Purpose
Biographies of the Founding Ancestors of Cheon Il Guk
The biographies of the founding ancestors are the genealogical records of Heavenly Parent’s “noble families.” Noble families should have genealogies.
A genealogy is a family record. Taken together, these genealogies are an epic record of the construction of Cheon Il Guk. They record the noble lives of first-generation leaders who toiled their entire lives to realize the Will – God’s Ideal of Creation – while attending True Parents, who came to complete the Providence of Restoration. Family records serve as lessons for future generations and valuable educational materials.
In the analog era, printed materials – books of historical research and literary works – fulfilled their role well. However, we are now in the digital age. Through digital blogs, it has become possible to preserve the life records of the founding ancestors of Cheon Il Guk for a long time.
This chronicle intends to document the providential lives and histories of the first-generation leaders of Blessed Families who dedicated themselves to the construction of Cheon Il Guk alongside the True Parents, leaving them as research materials for future generations.
First-generation leaders can evaluate their own narrative episodes, and descendants of noble families whose ancestors' records are inadequate or missing may volunteer to contribute to creating better records.
I pray that our future generations will study and remember the victorious histories of our ancestors' holy love, grow into the protagonists of the construction of Cheon Il Guk, and achieve complete victory.
– Prof. Thomas Hwang
March 1, 2026
About Prof. Thomas Hwang
Born in Korea in 1949
Married to Kathleen Hwang (2075 Blessing) in 1982
Family: Two sons and one daughter; eight grandchildren
1965 – Joined Unification Church
1968 – Graduated from Cheong-Ju High School
1976 – Graduated from Yonsei University, major in history
1980 – Graduated from Methodist Seminary, Seoul
1978-80 – Full-time Lecturer at Unification Theological Seminary, Seoul
1980-85 – Missionary in USA (Los Angeles, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C.)
1985-1997 – Visiting scholar in China (Teaching English and Korean History)
1994-97 – Visiting Professor at People’s University of China, Beijing
1995 – Set up Korean Studies Institute at People’s University
1998-2012 – President of FFWPU, Hong Kong
2013-14 – International Vice President of FFWPU
2014-15 – Special Emissary to Middle East
2015-17 – Special Emissary to East Africa
2017-19 – Regional President, Greater China Region
2019-Present – President, Chinese People’s Federation for World Peace
Filial Piety Activities
Prof. Hwang initiated the Filial Piety Festival in Hong Kong in 2006 to promote family culture and the core value of family ethics, filial piety. Parental love is an eternal and unchanging heavenly bond, that transcends time and space. Through filial piety, humans respond to this heavenly love, thereby realizing the ideal of a happy family.
True Mother appointed Prof. Hwang as regional president of the Greater China region, based in Taiwan, in July 2017. At the same time she created the Chinese People’s Federation for World Peace (CPFWP) and appointed him as its international president.
Since 2017, CPFWP has established chapters in 16 cities across 10 countries. It’s filial piety and pro-family programs have been welcomed with enthusiasm and support by Chinese people who cherish the long tradition of family culture.
CPFWP promotes family values through a variety of programs, including letter-writing to parents, essay competitions, short video contests, calligraphy exhibitions, academic seminars on filial piety, and award programs for three-generation families. These activities aim to promote a happy and healthy family culture, with distinctive cultural and artistic elements from various countries.
CPFWP chapters continue to expand their activities, under a self-reliant and self-sufficient policy.
