Reporting live television showed police officers with most of them completely wearing anti-riot cloth, besieged the complex that houses the church and farm about 8 am in Anseong, 80 kilometers south of Seoul.
Gyeonggi Provincial Police spokesman said 6,000 police personnel involved in the operation of the raid.
This Large-scale operation follows the direction of President, Park Geun-Hye and the prosecution mounted across the country to catch Yoo Byung-Eun, 72, head of the Evangelical Baptist Church movement in Korea.
Yoo is a member of the family that owns Chonghaejin Marine Co. - The Company that operates the capsized Sewol ferry on April 16 and claimed the lives of 300 mostly school children.
"Yoo must be brought to justice," said Park told a meeting of his Cabinet.
Yoo required for interrogation and possibly face charges of criminal negligence when the prosecution discovered the cause of the ferry sank due to poor safety standards and fail to meet their security regulations.
Yoo is said not to own shares directly in Chonghaejin, but their children and close friends have the control of the company through its complex ownership.
The prosecution offers prize money of up to 500 million won (U.S. $ 490,000) for the arrest of Yoo and 100 million won again rewarded for his eldest son, Yoo Dae-Kyun.
Police had already raided the church compound in Anseong three weeks ago but failed to find the two of them and confirmed reports said that Yoo may already leaving Korea.
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