Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church, believed in a literal Kingdom of God on Earth to be brought about by human effort, motivating his establishment of numerous groups, some that are not strictly religious in their purposes.Swatos Jr, William H. (1998). Encyclopedia of religion and society. Walnut Creek, Calif.: AltaMira Press. .Biermans, J. 1986, The Odyssey of New Religious Movements, Persecution, Struggle, Legitimation: A Case Study of the Unification Church Lewiston, New York and Queenston, Ontario: The Edwin Melton Press p. 173 Moon was not directly involved with managing the day-to-day activities of the organizations that he indirectly oversaw, yet all of them attribute the inspiration behind their work to his leadership and teachings.Helm, S. Divine Principle and the Second Advent Archived 2008-09-21 at the Wayback Machine. Christian Century May 11, 1977 "In fact Moon's adherents differ from previous fringe groups in their quite early and expensive pursuit of respectability, as evidenced by the scientific conventions they have sponsored in England and the U.S. and the seminary they have established in Barrytown, New York, whose faculty is composed not of their own group members but rather of respected Christian scholars."Introduction to New and Alternative Religions in America: African diaspora traditions and other American innovations: Introduction, Eugene V. Gallagher, W. Michael Ashcraft, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006, pp. 94–95

Multi-faceted organizations

Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (CARP)

The Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles (대학원리연구회, CARP) is a collegiate organization founded by Moon and his followers in 1955. It has been particularly active in Latin America. J. Isamu Yamamoto states in Unification Church: "At times CARP has been very subtle about its association with the Unification Church, however, the link between the two has always been strong, since the purpose of both is to spread Moon's teachings."

Universal Peace Federation

(천주평화연합, UPF) is a non-profit focused on religious freedom.

Women's Federation for World Peace (WFWP)

The Women's Federation for World Peace(세계평화여성연합, WFWP) was founded in 1992 by Hak Ja Han, the wife of Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon. Its stated purpose is to encourage women to work more actively in promoting peace in their communities and greater society. In 1993 Han travelled to 20 cities in the United States promoting the WFWP, as well as to 12 countries.

In 1995, the WFWP contributed $3.5 million to help Liberty University, which at that time was in financial difficulty. This was reported in the United States news media as an example of closer relationships between the Unification Church and conservative Christian congregations. Also in 1995, in what Antony Souza describes as a "grasp at respectability", former United States president George H. W. Bush was hired to speak at several WFWP events. Through his fee was undisclosed, it was reportedly "in the millions".

In 2009 it co-sponsored a "Leadership Conference" in Taipei. Taiwan's president, Ma Ying-jeou, spoke at the event.Bilateral economic ties will ease tensions with China: Ma , China Post, January 18, 2009

International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS)

International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS) is a series of conferences formerly sponsored by the International Cultural Foundation and since 2017 by the Hyo Jeong International Foundation on the Unity of the Sciences (HJIFUS).Kety Quits Moon-Linked ICF Conference Harvard Crimson, 1976-08-10.

The conferences have been widely described as an attempt to improve the Unification Church's public image after attracting unwanted media attention for alleged abuse of its members. ICUS has made false claims about the attendance of several eminent scientists.Church Spends Millions On Its Image The Washington Post. 1984-09-17Rev. Moon is sponsor of scholarly conference, St. Petersburg Times, November 12, 1977

Interfaith organizations American Clergy Leadership Conference (ACLC)The Encyclopedia Of Christianity, Erwin Fahlbusch, et al., p. 598False Dawn, Lee Penn, p. 122Moonstruck , SF Weekly, 2006-02-22 The Peace Road is an initiative that promotes the "International Highway of Peace", Moon's globe spanning highway proposal, including a "tunnel of peace" across the Bering Strait. The Interreligious Association for Peace and Development (IAPD) is an interfaith association that represents different religious traditions from around the world. It was launched in November 2017 in South Korea.

