"Sukyo Mahikari has around 1,000 plus active core memebrs in the United States with probably a few hundred in Canada. The other second largest faction of Mahikari (Sekai Mahikari Bunmei Kyodan) also probably has over 500 active members there".

-- Garry Greenwood former member

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Yoshikazu Okada, who died in 1974 was the founder of Sekai Mahikari and described as the "heralding messiah" Keishu Okada, Mr.Okada's adoptive daughter, known as "God's representitive on earth"--formed Sukyo Mahikari in 1978