The Church of God in South America: Difference between revisions

Government officials from different countries participate in various events held by the Church of God and support the efforts of the members to deliver courage and hope to humankind.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://watvmedia.org/ko/media/blood-drive-for-the-flood-victims-in-peru|title= Blood Donation Campaign with Peru's First Lady|website=MEDIA CAST |publisher=  |date=July 4, 2017 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Duberlí Rodriguez Tineo, former President of Peru's Supreme Court, sent a message of encouragement to the church. It said, “I consider this activity that the young university students are doing to save the earth from A to Z as very important. I’d like to congratulate the young university students that are doing voluntary work in different places to save our planet earth.”<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://watvmedia.org/en/media/asez-massage|title=World Citizen’s Messages to ASEZ |website=MEDIA CAST |publisher=  |date=February 17, 2020 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> In Brazil, the President invited ASEZ members to the Presidential Palace for National Volunteer Day, and praised and thanked them for their volunteer activities.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.ajunews.com/view/20180903171700394|title= Brazil's President Invites Church of God University Student Volunteer Group ASEZ to Presidential Palace|website=Aju News |publisher=  |date= September 3, 2018|year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://asez.org/presidential-palace-of-brazil/ |title= ASEZ, the World Mission Society Church of God University Student Volunteer Group, Was Invited to the Presidential Palace of Brazil|website=ASEZ.org |publisher=  |date=August 28, 2018 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref><br>The local media has also expressed interest and reported on the activities of the Church of God.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://watvpress.org/en/press/list/continent/sa|title= South America|website=WATVPRESS  |publisher= |date= |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> The Peruvian public broadcaster, [https://www.atv.pe/ ATV] , reported through a visit to Korea and an interview with the Church of God, “As the basis of their faith, the members have more love for others than they receive. Love, and God above all, is the background that made all of these social activities, such as helping neighbors and preaching the word, possible.”<br>In Peru and Chile, [http://ourmother.kr/www/ “Our Mother” Writing and Photo Exhibition] was held to shine the value of Mother’s love and to inspire others.<ref>{{Cite web |url=  https://weekly.donga.com/3/all/11/1464886/1|title= 'Hometown of Heart' A Touching Exhibition Full of Mother's Love|website=Weekly DongA |publisher=  |date= September 18, 2018|year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> The Head of Chile Government Affairs Bureau who visited the exhibition, said, “It is a very valuable exhibition that makes you think deeply about the existence and role of mothers.”<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://jmagazine.joins.com/monthly/view/318952 |title= [Special Feature ● Luther's 500 Years of Religious Reformation - Church of God and Truth in the Bible] 2.7 Million World Mission Society Church of God Saints' 'Grand Chorus'|website=Monthly JoongAng |publisher=  |date= November 17, 2017|year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref> The “Our Mother” Writing and Photo Exhibition was first held in 2013 [[Church of God in Gangnam, Seoul, Korea|at the Church of God in Gangnam, Seoul]], Korea, and more than 750,000 people visited it. The exhibition was then expanded to many countries around the world.<br>For their volunteer services that helped many different regions and countries, the Churches of God in South America received many awards from local governments and public institutions. This includes a Medal of Legislative Merit from Brazil, a citation from the Speaker of the Chilean Parliament, a medal from the State of Piura of Peru<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://watvaward.org/world/index.asp?over/6/5270/0/1|title= María Cecilia Torres Carrión, CEO of the Piura Regional Government|website= WATV Award|publisher=  |date=October 5, 2017 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref>, a citation from the Mayor of Huaraz, Peru<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://watvaward.org/world/search_result.asp?over/6/5332/0/10|title= Vladimir Antonio Meza Villarreal, Mayor of the Provincial Municipality of Huaraz|website= WATV Award|publisher=  |date=January 18, 2014 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref>, a resolution from the Mayor of Esmeraldas, Ecuador<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://watvaward.org/world/content.asp?over/6/5219/3/10 |title= Lenin Lara Rivadeneira, Mayor of Esmeraldas|website= WATV Award|publisher=  |date=March 15, 2019 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref>, and a citation from the Mayor of Pilar, Argentina<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://watvaward.org/world/content.asp?over/6/5251/1/10|title= Nicolás Ducoté, Municipal Mayor of Pilar|website=WATV Award |publisher=  |date=August 10, 2018 |year= |author= |page= |series= |isbn= |quote= }}</ref>.