Urapan Roh Kudus dapat mengalir lewat musik
Bersama
Rev. Benny Hinn, Rev. Kong Hee juga memberkan kata sambutannya yang
singkat.Komentar beliau : “Doa
bagi Pemulihan Bangsa” ini akan membawa Indonesia menjadi negara
yang nyaman dihuni oleh setiap orang karena dipenuhi Kemuliaan
Allah.
Rev.Kong Hee, Gembala
Jemaat City Harvest Church (CHC), sebuah gereja terbesar di negara
di Singapura. Menurut data terakhir (oktober 2005) jumlah jemaat CHC
19.050 jiwa kebaktiannya 12 kali; antara lain kebaktian dalam bahasa
Mandarin (1), bahasa Indonesia (1), kebaktian dengan dialek lokal
(1), kebaktian bagi kaum dengan keterbelakangan mental (2 kali).
Pada tahun 1989 Tuhan
memberikan visi kepadanya untuk memulai pekerjaan Tuhan di
Singapura. Visi itu adalah membentuk generasi umat percaya yang
memiliki dampak bagi Kawasan Asia. Tanggal 7 Mei 1998 dia dan Istri
membangun CHC dengan jumlah jemaat “hanya” 20 orang dan
rata-rata berusia muda. ia mengharapkan gereja yang dipimpinnya
menjadi gereja yang kudus dan beriman, setiap anggota jema’atnya
memiliki jiwa pelayan dalam menjalankan Amanat Agung Tuhan Yesus.
Khusus dalam bidang
praise & worship kedua unsur ini merupakan dasar kehidupan
kristiani. Bahkan seharusnya menjadi gaya kehidupan.
Urapan Roh Kudus
menurutnya, dapat mengalir lewat musik. Dan secara keseluruhan dapat
dikatakan, kehidupan kristiani berpusat pada penyembahan, doa dan
kebenaran Firman Tuhan.
Ribuan CD Gratis untuk yang baru terima Yesus Kristus sebagai juru
selamatnya
Bpk. Yohanes, dari
Chilren Care Departement Full Gospel Indonesia menyerahkan 2 dos
besar CD berjudul “ Bila anda mendapat keselamatan, Apa tindakan
selanjutnya ?” kepada Panitia Penyelenggara untuk dibagi bagikan
gratis kepada peserta KKR. di Ancol.
CD tersebut
bahasa Mandarin, juga ada terjemahannya dalam bahasa
Indonesia.
Bagi yang kebetulan ke Surabaya, bisa minta 1 orang 1 CD ke Radio
Bahtera Yudha, Jl. Bedadung no. 6 Surabaya, gratis dari Full Gospel
Indonesia.
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Mar 2, 2006
Heavens, Asia's going Christian
SINGAPORE - The official guide to churches and Christian organizations
in Singapore runs to more than 390 pages. With names like God@work,
Great Shepherd Assembly and City Impact, there are 44 registered
churches from the US-based Assemblies of God alone in Singapore.
A Christian from Myanmar, a Korean Christian,
even a Thai Christian can find services in their own language -
though for the most part Chinese is the language of the Christian faith
here.
Singapore is one of the fastest-growing Christian communities in
Asia,
along with Hong Kong, Taiwan and mainland
China. In fact, Asia is projected to become one of the largest Christian
populations in the world, on pace to eclipse Europe in the next 30
years.
The US State Department estimates there
could already be as many as 100 million Christians in China, even
though the official tally of believers is below 50 million.
The US-led "war on terror" has focused worldwide concern on
the rise of Islamic fundamentalism as a precursor to violent militancy.
Moderate or secular behavior among Asia's Muslims is considered the
long-term antidote to religious fervor. But in the wider context
encompassing Hinduism, Buddhism and Christianity, the trend in Asia is
anything but moderate or
secular. Across the region, charismatic sects are springing up and
drawing young people to religious faith. And new Asian converts to
Christianity are arguably outpacing the spread of Islam.
The new believers are often Asia's upwardly mobile, although the
dirt-poor and desperate still flock to Christianity's promise of eternal
salvation.
Far from embracing materialist and consumer values and completely
abandoning religion, middle-class Chinese residents of Singapore, Taipei
and Hong Kong all regularly flock to Pentecostal or charismatic
churches.
The houses of worship offer relief from the stress of modern existence
to the accompaniment of pop music - and some throw in fresh coffee and
broadband Internet for good measure. They are active in social welfare,
and sometimes in politics - the Pentecostal Church of Taiwan has
advocated independence from China for the island, which Beijing still
claims is a renegade province.
In Hong Kong, the church backs the movement
for
democracy.The trend toward religiosity in Asian societies is plain, if
not predictable. As Asia's economies have grown, many at a breakneck
pace, so too have social inequalities and uncertainties. In urban areas,
the resulting hardships are felt even more because migration deprives
people of family or community support and breeds alienation. The church,
the temple or the mosque is often the only place people facing hardship
can turn to.
Every Sunday as many 12,000 people, in shifts of several thousand, cram
into the Rock auditorium at the Suntech Convention Center in the heart
of Singapore's business district. They are members of the New Creation
Church
founded in 1983, and its pastors tell their followers what they want to
hear. The church's website boasts "many miraculous healings of
cancers, tumors, kidney conditions and much more". The site also
mentions "God's supernatural provision in the area of
finances".
Not far away in Jurong district, the Reverend Kong Hee, accompanied by
his pop-singer wife Ho Yeow Sun, packs in a similar number at the City
Harvest Church. With a backing band belting out soft pop music in the
background, the US-trained evangelist croons: "We enter the
presence of God in worship,
receive his spoken word that strengthens, encourages, nurtures and
transforms us ..." The youthful congregation, dressed mainly in
T-shirts and jeans, is ecstatic.
Charismatic pastors like Kong Hee are bringing Jesus into the
marketplace of ideas and finding a pent-up demand for faith. The trend
is creating a surge in Christian missionary activities, and with it
spirited competition with activist Islam.
Singaporean church organizations were very
active in providing relief for victims of the December 2004 tsunami in
strictly
Islamic Aceh, prompting some Indonesian concerns about quid pro quo
proselytization.
Like many Christian evangelists, Indonesian Islamic preachers such as A
A Gymnastiar hog prime-time television spots during the Ramadan holy
month, crooning their own brand ofcharismatic Islam. Their zany style is
harmless enough, although without a doubt the growing appeal of strict
Islamic adherence is breeding intolerance among some sections of
Indonesian society.
There was a measurable increase in the number of hours given over to
religious broadcasting during Ramadan last year. Nearly all restaurants
serving alcohol were forced to close in line with the tradition of
fasting.
Supermarkets had withdrawn hard liquor from their shelves and foreign
food brands are reacting by highlighting their halal compliance on
packaging.
Some years ago, American scholar Samuel Huntington predicted a clash of
civilizations along religious lines. Even with the growth of
religiosity, in Asia that clash is yet to come to pass. Anger over the
publication of cartoons depicting the prophet Mohammed in a Danish
newspaper has been deeply felt in Asia's Muslim communities - but the
anger was directed at irreverent Europeans, not local Christians.
In much of Asia, strong traditions of pluralism and accommodation have
allowed Islam and Christianity to blossom side by side. Governments in
Malaysia and Indonesia are promoting inter-faith dialogue to help shore
up these traditions. Even nominally atheist China has recently loosened
up on its hordes of Christian devotees. As Christianity takes deeper
root in Asia, it is just as likely to spread without fear and
resentment: a vibrant collage rather than clash of civilizations.
By Michael Vatikiotis
