![](images/groups_photos/Eastern_Lightning_female Christ.jpg) Yang Xiangbin
Church of Almighty God (Eastern Lightning)
![](images/g_officialname.gif) Church of Almighty God (Eastern Lightning)
![](images/g_altname.gif) Eastern Lightning, Dongfang Shandian Jiao, Lord’s Hidden Advent in China, Endtime Work of God, Gospel of the Descent of the Kingdom
![](images/g_foundersname.gif) Zhao Weishan
![](images/g_currentleaders.gif) Zhao Weishan, Yang Xiangbin
![](images/g_foundingplace.gif) Zhengzhou, China ca. 1993
![](images/g_headquarters.gif) Zhengzhou, China; West Nyack, NY USA
![](images/g_books.gif) include The Scroll that the Lamb Opened; The Eternal Gospel: The Salvation of God’s Kingdom Has Come; The Word Appears in the Flesh
![](images/g_beliefs.gif) Eastern Lightning claims that Jesus has returned as a Chinese woman named Yang Xiangbin who lives in hiding in Henan, China. Salvation is achieved through this female Christ. The group’s message is highly apocalyptic.
![](images/g_controversies.gif) Widely reported to be a highly aggressive sect that uses brainwashing sessions to make converts and has published a 67-page instruction manual on how to convert other Christians. Accusations of abuse—including blackmail, poisoning, even torture—are common.
![](images/g_commentary.gif) Critics charge that the group conceals its identity through the use of various aliases or front names.
![](images/g_adherents.gif) Claims 300,000, but more likely 20,000–30,000
![](images/g_countries.gif) Canada, China, Kenya, Laos, Russia, Vietnam, United States
![](images/g_languages.gif) Mandarin, other Chinese languages/dialects; Spanish, Portuguese, German, Greek, Russian, Swahili, and others
![](images/g_resources.gif) www.reachouttrust.org/chinese-saviour/
www.chinasource.org/resource-library/topic-index/cults/
www.web.archive.org/web/20161017220910/www.chinaramblings.com/archives/13343
www.web.archive.org/web/20161019032924/www.chinaramblings.com/archives/13346
www.web.archive.org/web/20170717063027/www.chinaramblings.com/archives/13351
www.web.archive.org/web/20170717063031/www.chinaramblings.com/archives/13357
www.chinaforjesus.com/EL_development.htm
www.chinaforjesus.com/EL_2.htm
www.chinaforjesus.com/EL_3.htm
www.chinaforjesus.com/EL_4.htm
www.chinaforjesus.com/EL_5.htm
www.web.archive.org/web/20080820131149/www.cswusa.com/Countries/China-LighteningfromtheEast.htm
www.apologeticsindex.org/189-eastern-lightning
![](images/g_news.gif) www.jpost.com/Israel-Elections/Christian-sects-Twitter-accounts-suspended-for-Israeli-election-messages-586070
news.nationalpost.com/2014/10/15/she-was-a-demon-we-had-to-destroy-her-two-chinese-cult-members-to-be-executed-for-mcdonalds-murder/
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/11046155/Inside-Chinas-most-radical-cult.html
www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-china-cults-20140607-story.html#page=1
www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2014/march/chinas-deadly-lightning.html
www.charismamag.com/blogs/215-j15/columns/global-picture/697-chinas-most-evil-cult
www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-targets-members-of-doomsday-cult/2012/12/20/014704c4-4acf-11e2-9a42-d1ce6d0ed278_story.html
articles.latimes.com/2012/dec/17/world/la-fg-china-doomsday-arrests-20121218
![](images/g_sites.gif) https://en.easternlightning.org
www.holyspiritspeaks.org
www.godfootsteps.org/en
www.kingdomsalvation.org
www.endtimeworkofgod.org
www.almightygod.church
www.youtube.com/user/godfootsteps
english.thelordsadvent.org/home.php
![](images/g_sources.gif) https://books.google.com/books?id=SA15CgAAQBAJ&pg=PP10&lpg=PP10&dq=%22Cult %22+Church +and+the+CCP:+Introducing+Eastern+Lightning&source=bl&ots=xHahN_O1pW&sig=rbPYND83-Moo0ZalHqruE8QpBcc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi03NK5mMPeAhXIrVQKHQwND2A4ChDoATAGegQIBBAB#v=onepage&q=%22Cult%2C%22%20Church%2C%20and%20the%20CCP%3A%20Introducing%20Eastern%20Lightning&f=false
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