Lighthouse Evangelism
- Lighthouse Evangelism
] . Although it claims to be non-denominational, it is an Evangelical-Protestant church and its doctrines resemble Charismatic and Pentecostal teachings.
Lighthouse Evangelism was founded on
April 16 1978 . Pastor Rony Tan, with 8 other members commissioned by Jubilee Presbyterian Church conducted their first service at Chip Bee Centre. 24 people were present, most of them came as a result of the 9 pioneers' door-to-door evangelism.The church is headed by Senior Pastor Rony Tan, also the founder of the church. It has two church buildings, also known as healing centres. One is in
Tampines and the other is in Woodlands. Lighthouse Evangelism Tampines (LET) was completed in 1992 and the first Sunday Service was conducted onAugust 9 1992 . At that time, the strength of the church was 700. LET could accommodate approximately 2,000 people in total.On
August 9 2003 , Lighthouse Evangelism Woodlands (LEW) was opened and its inaugural service held. LEW was constructed to accommodate the church's growing congregation as by then, some people had to be turned away from the Sunday morning services in LET despite the fact that additional chairs were laid. The new LEW healing centre cost US$21 million (SGD 35 million) and it could accommodate approximately 4,000 people in total.In 2005, Lighthouse Evangelism's combined weekly attendance hit the 10,000 mark and as of August 2007, the church had a combined weekly attendance of 12,000.
References
External links
* [http://www.lighthouse.org.sg/ Lighthouse Evangelism]
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