Unificationist Leaders Reflect on New Cheon Shim Won USA Openings

Photo courtesy of Bay Area Family Church

Aligning with True Mother’s vision, Cheon Shim Won USA President Dr. Ki Hoon Kim reported the Unification movement will “multiply and expand” the Cheon Shim Won providence in America. “We are completing this in all big cities, opening them one by one every week,” he said during an FFWPU USA leaders’ meeting on July 18. “Within this year ... [there will be] Cheon Shim Won prayer rooms in all 50 states, and 80 cities around the nation.”

Dr. Kim’s remarks come on the heels of the latest Cheon Shim Won opening in California at the Bay Area Family Church, and a seven-day Las Vegas workshop. He noted the next Cheon Shim Won will debut at the KEA Church in New Jersey, as leaders follow True Mother’s providential instruction. 

Leaders described the November 2022 grand opening of the Cheon Shim Won USA headquarters in Las Vegas as “a breakthrough experience” that paved the way for victories this year. Dr. Achille Acolatse, director of FFWPU USA Southeast, shared that he experienced new epiphanies regarding “spirit and truth” during the recent workshop at the Las Vegas Cheon Shim Won.

“I realized the importance of this time [and] what Mother is trying to tell us,” said Dr. Acolatse, emphasizing that witnessing is essential during this new era. “We need to stay awake and connect with this heart of Mother and go out there and testify,” he said while encouraging community members to also testify to Jesus. “Unless [we] understand the heart of the Messiah ... how can we take responsibility?”

For Bay Area Pastor Rev. Kevin Thompson, the new Cheon Shim Won at his church — which opened July 15 — signifies great meaning. 

“July 15 was a historic day, because that was the last day that True Father spent in America in 2012,” he said. Rev. Thompson noted more than 150 people celebrated the recent opening and stated the new Cheon Shim Won will make the Bay Area “the center of great revival in Northern California and the West region.”

With the previous opening of the Cheon Shim Won at the Los Angeles Family Church, Dr. Kim said the national movement’s “spirit is fired up” as leaders work together for a common purpose. “With Rev. Dunkley coming back to America, there is a new spirit ... and great blessing [to come],” he said.

The next seven-day Cheon Shim Won workshop, held monthly in Las Vegas, will be from August 6 through 12 and includes lectures, chanyang sessions, and opportunities to offer prayer devotions.

You can learn more about Cheon Shim Won USA and register for the upcoming workshop here.