Tabernacle Temple Church
| Tabernacle Temple (South Korea) | |
|---|---|
| 장막성전 | |
Tabernacle Temple Headquarters located in Makgyeri Gwacheon | |
| Classification | Christian new religious movement |
| Leader | Yoo Jae-yeol (유재열) |
| Region | South Korea |
| Founder | Yoo Jae-yeol (유재열) |
| Origin | 14 March 1966 South Korea Tabernacle Temple |
| Branched from | Hosaeng Prayer Center (a pseudo-Christian group led by Kim Jong-gyu) |
| Defunct | October 1980 (Tabernacle Temple’s demolition in 1979-1980 recorded in the History of Seoul Land’s Development) |
| Members | 2,000 (According to prosecutors published by Donga Ilbo Newspaper) |
| Other name(s) | Tabernacle Temple, Jangmak Seongjeon (accepted common name). Known by Shincheonji as Tabernacle of the 7 Golden lampstands |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 장막성전 |
| Hanja | 帳幕聖殿 |
| Revised Romanization | Jangmak Seongjeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Changmak Sŏngjŏn |
The Tabernacle Temple (Korean: 장막성전) was a South Korean end times Christian new religious movement founded by Yoo Jae-yeol and his father Yoo In-gu on March 14, 1966, and disbanded in September 1980. The founders claimed to be the Two Witnesses mentioned in the Bible’s Book of Revelation of Apostle John.
The church successfully recruited over 2,000 members to Gwacheon through Yoo Jae-yeol's prophecy of the world’s end in September 1969, and that only those who gathered inside the Tabernacle Temple before this day would be saved. Two years after their failed doomsday prediction, a new headquarters was built in Makgye-ri, Gwacheon 1971. Soon after, scandals regarding their fraud, corruption and abuse began to surface, the church eventually caught the attention of the public and law enforcement which led to their downfall.