I am Kenny Chee, the retired senior pastor of World Revival Prayer Fellowship. This Pentecostal church was born out of the outpouring of the Spirit upon the secondary school students of Dunearn Secondary Technical School, ACS, St Andrews and other schools in Singapore in the early 1970s.
This is my personal blog and I write mainly about spirituality, the church and ministry, my family and personal interests. I am conscious of the Lord’s blessing on this blog and am grateful for the readership God has granted it. I want to obey the Lord’s direction to write books, and I trust Him to help me do that.
MY JOURNEY
My parents were married in St Andrew’s Cathedral but were not church attendees. As a child, I was sent to Sunday School at Bukit Timah Evangelical Free Church for moral education. However, my attendance was sporadic at best and soon I stopped going.
The teenage years were a struggle with inferiority, self-consciousness, shame and loneliness. Life was meaningless and centred around mastery of sports like table tennis, tennis and basketball. You see, I was searching for self-esteem and acceptance. The pain, loneliness and struggle would continue until Jesus came into my life and transformed me radically and gradually over many years.
A friend invited me to a Saturday afternoon youth meeting in a terrace house and after the sermon, I went forward to ask Jesus into my life. From then on I attended church regularly and prayed together every night with other youths on fire for Jesus. A period of repentance and cleansing followed and I was also baptised and filled with the Holy Spirit. My heart was bursting with love for God, peace from the forgiveness of sins, and joy from being baptised with the Holy Spirit. My desires and goals were completely changed from self-gratification to wanting to spend time with God in prayer, Bible study and other spiritual things. My family and friends all noticed the changes in my life. I have been made new.
My spiritual beginnings were during a revival among schools in Singapore in the 1970s. I was borne on the powerful wings of that Holy Spirit during the outpouring upon the students in Dunearn Secondary Technical School. During that intense period, when I was 18 years old and attending Swiss Cottage Pre-University, I felt a strong and unrelenting desire to know and to serve God more fully. It was a life-transforming, pivotal, and unforgettable period in my life. I knew God was calling me into full-time vocational Christian work in the church.
My predecessor, Rev P. J. Johney advised me to get work experience before entering the pastoral ministry. So I did relief teaching and later went into a cadet teaching program for two and a half years before the church elders finally approved my recruitment into the church staff.
I then trained and graduated from Tung Ling Bible School. However, after a while, I felt I needed to be better equipped. Thus I studied theology at Trinity Theological College in the early 1980s and have served in this church since then. Recently, I completed my MTh(Ed) with AGST Alliance.
After 40 years of pastoral ministry, I stepped down and retired from being the senior pastor in 2020 during the first year of the Covid19 pandemic. Retirement from official duties has been sweet. I consider retirement a human construct and I continue to serve God by using the gifts he has given me in whatever sphere he leads me to. My ministry now comprises preaching in my home church and other churches, including overseas missions, writing, journeying with younger pastors, helping out in organizing retreats and caminos at Our Ignatian Journey, and some involvement with Ministers Fellowship International, Singapore. In January 2021, I started attending a Spiritual Directors Formation Programme and graduated on 23rd September 2023. I have begun to give spiritual direction to those who approach me.
I am happily married to Jenny and have three adult children, Joshua, Matthew, and Elaine. I am blessed to have two lovely grandchildren, Chloe and Claire.
MY SAMPLE POSTS
Here is a sampling of my blog posts:
Reasons not to go back to on-site worship services
Mt Rinjani vs Mt Kinabalu: which is tougher?
The preaching style of Bishop Robert Solomon
My Mister (My Ajusshi): a review and reflection
Rick Seaward: a man sent by God
The power of right believing by Joseph Prince (reflection 4)
OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA
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COLOPHON
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DISCLAIMER
What is said in this blog does not reflect the views of any organization I am affiliated with.