Religion_Belief

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Dr. Bo Hi Pak told The Washington Times on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 that he believes the Unification Church is "going to grow by leaps and bounds" following the death of founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon. He says that members are determined to live up to the reverend's expectations, and that he personally will "do as much as I can until I die to serve Rev. Moon and Mrs. Moon." He said he never saw the reverend waiver in his mission. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Family members of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, including (in white) eldest daughter Ya-Jin stand at left waiting to greet mourners bowing at right after placing flowers on a table below a portrait of the reverend. The family members rotate throughout the day but are present from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. to greet mourners as they come to the Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center complex near Seoul, Korea to pay tribute to the late reverand, who founded the Unification Church. The official funeral service will be held this Saturday. This image was made Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Mourners bow after placing flowers on a table as an offering to pay tribute to the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon while, at left, family members wait to greet the mourners. Thousands of people have traveled to the Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center complex outside of Seoul, Korea to pay tribute to the founder of the Unification Church. A funeral will be held on Saturday. This image was made Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Mourners place flowers (lilies for the mother and roses for the father) on a table inside the Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center near Seoul, Korea on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 to honor the Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church. His 13-day funeral ends Saturday with a ceremony honoring his life followed by the burial. According to officials, they had to import flowers from Japan because they could not get enough in Korea. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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An usher shows mourners the way to place flowers (lilies for the mother and roses for the father) at a table inside the Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center complex outside of Seoul, Korea in honor of the Rev. Sun Myung Moon on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Thousands of mourners have come to the complex to pay their respects for the founder of the Unification Church over the past several days. His 13-day funeral will culminate in a ceremony on Saturday in which some 30,000 are expected to attend. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A mourner signs an electronic guest book at the Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center complex before going in to offer a flower and greet family members of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Thousands of mourners have come to the complex near Seoul, Korea over the last few days to pay tribute to the reverend, who founded the Unification Church. The official funeral services will be held on Saturday. Some 30,000 are expected to attend. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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An usher indicates a place where mourners carrying flowers should pause before approaching a long table to place the flowers at the Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training complex outside of Seoul, Korea on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Thousands of mourners have passed through the complex in the last few days to pay tribute to the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon, founder of the Unification Church. The mourners placed flowers (lilies for the mother and roses for the father) as part of the tribute. According to officials, they had to import flowers from Japan because they could not get enough in Korea. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Ho-yeul Ahn, general manager of the public relations division of the Tongil Group, who was authorized by Hyung-jin Moon to speak on behalf of the Unification Church, told The Washington Times on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, that he believes the church will only get bigger and stronger following the death of founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Signs in all languages honoring the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon have been hung on the road to the Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center complex near Seoul, Korea to pay tribute to the father of the Unification Church. The official funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 15. Thirty thousand mourners from around the world are expected to attend. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Mourners sign an electronic guest book at the Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center complex before going in to offer a flower and greet family members of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Thousands of mourners have come to the complex near Seoul, Korea over the last few days to pay tribute to the reverend, who founded the Unification Church. The official funeral services will be held on Saturday. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A mourner sits down near several flower arrangements at the Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center complex near Seoul, Korea on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Although the announcement of the death of Unification Church founder Rev. Sun Myung Moon asked for no flowers, hundreds of these tribute flowers have poured into the complex over the last week. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Mourners watch a video slideshow with photographs of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon at the Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center complex near Seoul, Korea on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. Since thousands of mourners have come to pay tribute to the reverend, they ask them to watch this slideshow, then a video on the reverend's life and then go down to offer flowers and greet the family. This way the complex does not get overly crowded. They expect 30,000 to attend the funeral services on Saturday. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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A volunteer hands a rose to a mourner at the Cheongpyeong Heaven and Earth Training Center complex on Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 so that the mourner can place it as an offering on a table beneath a portrait of the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon. Thousands of mourners have come to the complex near Seoul, Korea to pay their respects to the reverend, who founded the Unification Church. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Kenyan paramilitary soldiers move forward to disperse Muslim youths outside the Musa Mosque in Mombasa, days after the Aug. 27 killing of Aboud Rogo Mohammed, a Muslim preacher accused of links to a terrorist group in Somalia. “Extremism divides people as ‘we versus them’ and that brings tension,” said the Rev. Wilybard Lagho, a Catholic priest who is chairman of an interfaith group of clerics in Mombasa which gathers to discuss their common concerns. (Associated Press)

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Washington Nationals relief pitcher Christian Garcia throws during a baseball game against the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Egyptian soldiers stand guard in front of the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012. An Israeli filmmaker based in California went into hiding after his movie attacking Islam's prophet Muhammad sparked angry assaults by ultra-conservative Muslims in Egypt. Arabic on the wall reads, "anyone but God's prophet." (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)