The Church of God Overseas Visiting Group: Difference between revisions

In the early 2000s, the '''Overseas Visiting Group''' program was formed. At that time, the Church of God was established in many countries through overseas missions. Since overseas members visited Korea for the first time in 1999,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://shindonga.donga.com/3/all/13/1752128/1 |title=World Mission Society Church of God General Pastor Joo-Cheol Kim |website=Shindonga  |publisher=|date=June 7, 2019 |quote= }}</ref> requests from members in every country where the Church of God was established flooded the Headquarters. The goal was to personally visit Korea, where the truth of the new covenant and the faith of the early Church was restored, and to strengthen their faith even more.<br>As the biblical prophecy says, “When the glory of Jerusalem shines on the whole world, people will assemble from afar, flying like doves to their nest,”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Isaiah+60%3A1-8&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Isaiah 60:1–8 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> members from many nations have visited Korea. Coming from more than 80 countries, members flown in from all over the globe, including Canada and the United States in [[The Church of God in North America|North America]], where Christians first sought a new world for religious freedom; Germany, France, and Spain in [[The Church of God in Europe|Europe]], where the Catholic Church originated from; Nepal and Japan in [[The Church of God in Asia|Asia]]; South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and Seychelles in [[The Church of God in Africa|Africa]]; Peru, Mexico, and Argentina in [[The Church of God in South America|South America]]; and Australia and New Zealand in [[The Church of God in Oceania|Oceania]]. For members in some countries, it takes three days for them to come to Korea.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.watv.org/internal/content.asp?articleid=i20041231705 |title=Crossing Over 6,000 Years for 60 Hours |website=English WATV |publisher= |date=December 31, 2004 |quote= }}</ref> The reason members from around the world spend their time and expenses visiting the country is because it is the holy land where '''[[God the Father]] and [[God the Mother]] came as testified in the Bible. It is a historical center that has played a groundbreaking role in spreading the gospel of the new covenant throughout the world.<ref name=":4">{{인용 |url=https://weekly.donga.com/3/all/11/1614015/1 |title=Church of God Overseas Visiting Group Writes the New 21st Century 'Travels of Marco Polo' |website=Weekly DongA |date=January 21, 2019  |author= |page= |quote= }}</ref>'''<br>The overseas members of the Church of God aspire to experience the “land of prophecy” even for a short amount of time, meet [[Heavenly Mother]] in Korea, the motherland of faith, and learn about Her love firsthand. The overseas members who have visited Korea have seen and felt the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Bible by visiting the Church of God History Museum and local churches to see the progression of the church.<br>