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After spending $2.6 million renovating their premises at the Suntec Singapore Convention Centre, the Kongs have returned there last Saturday (6 Jul) to preach.
CHC worshippers packed the newly-renovated 7,305-seat Suntec auditorium as Kong Hee gave a sermon titled “A House On Fire”.
Kong Hee and 5 other CHC leaders are being charged with misusing church funds to further the pop career of his wife, Ho Yeow Sun better known as Sun Ho. The trial is in progress.
Sun Ho appeared on stage with Kong Hee. She was very pleased with the Suntec auditorium, telling the media, “Nothing good ever gets achieved without a certain measure of pain and struggle.”
The Suntec Singapore Convention Centre is now partly owned by CHC.
CHC started searching for a bigger place to conduct their worship services in 2005, after their burgeoning congregation outgrew their Jurong West premises. CHC claim a membership of 19,800 worshippers.
Three years ago, it invested $310 million to become a co-owner of Suntec Singapore.
At first, CHC wanted to hold services at the 12,000-seat auditorium in Suntec Singapore but URA objected, citing guidelines which forbid commercial properties from using more than 10,000 sq m of space for religious purposes.
CHC then settled for a smaller auditorium with more than 7,000 seats.
After a revamp, which includes a new stage, a radio DJ booth, a Christian bookstore and even an indoor playground with bouncy castles, it finally re-opened last Saturday.
One of the 5 CHC leaders currently on trial together with Mr Kong, Chew Eng Han, has left the church. After leaving, Mr Chew posted an online message on 22 June 2013 (‘Chew questions the conduct of CHC pastors & senior leaders‘), questioning the conduct of CHC pastors and senior leaders, and replying to a CHC statement about his departure.
Mr Chew wrote:
My query is how many of the board members made a conscious effort to read the COC Inquiry Report which was made accessible to them? And if they did, was then a diligent internal inquiry held in-house, to determine if there was any wrongdoing on the part of the alleged wrongdoers? Has the board done an inquiry on the issues named by COC, and satisfied itself fully that there has been no compromise of integrity? If the board has not done so, it cannot state that it knows and believes in the integrity of the senior leadership.
The board is probably unaware of many other issues, especially those on the pastoral angle, in terms of the manner of conduct of some of their pastors and senior leaders. Without such information, it is not equipped to issue a board statement of confidence.
The church statement is a mere attempt to unite the church with a spiritual tone, but lacks substance in dealing with the real issues of truth and integrity.
CHC worshippers packed the newly-renovated 7,305-seat Suntec auditorium as Kong Hee gave a sermon titled “A House On Fire”.
Kong Hee and 5 other CHC leaders are being charged with misusing church funds to further the pop career of his wife, Ho Yeow Sun better known as Sun Ho. The trial is in progress.
Sun Ho appeared on stage with Kong Hee. She was very pleased with the Suntec auditorium, telling the media, “Nothing good ever gets achieved without a certain measure of pain and struggle.”
The Suntec Singapore Convention Centre is now partly owned by CHC.
CHC started searching for a bigger place to conduct their worship services in 2005, after their burgeoning congregation outgrew their Jurong West premises. CHC claim a membership of 19,800 worshippers.
Three years ago, it invested $310 million to become a co-owner of Suntec Singapore.
At first, CHC wanted to hold services at the 12,000-seat auditorium in Suntec Singapore but URA objected, citing guidelines which forbid commercial properties from using more than 10,000 sq m of space for religious purposes.
CHC then settled for a smaller auditorium with more than 7,000 seats.
After a revamp, which includes a new stage, a radio DJ booth, a Christian bookstore and even an indoor playground with bouncy castles, it finally re-opened last Saturday.
One of the 5 CHC leaders currently on trial together with Mr Kong, Chew Eng Han, has left the church. After leaving, Mr Chew posted an online message on 22 June 2013 (‘Chew questions the conduct of CHC pastors & senior leaders‘), questioning the conduct of CHC pastors and senior leaders, and replying to a CHC statement about his departure.
Mr Chew wrote:
My query is how many of the board members made a conscious effort to read the COC Inquiry Report which was made accessible to them? And if they did, was then a diligent internal inquiry held in-house, to determine if there was any wrongdoing on the part of the alleged wrongdoers? Has the board done an inquiry on the issues named by COC, and satisfied itself fully that there has been no compromise of integrity? If the board has not done so, it cannot state that it knows and believes in the integrity of the senior leadership.
The board is probably unaware of many other issues, especially those on the pastoral angle, in terms of the manner of conduct of some of their pastors and senior leaders. Without such information, it is not equipped to issue a board statement of confidence.
The church statement is a mere attempt to unite the church with a spiritual tone, but lacks substance in dealing with the real issues of truth and integrity.
