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Personal Perspective on CHC Fiasco

My personal perspective on the City Harvest Church fiasco:

#1. God is omnipresent (present everywhere), omnipotent (all powerful), omniscient (all knowing) and God knew about this episode. I believe God is watching.;

#2. The CAD does not charge without concrete evidence (they have taken sufficient time to investigate - 2 years). May justice prevail.;

#3. It is unavoidable for members of the public with little information about Christianity to judge.  It is also one of my weaknesses to be quick to judge/form negative impression about others, which is unhealthy.;

#4. I believe to a certain extent, the message of giving and tithing is relatively strong in City Harvest Church - I may be wrong.  (fyi, I have visited the church a couple of times) My personal belief is that it is important to give to God because God is the creator of everything that exists. He owns everything and we are simply stewards of what we have been entrusted with.  Though I have to say I seldom give because I rarely attend church now.  Nevertheless, I intend to attend church more frequently.;

#5. I am in doubt how songs like MR BILL can reach out to non-christians in a positive manner.  I am not implying that Christians should be one dimensional, God created us to be different and unique.  What I am saying is that, with those flashing images from the video, what adjectives immediately come to mind?;

#6. I believe that brothers and sisters in Christ should all pray for members of City Harvest Church (who are directly affected) and believers from other churches who are impacted by the news.  Prayers for the family members and people revolving around our brothers and sisters are also very important as a certain negative impression has been formed.; and

#7. I believe that there is a very important lesson to be learnt from this episode. 

Pam

Comments

Anonymous said…
A nice perspective -Your friend Ian
Anonymous said…
Hi Pam,

Thanks for the post, short and to the point.

Ron
Wing Shun said…
Was in CHC for a few months before I left. Giving and tithing is strong because of constant preaching of prosperity gospel which can be dangerous.

Understand that until now, cell group leaders are given lists of names of people who do not give tithings every month. Their duty is also to persuade those in their cell group to give tithings if they have not done so.

It's one of the few churches that accepts credit card payment of tithes and donations which I disagree as I feel you should not borrow to gift.
pampetite said…
Hi Wing Shun,

I thought about visiting City Harvest Church again.

Hope to catch up with you soon! :)

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