Cult Watch: The World Mission Society Church of God

 

            The World Mission Society Church of God (WMSCOG) is a cult¹. Beware!

            These names are also associated with this movement: Mother Jerusalem, New Jerusalem Mother, God the Mother, Heavenly Mother, etc.

            This cult “was established by the Second Coming Christ Ahnsahnghong, in the Republic of Korea, at the ends of the earth in the east, in 1964.”²

            They claim “to have over 3 million members, in nearly 7,500 churches, throughout 175 countries–all within only half a century.”³

            Most of their teachings are heretical. Herein I present three significantly heretical teachings that are dangerous for our soul:

1. They believe that the Second Coming of Christ has already occurred in the personhood of  Christ Ahnsahnghong, “So the First Coming Jesus, who came as the prophetical David, established the new covenant and preached it. In the same way, the Second Coming Christ, who is to come as the prophetical David, should also establish the new covenant and preach it for 37 years.

It is Christ Ahnsahnghong who fulfilled the prophecies of the prophets. Christ Ahnsahnghong, the prophetical David, was born in 1918. At the age of 30, in the year of 1948, He was baptized according to the prophecy of the fig tree. He started His ministry at His age of 30 as the prophetical King David. In 1985, the 37th year, He ascended to heaven. Exactly for 37 years, He preached the New Covenant Passover which is the sign of David.

Christ Ahnsahnghong foretold that He would pass away after preaching for 37 years, four years before His death.”⁴

2. Salvation, according to WMSCOG, is gained through belief in Christ Ahnsahnghong (the founder of this cult.), “Christ Ahnsahnghong is the Second Coming Christ whom the Bible testifies about, and He is King David we have to seek and fear in the last days. Let us receive salvation by believing in Christ Ahnsahnghong, the spiritual David.”⁵ Any group that denies salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ cannot be Christian.

3. They also believe that keeping the Passover is essential for salvation, “The New Covenant Passover is the core of the Bible and an essential feast that grants God’s people protection from disasters, the forgiveness of sins and eternal life.... When we celebrate the New Covenant Passover, Christ is in us and we become one body with Christ. Like this, God promises us protection from disasters and eternal life.”⁶

            To conclude, if you happen to locate this cult in your vicinity, please ignore them or evangelize them if you have the necessary knowledge and spiritual strength.

            If any of your friends are into this cult, please pray for them, and speak the truth to them to liberate them from the clutches of evil.

Endnotes:

¹“A cult is a perversion, a distortion of historical Christianity and/or a rejection of the historic teachings of the Christian church, says Josh McDowell. He also cites Walter Martin’s (a Baptist minister and a counter-cultist) definition of a cult: A cult, then, is a group of people polarized around someone’s interpretation of the Bible and is characterized by major deviations from orthodox Christianity relative to the cardinal doctrines of the Christian faith, particularly the fact that God became man in Jesus Christ. ¹” (https://rajkumarrichard.blogspot.com/2020/09/cult-watch-definition-modus-operandi.html)

²https://watv.org/church-intro/

³Ibid.

⁴https://indiawmscog.org/beliefs/christ-ahnsahnghong/king-david-and-christ-ahnsahnghong/

⁵Ibid.

⁶https://wmscog.com/new-covenant-passover/

Websites last accessed on 23rd June 2021.