On December 25, 2016, a week before the hopeful New Year’s Day, Special Lecture on Young Adults’ Vision 2016 was held at the Okcheon Go&Come Training Institute. More than 10,000 members including high school seniors, young adults who were pulling their weight in their workplaces, campuses, or the military, and the pastoral staff gathered; the institute was filled with young adults’ gospel fervor that put the cold weather to shame.
On December 13, 2016, General Pastor Kim Joo-cheol made a speech to the effect that the Church of God would help the world with the United Nations, having Mother’s mind, at the UN headquarters in New York, U.S.
The 2016 New Jerusalem Cultural Content Awards Ceremony, which is an integrated awards ceremony for the Melchizedek Literary Awards, the Elohim Video Festival Awards, and the Bible Seminar Presentation Awards, was held at the New Jerusalem Bundang Temple on December 4.
On November 7, 2016, the members of the 70th Overseas Visiting Group from 96 churches of 19 countries arrived at Incheon International Airport one after another.
While the movement to preach to seven billion people around the world was being carried out actively, the autumn feasts were held one after another: the Feast of Trumpets, the Day of Atonement, and the Feast of Tabernacles.
The 69th Overseas Visiting Group came from 82 churches in 17 Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries in Europe, Africa, and Central and South America the farthest continent from Korea.
The dedication service for the Jeju Church God, located in Jejudo Island, a global resort area, was held on August 6, 2016.
After winning the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service in the U.K., the Church of God received cheerful news also from Australia. It won the award at the Australian Sustainable Cities Awards 2016 hosted by Keep Victoria Beautiful [KVB], which is an environmental organization.
In keeping with the mission to preach to seven billion people, two gospel cradles that will embrace the new members, who are coming to the Church of God like the waves rolling in, were established: the Yeoju Church and the Daejeon Jungchon Church in Korea.
About 240 members from 109 churches in Asia, Africa, and Oceania visited Korea as the 67th Overseas Visiting Group on May 30, 2016.
The service for the Ascension Day, which is the day to commemorate Christ’s going up to heaven on the 40th day after the Resurrection, was held on May 5 in all the Churches of God worldwide. After ten days, the Sacred Assembly of the Day of Pentecost was held on the 15th.
The 66th Overseas Visiting Group, which mainly consisted of the members from North America and Europe, came to Korea. They learned God’s words and love, and made a resolution to preach to seven billion people.
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