C3 Church
Pastor is target of watchdog group
The New Paper (Singapore)
By Koh Hui Theng
July 02, 2012
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On the same day that founder Kong Hee and four others were charged with misusing over $50 million of church funds, CHC appointed Reverend Phil Pringle and Rev A.R. Bernard as advisory senior pastors to continue providing spiritual leadership.
"Pastor Kong is still our senior pastor," executive pastor Aries Zulkarnain said on Thursday in a statement.
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"designed to watch and monitor C3 Church and its pastors, specifically Phil Pringle."
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Rev Pringle is the founder and senior minister of Christian City Church in Sydney, Australia.
Now in Singapore to support CHC, Rev Pringle is himself the target of a self-appointed Christian watchdog group, C3 Church Watch.
The blog said it was "designed to watch and monitor C3 Church and its pastors, specifically Phil Pringle."
It has raised questions about the New Zealand-born pastor's religious credentials and teachings.
Rev Pringle moved to Australia in 1980 with his wife, Chris, to start Christian City Church in Sydney.
The movement has over 300 congregations globally, a far cry from the 13 people in the first service.
His Facebook biography said: "Our 2020 Vision is to plant and grow 1,000 churches and we're on target to meet this."
Local news reports first mentioned Rev Pringle in 2010, when Kong, 47, was called to help the police who were investigating the alleged misuse of church funds then. He had met the Kongs during their honeymoon.
"From the start, I always felt a great affinity with Kong and Sun (Ms Ho Yeow Sun)," he told CHC's online portal, City News last year.
"There are some relationships that God joins together, and you've got to recognise, respect and nurture those relationships, no matter what."
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