City Harvest Church

What City Harvest Church does

City Harvest Church is a Singapore-registered non-profit religious organization headquartered at Suntec City, with a secondary operating site at Jurong West. Founded in 1989, it operates one of Singapore's largest multi-ethnic Christian congregations, running parallel worship services in English, Mandarin, Indonesian, and Cantonese/Hokkien dialects, alongside Emerge (youth), Harvest Kidz (children aged 2-12, 2,200+ weekly), and JAMs (Jesus For All Minds, a special needs ministry serving 500+ individuals with intellectual disabilities). The Chinese Service alone comprises 44 cell groups and approximately 1,000 members drawn from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan and mainland China.

The church's technology layer centers on a custom digital ecosystem rather than a commercial software product. Core components include The CHC App (mobile access to services, sermons, Bible plans, donations, and event registration), CityRadio (audio streaming), CityNews (digital news platform), CityWorship (music/media), and podcast channels (Kong Hee Podcast, Weekend Sermons), all distributed through the Apple App Store, Google Play, YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram. The church also operates six wholly-owned operating subsidiaries: City Harvest Community Services Association (CHCSA), School of Theology, The Harvest Network (missions), The Ink Room Bookstore, City News, and CityRadio. Certifications include CSA Cyber Trust, Data Protection Trustmark, and PDPA compliance.

The revenue model is donations- and tithes-based, processed through the church's GIVE portal; core worship services and most programs are free, with the Smartkids tuition program charging a one-time $50 registration fee. The church is governed by a 10-member Management Board (President Bobby Chaw Ngin, Vice President Ho Yeow Sun, Secretary Vincent Ong Yin Tai, Treasurer Cindy Tan Lay Kuan, plus six board members) under founders Kong Hee and Sun Ho, and is funded entirely through voluntary giving with no external investors or parent company. As of January 2023, the board was reduced from 11 to 10 members following the resignation of Keith Lim Siang Kee.

Name

City Harvest Church

Legal name

City Harvest Church

Website

https://chc.org.sg

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

City Harvest Church is a Singapore-based multi-ethnic non-profit Christian church operating multilingual worship services, children's, youth, and special needs ministries from Suntec Singapore and Jurong West, supported by an in-house digital platform ecosystem and funded through voluntary donations.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Civic and Social Organizations (8134)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

Keywords

• Religious services
• Worship services
• Community ministry
• Nonprofit organization
• Faith-based services

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Tithes: Voluntary donations from congregants including tithes and offerings, processed through the church's donation webpage and GIVE portal

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

City Harvest Church is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual nonprofit church in Singapore that delivers weekend worship services in English, Chinese, Indonesian, and Dialect languages, alongside specialized ministries for children, youth, and people with special needs. It supplements in-person services with digital platforms (CHC App, CityRadio, CityNews, podcasts), educational programs (School of Theology, Smartkids Tuition), life-event services (weddings, funerals, water baptism), community outreach (Church Without Walls, financial assistance), and small-group fellowship through cell groups.

Product overview

City Harvest Church Singapore operates as a multi-service, multi-ministry church with a diverse portfolio of worship services and programs. The core offering includes English, Chinese, Indonesian, and Dialect worship services held at Suntec Singapore and Jurong West locations. Supporting ministries include Harvest Kidz (children's ministry serving over 2,200 children), JAMs Service (special needs ministry for intellectual disabilities), and Emerge Service (youth ministry). Digital platforms include The CHC App, CityRadio, CityNews, CityWorship, and podcast offerings. The church also operates educational institutions (School of Theology), retail (The Ink Room Bookstore), and community support services (financial assistance, funeral care, wedding services). The church emphasizes its 'Church Without Walls' philosophy, extending services beyond physical gatherings through online webcasts and multiple digital channels.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Harvest Kidz: Children's ministry serving over 2,200 children aged 2-12 with weekly services
• JAMs Service
• CityRadio
• Emerge
• CityWorship

Products and services

• English Services
• Chinese Service
• Indonesian Service
• Dialect Service
• JAMs Service (Jesus For All Minds)
• Harvest Kidz
• Emerge Service
• Cell Groups
• School of Theology (SOT)
• The Ink Room Bookstore
• Smartkids Tuition
• Wedding Services
• Funeral Care Services
• Water Baptism Program
• Financial Assistance Program
• Church Without Walls
• The CHC App
• CityRadio
• CityNews
• CityWorship
• Kong Hee Podcast
• Weekend Sermons Podcast

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,200+ children and 500+ special needs individuals served weekly
• +1 more outcomes

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles7 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cornerstone Community Church (Singapore): Singapore community church with cell-group-based ministry and outreach programs. Comparable in community-led GTM and congregational care programs.
• The People's Church (Singapore): Singapore-based church operating contemporary worship services with strong youth, missions, and cell-group ministry. Comparable in GTM, programming mix, and Singapore urban demographic focus.
• Grace Assembly of God: Large multi-service Singapore church with English, Chinese, and dialect services across multiple sites. Closely comparable in multi-ethnic service model and community programming.
• New Creation Church: Singapore's largest megachurch, also operating multi-language services and a major digital/webcast platform. Directly comparable in scale, venue footprint (Suntec-area), and reliance on donations and cell-group-style community.
• Lighthouse Evangelism: Established Singapore church with cell-group structure, multiple language services, and active community/social outreach. Overlaps with CHC's cell-group backbone and bilingual ministry approach.
• Hope Church Singapore: Singapore-affiliated church with cell-group structure and contemporary services. Comparable in small-group community model and youth ministry programmatic depth.
• Trinity Christian Centre: Singapore church with comparable contemporary worship, cell-group-based ministry, and community outreach programs serving a similar professional and family demographic.
• Bethesda Church (Bedok-Tampines): Multi-site Singapore church with English, Chinese, and dialect services. Operates similarly to CHC in running parallel language services and small-group community models.

Regional players

• Church of Our Saviour (Singapore): Singapore Anglican church with multi-language services and community programs. Comparable in multi-ethnic service provision and special-needs inclusion ministry, though denominationally structured.

Broad incumbents

• Cru (Campus Crusade for Christ): Global Christian organization with significant Singapore campus presence (EPIS/EV-style campus ministries). Comparable in youth/campus outreach ministry that overlaps with CHC's Emerge program.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/cityharvestsg
• Facebookfacebook.com/cityharvestchurch
• Instagraminstagram.com/chcsg
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/city-harvest-church

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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