This headline is so surreal - are you trying to distort the truth? The pastor and 4 others are accused of a whole slew of crimes - criminal breach of trust, falsification of documents, etc - but NOT for promotion of the wife's career which had no missionary content and which was certainly not sanctioned by the church as a whole and openly financed as such.

Cross over project is to reach out to thousands more people. A great proof is all the singers and music industrial workers who got saved in Taiwan.
Even more are the listener of her music get to know her and get consulting on radio and offline.
Don't just judge if your lack inside knowledge.

Why is it that these scandals are almost always in Word of Faith, hyper-Pentecostal movements?

The sickness that pervades these churches is dangerous and ends up damaging the actual outreach of the Church.

what's wrong with reaching out to the secular world?

the state has no authority over music activities of the church even when music expenses levels at millions of dollars !!!!

The problem as I see it Rolando and Rock717, is that the pastor lied when confronted about the use of the money.

Attracting the unchurched to church by using the attractions of the world as "bait" is folly, if the attractiveness of Christ is veiled in the process. Is the real Christ and His likeness glorified in church? If not..deception is close.

The Only one-sided ST Times distort the truths,those details came from the Prosecution views.Singapore only have One propaganda,and this is a fact,and no academic student or Intellectual professionals will ever place Faith in the lone bias Media.The Church,whose Trust were not breach,have every right to testify in Court.

The Law is to protect the innocent,such as Kong Hee,and punish those who cheat others out of their coffers,and uphold for the people who may be conned.When CH members were bless,and were part of the support for their Pastor,anyone who step in to violate their Trust,it is actually commiting the violations of the Church distinct Rights.

Those who abuse their authority should be given Life Imprisonment,because having so much powers to do evil,upright human lives are always in danger and in perils of serious persecution.
No common citizen and the public is safe.

It has been established that Sun Ho had every missionary intent,and the Gospel was preached,and altar call given,hundreds of thousands were saved,decision cards were recorded,how then can someone put words here and be so ignorant and wicked so as to slander?

The Word Faith movement is seen as the most powerful movements sanction by God,and there are great harvest of souls which were done in that name,in fact Jesus is the Person who leads the movements,dare anyone speak ill of my Lord!.By saying the sickness pervades the Pentecostal Church,and it is us the only one who get into trouble,may I remind you;the very group that hate our movements,were also the very group that hate Billy Graham,the evangelicals,and this Website,Christianity Today.

The colours has been shown almost everywhere,that these Revilers spread ill will against us,bad mouthing us,poison against us,always showing Pharisee-ism,hate against our fellow brethren,criticised all our methods of evangelisms,our Speaking In tongues and mass Evangelisms.They sat at the seat of Satan,copied him and that is:being an accuser of our brethren.

Every efforts employed to save souls,it must be encouraged because Jesus died for all of them,and to be lost in Hell is the most scariest and most horrible thing ever happen to humanity eternally.

Peter,James and John used actual baits to catch fishes.The concept is,to connect with others,the secular.Then we move in,as we are popular and well known.Our popularity and our Star status have been useful to help us reach out to others since time memorial,and those who knew not this simple strategies,they are sidelines and ignorant.

Secular marketing and methods have been successful and effective.Like the tools of the Internet,can we not use it?

Not everyone is involve in the ministry of the Word of Knowledge,that every secret deeds of a person,a prophet could expose;nor be Elijah able to call Fires from heaven to prove to our unbelieiving world.Nor the gifts of helings,healing every diseased folks just by a touch,nor Billy Graham who was gifted to preach that way.I don't have the power to walk by any of you and my cast shadows could heal all the sick at once,unlike the great man Pastor Chris,Peter or TB Joshua ..who had great Prophetic skills,and the marvellous works of ReinHard Bonke,where 54 millions decision for Christ in Africa.Nor am I Benny Hinn who had mighty anointings,a display of signs and wonders,coupled with great wisdom and preachings,and have a TV ministry also.

The souls of humanity are most precious,they are all eternal in value,and the consequence of sinners,their punishment is most painful and horrible by any definitions.Our Lord Jesus weeps for them,who are we to oppose His plans,and most of it we can never know or understand,don't we just let it go and help God rather than stifled Him?

Don't be like the old Saul,who said,""Lord who are you that I am persecuting.""The greatest deception in our days were,people are actually fighting against the very Lord whom they profess to believe,..because they are jealous,envious,proud,self-righteous...Cain killed Abel.

Seriously, some posters like Frankie Lee can't be serious right?!? Quit acting like those southern U.S. preachers. You're Singaporean, quit trying to talk like one, snake like one, and cheat like one. We're not in Tennessee, or Texas, or Mississippi.

Take your used car salesman gospel out of Asia.

Quit trying to erase Asian culture by pretending to spread the word faith, when all you really want...is SERIOULSY...just MONEY!!!

