At City Harvest Church, it is a season of miracles and healing both at the church and in the mission fields. One mission team shares how God moved during their February trip to unreached people groups in the Philippines. Mission team members leading praise and worship in the Ata village. All photos courtesy of Eric Soo. Since 2023, CHC has been heading out to preach the gospel to unreached people groups (UPGs) in neighbouring countries like the Philippines and Indonesia. Most of these trips are led by the church’s senior pastor Kong Hee, who has explained to the church that such missions are ..read more

Senior pastor of JPCC and successful businessman, Pastor Jeffrey Rachmat reveals strategies to success in one’s life in the physical, spiritual, marital and business realms. At City Harvest Church on the weekend of 2 and 3 March, founder and senior pastor of Jakarta Praise Community Church (JPCC) Jeffrey Rachmat preached an encouraging message on seeing oneself through God’s lens.  Pastor Jeffrey encountered the Lord as a teenager studying in the Netherlands where he started a small fellowship group among Indonesian students. After returning to Indonesia, he worked in a bank for five yea ..read more

Bishop Dag Heward-Mills shared with us the challenges he faced as an evangelist and what one should do if he receives the calling. Bishop Dag Heward-Mills is a world-renowned healing evangelist and church leader. He founded The Healing Jesus Campaign which brings the message of salvation through Jesus to communities all across Africa. He is also the founder and presiding bishop of the United Denominations Originating from the Lighthouse Group of Churches. Trained as a medical doctor, Bishop Dag eschewed a life as a physician to answer the call of God. He started his ministry in 1991. “My miss ..read more

To follow Jesus, one must be willing to experience loss, suffering, sacrifice and death. Yet these are the basics of salvation and a worthy price to be paid so that the Word of God is preached throughout the world. Last weekend at City Harvest Church, guest preacher Bishop Dag Heward-Mills preached two powerful messages, challenging the church to give their all for the gospel.  On the first weekend of February (3 and 4 Feb), Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, a world-renowned healing evangelist from Ghana, Africa, graced the halls of CHC with two power-packed messages. Bishop Dag is the founder of ..read more

Having worked with children in impoverished areas for most of her career, Dr Mary Mahon has seen how the Holy Spirit ministers to little ones. She tells City News how adults can encourage children to become Spirit-empowered. By Valerie Chiam Dr Mary Mahon is the President of ChildHope (formerly known as Latin America Childcare). It represents the largest network of Evangelical Christian Schools in Latin America—with 300 schools in 20 countries, helping the lives of more than 100,000 children each day. Dr Mahon has a great love and passion for children. Born and bred in the USA, she obeyed God ..read more

Dr Julie Ma shares her experience as a female Asian scholar in academia, as well as her views on missions.   Dr Julie Ma, born in South Korea, is a professor of undergraduate theology at Oral Roberts University in Oklahoma, whose academic area is intercultural studies and mission. She has had over 20 years of teaching experience, spending 10 years at the Pacific Theological Seminary in the Philippines as a missionary professor, and another 10 years at the Oxford Center Mission Studies as a research tutor. Dr Ma is also renowned as a missionary. She spent 27 years in the Philippines where ..read more

Heralding the new year, Pastor Bobby Chaw invited the church to practise the discipline of prayer. Over the weekend of 27 and 28 January 2024, executive pastor Bobby Chaw reminded City Harvest Church of the importance of prayer. “Prayer brings us into continuous communion with God,” he told the church as he opened his sermon. Jesus lived a life of prayer, as seen in Mark 1:35. Pastor Bobby declared, “If you want to stay in constant communion with the Father, you must practise the discipline of prayer.” “Everyone who has ever walked closely with God made prayer their top priority in life,” he ..read more

The word “megachurch” many invoke a litany of prejudices, but Dr Joel Tejedo from the Asia Pacific Theological Seminary clarifies in this interview the unique role megachurches have in shaping society for good.   Dr Joel Tejedo is the Director of Asia Pacific Research Center, Asia Pacific Theological Seminary (Philippines). He holds a BCMin from Bethel Bible College of the Assemblies of God in the Philippines, an MDiv and a DMin from the Asia Pacific Theological Seminary (APTS). He served as the faculty and academic dean at Luzon Bible College and opened extension centres in the major cit ..read more

How do the Spirit-empowered women manifest their giftings and how should they juggle ministry and family? Dr Jacqueline Grey shares her views in this interview. An ordained pastor in the Australian Christian Churches and a professor of Biblical Studies, Dr Jacqueline Grey specialises in hermeneutics, Old Testament and Hebrew Bible, and Pentecostal theology. She is also a sought after speaker who has appeared on various national TV and radio programmes in Australia, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation programme Q+A. Dr Grey is committed to ensuring quality education within the th ..read more

Continuing his previous sermon on the importance of the word of God, Pastor Kong provided some valuable benefits that the Bible can bring and encouraged the church to read it regularly. City Harvest Church’s senior pastor, Kong Hee, began his sermon on 20 and 21 January with 1 Thessalonians 2. Paul was writing to the church in Thessalonica, a young church whose members were on fire for God. Reading 1 Thessalonians 2:13, Pastor Kong noted that the Bible will work mightily for those who believe, whereas unbelief cancels out the power of God’s Word. When God brought the Israelites out of Egypt ..read more