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Singapore exports 'prosperity gospel' to the world

  • Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. Picture taken March 1, 2014. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
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    Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore

    Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. Picture taken March 1, 2014. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
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  • Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
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    Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore

    Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
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  • Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. Picture taken March 1, 2014. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
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    Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore

    Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. Picture taken March 1, 2014. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
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  • Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. Picture taken March 1, 2014. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
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    Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore

    Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. Picture taken March 1, 2014. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
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  • Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. Picture taken March 1, 2014. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
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    Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore

    Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. Picture taken March 1, 2014. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
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  • Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. Picture taken March 1, 2014. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
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    Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore

    Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. Picture taken March 1, 2014. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
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  • City Harvest Church supporters queue up before dawn outside the Subordinate Courts to secure seats for a hearing of church leaders in Singapore in this August 27, 2013 file photo. City Harvest's Crossover Project is at the centre of charges that founder Ho Kong Hee and five other officials financed his wife's singing career by funneling church funds of S$24 million into sham investments and then used S$26.6 million more to cover up the deals. Ho and the others deny the charges. Ho's wife is not on trial and has resumed her executive duties at the church. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su/Files (SINGAPORE - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION)
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    File photo of City Harvest Church supporters at the Subordinate Courts in Singapore

    City Harvest Church supporters queue up before dawn outside the Subordinate Courts to secure seats for a hearing of church leaders in Singapore in this August 27, 2013 file photo. City Harvest's Crossover Project is at the centre of charges that founder Ho Kong Hee and five other officials financed his wife's singing career by funneling church funds of S$24 million into sham investments and then used S$26.6 million more to cover up the deals. Ho and the others deny the charges. Ho's wife is not on trial and has resumed her executive duties at the church. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su/Files (SINGAPORE - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION)
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  • City Harvest Church founder Ho Kong Hee (centre R) and his wife Sun Ho, also known as Ho Yeow Sun, are surrounded by supporters as they exit the Subordinate Courts in Singapore in this June 27, 2012 file photo. City Harvest's Crossover Project is at the centre of charges that Ho and five other officials financed his wife's singing career by funneling church funds of S$24 million into sham investments and then used S$26.6 million more to cover up the deals. Ho and the others deny the charges. Ho's wife is not on trial and has resumed her executive duties at the church. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Tim Chong/Files (SINGAPORE - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION)
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    File photo of City Harvest Church founder Kong Hee and his wife surrounded by supporters as they exit the Subordinate Courts in Singapore

    City Harvest Church founder Ho Kong Hee (centre R) and his wife Sun Ho, also known as Ho Yeow Sun, are surrounded by supporters as they exit the Subordinate Courts in Singapore in this June 27, 2012 file photo. City Harvest's Crossover Project is at the centre of charges that Ho and five other officials financed his wife's singing career by funneling church funds of S$24 million into sham investments and then used S$26.6 million more to cover up the deals. Ho and the others deny the charges. Ho's wife is not on trial and has resumed her executive duties at the church. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Tim Chong/Files (SINGAPORE - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION)
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Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. Picture taken March 1, 2014. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. Picture taken March 1, 2014. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. Picture taken March 1, 2014. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. Picture taken March 1, 2014. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
Worshippers attend a church service at the City Harvest Church in Singapore March 1, 2014. With a "prosperity gospel" that blends the spiritual and the material, City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in the wealthy Asian city-state have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity. Picture taken March 1, 2014. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su (SINGAPORE - Tags: RELIGION)
City Harvest Church supporters queue up before dawn outside the Subordinate Courts to secure seats for a hearing of church leaders in Singapore in this August 27, 2013 file photo. City Harvest's Crossover Project is at the centre of charges that founder Ho Kong Hee and five other officials financed his wife's singing career by funneling church funds of S$24 million into sham investments and then used S$26.6 million more to cover up the deals. Ho and the others deny the charges. Ho's wife is not on trial and has resumed her executive duties at the church. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Edgar Su/Files (SINGAPORE - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION)
City Harvest Church founder Ho Kong Hee (centre R) and his wife Sun Ho, also known as Ho Yeow Sun, are surrounded by supporters as they exit the Subordinate Courts in Singapore in this June 27, 2012 file photo. City Harvest's Crossover Project is at the centre of charges that Ho and five other officials financed his wife's singing career by funneling church funds of S$24 million into sham investments and then used S$26.6 million more to cover up the deals. Ho and the others deny the charges. Ho's wife is not on trial and has resumed her executive duties at the church. To match Feature SINGAPORE-MEGACHURCHES/ REUTERS/Tim Chong/Files (SINGAPORE - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION)
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City Harvest and other Pentecostal megachurches in Singapore have perfected a popular and lucrative model. Now they are working to export it to the world and turn Singapore into a hub for evangelical Christianity.