Chung Hwan Kwak joined Father in 1958 and became the main teacher and later top administrator of the church.

I have no words to express how joyful I was when I first heard the Principle, because my questions about the spirit world and life after death had never been fully answered by the doctrines of the existing religions. Hearing that God and the spirit world not only existed but were accessible to me if I met the appropriate conditions, I prayed to see clear evidence. Although my prayer did not have too much depth and was poor in form, God answered it by letting me experience a tremendous spiritual fire. Chastising my skepticism, God was saying to me, "Taste the spiritual power that exists." The fire, which seemed bigger and hotter than the sun, suddenly thrust itself into my chest and overwhelmed me. I still vividly remember my prayer of repentance at that time. My conviction about the existence of the spirit world as a realm beyond the reach of reason and scientific theory enabled me to completely change my view point about life.

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