#273 Is City Harvest Church a social enterprise, financial institution or place of worship?

I had to read and re-read to make sure I had not misread City Harvest Church (CHC) offering loans to needy church members; that some churches gave loans to pastors to pay mortgages on their homes; and instances of offering loans between sister churches — from the afternoon edition of Today! Sacrilegious! How could money given to tithes and the sacrifices [...]

#272 transparency at the new creation church

News received that the New Creation Church pastor Derek Prince has volunteered his services. This indeed is noble on the pastor’s part. According to its church goers, New Creation pioneer leader and deacon Jack Ho said it was a “good time to let members understand more about these businesses”. This would help them “answer with more [...]

#266 “seduced into idolatry”

I lift this portion quoting from blog, Without Wax by Pete — http://withoutwax.tv/2010/02/16/seduced-into-idolatry/: John Ortberg recently wrote a fantastic article for Christianity Today where he ended with the following questions.  He labeled the series of questions the “Idol Quotient Test.” While this is geared toward people in ministry I think you can easily adapt each question [...]

#254 has the church lost pride in celebration?

For a believer to take the step of confirmation in the church is a solemn affair. This warrants celebration on the part of the clergy and congregation. Yesterday (25th October, 2009) at St Andrews’ Cathedral at 5pm service was dedicated to confirmation of about 52 believers to the church. It was a special time for celebration. [...]

#253 sunday preaching on shattered dream

Last Sunday at St Andrews Cathedral 5pm service, the preacher asked, “What is the opposite of trust?” “I hope you will not answer ‘distrust’.” Was he condescending? Was he treating his congregation like his Sunday School kids? Guess his answer? “Fear.” He was quite smug about his answer! It’s a wonder why Christians do not fear God! [...]

#236 church pastor paid 500K per year?

Fancy that..I read that New Creation Church pays her leaders — pastor, Joseph Prince — an annual sum of 500K and 2 others for sums of 100K each for work done in the church! Mind you, when the pastor marries a couple in church, he gets an angpaw; at funeral wakes he is given an [...]

#186 church worship

Last evening was Friendship Sunday at worship service. This is evangelistic outreach — is this worship service? Can certain worship service on Sundays be made evangelistic meeting? Do Christians need to add color to the normal liturgical worship? What is worship? The speaker was youth parish staffworker who spoke from John 5:1-18, he kept harping on the phrase [...]

#165 success

I stumble on the videoclip on Charles Handy, the new philantrophist. He has given us a most refreshing and true understanding of success. Charles Handy understood success as how fondly one is remembered and those living claimed how his father had touched their lives at his father’s funeral. His father, then Charles Handy thought was shy, served in one church for 40 years as a church minister. He asked [...]

#162 religious freedom

In an earlier post I complimented President George Bush that he was smart in his decision to attend the Olympic Opening Ceremony in Beijing — smart does not equate wise though. As usual the US and the West pride they know what freedom is…human rights, religious freedom, freedom of speech… This religious freedom the West adopted has bankrupted many [...]