Educational organizations

CheongShim International Academy International Educational Foundation. Paragon House, book publishing. The Professors World Peace Academy"The Peace Academy, based in New York, was founded by Moon in 1973. It is financed primarily by his International Cultural Foundation." The International Association of Academicians for Peace (IAAP) Sun Hwa Arts School Sun Moon University Sun Myung Moon InstituteRobertson, Roland and Garrett, William R., 1991, Religion and Social Order, Paragon House, p. 206 The Unification Theological Seminary (UTS) is the main seminary of the international Unification Church. It is located in Barrytown, New York, and had an Extension Center in midtown Manhattan. Its purpose has been described as training leaders and theologians within the Unification Church, a role that has made it something of a "refuge from the even more frenetic and bizarre lifestyle of the average Unification Church member".Yamamoto, J. I., 1995, Unification Church, Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House Excerpt: Most of the UTS's students have been Unification Church members.Korean Moon: Waxing or Waning Leo Sandon Jr. Theology Today, July 1978, "The Unification Church purchased the estate and now administers a growing seminary where approximately 110 Moonies engage in a two-year curriculum which includes biblical studies, church history, philosophy, theology, religious education, and which leads to a Master of Religious Education degree." Student life at UTS has been described by one former student as "frenetic, bizarre, and often contradictory".Where have all the Moonies gone? K. Gordon Neufeld, First Things, March 2008, "While I was studying theology, church history, and the Bibletaught by an eclectic faculty that included a rabbi, a Jesuit priest, and a Methodist ministermost of my young coreligionists were standing on street corners in San Francisco, Boston, and Miami urging strangers to attend a vaguely described dinner."Divine Principle and the Second Advent Christian Century May 11, 1977 "In fact Moon's adherents differ from previous fringe groups in their quite early and expensive pursuit of respectability, as evidenced by the scientific conventions they have sponsored in England and the U.S. and the seminary they have established in Barrytown, New York, whose faculty is composed not of their own group members but rather of respected Christian scholars." In 2003, the seminary had about 120 students from around the world, with most coming from South Korea and Japan, which have large numbers of Unification Church members. New Hope Academy Several UC-related groups are working to promote sexual abstinence until marriage and fidelity in marriage.

Arts-related organizations

Kirov Academy of Ballet, dance school in Washington, D.C.Dance View; A Wobbly Kirov Is Saved by 'The Firebird', The New York Times, July 7, 1995 Little Angels Children's Folk Ballet of Korea, a dance troupe founded in 1962 by Moon and other Unification Church members to project a positive image of South Korea to the world. page 67. "My plan was to have these seventeen children learn how to dance and then send them out into the world. Many foreigners knew about Korea only as a poor country that had fought a terrible war. I wanted to show them the beautiful dances of Korea so that they would realize that the Korean people are a people of culture." In 1973 they performed at the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City. The group's dances are based on Korean legends and regional dances, and its costumes on traditional Korean styles. Manhattan Center, Theater and recording studio in New York City.A Church in Flux is Flush with Cash The Washington Post, November 23, 1997 The Universal Ballet, founded South Korea in 1984, is one of only four professional ballet companies in South Korea. The company performs a repertory that includes many full length classical story ballets, together with shorter contemporary works and original full-length Korean ballets created especially for the company. It is supported by Unification Church members with Moon's daughter-in-law Julia Moon, who was the company's prima ballerina until 2001, now serving as General Director.Moon Church Founds Ballet School The New York Times, 1990-09-08Interview with Julia Moon exploredance.comInside and Outside the Korean Dance Scene

Sports organizations

Centro Esportivo Nova Esperança, Clube Atlético Sorocaba, Brazilian football teams. Peace CupSouth Korea to host global peace cup in JulySports Illustrated May 6, 2003 International football (soccer) tournament. Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma, South Korean football team.

Political organizations

Freedom Leadership Foundation, an anti-communist organization in the United States active in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.Church Spends Millions On Its Image The Washington Post September 17, 1984. "In May, a church political group called the Freedom Leadership Foundation paid for four Republican Senate staff members – including aides to Sens. Steve Symms (R-Idaho), Robert W. Kasten Jr. (R-Wis.) and William L. Armstrong (R-Colo.) – to fly to Central America where they met with government leaders and U.S. Embassy officials in Honduras and Guatemala and joined the official U.S. observer delegation to the Salvadoran election."My Four and One Half Years with The Lord of The Flies , Allen Tate Wood "From March to December of 1970 I was head of the Unification Church's political arm in the United States (The Freedom Leadership Foundation). On Moon's behalf we sought to defuse the Peace Movement and buttress the hawk position by convincing senators and congressmen that there was substantial grass roots support for a hard line stand in Asia. In 1969 we were just scratching the surface. Today Moon's organization [the Unification Church] is in a position of vastly increased power and prestige. Through the Freedom Leadership Foundation and its descendant CAUSA, Moon has won the gratitude and respect of many congressmen and senators, not to mention former presidents Nixon, Reagan and Bush." Peace United Family Party, a South Korean political party founded by the Sun Myung Moon, one of whose main goals is the reunification of Korea. The International Association of Parliamentarians for Peace (IAPP), an NGO which recruits parliamentarians from different countries. TheConservatives.com, a former political website in partnership with The Heritage Foundation.New moons are rising, Asia Times, October 31, 2009 The Summit Council for World Peace is an international group active in Moon's effort to unite North and South Korea.Neil Bush, the Rev. Moon, Paraguay and the U.S. Dept. of Education by Bill Berkowitz, Scoop (New Zealand), 2008-03-29. Coalition for a Free World, anti-Soviet group active in the 1980s.The Pittsburgh Press, December 20, 1982, page 11 Washington Institute for Values in Public PolicyChurch Spends Millions On Its Image The Washington Post September 17, 1984. "The church also is spending $1.5 million a year on a new local think tank, the Washington Institute for Values in Public Policy, that is underwriting conservative-oriented research and seminars at Stanford University, the University of Chicago, the Institute for Energy Analysis in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and other institutions."