[2] In 1930, Masaharu Taniguchi, working as an English translator, published the first issue of what he called his "non-denominational truth movement magazine", which he named Seichō no Ie to help teach others of his beliefs.

Ernest Holmes, founder of Religious Science, and his brother Fenwicke were of great assistance to Taniguchi.

Fenwicke traveled to Japan and co-authored several books, with one called The Science of Faith becoming a cornerstone of the denomination.

The religion teaches belief in the "single absolute divinity" (唯一絶対の神, yuiitsu zettai no kami).

[7] Some Seicho-no-Ie member associations are:[7] Higher educational institutions include Seichō no Ie Yōshin Joshi Gakuen (生長の家養心女子学園), a tertiary young women's boarding school in Yamanashi Prefecture that was founded in 1954.