- New Creation Church
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New Creation Church Country Singapore Denomination Non-denominational Charismatic Website newcreation.org.sg Clergy Senior pastor(s) Joseph Prince 
New Creation Church is a megachurch in Singapore. It was founded in 1984 and has a 22,000 strong local congregation at the Rock Auditorium in the Suntec City Mall today.[1] Joseph Prince is the Senior Pastor of the church. While it is charismatic in practice, it is non-denominational and is not affiliated to any church overseas. It is a member of the National Council of Churches of Singapore.[2]
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History
The church was founded by a small group of young pioneer leaders including Joseph Prince, Henry Yeo, David Yeow and Jack Ho in 1983. It was later officially registered with the Registrar of Societies on October 1984. It began its Sunday service with an average attendance of 25 people. Gradually, it grew to about 150 members in 1990 when Pastor Prince was appointed as the senior pastor of the church.[1]
During the period between 1984 and 1999, the church had to move through different worshipping venues such as a hall in Young Women's Christian Association and the ballrooms in local hotels to accommodate its growing congregation.[1]
In 1999, the church moved to the Rock Auditorium in the Suntec City Mall where its church-goers currently attend services. [1]
The church grew from 150 members in 1990 to more than 10,000 members in 2004.[3][1]
Since 2009, Pastor Prince has not been on the church payroll, and currently serves as a volunteer pastor at the church.[4]
Outreach
The church is actively involved in missions throughout the Asian region, and sends its pastors, leaders and volunteers to several Asian countries annually. [5]
10% of the church's annual budget which was about US$4 million (as of Year 2007) was set aside for missionary work.[6] Currently, the church is still committed to work towards missionaries. Besides, the church also made donations to local charities annually.[7] Specifically, the church has given SGD581,500 to community groups and charities during the period between April 2007 to March 2008.[8][dated info][dead link]
Media and publications
Broadcasting programmes
The church's English-language broadcast program called Destined to Reign, which takes place in the weekly church service, reaching out to more than 150 countries on cable television and satellite networks.[9] Besides, the church's television ministry establishes the media technology like the Internet and podcasts to allow viewers to watch the church's broadcast program online.[10]
Magazine publication
The church's Publication ministry which is run by church volunteers (reporters, photographers and designers) currently publishes its own magazine named Solid Rock. [11]
Ministries
- Royal Service This ministry works with the church, providing essential services to everyone who attends to church. It has several departments involving medical, security and safety, logistics, transport and ushers. [13]
- Visual Arts This ministry focuses on the media technology and arts performance to develop artistic works and the drama productions for the church.[14]
- Foreign Mission The foreign ministry is a part of the church's services and its purpose is to reach out to the foreign, non-English speaking community in Singapore. [15]Languages offered include Indonesian and Korean.
- Outreach This is a ministry outreach which focuses on missionary in Singapore and overseas.[16]
- Rock Kidz Rock Kidz is a ministry focusing on the preaching of Christianity to children aged 1 - 12. [17] The ministry encompasses the various age divisions and a ministry dedicated to children aged 7-13 with Autism Spectrum Disorder.[18]
- The Zone This ministry oversees the preaching of Christianity to youth aged 13-29. [19] The Zone encompasses three sub-divisions, dealing with Secondary, Tertiary and Young Adult churchgoers. The Ministry is headed by Lim Chin-wah.[20]
Affiliates
The official affiliates are specifically mentioned on the church's authorized correspondence with them.[21] These affiliates are:
- Rock Productions
- Rock Productions, which is a business arm of New Creation Church, was founded in 1998 at Suntec City Mall. It acts as a venue provider and New Creation Church's anchor tenant for both Rock Auditorium at Suntec City Mall and The Star Performing Arts Centre at One-North, in Buona Vista. The shares of Rock Productions are held in trust for the church by four of its registered shareholders. Rock Productions also manages business.[21]
- Rock Gifts & Book Centre
- Rock Gifts & Book Centre, which is managed by Rock Productions, is a Christian bookshop store.[22] It was set up at Suntec City Mall in 1998 for selling Christian books, music, sermon resources and gifts.[21]
- Daystar Child Development Centre
- Daystar Child Development Centre (also known as Daystar) is listed as a Voluntary Welfare Organisation (VWO) under the church. It has two branches - which were established at Holland in 1994 and at Jurong West in 2004. This centre is run by management committees under the church. [21]
- Omega Tours
- Omega Tours (also known as Omega Tours & Travel Pte Ltd), which was set up as a travel agency in 2004, is managed by Rock Productions. Through Omega Tours, New Creation Church organizes tours for its members to travel to Isarel and other Bible lands so that the members witness to the Grace of God and experience the love of Jesus through visiting these lands.[21][23]
New worshipping place
The church will move to a new 5,000 seat auditorium as its future worshipping place in the new building named The Star Performing Arts Centre (also called The Star) in Buona Vista when The Star is completed. This purpose is to accommodate to its growing church congregation. The Star will be opened in 2nd half 2012.[24] The Star is planned by Rock Productions, the business arm of the church,[24][25] together with CapitaLand.
