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Senior Pastor, Co-Founder
City Harvest Church
Kong Hee holds an MA in theology from Vanguard University in the United States and is currently pursuing a PhD under the supervision of Professor Frank Macchia. He also earned a BSc in computer science and information systems from the National University of Singapore. In 2008, he was conferred an honorary doctoral degree by Hansei University.
Kong is the senior pastor of City Harvest Church, which he co-founded with his wife Sun in 1989. CHC has a congregation size of 23,868, with a collective membership of approximately 70,000, including all branch and affiliate churches. In 2012, CHC was ranked the ninth largest church in the world.1
Kong did missionary and church-planting work in the 1980s. He founded the School of Theology in 1994, which has since graduated over 8,800 students, many of whom are pastors and missionaries. Alongside his wife, they co-founded the “Church Without Walls” initiatives (1996) and City Harvest Community Services Association (1997), both of which helped 11,594 people in need in 2023. Kong is also a spiritual son of the late Dr David Yonggi Cho.
Singapore is emerging as what might be termed “the Antioch of Pentecostalism” in the East. Its geographical advantage, stability and multiculturalism is establishing it as a Pentecostal epicentre. Its thriving Pentecostal community, comprising churches and educational institutions, is a launching pad for Pentecostal missions to neighbouring regions. However, several challenges loom. Singapore’s laws to maintain social harmony necessitates the rethinking of Pentecostal worship and evangelism. Pentecostalism faces resistance and competition from established Asian religious traditions, necessitating interfaith dialogue and cooperation. Maintaining the movement’s authenticity is challenging in the cosmopolitan and commercialised city-state, with its global connectivity and openness to all ideas.
Many separate the atonement from Pentecost to the degree that the link between them is lost. I wish to explore that link. The link is based on the insight that the cross of Christ is not limited to Israel. Rather, Christ seeks at the cross to open his life to all peoples, redeeming persons “from every tribe, and language, and people, and nation” (Rev. 5:9) and breaking down the wall of hostility between them (Eph. 2:14-16). The Spirit is poured out on all peoples at Pentecost in loyalty to the cross and for the sake of the crucified and risen Christ.
Many separate the atonement from Pentecost to the degree that the link between them is lost. I wish to explore that link. The link is based on the insight that the cross of Christ is not limited to Israel. Rather, Christ seeks at the cross to open his life to all peoples, redeeming persons “from every tribe, and language, and people, and nation” (Rev. 5:9) and breaking down the wall of hostility between them (Eph. 2:14-16). The Spirit is poured out on all peoples at Pentecost in loyalty to the cross and for the sake of the crucified and risen Christ.
Many separate the atonement from Pentecost to the degree that the link between them is lost. I wish to explore that link. The link is based on the insight that the cross of Christ is not limited to Israel. Rather, Christ seeks at the cross to open his life to all peoples, redeeming persons “from every tribe, and language, and people, and nation” (Rev. 5:9) and breaking down the wall of hostility between them (Eph. 2:14-16). The Spirit is poured out on all peoples at Pentecost in loyalty to the cross and for the sake of the crucified and risen Christ.
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