Jung Myung Seok, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Jung Myung Seok

South Korean Leader of New Religious Movement, Poet, Author, Founder of Wolmyeongdong Center

Date of Birth: 16-Mar-1945

Place of Birth: Geumsan County, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea

Profession: poet, author

Nationality: South Korea

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Providence (officially Christian Gospel Mission) is a Christian new religious movement founded by Jung Myung-seok in 1980; Jung was formerly a member of the Unification movement and was strongly influenced by it.
He founded a church that was formerly associated with Methodism but was expelled from that community.
Most of its members live in South Korea.
Providence has been widely referred to by the media as a cult. Following accusations against him by South Korean police of rape, fraud, and embezzlement, Jung fled the country in 1999 and lived as a fugitive in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China before being arrested by Chinese police in May 2007.
In April 2009, after being convicted of rape, the Supreme Court of South Korea sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment.
Jung was released on 18 February 2018.The sect has also been called Jesus Morning Star (JMS), Setsuri ("Providence" in Japanese), International Christian Association (ICA), the Morning Star Church (MS Church), the Bright Moon Church, and Ae-chun Church (????).