<P> In March 1996, the Seoul Logos Company published a 21 - volume collection of Pastor Cho's sermons, delivered over his ministry of thirty - eight years . What the church regarded as a crowning honour came in September 1992, when Pastor Cho was elected Chairman of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship . This was the first time that international leadership of the denomination of fifty million members in sixty countries had passed out of American hands . He served in this capacity until August 2000 . Pastor Cho, now assisted by a total of 171 associate pastors and 356 lay pastors, continues to lead the Yoido Full Gospel Church, whose status as the world's largest congregation has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records . </P> <P> On 20 February 2014 Pastor Cho and his son (Hee - jun) were convicted of embezzling US $12 million in church funds . The presiding judge once told Cho, "We know that this case is not your problem . You just need to blame it on your son, then you will have no responsibilities," Change wrote, adding that Cho refused, "My son can be unrighteous to me, but I cannot be unrighteous to my son ." In June 2016, this incident became a non-prosecution because there was "no suspicion ." </P>

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