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The Core Beliefs of the Church of Almighty God<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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In recent years, there are a few western scholars who have written some literature asserting that CAG is true Christianity. Notably, Italian sociologist Massimo Introvigne wrote an article, The Church of Almighty God \/ Eastern Lightning: 10 False Myths<\/em>, in which he tries to debunk Myth 9: The Church of Almighty God Is Clearly Not Christian<\/em>. In this article, Introvigne asserts that deciding who is a Christian is unlike determining who is American or Chinese. When in doubt, a governmental authority can certify a citizen of its country. He argues, \u201cWho is or isn\u2019t a Christian is a theological statement, and there is no universally recognized authority that can certify this status.\u201d[1]<\/a> Introvigne continues, \u201cdifferent denominations and theologians use different definitions of Christianity, some broad and some very narrow. Catholics until the mid-20th century called Protestants non-Christians. Some fundamentalist Protestants still claim Catholics are not Christians. Who is Christian? Who decides?\u201d[2]<\/a> Obviously, he does not believe that the sixty-six books of the Bible itself and any Christian organizations individually or collectively have any objective standards to assess whether a newly formed group a true Christian church or not. Perhaps, the Bible is not an authoritative document as a measure of standards to do the job. Remarkably, Introvigne endorses a research done by a religion professor as if she has met the authoritative requirements. He says, \u201cAmerican scholar Holly Folk, who has studied CAG theology, has found in it a number of \u201cProtestant continuities.\u201d As a conclusion, she declared it \u201ca new Christianity with deep Christian roots,\u201d \u201ca real Christianity.\u201d\u201d[3]<\/a><\/p>

[1]<\/a> Massimo Introvigne, \u201cThe Church of Almighty God \/ Eastern Lightning: 10 False Myths,\u201d (Bitter Winter \u2013 A Magazine of Religions and Human Rights, April 9, 2019)<\/a>, accessed June 2, 2025.<\/p>

[2]<\/a> Ibid.<\/p>

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This website serves as a resource for those who are interested in identifying the true beliefs of the Church of Almighty God<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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CAG\u2019s Extensive Internet Influential Presence<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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  1. Multimedia Websites:<\/strong> <\/span>CAG currently (February 2026) has a total of 32 official websites in 42 languages and operates 49 telephone hotlines over 42 countries for counseling and inquiry. These websites are not simple webpages; most of them are filled with multimedia resources such as feature length movies, devotional videos, short skits, Bible study materials, testimonies, hymns, and recitals, etc. Most of these videos are dubbed or AI generated with native speakers of respective language of each country.<\/li>
  2. Free eBooks:<\/strong> <\/span>All these 42 language CAG websites provide free download links to eBooks. For example: Simplified Chinese has 29 eBooks; Traditional Chinese has 29 eBooks; English has 28 eBooks; Korean has 27 eBooks; Spanish has 26 eBooks; Japanese has 12 eBooks; Hebrews has 21 eBooks; Greek has 26 eBooks; Filipino has 26 eBooks; Italian has 26 eBooks; Portuguese has 26 eBooks; Indonesian has 26 eBooks; French has 26 eBooks; Hindi has 22 eBooks, and so on.<\/li>
  3. 800 Facebook Accounts:<\/span> <\/strong>As of May 2, 2020, there are unofficially 800 Facebook accounts with 27 international languages.<\/li>
  4. Multimedia Mobile Apps:<\/span><\/strong> CAG currently (February 2026) has five English Apps available on smart phones. They are CAG TV, 1991 CAG in Images, CAG Hymns, CAG Lite, and CAG. Both CAG Lite and CAG are designed like mini-websites and can be viewed with 39 languages. Both Apps\u2019 contents include music videos, movies, devotional videos, personal testimonies, news, CAG\u2019s gospel, and eBooks. For example: the Simplified Chinese section has 30 eBooks; the Traditional Chinese section has 30 eBooks; the English section has 29 eBooks; the Korean section has 26 eBooks; the Spanish section has 27 eBooks; the Filipino section has 27 eBooks; the Indonesian section has 26 eBooks; the Italian section has 27 eBooks; the French section has 26 eBooks; the Portuguese section has 27 eBooks; the Hindi section has 22 eBooks, and so on.<\/li>
  5. Social Media Platforms:<\/span><\/strong> In addition to its own websites and Facebook accounts, CAG utilizes online Chat, WhatsApp, Messenger, Line, Talk, Viber, Tawk.to, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Skype, TikTok, and YouTube, etc. to spread their messages. When an unsuspected visitor goes online and views one of CAG\u2019s websites, within a few seconds a window pops up and invites the viewer to chat online or connect with a CAG evangelist through Messenger or WhatsApp.<\/li>
  6. YouTube Videos:<\/span><\/strong> CAG uses YouTube channels extensively. It has produced thousands of videos which include award winning movies, short skits, devotional videos, music videos such as church hymns, Christian dance praise songs, kids dance praise songs, and pop music videos, etc. As of February 9, 2026, CAG has over 33 official YouTube channels with approximately 3.7 million subscribers in 33 different languages. CAG\u2019s official English YouTube channel has accumulated over 190 million views with over 1.02 million subscribers. Its playlists contain thousand of videos of daily devotions, movies, short skits, music videos, and variety shows, etc. Spanish is the second most popular CAG YouTube channel. It has accumulated over 151 million views with over 580 thousands subscribers. The third most popular CAG YouTube channel is in Portuguese. It has accumulated over 85 million views with over 383 thousand subscribers. The next five are Hindi: 73 million views with over 387k subscribers, Indonesian: 46 million views with over 311k subscribers, French: 41 million views with over 299k subscribers, Filipino: 67 million views with over 246k subscribers, and the Chinese (Mandarin) YouTube channel, however, has accumulated 129 million views with over 145k subscribers.<\/li>
  7. Award Winning Movie:<\/span> <\/strong>CAG’s award winning movie “Where is My Home” has been watched by English viewers over 24 million times, by Spanish viewers over 22 million times, by Portuguese viewers over 15 million times, by Hindi viewers over 9.6 million times, and by French viewers over 5.3 million times on their respective YouTube channels in the past 7 years.<\/li>
  8. Non-profit and Tax-exempt:<\/span> <\/strong>CAG’s presence on the internet has grown exponentially since 2016, the year in which CAG became a non-profit corporation in the State of New York and an IRS approved tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.<\/li>
  9. Christianity? or Cult?:<\/span><\/strong> CAG\u2019s movies, songs, YouTube videos, and websites are labeled or self-identified as Christians on the Internet.<\/li>

  10. Fruits of Internet Ministries:<\/span><\/strong> CAG\u2019s international ministries have been quite effective that 75% – 85% of its new believers other than relatives and friends were converted by ways of social media and multimedia platforms on the internet. (Source: Massimo Introvigne, “Dynamic New Religions in China: Family Networks and the Growth of The Church of Almighty God”<\/em>, slide 28, accessed June 2, 2025.<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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    The Church of Almighty God has a new Bible, \"The Word Appears in the Flesh.\" It is available on Google Play Books for free download in pdf format. Another slightly different pdf file is also available for free download on CAG's websites. CAG also publishes an e-book called \"170 Principles of Practicing the Truth.\" Here are the pdf files linked below for your reference.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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    Church of Almighty God’s Bible: “The Word Appears in the Flesh” (pdf file downloaded from Google Play Books and linked here for your convenience)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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