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Providence (Officially: Christian Gospel Mission) is a Christian new religious movement founded by Jung Myung-seok in 1978 as a schismatic group from the Unification Church, and was formerly associated with Methodism. Most of its members live in South Korea. In April 2009, the Supreme Court of South Korea sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment. However, several investigative reporters have begun to call into question the rulings against Jung based on evidence that emerged throughout his processing and in the aftermath of the trial. Providence has been widely referred to by the media as a cult.〔〔 The sect has also been called Jesus Morning Star (JMS), ''Setsuri'' ("Providence" in Japanese), International Christian Association (ICA), the Morning Star Church (MS Church), the Bright Moon Church, and Ae-chun Church (). == History == Jung Myung-seok was born in in Geumsan County, South Chungcheong on February 17, 1945. He is also known by the names of Joshua Jung, Joshua Lee and Pastor Joshua.().〔; original article: 〕 In the 1970s he was a member of the Unification Church, whose teachings have been alleged to resemble Jung's "quite closely".〔: "On y apprend que JMS est un ancien adepte de la ‘secte Moon’".〕〔: "1975-77年の間に統一教（統一教会）に関わった。そのために、摂理の教義は統一教会の教義とかなり似通ったものになっている。(From 1975 to 1978 he was involved with the Unification Church. For this reason, Providence's teachings resemble the Unification Church quite closely.)"〕 In 1980, Jung founded the Ae-chun Church (), which was affiliated with the Methodist Church.〔 The church was later expelled from the Methodists and he changed its name to the International Christian Association () in the mid 1980s. In October 1999 the organization changed its name to Christian Gospel Mission ().〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Providence (religious movement)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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