Here is Kong’s entire transcript:

“Church, thank you so much for your love and your very warm welcome.

To be perfectly honest I’m just overwhelmed. This is the only time you’ll hear from me for quite a while.
Having been away since 2017, it feels really surreal to be here in this hall and to be home, reunited with my family, especially my parents, my siblings, my in-laws and of course with all of you again.

I’m so grateful for the opportunity to stand before you and to say, today from the bottom of my heart that I’m very sorry for everything that has happened.

I was convicted by the court for criminal breach of trust, I have served my sentence, and today I find myself humbled.

I want all of you to know that I’m so sorry, so sorry for any pain, anxiety, disappointment, or grief that you have suffered because of me. The last few years have just been very difficult and painful for me and for everyone involved.

But these years have also been really precious, I have learnt to love and appreciate God, my family, my friends and the church more than ever before.

I’m so grateful that the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ has been abundantly sufficient and ever present so I want to thank all of you for your unconditional love and for the steadfast support shown towards those who are nearest and dearest to me, always reaching out helping and praying for them.

Thank you for your resilience, your faithfulness, your love toward God in spite of the pain, the trauma/drama and the disappointment you had to go through.

Thank you for not giving up, thank you for staying back to rebuild the church with the leadership, I am forever in your debt.

Please allow me some time to readjust back to a normal life again. My immediate priority at this moment is to reconnect with those at home, I have missed out a significant part of my son’s growing-up years with the long drawn court trial and subsequent incarceration.

My absence has also pained my parents deeply. Now, they are already in their 90’s and I wish to be a filial son, to be around to take care of them, to let them know that I want to catch up for all the time that was lost.

I am also, looking forward very much to renewing my friendship and my fellowship with you soon. I want to thank you all for your very kind understanding and your patience with me so once again I want to say thank you for making me feel so welcome today.

I hope to serve together with you in this house of God in the many many years to come. Thank you for loving me and from the bottom of my heart, I pray for you that God will bless you, and all you love in your family, God will bless all, thank you.”