Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony

Shincheonji, Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
IThe 6th Shincheonji National Olympiad in Olympic Stadium, South Korea
Region	Worldwide
Origin	I14 March 1984 South Korea
Congregations	12 tribes with several hundred churches in the world
Members	about 200,000
Other name(s)	SCJ

Shincheonji, Church of Jesus, the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony (SCJ), commonly known as Shincheonji (Korean: 신천지, Hanja 新天地, "new heaven and earth") is a religious organization accused of being a cult, established on March 14, 1984 in South Korea by Lee Man-hee.

Shincheonji is a controversial organisation frequently accused of being a cult It has also operated various other volunteer groups, some of which have been accused of being front organizations, including Mannam Volunteer Association (MVA), Mannam International Youth Coalition, International Peace Youth Group (IPYG), International Women's Peace Group (IWPG), and Heavenly Culture, World Peace, and Restoration of Light (HWPL).

In November 2016 the Church of England issued a formal alert to around 500 parishes in London about the activities of a SCJ/NHNE affiliate known as Parachristo. Parachristo, a registered charity in the UK, runs Bible study courses in London Docklands. Further warnings were issued by Nicky Gumbel, vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton and John Peters, rector of St Mary's Church, London.