ⓒ 2019 WATV

“We feel much fear during our lives. Bugs, dogs, needles, standing in front of people, and so on. That’s how I feel right now.”

These witty words from the presenter drew loud laugher and cheers from the audience. Deaconess Grecia Mendoza Cisneros (La Victoria, Peru) confidently testified about the existence of Elohim who can extinguish our primal fears such as the fear of death.

The Arise & Shine Global Bible Seminar 2019 was held at the New Jerusalem Pangyo Temple in the afternoon on April 29, the day after the Happy Church Global Conference. A Bible seminar was previously held, where some men pastoral staff were the presenters. This Bible seminar was for women pastoral staff, where eight members from the U.S., Peru, Ecuador, India, and South Africa went on stage to presentations. The seminar was attended by about 2,700 members, including women pastoral staff from all around the world and title or position holders from the southern part of the capital region in Korea.

ⓒ 2019 WATV

The presenters explained in detail the principle of God’s salvation and the existence of God the Mother with knowledge in various fields such as medicine, law, psychology, physics, biology, and astronomy. Deaconess Irvania Correa (Miami, FL, U.S.) prepared a presentation titled The Power of the Creator Seen through the Earth, the Only Planet Inhabited by All Living Creatures. She said, “It’s not by chance that life exists on the planet Earth, when we consider the prerequisites for life. I want to make known the fact that the Earth, home to all lives, is filled to the brim with God’s love,” and she wished that all the seven billion people in the world would come to receive God’s love and blessings. Through presentations titled Spiritual Cancer Treatment, Bible and the Work of God, Great Artist Who Created All Things, and Resilience and Mother, the participants at the seminar identified the power of God the Creator and the truth of life in the social or scientific phenomena that they have been indifferent to even though they have always encountered them in daily life.

When the seminar was over, Mother complimented the women pastoral staff on their efforts to take care of the members and to preach the gospel with love and in-depth knowledge. After listening to the presentations in the seminar, Deacon Pablo Chavez expressed his hope: “We can feel the presence of God not only through the Bible, but also through the human body, the universe, and everything else in the world. In the Dominican Republic where the gospel ministry started a few years ago, I will diligently preach the truth to all ten million people so that they can receive God’s blessings.”