Holy Spirit Moving: A Portrait of God's Faithfulness to Seekers Despite Church Leaders' "Incredibly Difficult Season"

Leah Marieann Klett : Nov 9, 2015
Gospel Herald

"The Church is not built on Kong Hee. It's built on Jesus Christ. The Church is more together and more resilient than you think it is." -Advisory pastor, Phil Pringle.

(Singapore)—Singapore's City Harvest Church founding Pastor Kong Hee has said that despite weathering an incredibly difficult season, his church has experienced an "amazing" weekend of spiritual breakthroughs. (Photo via Gospel Herald)

In a Facebook update shared on Tuesday, Kong, 51, wrote, "It has been a very trying season for everyone of us at City Harvest Church (Official), but what an amazing weekend of breakthroughs we've just had... We laughed, we got touched by God's Presence, hearts were set free from fear, and most importantly, so many gave their hearts to Jesus Christ at the end of each service!"

He added, "Truly, how awesome is this place... This is the House of God, the gate of Heaven, the place of miracles! CHC, thank you for being strong... the joy of the LORD is our strength!"

As reported by the Gospel Herald, Kong and five other CHC leaders were found guilty of funneling more than $35.5 million in church donations to promote the singing career of Sun Ho, who is Kong's wife and fellow CHC founder.

For the past five years, Kong and the others accused denied any wrongdoing and dismissed reports that they controlled management company Xtron, which was handling Ho's career.

Despite such claims, the prosecution presented evidence that the CHC leaders used it as a conduit for money that went directly toward Ho's career. The six CHC leaders face up to 20 years in prison for their roles in the crime.

According to the AP, Kong is currently waiting the prosecution's written submissions to court, which will take place on 6 Nov. His lawyer will respond with a mitigation plea on November 20, and sentencing is expected...

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