Here is a video that discusses the connections between the World Mission Society Church of God and Big Shine Worldwide Inc.

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Go to www.guidestar.org and register for free to download your own copy of the World Mission Society Church of God's IRS Form 990 filed in 2008 for the Bloomingdale, Illinois location.

I would like to expose the inconsistencies between what the World Mission Society Church of God says and what they report to the IRS. Attached is the first page of the WMSCOG California's application for tax exempt status or form 1023. Click on this link in order to fill out your own request for the 1023 that the WMSCOG filed in 1999:
[www.irs.gov]
The IRS will send you a copy free of charge, but be patient because it takes approx 2 months to come in the mail.
Please note the Employer Idenfication Number in the upper right corner when requesting a copy from the IRS.

I will point out inconsistencies from their 1023 in the next few posts. (I can attach only one jpg at a time).

THE WORLD MISSION SOCIETY CHURCH OF GOD LIES ABOUT HOW THEIR CHURCH WAS FOUNDED ON THEIR APPLICATION FOR TAX EXEMPT STATUS!

When asked for a brief explanation of the history of how the WMCOG was formed, the WMSCOG responded:

"The World Mission Society Church of God, was founded by the founding father, Pastor Joo Cheol Kim in or about 1998 as a result of a divine revelation from God. Pastor Kim had a message from God commanding him to preach the word of the living God to "all the world". In the vision he was told to keep the faith of the holy apostles of Jesus Christ and to bring the message of God to all of mankind."

THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO MENTION OF AHNSAHNGHONG!!! Why would they tell a different story on their application for tax exempt status? If they believe that Ahnsahnghong is God, how is this not a slap in the face? There is also no mention of Zhang Gil Jah! Apparently they aren't even sure as to when Joo Cheol Kim has this "divine revelation" because they state "in or about 1998". Really?!!! What happened to Ahnsahnghong establishing the church in 1964?!!! This doesn't make any sense. So "god's church" lies to the IRS on their application for tax exempt status? Shouldn't the "mother god" have stopped them from doing this? If she is "god" then she should be fully aware of the false statements they made right? Why doesn't the "mother god" make them file an amendment to correct the history of their own organization? This just doesn''t make any sense. I would like to see the WMSCOG respond and attempt to rationalize this. More to come on this application.

Attached is another pic of the page that asks if the World Mission Society Church of God will license or ordain ministers and what the requirements will be. Here is the WMSCOG's response:

"Must be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Must study the Bible for six months intensely. Must experienced Gospel Ministry for 3 years and attended worship for at least one year."

BAPTIZED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST??!!! Why no mention of the requirement to be baptized in the name of Ahnsahnghong?!!! Another slap in the face for their "god". Why would the WMSCOG deny their belief that people need to be baptized in the name of Ahnsahnghong in order to be saved? The WMSCOG believes that a person must celebrate the Passover in order to receive salvation from God and baptism is a pre-requisite to the Passover.

More to follow...

In the attached picture, the World Mission Society Church of God describes its activities. The WMSCOG states:

"Prayer services to strengthen the faith of the members in the works of the savior Jesus Christ"

Really?! I thought that we were in the age of the holy spirit and unless you have faith in Ahnsahnghong and Zhang Gil Jah, you cannot be saved.

"Baptismal services, to set the devoted members into holy communion with their LORD and Savior Jesus Christ."

Again, NO MENTION OF AHNSAHNGHONG!

"Baptismal services will be scheduled on a monthly basis to welcome new members to christian way of life and onto the path of salvation."

On a monthly basis?! Anyone who has been to the WMSCOG knows that baptisms are conducted every day and at any time.

"Funeral services to escort those members of the church who have been called upon by the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to join him on high...The Pastors, Elders, and Deacons, preside in the escort ceremonies."

Funeral services?! The WMSCOG does not believe in funerals according to a Deacon that I questioned regarding this. I also heard a WMSCOG
pastor say that the reason family members cry at funerals is because their spirit knows that the deceased's spirit was going to hell. That's just
ridiculous. I also heard the same pastor mock those that ride limos to funerals. He said that this was like celebrating the person's death and that
limos should be used for weddings and other festive celebrations. If you believe this, there is some swamp land in Florida you may be interested in.

Will a WMSCOG member respond to this and explain why the WMSCOG chose to be less than truthful on their application for tax exempt status? What does the "mother god" have to say about this?

The World Mission Society Church of God likes to keep their locations a secret. Why? Don't they want to save everyone? Why so much secrecy?

Instead, they have body guards at the doors of each location to ensure that the "uninvited" are not allowed in. This is pretty common knowledge to those who have been members or have visited any WMSCOG location.