The Star is envisioned as a "futuristic complex with restaurants, shops and a 5,000-seat theatre", and costs nearly SGD1 billion.[25] The church has raised approximately half its SGD500 million share of the new building's cost.[26]
As the anchor of The Star Performing Arts Centre, both the church and its business arm, Rock Productions, are awarded to manage the civic and cultural zone of The Star. The church owns the 5,000 seat theatre, multi-purpose hall, outdoor amphitheatre, special function rooms and other facilities to serve the church's congregation. The Star's retail and entertainment zone is not under the management of the church and Rock Productions as CapitaMalls Asia will manage this zone.[24][27]
The church will rent space owned by its subsidiary, Rock Productions, in the complex for Sunday services.[26]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e "History - New Creation Church". New Creation Church. http://www.newcreation.org.sg/about-us/history. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ "Our Affiliates - New Creation Church". New Creation Church. http://www.newcreation.org.sg/about-us/our-affiliates. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ "Joseph Prince Ministries - About Joseph and Wendy". Joseph Prince Ministries. http://www.josephprince.org/About_Joseph_And_Wendy.html?active=about. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ "New Creation Church talks about its affiliated companies". http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1061465/1/.html. Retrieved 2010-06-07.
- ^ "Ministries - Global Outreach - Missions". New Creation Church. http://www.newcreation.org.sg/ministries/outreach. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ Thomas, George! (January 1, 2008). "Singapore takes on a world mission". CBN news. http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/326584.aspx. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ "News Articles". New Creation Church. http://www.newcreation.org.sg/press/news-articles. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
- ^ "Church raises $178m for lifestyle hub". The Straits Times. 2008-09-20. http://fleetingmemories.sg/blogfiles/businesschurch.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-09. Archived from [1] & [2]
- ^ "Joseph Prince Ministries - Broadcast - Full Listing". Joseph Prince Ministries. http://www.josephprince.org/Broadcast_Full_Listing.html?active=broadcast. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ "Joseph Prince Ministries - About - The Ministry". Joseph Prince Ministries. http://www.josephprince.org/About_The_Ministry.html?active=about. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- ^ "Publication - New Creation Church". New Creation Church. http://www.newcreation.org.sg/ministries/publications. Retrieved 20111-09-17.
- ^ "Ministries - New Creation Church". New Creation Church. http://www.newcreation.org.sg/ministries/join-a-ministry. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ "Royal Service - New Creation Church". New Creation Church. http://www.newcreation.org.sg/ministries/royal-service. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ "Visual Arts - New Creation Church". New Creation Church. http://www.newcreation.org.sg/ministries/visual-arts. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ "Korean Mission - New Creation Church". New Creation Church. http://www.newcreation.org.sg/ministries/korean-mission. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ "Outreach - New Creation Church". New Creation Church. http://www.newcreation.org.sg/ministries/outreach. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ Rock Kidz
- ^ Sub-divisions of the Rock Kidz Ministry
- ^ The Zone
- ^ The Zone
- ^ a b c d e "Our Affiliates - New Creation Church". New Creation Church. http://www.newcreation.org.sg/about-us/our-affiliates. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
- ^ "Rock Gifts & Books Centre". Rock Productions Pte Ltd. http://www.rockproductions.com/rgbc.html. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
- ^ "About Us - Omega Tours". Omega Tours. http://www.omegatours.com.sg/?page_id=18. Retrieved 2011-09-21.
- ^ a b c "The Star Performing Arts Centre - Introduction". Asia One. September 17, 2011. http://www.newcreation.org.sg/the-star/introduction. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
- ^ a b "Church collects $19m in one day for lifestyle hub". The Straits Times. May 19, 2009. http://www.straitstimes.com/vgn-ext-templating/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bd98403cd71ff110VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=cf70758920e39010VgnVCM1000000a35010aRCRD. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
- ^ a b "New Creation Church collected S$21 million in fewer than 24 hours". Asia One. August 30, 2010. http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Singapore/Story/A1Story20100830-234555.html. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
- ^ "The Star Performing Arts Centre - Corporate Information". September 17, 2011. http://www.thestar.sg/corporate-information. Retrieved 2011-09-17.
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