Strategic Planning Executive,
City Harvest Church
Lecturer,
Nanyang Technological University
Wayne Choong holds a PhD in sociology from Nanyang Technological University, where his research focused on digital Christianity and the evolving faith practices of youth in Singapore. He also holds an MSocSci and BSocSci in sociology from the National University of Singapore and is currently pursuing an MA in leadership studies at Vanguard University.
Dr Wayne serves in the CEO Office of City Harvest Church, where he supports strategic planning and research initiatives. Drawing on over a decade of youth pastoral ministry, his work contributes to the church’s engagement with contemporary society through thoughtful analysis and ministry development. His interests lie at the intersection of Christian spirituality, digital culture, and social transformation.
In addition to his role at City Harvest Church, Dr Wayne lectures at Nanyang Technological University’s School of Social Sciences, teaching interdisciplinary modules on science, technology, and society. His recent publication, An Ecosystemic Approach to Digital Christianity: How Faith and Identity Formation Evolve Among Youth in Singapore, reflects his commitment to understanding how Pentecostal identity and spiritual formation are shaped in digital environments.
This paper contends that Pentecostal youth are pneumatological agents – Spirit-empowered co-creators of theological praxis, leadership, and community life. Turning from reductive generational labels, it unveils how young people discern, imagine, and embody faith across cultural, ecclesial, and digital landscapes. It calls for a more robust Pentecostal theology of youth that is inherently youth-centered, one that recognizes and bears witness to their Spirit-given vocation within the global Pentecostal movement today.
