The Church of God is one of South Korea's leading cults, along with JMS, Manmin Central Church, and Shincheonji.

The Church of God has been in litigation with victim organizations for seven years, from December 2013 to October 2020, and currently has approximately 150 civil and criminal cases pending. South Korean courts have ruled against the Church of God as follows. 

[Case No. 2015NA2032729] The Church of God repeatedly preached the end of the world from 1988 to 2012, and trillions of dollars in assets amassed by the Church of God have been linked to the end of the world. 

[Case No. 2016DO21129] The Church of God has conducted trainings that promote divorce and family breakdown, and several divorces have occurred. 

[Case No. 2015No542] A Church of God member tied a 4-year-old child's hands with a tie, taped his mouth shut, and assaulted his mother with a knife for over an hour in front of the child. 

[Case No. 2017NA2069268] The Church of God taught that unbelieving husbands and family members are demons and that earthly families are fake. It also taught that failure to tithe and evangelize is a curse from God.