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The Church of God in Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港神的教會), founded in 1968, is an independent biblical church in Hong Kong. The headquarters is located at Shop 7, Upper G/F, Lai Chi Kok Bay Garden, 272 Lai King Hill Rd, Lai Chi Kok. There are a total of 20 meetings places located in Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territorie s. The church has a congregation size of 5000.

Overview
The church was founded by Yu Kwong Chiu Daniel in 1968, and held its first service at Shatin. In the 1970s, the believers started to attend meetings in Pui Shing Primary School in Lam Tin. Yu Kwong Chiu Daniel together with other devoted Christians preach the gospel to the children in the estates. Late 1970s, their ministry has rapidly expanded to Tsuen Wan which attracted a large group of factory workers and secondary school students. Today, The Church of God in Hong Kong has spread its service into different categories of people including children, primary school s students, secondary schools students, university students, on-job population, families, seniors and elders.

In 1982, The Church of God in Hong Kong begin their overseas ministry, where they first established the Church of God in Macau. Over 30 years of missionary, the church claimed to have established meeting places in 59 overseas cities. The Church of God in Hong Kong is different from other Denominational churches in terms of their practice of “Global Unity”, in which all the local churches are not financially independent. They support and remain constant and close connections with each other.

In 1983, The Church of God in Hong Kong established the Light and Love Home as a Non-profit Organization to further serve the community,  especially the needed ones, and to preach the Gospel. Light and Love Home has already developed their service to other countries apart from Hong Kong and to serve the local people. Light and Love Home promote its international services to different countries including Madagascar, Nepal , Myanmar to especially care for the orphans, set up orphanages and schools, provide educational sponsorships and scholarships.

Organization
The Church of God in Hong Kong obeys the teachings of the bible that the church is being ministered by group of elders who are more mature among the brothers and sisters. Some elders steadfastly pray and preach as full time co-workers, some are on-the-job while all of them devote themselves and shepherd the young ones. The Church of God in Hong Kong also set to serve the household.

Meeting Places in Hong Kong
The Church of God in Hong Kong owns and rents 16 meeting places in Hong Kong including:

Hong Kong Island

 * The Church of God in Hong Kong (Shau Kei Wan)
 * The Church of God in Hong Kong (Sheung Wan)

Kowloon

 * The Church of God in Hong Kong (Kwun Tong Montery Plaza)
 * The Church of God in Hong Kong (Ngau Tau Kok Ting On Street)

New Territories

 * The Church of God in Hong Kong Headquarters ( Lai Chi Kok Bay Garden)
 * The Church of God in Hong Kong (Yuet Bor Building, Kwai Fong )
 * The Church of God in Hong Kong ( Victory Court, Kwai Fong)
 * The Church of God in Hong Kong (Yuet Loong Building, Kwai Fong)
 * The Church of God in Hong Kong (Chik Shun Street, Tai Wai)
 * The Church of God in Hong Kong (Lai Sing Mansion, Tai Wai)
 * The Church of God in Hong Kong (Kwong Fuk Road, Tai Po)
 * The Church of God in Hong Kong (Fu Hing Street, Sheung Shui)
 * The Church of God in Hong Kong (Tuen Mun Central Square)
 * The Church of God in Hong Kong (Wing Fu Mansion, Yuen Long)
 * The Church of God in Hong Kong (Ping Shan, Yuen Long)
 * The Church of God in Hong Kong (Ping Wu Garden, Tin Shui Wai)

Meeting Places all over the World
The Church of God in Hong Kong not only preach in Hong Kong but also follow the Lord’s big commandments to bring Gods blessings to the world. In 1982, The Church of God in Hong Kong first established The Church of God in Macau. Now, the church acquired over 60 meeting places globally, all practicing “Global Unity”. The Church of God in Hong Kong continuously hold international united meetings and activities, as well as gathering brothers and sisters to form missionary teams to preach in different parts of the world and support local churches.

Church Management and Fiscal Management
All the expenses of The Church of God in Hong Kong are the offerings/ dedication from the believers. The church regularly updates the finance report and hold annual assemblies to make their financial situation open to public.

