Ps Kong Hee's Testimony: From Brokenness to Breakthrough, a Move of God | REAL CONVERSATIONS pt1

Summary of the Video: “REAL CONVERSATIONS pt1” — Ps Kong Hee’s Testimony: From Brokenness to Breakthrough

The video is an interview with Ps Kong Hee about how God transformed his life—and how that transformation fueled revival and church growth in Singapore and across Asia. Pastor Joshua presents Kong Hee as a “father” in ministry. Kong Hee explains that his journey began in severe personal and family brokenness, then shifted through encounters with the Holy Spirit, radical obedience, and a revival strategy centered on loving God and reaching the lost.

1) Childhood brokenness → early salvation and spiritual hunger

• Kong Hee describes growing up in a “very dysfunctional” family in Singapore during a time of extreme poverty.
• His parents were not Christian, described as Buddhist/Taoist/spiritualist, and opposed Christianity socially—leading to disownment.
• At age 11, his sister brings him a gospel story book from a Catholic convent school. He reads it and invites Jesus into his heart, becoming born again even though he cannot attend church.
• Blocked from church, he persists through Bible study, including reading books like John and Acts with a cousin.
• By age 11, he begins speaking in tongues.
• A “tension point” in his testimony: in his cultural context, he says people were considered “officially Christian” only after water baptism, so his family resisted him until later.

2) First major Holy Spirit encounter and supernatural turning points

• At age 16 (during a school holiday in 1978), he stumbles into a Pentecostal gathering at a hotel and hears speakers such as Dr. David Cho and other figures he names (including Benny Hinn and “Jim Baker”).
• During the altar moment, he reports feeling a “strong mighty wind,” which he describes as his first encounter with the Holy Spirit.
• Around this time, he also describes supernatural healing from serious asthma.
• He becomes involved in water polo and reaches a national level—until he eventually surrenders those ambitions to focus on accessing church and ministry.

3) Revival begins through testimony + obedience

• Once he can attend church at 16, he becomes deeply committed:
  • attending services and youth meetings
  • participating in prayer
  • continuing frequent Bible study
• He later shares that while serving in university and the church, his pastor asked him to speak briefly at an Anglican school chapel service.
• His short testimony is followed by a major response:
  • 60 students give their hearts to Jesus
  • within two years, the revival expands to nearby schools, reaching 500 students
• As a result, he says he was eventually “banned” from entering schools because the revival was seen as disruptive or dangerous.

4) Called into ministry—rejecting scholarship, embracing a “bigger revival” purpose

• Kong Hee describes an internal call during his university years while on a bus after being sent off to the airport.
• He says Jesus confronts his “love” priorities (“Do you love me more than this?”), where scholarship opportunities and a corporate lifestyle represent the competing direction.
• He chooses devotion to Jesus instead.
• He interprets this as God commissioning him to bring a “big revival,” raising up a generation that would impact nations in Asia.

5) Building a church—revival strategy shifts from “building the saved” to “compelling the lost”

• He joins missions work and travels widely, describing crusades, healings, and early missionary experiences.
• In 1989, he returns to Singapore—portrayed as God’s direction to start a church, even though he prefers missions and has limited resources.
• The church grows quickly from a youth-focused beginning, reaching around 800 within a few years.
• Later, growth “stalls” around 800, even with strong structure:
  • cell groups
  • conferences
  • many visiting speakers
• A turning point comes in February 1996 in Hawaii, during discouragement and fasting/prayer on a hotel balcony:
  • God leads him to Matthew 22: love God wholeheartedly and love neighbor as yourself.
  • He interprets the “laws and prophets” as both vision and practical obedience: loving God must translate into loving people.
  • He describes God’s message to him as:
    • “win the loss”
    • “find a need and meet it”
    • “find a hurt and heal it”
• Back in Singapore, he changes the church’s direction:
  • from mainly building up believers
  • to actively “compelling the lost,” especially the poorest and most broken.

6) “3,000 in a year” breakthrough—ministry in a dangerous red-light/gang area

• Kong Hee describes the church as located in a dangerous neighborhood: a red-light district with gangs.
• The church adapts by reaching deeply marginalized people:
  • children’s church knocks on doors through brothels to find kids
  • members reach prostitutes, drunkards, and people with tattoos (described as not “safe” or socially acceptable)
• He notes real risks and conflict in the area (including mentions of machetes and gang tensions), requiring security response within the ministry context.
• The reported results are immediate and dramatic:
  • from around 800, by December of that year the church grows to about 3,200
  • he says his preaching was simple—faith, hope, and love—often paired with gospel-aligned altar calls
  • sermons both encourage believers and invite the lost directly to respond to the gospel
  • he also reports rapid expansion figures (e.g., 5,000, 7,000, 9,000, and 10,000 by 2000), later including much larger numbers and multiple locations/satellites

7) Key influences—spiritual fathering (especially Dr. Cho)

• Kong Hee identifies Dr. Cho as his “spiritual dad” and anchor, emphasizing a close relationship built over many years.
• He recounts how he met and related to Dr. Cho:
  • he first encountered Cho’s ministry during major crusade events while in military service
  • he describes involvement such as being an usher supervisor, including witnessing a high-profile healing testimony (a paralyzed man who stands up and walks)
  • many years later (described as early 2000s), he shares an encounter where Dr. Cho recognizes him and prays publicly—followed by a prophetic word about his future and a later invitation to serve on Dr. Cho’s board
• The repeated theme is that God orchestrates “divine connections” that shape leaders’ lives and ministries.

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Presenters / contributors

• Pastor Joshua (host/interviewer)
• Ps Kong Hee (guest)