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Kong Hee (born August 23 1964) is the founder, honorary and volunteer senior pastor of City Harvest Church in Singapore. Kong is a Christian leader based in the Charismatic Movement, with a philosophy of ministry that emphasizes the Great Commandment, Great Commission, and Cultural Mandate. Under his leadership, City Harvest Church has grown to more than 27,000 members and has jointly developed 27 affiliate churches and 9 Bible schools in Asia,namely Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan. Another 18 affiliate churches in the East and West Malaysia are under the Malaysian Harvest Fellowship which Kong Hee has co-founded. . Kong has also co-founded an education center, a performing arts school, a publishing house, a missions agency, a ministerial fellowship and a magazine. Kong is a motivational speaker and runs a retail business.

Kong Hee’s wife, Sun Ho, is a pop music singer, who currently resides in the United States. They have a son, Dayan Kong.

Kong is his family name.

Life
Kong is the fifth child of Kong Leng, a professional engineer, and Toh Poh-Eng, a diamond trader. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore in 1988, a Master of Divinity in 1991, and a Doctor of Theology in 1995. In May 2008, Kong was conferred an Honorary Doctor of Business Administration from Hansei University in Seoul, Korea.

From 1975 to 1988, Kong was a member of Marine Parade Christian Center, an Anglican church located in eastern Singapore. During his university years, he worked part-time for the Chapel of the Resurrection under the oversight of Anglican vicar, Reverend Dr. Canon James Wong. During that tenure, he helped Canon Wong set up a new congregation, Orchard Christian Centre. Upon graduation from the university, Kong worked a short stint in a local publishing house as a programmer.

In 1989, Kong was a staff evangelist with “Christ For Asia,” a missions organization in the Philippines led by Assemblies of God minister, Reverend Randy Sing. At that same time, there was an opportunity for Kong to pioneer a new church in Singapore. With the support and encouragement of some senior pastors in the city, Kong decided to relocate back to Singapore and helped set up a new congregation with 20 youths. On May 7, 1989, City Harvest Church was founded as a department (known as "Ekklesia Ministry") of Bethany Christian Centre (Assemblies of God).

Kong often travels to assist churches in Asia, Europe and Australia. He specializes in leadership and staff development, church growth and organization, and contemporary worship and creativity.

Since 1997, Kong is the executive director of the Festival of Praise, an annual event that brings together more than 100 churches for united prayer and worship.

Kong is a board member of Dr. David Yonggi Cho’s Church Growth International (South Korea) and Dr. Luis Bush’s Transform World (Indonesia).

Media
Kong's weekly 30-minute television program “Harvest Time” is broadcasted by 12 cable television and satellite networks to 140 countries. He is also actively engaging new media technologies, by writing regularly on an online blog and updates his activities on Twitter and Facebook.

Educational Qualifications

 * Raffles Institution (1977-1980)
 * Raffles Junior College (1981-1982)
 * National University of Singapore, Bachelor of Science (Computer & Information Sciences) (1985-1988)
 * Hansei University, Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration (2008)

Theological Qualifications

 * New Covenant International Theological Seminary (USA): Master of Divinity (1989-1991)
 * New Covenant International Theological Seminary (USA): Doctor of Theology (1993-1995)

Title Ordination

 * Bethany Christian Centre (Singapore): January 6, 1991

Founded

 * City Harvest Church (1989)
 * City Harvest Bible Training Center (1994)
 * Harvest Times (quarterly magazine) (1999)
 * City Harvest Education Centre (2002)
 * O School (2006)

Co-Founded

 * Harvest School of Ministry (2001)
 * Malaysian Harvest Christian Fellowship (2003)

Positions held

 * President, City Harvest Church (Singapore): 1992-Present
 * Executive Director, Festival of Praise (Singapore): 1997-2001, 2005-Present
 * President, Word of Life (Singapore): 1997-Present
 * Board of Directors, Church Growth International (South Korea): 2007-Present
 * Board of References, Transform World (Indonesia): 2005-Present
 * Committee Member, National Council of Churches (Singapore): 1999-2004
 * Vice President, City Harvest Community Services Association (Singapore): 1997-2007
 * Board of Advisors, Full Gospel Business Men's Fellowship International (Singapore): 1996-2000
 * Board of Advisors, The Living Faith Church (Singapore) : 2001-Present