Google doesn't turn up much when you try to locate them. So I turned to public records. Here are some of the locations:

177 S. Bloomingdale Rd.
Bloomingdale, Illinois

29W771 79th St.
Naperville, Illinois

11511 Irma Drive
Denver, Colorado

1700 Cicero Rd.
Noblesville, Indiana

7123 N. 55th Dr.
Glendale, Arizona

305 Godwin Ave.
Ridgewood, New Jersey

166 Palisade Ave.
Bogota, New Jersey

8613 Bunker Hill Dr.
Southaven, Missouri
(662) 253-8320 ‎

1107 N. Union Boulevard
Colorado Springs, Colorado

9230 Prospect Ave.
Santee, California
San Diego

12592 Nelson St.
Garden Grove, California

27911 E. 12th St.
Hayward, California

52 Woodlawn Ave.
Columbus, Ohio

230 W. 7th St.
Deer Park, Texas

14843 NE 3rd St.
Choctaw, Oklahoma

100 W Tyvola Rd.
Charlotte, North Carolina

I will post any others that I find.

I have decided to post the inconsistencies in the 1023 Application for tax exempt status that the World Mission Society Church of God filed for Bloomingdale Illinois in 2000. Remember that you can get a copy of the entire document by going to www.irs.gov and filling out form 4506-A.

Attached is the cover page. Note that the general pastor Joo Cheol Kim is listed as well as Hoon Jae Lee, known to WMSCOG Illinois members as pastor Jacob Lee. Note that the EIN (Employer Identification Number) is different than the EIN for California. Why would they use a different EIN if they are part of the same organization? If they have two different tax ID #'s or EINs, then they appear to be two separate organizations to the Internal Revenue Service. Is this an attempt to minimize the appearance of their growth and remain under the IRS's radar?

I will address each inconsistency separately because the jpg file is too large to attach more than one to each post.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/03/2011 11:46AM by Hailey.

Note the attached file. Refer to the 3rd question down that asks, "Does the organization control or is it controlled by any other organization?". The WMSCOG checked off "NO". The WMSCOG locations are NOT independent and are all controlled by the main location in Seoul, S. Korea. Why would they answer "NO" to this question?

The next question asks, "Is the organization the outgrowth of (or successor to) another organization, or does it have a special relationship to another organization by reason of interlocking directorates or other factors?". Again, the WMSCOG answers "NO". In the application for tax exempt status for the California location, the WMSCOG states that the "founding father" of the organization is Joo Cheol Kim. Yet the WMSCOG denies that they have any relationship to another organization despite having a clear connection to the WMSCOG in California. Why?

See the 2nd attached file. The "higher ups" of the World Mission Society Church of God have a clear connection to the "higher ups" of a company called Big Shine Worldwide, Inc. Big Shine Worldwide, Inc is a multi-million dollar electronics company that is owned by Dong IL Lee, aka pastor Daniel Lee of the Ridgewood, NJ WMSCOG location. Here is the website:

[www.bigshine.com]

The 2nd file I attached is the business status report for Big Shine Worldwide Chicago. Note that the secretary of Big Shine Worldwide, Inc is none other than Jae Hoon Lee, aka pastor Jacob Lee, of the WMSCOG in Bloomindale, IL. I believe that he is the pastor for the Naperville, IL location these days.

I will explore further connections between the WMSCOG and Big Shine Worldwide, Inc in the next few posts.

Note the Founding Directors listed the Bylaws that the WMSCOG submitted with their application for tax exempt status.

Joo Cheol Kim (President)
Hoon Jae Lee or Jacob Lee (Executive Director) ****also secretary of Big Shine Worldwide Chicago
Joung Wook Kang
Dong IL Lee or Daniel Lee (Director) ****also CEO of Big Shine Worldwide, Inc.
Kwang Min Park (Director)
Jae Ho Lee (Auditor)


I have included the business entity status report for NJ so that you may confirm that Dong IL Lee is in fact the owner of Big Shine Worldwide in NJ as well.

Why such a strong connection to a Big Shine Worldwide? Why is this information kept a secret? It just so happens that Big Shine Worldwide, Inc has branches in many countries that the WMSCOG also has locations like Australia, UK, Canada, Malaysia, and S. Korea of course. Check it out on the bigshine.com/worldwide website.

Back to the 1023 application for tax exempt status...

The World Mission Society Church of God tells its members that none of the pastors, missionaries, deacons, etc get paid. Then why does the WMSCOG tell the IRS that they planned to pay their pastor $1000.00 per month starting in 2001??? That doesn't make sense. Did the WMSCOG pay their pastors before and then all of the sudden stop paying them? Wait, that doesn't make sense either. Why does the WMSCOG tell the IRS that their pastor will be paid, and then tell its member that no one gets paid?

Any WMSCOG member/official willing to explain? I won't hold my breath.

Coming soon...what does the WMSCOG tell the IRS about it's requirements for membership?