Editing Olive Tree (religious movement) (section)

==Decline after 1980== 
By 1980, Park had started presenting a new theology. He revealed that ninety-five percent of the [[Bible]] was wrong, [[Jesus]] was not the Christ, and the real [[Messiah]] was Park himself, who was also God the Creator, while the God mentioned in the Christian Bible was in fact a "king devil."<ref name="Calgary" /> He also taught he would never die and would enter the [[Millennialism|Millennium]] with his body.<ref name="Kim" />

Contrary to his expectations, only a limited percentage of his followers were ready to accept what scholar Kim Chang Han called in his dissertation a "radical divorce from Christian beliefs," and the movement quickly declined.<ref name="Calgary" /> Another reason for the decline was Park’s ill health in his last years. He suffered from [[diabetes]] and [[tuberculosis]] and was also diagnosed with [[schizophrenia]].<ref name="Lee" />

Park died in 1990 and his remaining followers divided into rival groups. The largest one, with a few thousand followers, continues its activities under the name The Church of Heavenly Father (''Cheonbugyo'', {{lang|ko|천부교}}). The center of its doctrine and worship is the claim that Park is God, indeed the only true God, and that his spirit is present in The Church of Heavenly Father, where it can be perceived through a divine perfume and [[Ectoplasm (paranormal)|ectoplasm]]-like manifestations.<ref name="Calgary" />

Founders of other successful Korean new religious movements were once members of the Olive Tree. These include [[World Mission Society Church of God]] and [[Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony|Shincheonji]], founded in 1985 and 1984 respectively. Additionally, the Dongbang Church, [[Tabernacle Temple Church|Tabernacle Temple]], Gospel Evangelical Association, and Eden Revival Association can also be considered sects that originated from the Olive Tree movement.<ref>{{cite book |last=Heo |first=Ho Ik |date=2016 |title=한국의 이단 기독교 |publisher=동연 |isbn=9788964475638}}</ref> Their theologies have been claimed to be influenced by Park.<ref name="Kim" />