The Church of God in Hong Kong sets up a financial committee to inspect the revenue and expenditure of the church and will be examined by the elders finally. The church entrusted auditors to carry out financial audit and publicize the audit report every year.

Affiliate organisations
Affiliate organisations of The Church of God in Hong Kong includes:

Light and Love Home
Light and Love Home Hong Kong is founded in 1983, their motto as “to serve the community and preach the Gospel”, the organization established their first non-profit private elderly home to serve the local seniors in need. Today, Light and Love Elderly Hostel has already developed into a large scale elderly home which is funded by The Community Chest of Hong Kong. Light and Love Home has also diversified their types of service in recent years.

Light & Love Home is a non-profit organization and was set up in 1983. It is financially supported by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It serves the community, preach the Gospel and care for the needy by the love of Christ. Working with our affiliated organizations around the world, we gather human resources, visit developing countries, help the poor, care for orphans and dedicate ourselves to education and establishing long-term and effective services.

Life’s Spring Publisher Ltd.
Life’s Spring Publisher Ltd. was established in 1987, and has been governed by a group of zealous Christians of The Church Of God In Hong Kong, with a purpose to help build a church according to the principles of the Holy Bible. Through our print and multimedia publications, Life’s Spring Publisher Ltd. hopes to preach the gospel, spread out the biblical truths, build up saints, and establish a church that is after God’s heart.

Sing Through the Land Music Centre
Sing through the Land Music Centre is founded by a group of Christians from the Church of God in Hong Kong since 2015. It hopes to spread the will of God and share His love throughout the world by hymns and music. It has been nurturing music talents and providing various performance opportunities since its establishment. The centre is committed to provide music education to all walks of life irrespective of their diversified musical background and abilities.

Vital Comfort
Vital Comfort was established in 1989 to promote a rich life, a healthy life is based, has been collecting from all over the wide range of health foods and products, and at a reasonable price. Registration provides lush natural health foods, including organic grains and cereals, fresh organic fruits and vegetables, bread made with organic flour, organic beverages, and various supplements. In addition, provide other health products, such as organic personal care products, shampoo and hair care products, cleansing and moisturizing products, high-quality family-mixers and juice machines, more regular health talks and activities to further enhance the public health awareness.

Miracle of Music
On the 1st January 2017, The Church of God in Hong Kong, together with Sing Through the Land Music Centre and Light and Love Home, organised an event called “Miracle of Music”, which successfully broke the Guinness World Records Largest Ukulele Ensemble with 6125 participants. Through is event, the organisers hope to promote and raise awareness for the importance of healthy family, harmonious community and happy person through learn together, perform together and attempt to break record together.

Goal to Fly Music Volunteering Program
The Church of God in Hong Kong organised Goal to Fly Music Volunteering Program in Summer 2016. Through the influence of music, Goal to Fly hopes to bless the world and let people will know God's love and His will. During the summer of 2016, "Goal to Fly" held a series of concerts, through music, drama, dance, etc., to present the challenges and aspirations of young people to explore the true meaning of life and value.

Love & Joy Hong Kong
The Church of God in Hong Kong organised a regional wide gospel wide activities in Hong Kong, including carnivals at Fly the Flyover Operation and event Ocean Park day with over 6000 participants.

Defamation Controversies
In 1981, a Cult organization “Children of God” was active in Hong Kong, and attracted a lot of local news coverage. However, news reporters linked The Church of God in Hong Kong with cult activities and made false reports.

In July 1985, The Church of God in Hong Kong filed with the High Court for defamatory reports of Luen Yik Publishing.

In 1986, another published made a false report towards The Church of God in Hong Kong, and the editor of the publisher (Overseas Chinese Daily News) made an apology and clarified after knowing the truth.

Victory in the case of Defamation
The case of The Church of God in Hong Kong underwent one week of trial in May of 1987. Conclusion of the case, Hong Kong judge ruled in favor of the Church of God, and to receive compensation of 26 million. In the judgment, the judge praised the elders who had represented the church in the court.