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Ahn Sahng-hong [a] (Korean: 안상홍; Hanja: 安商洪; 13 January 1918 – 25 February 1985) was a South Korean religious leader and founder of the Church of God. In 1948, after receiving baptism from a Seventh-day Adventist minister, he began to call for the restoration of the truth of the New Covenant and the last religious reformation.
After Ahn Sahng-hong died on 25 February 1985, a general assembly of all the church leaders was held in Busan on 4 March 1985. In this meeting, they recognized Kim Joo-cheol as Ahn Sahng-hong's successor and Zahng Gil-jah as Ahn Sahng-hong's spiritual bride. [3] The headquarters were moved from Busan to Seoul on 22 March. [3]
The Korean Christian community has generally agreed that the teachings of Ahn and Zahng go against Christian beliefs. [10] Members of the Witnesses of Ahn Sahng-Hong have been known to visit college campuses in the U.S., often without permission, and approach students with their teachings about Zahng being "God the Mother". [11]
Ahn Sahng-hong (1918–1985), a South Korean who founded the World Mission Society Church of God in 1964, who recognize him as the Second Coming of Jesus. The World Mission Society Church of God teach that Zahng Gil-jah is "God the Mother", who they explain is referred to in the Bible as the New Jerusalem Mother ( Galatians 4:26 ), and that Ahn ...
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The Witnesses of Ahn Sahng-hong Church of God split was because of a belief that Zahng Gil-jah was to be regarded as Heavenly Mother and "together with Ahn Sahng-hong be regarded as God." The WMSCOG likely also has this view but sources must show the NCPCOG also makes this claim to tie the two together.
The church believes that Ahn Sahng-hong, a former Seventh-Day Adventist preacher who died in 1985, is Christ, and refers to his wife Zahng Gil-jah, who is still living, variously as "God the Mother", "Mother Jerusalem", "New
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