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David Yonggi Cho is the founder/senior pastor-emeritus of Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea. YFGC is the world’s largest Protestant church. In 1958, he started the first worship service with Ja-shil Choi, who later became his mother-in-law. Today, YFGC has an attendance of more than 800,000 members.
In 1973, Cho founded the Osanri Choi Ja-sil Memorial Fasting Prayer Mountain to provide a secluded place of prayer, which receives more than a million visitors every year, including some 50,000 foreigners. With the growth of YFGC, Cho also founded Church Growth International in 1976. To help reform the society with the gospel and the love of Jesus, YFGC set up social welfare facilities, such as, Elim Welfare Town and Good People World Family.
Under Cho, the church owns a Christian television network and publishes their own newspapers, Kukmin Daily and Full Gospel Family Newspaper. The importance of education has also prompted the church to set up a 10-story World Evangelical Center (theology) and the renowned Hansei University (education).
Cho is married to Kim Sung-Hae and they have three sons.
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Kong Hee is the founder/senior pastor of City Harvest Church, a Spirit-filled church that was birthed in 1989. CHC is widely regarded as one of the most dynamic and innovative churches in the Far East. With a handful of 20 young people at its inception, the church has grown to an average weekly attendance of 28,134 and a total membership of over 32,000. Today, there are 47 affiliate churches in the CHC family, with a combined membership of close to 60,000.
After more than two decades of pastoral ministry and training disciples for the kingdom of God, Kong maintains a passion to see lives changed by building contemporary, relevant and anointed churches in Asia. He champions the three pillars of the Great Commandment, the Great Commission and the Cultural Mandate.
More than just building healthy, growing churches, Kong is actively involved in building the body of Christ, particularly in Asia. He sits on the board of Church Growth International and the board of reference for Transform World (Indonesia), and is the honorary executive director of the Festival of Praise Fellowship (Singapore).
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A.R. Bernard is the founder/CEO of the thriving 33,000-member Christian Cultural Center in New York. Through his practical application-of-principles approach, and the successful leadership programs he has created, Bernard has become a highly sought-after speaker by some of the leading Fortune 500 companies, universities, colleges and faith-based organizations. He also regularly addresses US senators and congressmen.
New York Magazine named Bernard one of the “Most Influential New Yorkers.” In February 2008, he was named by a consortium of organizations in the New York Daily News as the number one religious leader in New York.
Other than being the host of two weekly television broadcasts, he is a current member of the Board of Directors of the New York City Economic Development Corporation. He also sits on Chancellor Joel Klein’s Cabinet of the New York City Department of Education. He has served as a member of the NY Police Department Advisory Board for Courtesy, Professionalism and Respect. Bernard also served on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s 2001 transition team.
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Principally known for his great gospel campaigns throughout Africa, Reinhard Bonnke started with 800 people meeting in a tent. That has since grown to as many as 1.6 million people in a single gathering. He is also the founder of the international ministry, Christ for all Nations. Since the start of the new millennium, through a host of major events in Africa and other parts of the world, the ministry has recorded some 52 million decisions for Jesus Christ.
Bonnke is also recognized for hosting Fire Conferences in many different countries all over the world, with the aim to equip church leaders and workers for evangelism. More recently, Bonnke has spent several years developing the Full Flame Film Series, a series of eight inspirational films that serve to inspire and challenge the body of Christ to Holy Spirit evangelism.
Married to Anni, father to Kai-Uwe, Gabrielle and Susie, and grandfather to eight grandchildren, Bonnke is renowned for his burning passion for the gospel, a vision for Africa, and a message for the world.
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Lee Young-Hoon serves as the senior pastor of Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, South Korea. Prior to this, Lee served as the president of Bethesda Christian University in Anaheim, California and was the senior pastor of both Tokyo Full Gospel Church and Los Angeles Full Gospel Church. Lee is also a Professor of Theology at Hansei University in South Korea, and is the current Chairman of the Theological Committee in the National Council of Churches of Korea. |
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Phil Pringle is the founder/senior minister of Christian City Church, a ministry that incorporates a top-grade academic school, three Bible colleges, a television ministry, the world-famous School of Creative Arts, and a Christian record company.
Pringle is also founder/president of Christian City Church International, a movement of over 200 churches, spreading throughout the Asia Pacific region, Europe and North America. His vision is to build a new generation of contemporary churches that are relevant to the world, bringing salvation to the lost, and making true disciples of Christ. He has authored many best-selling books on faith leadership, and the Holy Spirit. He is also an accomplished songwriter and artist.
Pringle is a board member of Church Growth International.
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Tan Sri Datuk Prince Guneratnam is recognized as an outstanding Christian leader both in Malaysia and internationally. He has been in the ministry since 1966 and is presently in his 38th year as the senior pastor of Calvary Church (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia), a church that sends missionaries throughout the world.
He has traveled and ministered extensively and holds several key global leadership positions. He is the vice chairman of the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, the secretary of the Pentecostal World Fellowship, and general superintendent-emeritus of the Assemblies of God of Malaysia. He is the founder/president of Calvary International Ministries, an interdenominational evangelistic ministry. He has also served as chairman of the National Evangelical Christian Fellowship of Malaysia (1994 - 2006) and the Christian Federation of Malaysia (2001 - 2006). |
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John Avanzini is the most widely-published author and teacher on the subject of biblical economics and debt-free living. His timeless messages on the laws of the harvest, principles of stewardship, and living a debt-free life have been instrumental in liberating thousands of believers to step into God’s plan of supernatural abundance for their lives.
Drawing from the Holy Scriptures and his own life experiences, Avanzini’s wealth of knowledge has been translated into more than 37 book titles with over seven million copies in print.
The impact of his ministry is also extended through his TV program called God’s Plan For Your Life, which is aired throughout the US and Canada.
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