| abstract | - City Harvest Church (simplified Chinese: 城市丰收教会) or "CHC" is one of the megachurches in Singapore that serves as the spiritual resource center for related churches based in Asia. It has been described by Charisma as "one of the largest congregations in Asia." City Harvest Church is the largest church in Singapore, with a combined congregation of over 23 000. This makes the church the second largest in Asia. The church's highest record attendance was more than 51,000 during City Harvest's Christmas Celebration services in 2007. The church is a full member of the National Council of Churches in Singapore, Evangelical Fellowship of Singapore, and Festival of Praise Fellowship. CHC is a multi-site church with multiple, multi-lingual weekend services on two sites, Jurong West and Singapore Expo Hall 8. The values of CHC are based on the Charismatic and Pentecostal teachings, with doctrinal emphases on the Great Commandment, the Great Commission and the Cultural Mandate. There are twenty-four different nationalities represented among its congregation. In Singapore, CHC has set up religious agencies such as a Bible school, a community service association, an education center, a Christian television department, a performing arts school, and a marketplace ministry for businesspeople. Overseas, CHC has active relationships with churches and Bible schools in Asia, conducting joint conferences and seminars with them annually.
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