5. Kong Hee Earnings Are In The Region Of $40 Million to 70 Million
Kong Hee is a Singaporean pastor of City Harvest Church. In 2015 Hee and 5 other church leaders were found guilty of 3 charges of criminal breach of trust after illegally using $35.5 million of church funds to promote Hee’s wife, pastor Sun Ho, career as a pop singer while misusing another $26 million in a cover-up and was sentenced to 8 years in prison. In March 2010 Kong’s Daily Devotionals were identified as plagiarism from The Leadership Bible published 10 years ago. According to Christianity Post former member of Kong’s church identified as “Mr. Khoo,” revealed that his cell group leaders would question him when they thought he was under-contributing in donations to the church. He claimed that CHC preaches the prosperity gospel, in which church members are told they will receive material and spiritual rewards if they give money to the church.
