Beyond being a convergence of brilliant minds steeped in Pentecostal scholarship, the Summit also signified a distinctive fusion of thought-provoking theology and pragmatic ministry.
Above all, we express our gratitude for the palpable, life-transforming presence of God that saturated every academic presentation, worship session, creative demonstration, altar call, and moments of precious fellowship.
City Harvest Church feels privileged to have hosted GPS23, and we sincerely hope that you, too, have experienced blessings from this event!
Prof Douglas Petersen lays out the chronological history of the Global Pentecostal Summit,
and highlights the significance of GPS23 being hosted by a local church within the Majority World.
Summit Moderator
Scholar, Missionary, Social Theologian, Co-Editor of The Globalization of Pentecostalism:
A Religion Made to Travel
Summit Moderator
Scholar, Missionary, Past President of AGTS, Co-Editor of The Globalization of Pentecostalism:
A Religion Made to Travel
Summit Moderator
Scholar, Missionary, Social Theologian, Co-Editor of The Globalization of Pentecostalism:
A Religion Made to Travel
Summit Moderator
Scholar, Missionary, Past President of AGTS, Co-Editor of The Globalization of Pentecostalism:
A Religion Made to Travel
Senior Pastor,
City Harvest Church
(Singapore)
Rev Dr Kong Hee is the senior pastor of City Harvest Church (CHC), which he co-founded with his wife Sun in 1989. CHC has an average weekly attendance of 23,868, with a collective membership of approximately 45,000 when including all branch and affiliate churches. In 2012, CHC was one of the 10 global churches larger than America’s largest.*
During his early days, Kong was involved in church-planting work and served at Christ for Asia in the Philippines. In 1994, Kong founded the School of Theology, which has since trained 8,284 individuals, empowering them, and releasing them in the power of the Spirit, into the mission fields of their schools, workplaces, and nations of the world. Together with Sun, they started the “Church Without Walls” (CWW) initiatives and co-founded City Harvest Community Services Association (CHCSA) in 1997, with the shared mission of aiding underprivileged children, youth-at-risk, single parents, unwed mothers, the elderly, the intellectually challenged, the terminally ill, and migrant workers. Annually, CWW assists 9,632 individuals in needs, while CHCSA supports 1,962 members of the community.
Kong earned his BSc in computer science and information systems from the National University of Singapore. He holds an MA in Theology from Vanguard University in California and an honorary doctorate from Hansei University in South Korea. Currently, he is working on his PhD as a doctoral student of Prof Frank Macchia.
Senior Pastor,
City Harvest Church
(Singapore)
Rev Sun Ho is the co-founder of City Harvest Church (CHC), which she co-founded with her husband Kong in 1989. CHC has an average weekly attendance of 23,868, with a collective membership of approximately 45,000 when including all branch and affiliate churches. Sun is the chief executive officer of the church. As the executive pastor, she also provides both spiritual direction and oversight relating to the overall vision, functions, programmes, and services of the church.
Together with Kong, they started “Church Without Walls” (CWW) initiatives in 1996 and co-founded City Harvest Community Services Association (CHCSA) in 1997, with the shared mission of aiding underprivileged children, youth-at-risk, single parents, unwed mothers, the elderly, the intellectually disabled, the terminally ill, and migrant workers. Annually, CWW assists 9,632 individuals in need, while CHCSA supports 1,962 members of the community.
From 2002 to 2010, Sun was commissioned by the church to lead the Crossover Project, employing pop music as a tool for evangelism among the unchurched. Her involvement in the pop music scene facilitated outreach to underprivileged communities in nations such as Indonesia, Sri Lanka, China, Haiti, and Honduras, utilising proceeds from her albums to establish rehabilitation centres, schools, and to meet the needs of the poor.
Sun received the Junior Chamber International’s “Outstanding Young Person of the World” Award in 2003 for her humanitarian endeavours. In 2004, she was named “Ambassador of Love” for her significant contributions to the educational welfare of underprivileged children through the establishment of schools in China. Additionally, she was appointed “Charity Ambassador of Love” for the Special Olympic World Summer Games in Shanghai in 2007 and the “Music Ambassador” for the 2008 Beijing Olympics Songfest.
Sun was ordained in 2015, with her ordination certificate signed by Dr David Yonggi Cho, founder of the world’s largest church. Presently, she is pursuing a Master of Arts in Leadership at Vanguard University.
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