THE congregation at New Creation Church raised a whopping $19 million for the construction of its new premises at Buona Vista - in less than 24 hours.
In a show of support, a record number of 22,000 people turned up for services at the Rock Auditorium at Suntec City Mall three weeks ago.
The donations were collected over four services on Feb 15.
In comparison, amonth-long charity drive by NTUC Income, Project Love, raised about $375,000.
Following the success of its fund-raiser, the New Creation Church announced the amount it raised to its members on Feb 22. However, when contacted, the church declined to comment.
New Creation Church-goer Angelique Lee, 26, a full-time student, said her donation was a form of thanksgiving and appreciation "for all that God has blessed me with".
'Attending church has helped to transform my life and make me a better person over time,' she explained.
Graduate student Huang Wei Hsuan, 26, who is not a member of the church, felt that part of the funds could be used to "help those who are really in need, instead of being fully used to construct a new building".
'Is it really a good idea to build a new building now? Should the church members be advised to keep more for rainy days?' he asked. But many others who are not from the church were heartened by the congregation's generosity.
'I feel it's incredible that such kindness, empathy and generosity can be shown in such bad economic times,' said Mr Shawn Chin, 24, a civil servant.
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Raising money for the needy only raised 375k. church raised 19m through 22,000 people. this works out to be about $863 per person. God will love you if you help more people and not putting up a beautiful building in his name (and may not be used by him). However, this is pale in comparison to what city harvest raised previously. if i am not wrong, the papers reported that they have 42m to build their building.
i am not biased against the religion but sometimes we may not need to be so lavish in certain things. i remember those small old churches that give out the good feel. they may be old but give out the warmth.
If this people are more keen to give to those who really need the money, it will be much wonderful, half the amount per person will help much more people in the society.
Also, the money is not taxable, so we will be missing out the $$$$. One thing, since all these organizations are so rich, can any one from IRAS check out their accounts? since so many has kena investigation, these NGOs should openly declared their financial to the public as these are public money and should allow the public to question the usage. Remember, public money is not to be used for business activities that generates income or this should be taxable and religious organisations are not to be involved in business activities.
In a show of support, a record number of 22,000 people turned up for services at the Rock Auditorium at Suntec City Mall three weeks ago.
The donations were collected over four services on Feb 15.
In comparison, amonth-long charity drive by NTUC Income, Project Love, raised about $375,000.
Following the success of its fund-raiser, the New Creation Church announced the amount it raised to its members on Feb 22. However, when contacted, the church declined to comment.
New Creation Church-goer Angelique Lee, 26, a full-time student, said her donation was a form of thanksgiving and appreciation "for all that God has blessed me with".
'Attending church has helped to transform my life and make me a better person over time,' she explained.
Graduate student Huang Wei Hsuan, 26, who is not a member of the church, felt that part of the funds could be used to "help those who are really in need, instead of being fully used to construct a new building".
'Is it really a good idea to build a new building now? Should the church members be advised to keep more for rainy days?' he asked. But many others who are not from the church were heartened by the congregation's generosity.
'I feel it's incredible that such kindness, empathy and generosity can be shown in such bad economic times,' said Mr Shawn Chin, 24, a civil servant.
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Raising money for the needy only raised 375k. church raised 19m through 22,000 people. this works out to be about $863 per person. God will love you if you help more people and not putting up a beautiful building in his name (and may not be used by him). However, this is pale in comparison to what city harvest raised previously. if i am not wrong, the papers reported that they have 42m to build their building.
i am not biased against the religion but sometimes we may not need to be so lavish in certain things. i remember those small old churches that give out the good feel. they may be old but give out the warmth.
If this people are more keen to give to those who really need the money, it will be much wonderful, half the amount per person will help much more people in the society.
Also, the money is not taxable, so we will be missing out the $$$$. One thing, since all these organizations are so rich, can any one from IRAS check out their accounts? since so many has kena investigation, these NGOs should openly declared their financial to the public as these are public money and should allow the public to question the usage. Remember, public money is not to be used for business activities that generates income or this should be taxable and religious organisations are not to be involved in business activities.
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