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The Family Peace Association was officially inaugurated on December 2, 2017 in Seoul, Korea where it announced its mission: “To enlighten humanity by uplifting their spiritual consciousness through universal principles and values rooted in God-centered families.” It is still in its formative stages of development.

The co-founders of the Family Peace Association are Dr. Hyun Jin P. Moon and Dr. Junsook Moon.

In his founding address, Dr. Moon expressed that the Family Peace Association was created to carry on the trans-religious work his late father, the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, sought to carry on with the establishment of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU), but was not able to fulfill due to “inherent legacy issues.”

Relation to the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification and Rev. Sun Myung Moon
The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification was established in 1994 by Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Sun Myung Moon stated at the founding of the FFWPU that he never intended to create a new religion, but to open an age after religion where families would serve as the core of spiritual and character growth. Sun Myung Moon has even stated that the HSA-UWC, the predecessor to FFWPU which he established in 1954, was meant to foster ecumenical cooperation among Christian sects to promote families with deep spirituality and a commitment to serving their larger society.

By 1994, HSA-UWC had evolved into an entity that resembled a church for people who ascribed to shared beliefs and rituals. Therefore, in 1994, HSA-UWC was closed, and the FFWPU was launched as a new entity. The FFWPU was created as a broad-based social movement to promote healthy families and strong societies. According to a memo from the HSA-UWC North America Headquarters in 1997, from the beginning it was clear that the two entities, FFWPU and HSA-UWC, were separate entities, both in objectives and legally.

Dr. Hyun Jin Moon was appointed vice-president of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification in 1998. His leadership style and proposed reforms to dismantle the church structure and create a family-based peace movement were met with resistance and accusations of being unorthodox, eventually leading to his replacement in 2008 with his younger brother, Hyung Jin Sean Moon.

The Family Peace Association maintains that it was established to carry on the original mission of the FFWPU to expand certain universal principles and values related to God-centered families to a broader, non-sectarian audience.