    city harvest church () or chc is a pentecostal megachurch in singapore. founded in 1989 by kong hee, the church officially bases its values on charismatic and pentecostal teachings, with emphases on such "doctrines" as "the great commandment", "the great commission" and "the cultural mandate". since 2010, city harvest church and some of its key leaders have been embroiled in a huge controversy in regards to a more than $50 million embezzlement which shocked the entire christian community in the world. because of this controversy, membership and attendance have been dropping drastically overtime leaving their service venue rather empty and members are strongly encouraged to attend at least 2 services on different days to fill the venue up so it looks good on camera. now, they are left with under 5,000 members. the news and court proceedings during the trial of its leaders have also reported that city harvest church has never exceeded attendance of 12000 - 18,000 compared to the figures of over 38,000 which the church claimed falsely. city harvest church is a member of several interchurch organisations, including the national council of churches of singapore, evangelical fellowship of singapore, and festival of praise fellowship. services are held at its church building in jurong west and rented hall space at suntec international convention centre. chc has affiliate churches in the region, including malaysia, indonesia, taiwan, australia and united states. in june 2012, kong hee and tan ye peng, chew eng han (who has left the church), serina wee gek yin, john lam leng hung and sharon tan shao yuen, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit criminal breach of trust for misusing over sgd$50 million of church money, much of it to finance the music career of his 
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