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<\/a>Who We Are<\/h1>\n

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Church of Singapore (COS) was established in 1963 as an independent charismatic local church. We believe in the baptism of the Holy Spirit and the operation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit.Over the years, God has blessed us greatly. We presently have over 4,000 members worshipping in 15 different weekly Services. As a family church, our congregation is a diverse mix of young people and elderly folk from all walks of life.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Our History” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_tta_tour color=”sandy-brown” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”2007 – Present” tab_id=”1610809318514-df01a567-45e4″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”2007 – PRESENT” font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23f4af60″ google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”Moving into the Future” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left”][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_column_text]By 2007, our congregation size has grown to over 3,000 members. And in 2013, we celebrated our 50th anniversary with a series of celebratory events – an Open House, a Combined Church Camp, High Praise and a Thanksgiving Celebration Dinner. As we continue to grow and expand, construction works started for the building of a new hall, Zion Hall, and it was completed in 2019.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”1996 – 2006″ tab_id=”1610809292554-f951ef59-5109″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”1996 – 2006″ font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23f4af60″][vc_custom_heading text=”Growing and Expanding” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left”][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

A new branch, Church of Singapore (Harvest) was set up in 1996. We also made further forays into community work by establishing Tung Ling ElderCare Centre (which eventually became Tung Ling Community Services) in 2000.<\/p>\n

After occupying 145 Marine Parade Road for over 20 years, we saw the need for a series of upgrading works to improve and upgrade our facilities. This commenced in 2006.<\/p>\n

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By the late 1980s, the church membership has grown to approximately 1,000. Our leaders started engaging the owners of 145 Marine Parade Road to purchase the property. In 1987, the owner finally agreed to sell the freehold property to us. Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n

In 1989, the old building was demolished and construction of the new building began. During this time, our services were held in Odeon Katong Theatre and 41 Koon Seng Road. The new building was finally completed in 1992.<\/p>\n

To better serve our community, we joined hands with three other churches and para-church organisations to found St Luke\u2019s Hospital in 1991. Tung Ling Student Care Centre was also set up in 1995.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”1974 – 1984″ tab_id=”1610809214187-0e38b3ba-eb45″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”1974 – 1984″ font_container=”tag:h5|text_align:left|color:%23f4af60″][vc_custom_heading text=”Establishing the Church” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left”][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

As the church grew, there was a pressing need for more space. In 1977, the chief tenant offered us the chief tenancy of 145 Marine Parade Road on the condition that we continued to operate a school under the name \u201cTung Ling\u201d. With that, \u201cTung Ling Bible School\u201d was established in 1978.<\/p>\n

We also branched out into Church of Singapore (Balestier) in 1979, Church of Singapore (Bukit Timah) in 1981, Church of Singapore (Woodlands) in 1987 and eventually, Church of Singapore (Harvest) in 1996.<\/p>\n

Apart from branching out, we also sent our first missionaries for church planting work in 1977.<\/p>\n

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Our first meeting place was under a canvas roof at 8 Siglap Plain. As the number of believers increased, a new meeting place was urgently needed and we started meeting in an old bungalow at Mt Sophia that was due for demolition. At this time, the number of English-speaking members increased and the service language was changed to English and Mandarin.<\/p>\n

In 1965, a church member learnt that the rooftop of a pre-war control building was available for rental. After successful negotiations, we moved into 145 Marine Parade Road.<\/p>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_images_carousel images=”6275,6277,6279″ img_size=”full” autoplay=”yes” partial_view=”yes” wrap=”yes”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Dec 1963″ tab_id=”1610809745243-c49c2bd4-a037″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_custom_heading text=”DECEMBER 1963″ font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%23f4af60″ google_fonts=”font_family:Open%20Sans%3A300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C600%2C600italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal”][vc_custom_heading text=”Our Founding Elders” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left”][vc_empty_space height=”50px”][vc_column_text]Church of Singapore was founded by the late Bro Goh Ewe Kheng, the late Bro Cheng Kai Ho, and the late Bro Huang Jen Shen. In 1963, there was a mighty outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Singapore and Malaysia. Many Christians, including our 3 founding elders, were baptised in the Holy Spirit. Church of Singapore was founded in December 1963 to take care of these newly Spirit-filled Christians who were hungry for the Word of God and knowledge of the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n

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