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== Overview of Community Service== | == Overview of Community Service== | ||
'''The earth created by God is home to | '''The earth created by God is home to mankind. All people living on it are like one family.''' Industrialization brought remarkable developments in all fields such as telecommunications, sanitation, medicine, and aviation. Despite the many developments, mankind is still threatened by wars, hunger, various disasters, and diseases. One billion people suffer from food shortages,<ref>[https://reliefweb.int/report/world/world-one-billion-empty-plates A World of One Billion Empty Plates], ''reliefweb'', September 23, 2022</ref> and natural disasters such as earthquakes, typhoons, and droughts cause even more severe damage due to climate change caused by global warming. New infectious diseases like COVID-19 are also sweeping the globe and impacting many lives. Mankind desperately needs a helping hand as they are suffering from materialism, individualism, and selfishness.<ref>[https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/ijcs.12137 Does a money-is-all attitude cause alienation? A cross-cultural comparison of Korea, the US and Sweden], Sunwoo Kim, ''Wiley Online Library'', September 5, 2014</ref><ref>Individualism in the United States: A Transformation in American Political Thought, Stephanie M. Walls, ''Bloomsbury'', February 26, 2015</ref><br> | ||
==Goals and Vision== | ==Goals and Vision== | ||
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● '''Ideology''' | ● '''Ideology''' | ||
'''Mother’s love is the source of happiness'''<br>What mankind needs the most today is the love of a mother: giving love, a heart for looking at things beautifully, a broad heart like the sea, a heart of gratitude, the mindset of an owner, a heart of compliments, a heart of serving, and a heart of conceding to others. Just as a mother’s love, care, and sacrifice bring forth a family’s peace and harmony, when the global village, which is suffering from disasters and conflicts, becomes filled with mother’s love, | '''Mother’s love is the source of happiness'''<br>What mankind needs the most today is the love of a mother: giving love, a heart for looking at things beautifully, a broad heart like the sea, a heart of gratitude, the mindset of an owner, a heart of compliments, a heart of serving, and a heart of conceding to others. Just as a mother’s love, care, and sacrifice bring forth a family’s peace and harmony, when the global village, which is suffering from disasters and conflicts, becomes filled with mother’s love, mankind can gain peace and happiness. | ||
'''People’s change can change the world'''<br>The smallest unit that makes up human society is a person. When people change, their families, communities, and even the world can change. With the love of a mother who is the central figure in a family, we encourage each person to make a positive change, so that those whose lives have been changed can make the world happy together.<br> | '''People’s change can change the world'''<br>The smallest unit that makes up human society is a person. When people change, their families, communities, and even the world can change. With the love of a mother who is the central figure in a family, we encourage each person to make a positive change, so that those whose lives have been changed can make the world happy together.<br> | ||
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The activities performed by the Church of God are broad, including emergency relief, poverty and hunger alleviation, health and hygiene support, water and sanitation, promoting well-being, educational support, environmental preservation and other areas. Recently, the church has been making more efforts to support pandemic prevention as the world has been suffering from COVID-19. These activities are in line with the [https://sdgs.un.org/goals Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs]], a list of common goals to support the international community.<ref>[https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World], SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, ''UN''</ref> The SDGs are the agenda that the international community has resolved to achieve by 2030 at the UN General Assembly. It is composed of 17 goals and 169 targets for the sustainable development of | The activities performed by the Church of God are broad, including emergency relief, poverty and hunger alleviation, health and hygiene support, water and sanitation, promoting well-being, educational support, environmental preservation and other areas. Recently, the church has been making more efforts to support pandemic prevention as the world has been suffering from COVID-19. These activities are in line with the [https://sdgs.un.org/goals Sustainable Development Goals [SDGs]], a list of common goals to support the international community.<ref>[https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/ 17 Goals to Transform Our World], SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS, ''UN''</ref> The SDGs are the agenda that the international community has resolved to achieve by 2030 at the UN General Assembly. It is composed of 17 goals and 169 targets for the sustainable development of mankind under the slogan “'''Leave No One Behind'''.”<ref>[https://www.un.org/en/desa/leaving-no-one-behind Leaving no one behind], ''United Nations''</ref> The Church of God is working together to achieve the UN SDGs by carrying out various activities in each country. For this, the church plans forums, seminars, and signature-seeking campaigns and draws people into participation and raise their awareness.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://asez.org/summit2019/ |title=ASEZ Global Summit 2019: A Quantum Leap for Change towards Zero Crime|website=ASEZ.org |publisher= |date= |year= |author= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref><ref>[https://asez.org/sign-asez/ ASEZ Proposal for UN SDGs], ''ASEZ.org''</ref> | ||
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|+*'''Church of God’s Contribution to Communities''' | |+*'''Church of God’s Contribution to Communities''' | ||