New Creation Church

New Creation Church is one of the three megachurches in Singapore. The others are Faith Community Baptist Church and City Harvest Church.

Mission Statement

"To see Jesus in all the loveliness of His person and the perfection of His work and to make Him known through the preaching of the Gospel."

History

New Creation Church was founded in 1984 when a small group of young believers in Singapore decided to gather together. Their vision was to start an independent, non-denominational church that is based solely on the unchanging Word of God. From an initial attendance of 25, the church gradually grew to about 150 members by 1990.

In June 1990, Joseph Prince, a founding member and pioneer leader of the church, was appointed as the senior pastor. By 1998, the congregation numbered 3,000 and it now has about 13,000 members.

The church's music ministry has produced and released two praise & worship albums to date - You Gave (2005) and You Alone I Praise (2006).

CCM artistes such as Bob Fitts and Steven Curtis Chapman have performed in the church. Hillsong United had a youth concert in the church in November 2006.

Church Services

English

Sunday services are at 9am, 11.30am, 2.30pm and 5pm. The services are almost identical.

These services are held at the Rock Auditorium, located in Suntec City Mall, on the third level (above Carrefour hypermarket). Each service is also concurrently screened in the overflow rooms on the fourth and sixth floors. For the first Sunday service only, additional overflow rooms are available at Eng Wah cinema.

Combined services are held several times a year, like the Christmas service. Once a year there is a Praise and Worship Night in place of bible study, where the congregation gets to praise God in songs written by church members. These services are held at the Singapore Indoor Stadium and free shuttle rides from Kallang MRT station are provided frequently.

Hokkien-Mandarin

Pastor Mark Ng leads the Hokkien-Mandarin Ministry, which is one of the largest Hokkien Ministries in Singapore. Mandarin service is at 9am and the Hokkien service is at 11.30am. He is expected to be assisted by Pastor Elijah Yeo in the mid-2007.

D.A.R.E. (Youth)

Youth services (for young people from Secondary 1 to 5) are held every fortnight. Besides the fortnightly care group meetings, other special events, such as the annual year-end camp, campfires, beach parties and food fests are also held.

Campus

The Campus ministry targets students from junior colleges and tertiary institutions, national servicemen. Services and care group meetings are also held fortnightly. The care group meetings are held in the first and third week of the month, while the Campus services are held in the second and fourth week.

Controversy

Pastor Joseph Prince's main doctrinal focus is on Jesus Christ, His finished work on the cross, the new covenant of Grace created by God as a result of His love for people. He believes in God as graceful, merciful, loving, a bondage-breaker, a healing-maker, a burden-remover and a curse-destroyer. Pastor Joseph Prince claims a special anointing for preaching the grace message. It is said that he has preached about cheap grace, a theory that believers can sin as much as they want and get forgiven by Jesus Christ. However, he explained that there is no cheap grace cause unmerited favor is not cheap because Jesus died for the entire human race. Tthough it is free for sinners cause they can never merit it. He has time and time again said from the pulpit that he is against sin, as can heard from his sermons which can be purchased from the church's link below.

External links

• New Creation Church