In a case that can only be described as bizarre, a Singapore judge has ruled that six leaders of a local megachurch must answer to charges of misappropriating S50 million (US$40 million) from the church to fund the pop singing career of the church founder’s sexy wife.
She is Ho Yeow Sun, better known as Sun Ho, a gyrating, sinuous Singaporean temptress who bears little resemblance to the average Christian pastor’s spouse and who so far has blown US$19 million of the church's building fund in her pursuit of western pop fame. She was the leader of the City Harvest Church’s creative department head until 2003, when she stepped out to begin her singing career. Early on, she faced charges her attire was inappropriate for her religious background.
The case has been in the Singapore courts since 2010, transfixing the island republic. A court ruled on Monday that founder Kong Hee and five other church leaders must answer charges that they diverted S$24 million of the church’s building funds to fund Sun Ho’s efforts at musical stardom, and another S$26 million to cover the loss. The trial will resume on July 14.
For reasons that are unclear, evangelical Christianity has exploded in Singapore, with fully 10 percent of the city state’s young enrolled in pentecostal and evangelical churches, according to a 2010 study, State and Social Christianity in Post-Colonial Singapore by Daniel P.S Goh for the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies of Singapore. That is up from a mere 2 percent in 1970. They are “derived from American influences,” according to Goh’s study, and have outgrown mainstream denominations at a steady pace. Full story...
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She is Ho Yeow Sun, better known as Sun Ho, a gyrating, sinuous Singaporean temptress who bears little resemblance to the average Christian pastor’s spouse and who so far has blown US$19 million of the church's building fund in her pursuit of western pop fame. She was the leader of the City Harvest Church’s creative department head until 2003, when she stepped out to begin her singing career. Early on, she faced charges her attire was inappropriate for her religious background.
The case has been in the Singapore courts since 2010, transfixing the island republic. A court ruled on Monday that founder Kong Hee and five other church leaders must answer charges that they diverted S$24 million of the church’s building funds to fund Sun Ho’s efforts at musical stardom, and another S$26 million to cover the loss. The trial will resume on July 14.
For reasons that are unclear, evangelical Christianity has exploded in Singapore, with fully 10 percent of the city state’s young enrolled in pentecostal and evangelical churches, according to a 2010 study, State and Social Christianity in Post-Colonial Singapore by Daniel P.S Goh for the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies of Singapore. That is up from a mere 2 percent in 1970. They are “derived from American influences,” according to Goh’s study, and have outgrown mainstream denominations at a steady pace. Full story...
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