Re: Ps Kong Hee and Sun Ho
I personally do not understand anyone's need to live an excessively opulent lifestyle in order to pursue their own interests and dreams.....however, the financial allegations in question are not my main concern, and we need to be careful speculating about what may or may not have happened. The fact is that Ps Hee is on bail for serious charges!
However, I do have difficulties with the concept and strategies of outreach that CHC has employed over the last number of years. The Crossover Project seemed to start well and I'm sure it has encompassed many humanitarian efforts, as CHC so proudly advertises. Yet, the concept that we can immerse ourselves in the pop culture of the world to the degree that we violate Biblical values and then somehow emerge unscathed to touch that same culture for Christ is unbelievably naive.
On the CHC official website (click on 'The Crossover Project' and start reading through their promotional material), I found this statement regarding Sun Ho's entrance into the US market: "The main strategy for the Crossover Project is to establish a firm foothold in the psyche of the pop music audience. Following that, through her status as a celebrity, she could increase her "voice" and "reach" into their lives.
What they failed to anticipate is that 'the world' isn't so naive! It's very clear from public reaction that Sun Ho is definitely ‘considered’ to have used connections and church influence, finance and support to artificially inflate the song charts. This has alienated her from many in the music industry and the public, some of whom do not feel her talent was sufficient. Worse still, was the public reaction to the release of her more recent music video's: 'China Wine', 'Kill Bill', 'Fancy Free' and her involvement in 'Fast Car' with Wyclef Jean. All available freely to view on You Tube but....WARNING: Viewer discretion advised!
There is a wide range of feedback from the world....from confusion, anger, disgust, ridicule and even lustfully objectifying her. There is NO evidence that these video's have significantly impacted the world for Christ. How could they....there is NOTHING about Christ or His love for them in these songs. Predictably, the "voice" that was supposed to "reach" and influence them has not managed to break through the world's noise of mocking and disapproval. It seems that only the ever faithful CHC followers fail to see their Pastor's wife had definitely crossed a line of decency and honour that no christian woman should ever cross. And in case the undeniable conviction most believers would experience wasn't enough, it seems that Ps Kong Hee, Sun Ho (his wife), and the CHC leadership (and their impressionable sheep) appear to have ignored, that this is obvious disobedience to very clear instruction in the Word of God.
The CHC website continues on in an attempt to explain the lewd and suggestive dance moves, clothing and lyrics (not to mention the symbols of demonic origin) as being a normal aspect of Sun Ho's art form. That one can get away with looking like and acting like a prostitute, (calling herself 'Geisha') because it's just playing the character she happens to be portraying at the time. This feeble, watered down gospel, excuse does not explain her shocking choice of clothing at the Grammy Awards when she actually admitted to choosing a dress that exposed the lower part of her right breast.....exactly what is the image she wishes to portray and why? This is NOT a one-off event. Time and time again in the public eye, she has worn clothing that women who sell their bodies would wear (if they could afford it)....she does NOT seem to understand how to dress with dignity and self respect. She is actually coming across as either incredibly vain and shallow, or incredibly damaged at deep levels, that she would think nothing of shaming herself and the church. The sad thing is that the majority of woman/girls involved in prostitution, or degrading and lewd sexual behaviour are doing it because they are enslaved in some way or are so emotionally damaged that they don't know any better. So why would a privileged and free christian woman with all that influence deliberately CHOOSE to use that image...she has failed as a role model! As someone who was involved in the sex industry, I grieve this willingness to flaunt herself....she clearly has no idea that she is actually contributing to the sick state of the world.
Wake up people! Our youth are so easily influenced and led by the music medium. They will follow you blindly because they 'want' to believe it's ok to follow the crowd, no matter how immoral or evil. They dread being asked to say 'no' on their own to what everyone else is doing. BUT, they absolutely admire someone who will led them, with a powerful voice, in making a stand for what is right, from the beginning! People in the world can't stand hypocrisy....to act and dress so inappropriately and then speak of Christ, absolutely sickens them and actually turns them off Christianity.
So, with these concerns in mind, I have sent honest, but non-threatening, emails and messages to CHC, Ps Kong Hee and Sun Ho asking them to clarify publically whether they have reconsidered the success of the Crossover Project and these evangelism strategies they have used. Instead of a reply, I have been banned from their Face Book sites! Some acknowledgement or insight at this point would be appropriate to prevent further damage to the integrity of the Body of Christ.
'let'sgethonest' Perth WA

Why would the pastor ask his congregation to give till your in tears and live in luxury? Why is he not giving his money or wealth till he is in tears? Is it only for the listeners??? are the congregation so DUMB??

About his wife, all i can say is check this video of her as a pastor's wife
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dzQkw9rV5U

It appears that there is a far deeper issue, and that is Singapore's apparent lack of true religious freedom. What business does a government have telling a church how to run its affairs? It's one thing for people to be charged criminally by a government agency. It's quite another for the same government agency to walk into a church and tell them how they will be run (ie forcing leadership to step down on threat of being removed.) That decision should be left entirely with the church. If the SG government can do this, can they walk into a church whenever they please and do whatever they want? This is nothing less than interference and religious discrimination.

My curiosity drove me to watched the video, china wine (couldn't bear to watch the others). Horror, and plain pornography.I will not be attracted to a god introduced to me through such lewd scenes. £9 million pounds could have fed hundreds of thousands. I thought that is what Christ preached 'pure and undefiled religion is this; to look after orphans and widows in their distress' (Book of James).
How can the congregation be so blind to their leader's greed?