The New Jerusalem Cultural Content Awards Ceremony 2018, which is an integrated awards ceremony of the 19th Melchizedek Literary Awards, the 4th Elohim Video Festival Awards, and the 4th Bible Seminar Presentation Awards, was held at New Jerusalem Pangyo Temple in Korea on December 2, 2018.
On November 11, the Church of God held ASEZ Talk Concert on Confronting Climate Change 2018 at a seminar room of the New Jerusalem Pangyo Temple in Korea to draw global attention to climate change and to share creative visions and opinions of university students who are the leaders of the future generations.
The year 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of Christ Ahnsahnghong’s coming to the earth a second time to restore the new covenant as it was prophesied in the Bible. On November 20, the Church of God members all around the world made a firm determination to accomplish the mission to preach to seven billion people at the New Jerusalem Preaching Festival launching ceremony held by nation and region.
The Church of God received the Green Apple Awards which is known as one of the world’s four major environmental awards on November 12, 2018.
The dedication service for the Dongtan Church in Hwaseong, Korea, was held on November 3. Dongtan in Gyeonggi Province is a representative new city with a rapid increase in the population, as a large-scale residential site and advanced IT and BT complexes are developed. Overseas visiting members too participated in the dedication service on the Sabbath day, and shared joy of dedicating the temple and brotherly love beyond national boundaries.
On November 1, the Arise & Shine 2018 Global Bible Seminar was held at the New Jerusalem Pangyo Temple. It was held with a motive to help all mankind have correct knowledge of God so that they could be saved. Seven experts in the fields of education, medicine, engineering, and so on, gave presentations at the seminar. A total of about 2,500 people, including visitors from overseas, the members from the Church of God, and their neighbors interested in the Bible, attended the seminar.
In celebration of 100th anniversary of the birth of Christ Ahnsahnghong, about 140 pilgrims from 87 churches in 25 countries such as the U.S., U.K., India, Nepal, Philippines, Mongolia, Brazil, Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile, visited New Jerusalem in Korea as the 72nd Overseas Visiting Group.
The ASEZ Global Forum was held at the Church of God in Faucett, Peru, on October 17, about a month before the Talk Concert on Confronting Climate Change. The ASEZ Global Forum is an event where citizens and experts from various fields gather and discuss the ways to realize the SDGs collaboratively with the ASEZ members as the center. Starting from Pangyo New Town in December 2017, the Church of God has held the event in major cities around the world.
The 15th Foreign Language Bible Preaching Contest was held at the Okcheon Go&Come Training Institute on October 14 to produce global talents who will lead the world according to God’s will. This event was attended by more than 5,000 members, including Korean pastoral staff members and members who have been studying foreign languages steadily with the vision of overseas mission.
On September 24 (the fifteenth day of the seventh month by the sacred calendar), the Sacred Assembly of the Feast of Tabernacles, which is the last feast among the seven feasts in three times, was held at the Churches of God all over the world. The members who had been cleansed through the Day of Atonement kept the Feast of Tabernacles with joy, expecting the Holy Spirit of the latter rain to be poured down on their souls abundantly.
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