Recently New Creation Church in Singapore carried out its third Miracle Seed Sunday on August 22, 2010 and raised a total of over S$21.1 million in just 24 hours. There were two more such Miracle Seed Sundays prior and these were on February 15, 2009 (S$18.83 million raised) and on April 20, 2008 (S$18.0 million raised).
The congregation was encouraged to sow into the church building project at the Cultural and Civic Hub at One North in Bouna Vista, Singapore. The entire cost of the building (New Creation Church's share of the cost) is just under S$500.0 million and the project is expected to be completed by June 2012 and the congregation will be moving into the new premises in Q3 2012. With the latest collection, the total amount raised would have been about S$260 million - just past the 50 percent mark.
Also interesting observation is that the congregation size is at its highest at that point in time on all three Miracle Seed Sundays and people simply came to sow believing the Lord of the Harvest for their miracle harvest regardless of the external economic situations in the country and the world at large. Another interesting observation is that all the cheques received were not larger than S$1.0 million even though there are many millionaires and multi-millionaires in our midst; every single congregation member sowed and did it in style.
Of course there were detractors who criticized that the members sowed expecting the Lord for a blessing. I think these people are grossly misled because no farmer sows his seeds without expecting a harvest in return. Even the Israelites sowed into the Tabernacle in the Wilderness (Exodus 35) expecting the Lord to bless them on their journey out of Egypt and into the Promised Land. Sure, they gave in corporate worship when they brought their tithes and offerings but they also expect the Lord's blessings in return.
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