Claim. True-family-centered ideology is the claim that God’s love is realized through restored parents, children, and the four-position foundation.

Elaboration. SMM identifies the church’s ideology as “true family-centered ideology” and “true parent-centered ideology” (CSG 4.10 §8, 129-100, 1983.10.1). The center is God’s love, expressed through families that can stand as saviors at family, tribal, national, and world levels. The same section links this to the Spirit and Bride and to the four-position-foundation. The restored family is therefore not just a social unit but a theological structure through which God’s love becomes historically effective.

See also. four-position-foundation, true-parents