Graduate Ligia Monteiro (19, female, Netherlands), who took a 16-hour flight to attend the ceremony, said, “Shincheonji Church explains every verse of the Bible based on the Bible itself, not human thoughts. That is the biggest difference from existing churches.”
Tan Young-jin, the head director of the Zion Christian Mission Center, stated, “Even amid extreme misunderstanding and prejudice, the number of people being renewed through the Word continues to grow. This is proof that God is with us.” He added, “The graduates are those who have come to understand the true reality of the Bible that even pastors could not learn. A new era of faith transformed not by knowledge, but by truth, is dawning.”
Meanwhile, the graduation ceremony was held under the theme ‘Love and Blessing, Light that Shines on the World.’ About 20,000 graduates filled the interior and exterior of Shincheonji Cheongju Church. Due to limited space, the remaining graduates joined online from Shincheonji churches in Korea and abroad, adding to the atmosphere of celebration.
