The cult "Church of Almighty God" is preaching frantically in New Zealand

▲ The headquarters of the Church of Almighty God in New Zealand, Maxwell St. Rickardon, Christchurch

The Church of Almighty God (Church of Almighty God, Eastern Lightning Church, Church of Almighty God), whose members have been convicted of gang violence and murder of ordinary people in their missionary activities, and have caused scandals due to various anti-social incidents such as violence, riots, family destruction, material destruction, labor exploitation, etc., are a problem in every country they visit.

In June, an Israel media outlet called for caution when an Israel media reported that the Church of Almighty God was preaching Hebrew songs to Messianic Jews in Israel. "Those who join the Church of Almighty God are first thoroughly brainwashed, then trained and sent to evangelize new followers. They learn how to infiltrate the church, pretending at first to be kind and harmless believers. They also conduct online and street sermons. It is also flooding the internet with videos. If someone shows interest, even if you give them a phone number, they will pursue them relentlessly and eventually join the cult. Cult members are known to harass, intimidate, and violent, and some of the kidnapped people have not escaped their clutches and are listed as "missing persons." In 2002, members of the Church of Almighty God allegedly kidnapped 34 evangelical Christian leaders belonging to the Chinese evangelical church under the guise of representatives from Singapore Bible College. They were accused of seducing, blackmailing, and intimidating priests, imprisoning priests for two months in order to convert them. I was told.

In July, New Zealand media published articles critical of the CAG Group.

One media outlet published an article criticizing the CAG propaganda campaign, saying that "spreading the 'seeking God' message to New Zealand has proven to be a cult," and in July it published an article criticizing "the most dangerous heretical 'Church of Almighty God' being accepted as a refugee in New Zealand."

The 50-year-old CAG man grew up in a Christian family in Hong Kong and became a Christian after moving to Europe to work in 2005. In 2009, he joined The Church of Almighty God. He arrived alone in New Zealand in 2017 on a three-month visitor visa. For two years, she lived in a warehouse near her place of work and did unloading work. In 2023, three members of the church, including a man who disappeared a year ago and another church member, applied for refugee status in New Zealand.

Despite being denied in October 2023, the Immigration and Protection Tribunal recently decided to grant refugee status to the man. The reason for this is that if he returns to his home country, he is likely to suffer serious damage. Two other believers fled to other countries.

The Church of Almighty God is an evil cult along with the Unification Church, Shincheonji, the Church of God, and JMS.

▲ CAG's branches in New Zealand (Wellington, New Zealand****), Palmerston North****, Johnsonville, Wellington****, Maxwell St. Rickardon, Christchurch****, etc.

In May 2012, a woman in her early 30s was gang-raped to death by five men and a woman at a McDonald's burger restaurant in China's Shandong Province in May 2014 after a group of kidnappings, riots, and stabbings in protest against the end of the statute of limitations. One of the defendants, Zhang Lidong, yelled "go hell" and beat the woman with a steel bag, saying, "You will never come back."

An investigation by Chinese authorities revealed that the five men and women, members of the Church of Almighty God and a family member, asked for their phone numbers to spread religion, and when they were rejected, they called the victims "demons" and gang-raped them to death.

This incident is an example of how vicious this organization can be.

No matter which country in the world you go to, their adoration will not disappear.

This group believed that the spirit of Jesus' return came upon a woman named Yang Heung-bin, who was Jesus Christ who had returned to the earth, the incarnation of God, and that the words of Christ, who had returned to the East, would be preached throughout Western Europe and the whole world, quoting Matthew 24:27, "As the lightning flashes from east to west, so shall the coming of the Son of man be." In 2012, he insisted on ending the deadline and failed, but he again emphasized the coming end, saying it would come soon.

After escaping to United States, the couple lived in New York, mentoring their congregation, with believers scattered around the world.

The teachings they claim are strange. It uses words and concepts as if it were talking about the Bible, but it distorts the meaning of the Bible by taking it out of context. For this reason, vulnerable members of existing churches who do not understand the Bible correctly may be more likely to be targeted than non-believers. They also claim that only they themselves will be saved in the judgment of the last days and use it to stimulate people's anxiety. They deny the orthodoxy of Christianity. They distort the Bible and preach a false gospel.

▲ The Church of Almighty God is active on Facebook, and God is a powerful dozens of accounts

The organization is active in New Zealand through online communities and YouTube. There are open and hidden accounts, with up to 1 million accounts in use in dozens of countries. There are dozens of "God is Powerful" accounts on Facebook alone, and some of them use these accounts. If you click on a message from the account, it will contain a message offering free online companionship, as well as various emojis such as four-leaf clover. Explain that if you listen to an online sermon or song and say "yes" or "yes" to these communities, you can join an online meeting to teach them how to welcome the Lord's return at the end of time and talk about how to have a relationship with God. They sent them their address and phone number and asked them to contact them, and if they did, they said it was an interdenominational Bible study group and invited them to an in-person meeting. Even if one thousandth passes, it is a big harvest for them.

Once the real identity is revealed, these accounts are deleted and replaced with other accounts.

▲ The YouTube channel run by Ms. Vivian Lee, a member of the Church of Almighty God, feels God's love together... It was deleted after it was disclosed.

Or, they say they are not a specific religious group and approach them for online Bible study, but their sermons are usually "Lord Jesus, the Christ of the last days, has returned." "He reveals the mystery of 6,000 years of management." "If you listen to these words, if you read them, you will see that God has been revealed." Although it may seem similar to Christianity, it is a social evil as an antisocial criminal syndicate that violates biblical teachings, destroys believers' homes, exploits labor, and is a social evil.

The Church of Almighty God (New Zealand) Limited, registered as a religious corporation in New Zealand, is located in the group communities of New Zealand Wellington****, Palmerston North, Palmerston North, Wellington Johnsonville, ***, Maxwell St Riccaton, Christchurch and Maxwell St Rickardon, Christchurch. Among them, Maxwell St. Riccarton in Christchurch, where Dan Liu's representative is located in New Zealand, has a house price of $710,000 (about 1 billion won). This address is a joint address for 15 CAG members. No one can dispose of it or privatize it.

▲ New Zealand Almighty God Church Headquarters, Maxwell St. Rickardon, Christchurch **** The real estate price is 1 billion won

Unfortunately, despite the destruction of many families, the spread of cults, the destruction of public well-being, and the constant scandals of various cases of anti-social crimes, figures such as Italy religious sociologist Massim·o Introvigne are spreading and exacerbating this damage further.