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===General Pastor Kim Joo-cheol’s Speech at the UN=== | ===General Pastor Kim Joo-cheol’s Speech at the UN=== | ||
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As the Church of God has been expanding the scope of its activities to help our neighbors around the global village and preserve the living sites, General Pastor Kim Joo-cheol was invited to the 71st CERF High-Level Conference held at the UN Headquarters in New York on December 13, 2016. With about 200 people from across different UN organizations, multiple member states, and many other non-governmental organizations attending the meeting, Pastor Kim Joo-cheol expressed his support for the activities of the Central Emergency Relief Fund and UN-sponsored organizations to help countries in crisis and also promised continuous cooperation and aid. Lisa Doughten, Chief of CERF Secretariat, said, “The Church of God is the first church to be invited to this conference.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=20161229MW092806492068 |title= | As the Church of God has been expanding the scope of its activities to help our neighbors around the global village and preserve the living sites, General Pastor Kim Joo-cheol was invited to the 71st [https://cerf.un.org/ CERF] High-Level Conference held at the UN Headquarters in New York on December 13, 2016. With about 200 people from across different UN organizations, multiple member states, and many other non-governmental organizations attending the meeting, Pastor Kim Joo-cheol expressed his support for the activities of the Central Emergency Relief Fund and UN-sponsored organizations to help countries in crisis and also promised continuous cooperation and aid. Lisa Doughten, Chief of CERF Secretariat, said, “The Church of God is the first church to be invited to this conference.”<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.munhwa.com/news/view.html?no=20161229MW092806492068 |title= | ||
Church of God General Pastor Joo-Cheol Kim, Makes Speech in UN Conference |website=Munhwa Ilbo |date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> The reason the UN invited the Church of God was due to the fact that the church’s outstanding altruistic efforts to take the lead in relief efforts whenever there were disasters or hardships around the world were truly exemplary. Such can be seen through their relief efforts with the massive earthquake that occurred in Nepal and the various hurricanes across the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://english.watv.org/news/content.asp?idx=49148&page=7&back=all |title=General Pastor Kim Joo-cheol's Speech at the UN Conference |website=WATV.org |publisher= |date= |year= |first= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref><br> | Church of God General Pastor Joo-Cheol Kim, Makes Speech in UN Conference |website=Munhwa Ilbo |date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> The reason the UN invited the Church of God was due to the fact that the church’s outstanding altruistic efforts to take the lead in relief efforts whenever there were disasters or hardships around the world were truly exemplary. Such can be seen through their relief efforts with the massive earthquake that occurred in Nepal and the various hurricanes across the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://english.watv.org/news/content.asp?idx=49148&page=7&back=all |title=General Pastor Kim Joo-cheol's Speech at the UN Conference |website=WATV.org |publisher= |date= |year= |first= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref><br> | ||
Back in 2010, the Church of God visited the United Nations to help Haiti recover from the impact of the massive earthquake that shocked the country by donating $100,000 USD to CERF. During General Pastor’s visit, the UN suggested to form a partnership with the Church of God.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://english.watv.org/news/content.asp?idx=1320&page=21&back=all |title=General Pastor Visits the UN Headquarters and Delivers a Donation to Aid Haiti |website=WATV.org |publisher= |date= |year= |first= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> | Back in 2010, the Church of God visited the United Nations to help Haiti recover from the impact of the massive earthquake that shocked the country by donating $100,000 USD to CERF. During General Pastor’s visit, the UN suggested to form a partnership with the Church of God.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://english.watv.org/news/content.asp?idx=1320&page=21&back=all |title=General Pastor Visits the UN Headquarters and Delivers a Donation to Aid Haiti |website=WATV.org |publisher= |date= |year= |first= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> | ||