Kong Hee
Kong Hee (born August 23 1964) is the founder and senior pastor (Honorary/Volunteer) of City Harvest Church in Singapore. Kong is a christian leader based in the Charismatic Movement, preaching on promoting character and Charismatic Christianity.
Biography
As a young man, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the National University of Singapore, and thereafter went on to obtain his Master of Divinity in 1991 and Doctor of Theology in 1995.
Kong had attended an Anglican church for 13 years since 1975 and had plan of becoming a priest. However, after having conflict with the Church, he became a missionary under the Assemblies of God church, before founding City Harvest Church in 1989.[1]
His family: Kong Hee's wife, Sun Ho, is a secular entertainer cum singer living in the United States with a few Billboard No. 1 hits. [citation needed] She is currently located there and seldom reside in Singapore because of her success as an entertainer. She lives in the States with her son, Dayan, coming back once a while to visit her family, church friends and husband. She is not a pastor of the church and has a line of clothing, with her shop located in Marina Square.
Kong is the Executive Director for the annual Festival of Praise event in Singapore. He is also focused on training people with the purpose of creating strong local churches everywhere in Asia. As a result, Kong travels all over Asia almost every week of the year to conduct training sessions in Asian countries such as Taiwan, Malaysia and Indonesia. City Harvest Bible Training Center was born in 1994 to serve this purpose.
On 1 November 2005, Kong voluntarily removed himself from City Harvest Church's payroll indefinitely to help to raise funds for their new building project. He is now officially the founder and Senior Pastor on an honorary and volunteer basis.
See also
References
- ^ "Every Member is a Minister' at Singapore Megachurch". Church & Ministry. 2004-02-10.
- Others
- Ministries Today Magazine (December 2003).
External links
- City Harvest Church official site
- City Harvest Bible Training Centre
- City Harvest Community Services Association
- City Harvest Education Centre
- Attributes Christian Bookstore
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