In 2017, Western scholars, including Massimo Introvigne and Holly Folk, who had studied the church, were invited in Henan by the official China Anti-Cult Association for a conference on dangerous cults and The Church of Almighty God.
V roce 2017 byli do Hejanu pozvaní západní akademici, včetně Massimo Introvigne a Hollyho Folka, kteří studovali církev, oficiální asociace China Anti-Cult na konferenci o nebezpečných kultech a Církvi všemohoucího boha.