ST Forum: CHC not seeking public donations
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In the letter, "Why is church seeking donations door to door?" (ST Dec 20), the writer, Mr Lim Shien Wei said he was approached at home for a donation by someone claiming to be from City Harvest Church.
excuses again
We thank Mr Lim for bringing this incident to our attention. We would like to inform him, your readers and other members of the public that, from its inception, City Harvest Church has never socilited funds from the public, has never gone "door to door" to socilit funds and has never authorised anyone to do so on our behalf.
The vast majority of the church's income comes from voluntary donations made by our members.
As a church, we take such misrepresentations very seriously, and we would be most grateful if Mr Lim could contact us to provide more details to facilitate our investigation into the matter.
Should the need arise, we may also refer the matter to the police for further investigation.
Members of the public should verify the identity of any person seeking donations in the name of City Harvest Church, or, for that matter, any other charitable organisation, as there could be some who may be taking advantage of the spirit of generosity during the Christmas season.
In the event of any similar solicitations in the name of City Harvest Church, we would advise your readers and other members of the public to obtain the names, personal particulars and contact numbers of such persons, and to contact us immediately either on our hotline on 6737-6266 or via e-mail to [email protected].
Finally we would like to wish your readers a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Who says they never socilited funds from the public? Despite the fact that they did not do it directly, they have "encouraged" CHC members to bring in more friends to CHC and the way they phrased "voluntary donations made by our members" is so implicit. Are the CHC members' friends who go for the weekly service also the "CHC members"? -
TAKE CARE WHETHER ITS DONATIONS OR TITHES.Originally posted by striderz_o405:excuses again
Who says they never socilited funds from the public? Despite the fact that they did not do it directly, they have "encouraged" CHC members to bring in more friends to CHC and the way they phrased "voluntary donations made by our members" is so implicit. Are the CHC members' friends who go for the weekly service also the "CHC members"? -
next time take pics....then tell him
GPGT. -
my 7% GST can do the job..
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This has been posted in EH
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no one in the right mind will use CHC's name seeking donations if he/she wants to scram the public cause CHC's name is already tarnished badly already
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City Harvest Church has never socilited funds from the public, has never gone "door to door" to socilit funds and has never authorised anyone to do so on our behalf.
but did they go around soliciting people to go their church?...always see friends doing that. and once joined, every month pay and pay... -
pls postin EH forum