[1] While it is a parish within the mainline Anglican Diocese of Singapore, COOS is known for its contemporary worship services and charismatic practices like speaking in tongues, faith healing, and deliverance.
[citation needed] The website has several testimonies from individuals who previously subscribed to the homosexual lifestyle and claim to have found healing with the help of the Choices ministry.
[8] The Singaporean-managed homosexual support website, www.yawningbread.org, features a testimony of an ex-member of Church of Our Saviour, who suffered a nervous breakdown due to the treatment.
In a sermon in August 2007, titled "God's Church and Homosexuality", Hong insisted on the existence of an agenda by gay activists.
[10] An email allegedly written by Derek Hong in April 2007 has surfaced, encouraging acquaintances to influence public opinion and lobby the government.
[citation needed] Association of Women for Action and Research is an independent advocacy organization in Singapore, noted for its work towards gender equality in the country for 25 years.
Its past campaigns led to revisions to the Penal Code, e.g. giving Singaporean women the same citizenship rights as men in 2004.
The takeover was organised by Thio Su Mien, former dean of Law at the National University of Singapore, who said she was concerned over AWARE's attempts to redefine marriage and family.