| City Harvest Church | |
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| Location | 1 Raffles Boulevard, Suntec Singapore, Level 6, Halls 603-606, Singapore 039593 |
| Country | Singapore |
| Denomination | Non-denominational, Charismatic |
| Weekly attendance | 16,049[1] |
| Website | www |
| History | |
| Founded | 7 May 1989 |
| Founder(s) | Kong Hee and Sun Ho |
| Specifications | |
| Capacity | 6,000 |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | Kong Hee |
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City Harvest Church (Chinese: 城市丰收教会) or CHC is a pentecostal megachurch located within the Yunnan subzone of Jurong West planning area, Singapore.
Founded in 1989 by Kong Hee,[2] the church officially bases its values on Charismatic and Pentecostal teachings, with emphases on such doctrines as the Great Commandment, the Great Commission and the Cultural Mandate.[3][4]
City Harvest Church is a congregational member of the National Council of Churches of Singapore.[5] Services are held at its church building in Jurong West and rented hall space at Suntec International Convention Centre.
In 2015, six church leaders and fund or finance managers were found guilty of criminal breach of trust and falsification of accounts. When all six of them appealed against the verdict and sentences, the Appeal Court found them guilty of basic criminal breach of trust and reduced their sentences. The Court also noted that the six were not motivated by personal gain, and no permanent loss was intended or caused to CHC – all the monies were returned to the church with interest.[6][7][8][9]
The church was one of three megachurches to make it to a list of Singapore's 10 largest charities, according to a report by The Straits Times in 2019.[10]
- ^ "CHC | Annual Report 2018". www.chc.org.sg. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ "Followers rally around City Harvest leaders". Asia One. 2 June 2010. Archived from the original on 5 June 2010. Retrieved 21 February 2011.
- ^ "The City Harvest Story". City Harvest Church. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ "Statement of Faith". City Harvest Church. Archived from the original on 13 November 2008. Retrieved 29 May 2007.
- ^ "CONGREGATIONAL MEMBERS". 4 December 2015.
- ^ "Singapore City Harvest megachurch leaders guilty of fraud". BBC News. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "What you need to know about the City Harvest trial". The Straits Times. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
- ^ "City Harvest church founder Kong Hee and 4 others arrested". AsiaOne. Archived from the original on 14 January 2016. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Kong Hee" (PDF). Judgment, Magistrate’s Appeals No 147–152 of 2015. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ hermes (21 July 2019). "NUS, NTU and three mega churches are Singapore's largest charities with business units". The Straits Times. Retrieved 8 December 2020.