened a small café in a local shopping mall and transformed the space behind it into a Cheonshim Won prayer room and worship space, making it a living base for witnessing and for bringing souls to new life.

From there, first- and second-generation members came together to host university “game nights,” men’s and women’s faith-sharing gatherings, and Principle-based Bible studies, through which they conveyed the true mission of Jesus and the value of True Parents. Moved by the warmth they encountered and the truth they received, many young people have found their way to the church, and these works are quietly unfolding under the grace of God as they prepare to receive the Blessing.

Rev. Hyun Shin Chasseriaux (현신 샤쎄기오) of the Hong Kong Church turned his heart not toward pressing weary members with religious duty amid the demands of city life, but toward helping each person uncover and bring to flower the gifts Heaven had placed within them.

To this end, he cultivated a vibrant “club culture” within the church—Tong-Il Moo Do, computer programming, reading circles, and more—creating spaces where members could offer their skills and passions with joy. Step by step, the church was transformed into a warm community of sharing and growth.

No longer a place people came simply out of obligation, the church became a community of joy where members discovered their own God-given worth and learned to love one another more freely. In that atmosphere, hearts began to move on their own, without coercion, and something beautiful took root: our members began embracing honored guests as brothers and sisters, and treating members like dignitaries, living out a genuine culture of heart. .....

Beloved members,
This week, I invite you to do one simple thing: share a small story of victory with someone around you. If you have witnessed even a quiet change, a moment of sincere devotion, an act of service or sacrifice in your church, in your family, or on the mission field, please do not let it pass unnoticed. Encourage one another and share these stories with those around you.

And if you would also share these precious, warmhearted stories with the World Mission Headquarters, we will look for the opportunity to convey them to blessed families around the world.

For even a great history is built, in the end, upon the quiet accumulation of small acts of faith and love carried out without recognition. The story of love that each of you carry is among the most precious treasures illuminating Cheon Il Guk, and a vital force shaping the future.

As this year’s Global Mission Recognition Ceremony has shown us, Heaven remembers not only the outcome, but also the heart and devotion woven into every step of the journey. And so my deepest hope for this week is simply this: that we become a community that blesses and celebrates one another’s small victories—and that, in so doing, we write together the living narrative of a true culture of heart.

*(Excerpts from the Weekly Message No. 17 from the World Mission Headquarters by Director-General, Rev. Ken Doo, “Church Growth: Small Narratives Becoming the History of Cheon Il Guk” delivered on May 22, 2026)

Please find here the whole speech:
https://familyfedihq.org/church-growth/

Korean:
https://familyfedihq.org/church-growth/ #2

Japanese:
https://familyfedihq.org/church-growth/ #3

TRUE FATHER on Witnessing:

By witnessing through the Divine Principle, we are carrying out a movement to revive love. We are building the world of heart, which transcends time and space. God rejoices when we testify to Him with an earnest heart. God desires to work through good people to save every human soul from the world of death. God would not withhold anything from people who understand this deep wish of Heaven—and who take it upon themselves to resolve the grief in God’s heart by shouldering the burden in God’s place, fighting to save people, and declaring God’s heart to the world.
(January 17, 1960)

When you experience the living God, you will go out witnessing even if people tell you not to do so. It is because witnessing produces the most stimulating and new results. If you carry on a sincere conversation with ten people, all ten will become new people. After that, go to church and pray. See what happens: when they make progress, you will also advance.
(March 21, 1970)

As you wake at dawn, pray and shed tears for the people of your district… You will find yourself shedding tears, because you realize that when God looks down upon that village, He too is weeping, knowing that everyone there is heading toward hell. When you enter a state of resonance with God’s sorrowful heart, then the whole spirit world will be mobilized to help you.
(February 13, 1978)