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Chung Hyun-Kyung delivered the controversial keynote address before the World Council of Churches' seventh general assembly in Camberra, Australia, last year. In her address Chung offered prayers to the dead and evocated a female Holy Spirit. Chung said, "I also know that I no longer believe in an omnipotent, Macho, warrior God who rescues all good guys and punishes all bad guys." She concluded her message by likening the "spirit" to the idolatrous image of Kwan, a goddess worshipped by Asian women. Chung received a standing ovation and was defended by World Council leaders after she gave her speech.

In a follow-up report by the Religious News Service in February of this year, further evidence of Chung's apostasy was given. In an interview with Carl McIntire, Chung said she was not certain that Jesus spoke the words of John 14:6 - "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." 

Chung also said that many women do not find all of Scripture "life-giving" and pointed especially to Paul's admonition that women be quiet in the church and be subject to their husbands at home. 

She said she agreed with a Catholic priest who recently told her the greatest harm to the promotion of unity is claiming the truth. The struggle between who's right and who's wrong divides people, she said.