1) The Master's Community Fellowship Church has consolidated its annual reports from 2012 to 2017 into one report to summarize activities over those six years.
2) A key focus has been developing an in-depth discipleship program covering 12 books that will take students through basic doctrines to more advanced topics over approximately 50 years.
3) The discipleship program has seen success with over 30 people passing the exam for Book 1 and now undertaking Book 2.
4) The church network consists of several congregations on Cebu Island with average total attendance of 250 people.
This document provides biographical information about Greg Wetterlin. It summarizes his education, family background, ministry experience, and core values. Greg grew up in a Christian family, earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, and is now pursuing an M.Div from Faith Bible Seminary. He has experience in children's ministry, community outreach, biblical counseling, and teaching. His aim is to please Christ in all things and serve the church through vocational ministry by teaching God's word.
Resume - Kevin Logan - Ministry Resume 2014.10.10Kevin Logan
Kevin Logan is seeking a pastoral or ministry position where he can demonstrate God's kingdom and equip others for ministry. He has experience leading worship, prayer groups, cell groups, and providing pastoral care. He is ordained and has training from various Christian organizations in areas like leadership, discipleship, counseling, and operating in spiritual gifts.
The document outlines a strategic ministry plan for Rivers of Joy Baptist Church for 2009-2013. It includes objectives to improve worship, better equip church leadership through training, expand local and global outreach missions, and improve Christian education ministries. The goals are to exalt Christ, develop disciples, reach out to the community, train leaders, and provide adequate church facilities. The plan calls for annual evaluation and revision to faithfully follow God's leading in growing the church spiritually and numerically.
The document is a Christian education bible study on Ephesians 3:14-21 about the Christian's potential. It contains 5 lessons that discuss the Christian's potential to have inner strength from the Holy Spirit, have Christ dwell in their hearts through faith, be rooted and grounded in love, comprehend all aspects of the gospel, and be filled with all the fullness of God. The lessons include scriptural analysis, discussion questions for youth, and space for notes. The overall goal is to help Christians understand and achieve their spiritual potential through diligent study of the Bible.
This document outlines the author's personal plan to develop disciples who make disciples within a ministry setting. The plan emphasizes teaching God's word through preaching and small groups, building relationships through community, and training believers to use their spiritual gifts. The vision is for a church centered on Christ where members know and obey his commands, spend time in prayer and God's word, and build each other up. Leadership will facilitate discipleship through preaching, classes, encouraging small groups and accountability. Success will be evident through believers coming to faith, growing in obedience, and sending out more disciples to spread the gospel.
This document is a chapter from a book about discerning God's call. The chapter focuses on the call to pastoral ministry. It describes the pastoral call as a noble and important high calling, as pastors lead God's most precious creation - the church. It also notes that the pastoral call is primarily a calling of character, as pastoral qualifications in the Bible emphasize virtues like being respectable, gentle, self-controlled, and having a good reputation. The chapter aims to elevate the importance of the pastoral calling and address why some resist this call.
Rev. R. Darrel Davis is a Christian communicator, evangelist, and apologist based in Garner, NC who has shared the gospel message with thousands around the world since 1999. He has experience sharing the gospel message with people from many backgrounds and worldviews. Over 3,000 people have trusted Christ through his evangelism work. He has mentored evangelism teams, taught evangelism principles, and served in evangelism leadership roles. His core competencies include preaching the gospel, one-on-one witnessing, mentoring believers in evangelism, and developing evangelism strategies for churches.
This document provides biographical information about Patrick Pence. It summarizes that he is 38 years old, married to Michelle for 15 years, and they have two children. He found salvation in Jesus Christ 4 years ago after serving in the U.S. Navy. He has a bachelor's degree in communications from Purdue University and a master's in ministry from Grace College. He has ministry experience through his home church, Agape Christian Church, where he has led Bible studies and preached. His core values in ministry are prayer, family, and service.
This document provides biographical information about Greg Wetterlin. It summarizes his education, family background, ministry experience, and core values. Greg grew up in a Christian family, earned a degree in mechanical engineering from Purdue University, and is now pursuing an M.Div from Faith Bible Seminary. He has experience in children's ministry, community outreach, biblical counseling, and teaching. His aim is to please Christ in all things and serve the church through vocational ministry by teaching God's word.
Resume - Kevin Logan - Ministry Resume 2014.10.10Kevin Logan
Kevin Logan is seeking a pastoral or ministry position where he can demonstrate God's kingdom and equip others for ministry. He has experience leading worship, prayer groups, cell groups, and providing pastoral care. He is ordained and has training from various Christian organizations in areas like leadership, discipleship, counseling, and operating in spiritual gifts.
The document outlines a strategic ministry plan for Rivers of Joy Baptist Church for 2009-2013. It includes objectives to improve worship, better equip church leadership through training, expand local and global outreach missions, and improve Christian education ministries. The goals are to exalt Christ, develop disciples, reach out to the community, train leaders, and provide adequate church facilities. The plan calls for annual evaluation and revision to faithfully follow God's leading in growing the church spiritually and numerically.
The document is a Christian education bible study on Ephesians 3:14-21 about the Christian's potential. It contains 5 lessons that discuss the Christian's potential to have inner strength from the Holy Spirit, have Christ dwell in their hearts through faith, be rooted and grounded in love, comprehend all aspects of the gospel, and be filled with all the fullness of God. The lessons include scriptural analysis, discussion questions for youth, and space for notes. The overall goal is to help Christians understand and achieve their spiritual potential through diligent study of the Bible.
This document outlines the author's personal plan to develop disciples who make disciples within a ministry setting. The plan emphasizes teaching God's word through preaching and small groups, building relationships through community, and training believers to use their spiritual gifts. The vision is for a church centered on Christ where members know and obey his commands, spend time in prayer and God's word, and build each other up. Leadership will facilitate discipleship through preaching, classes, encouraging small groups and accountability. Success will be evident through believers coming to faith, growing in obedience, and sending out more disciples to spread the gospel.
This document is a chapter from a book about discerning God's call. The chapter focuses on the call to pastoral ministry. It describes the pastoral call as a noble and important high calling, as pastors lead God's most precious creation - the church. It also notes that the pastoral call is primarily a calling of character, as pastoral qualifications in the Bible emphasize virtues like being respectable, gentle, self-controlled, and having a good reputation. The chapter aims to elevate the importance of the pastoral calling and address why some resist this call.
Rev. R. Darrel Davis is a Christian communicator, evangelist, and apologist based in Garner, NC who has shared the gospel message with thousands around the world since 1999. He has experience sharing the gospel message with people from many backgrounds and worldviews. Over 3,000 people have trusted Christ through his evangelism work. He has mentored evangelism teams, taught evangelism principles, and served in evangelism leadership roles. His core competencies include preaching the gospel, one-on-one witnessing, mentoring believers in evangelism, and developing evangelism strategies for churches.
This document provides biographical information about Patrick Pence. It summarizes that he is 38 years old, married to Michelle for 15 years, and they have two children. He found salvation in Jesus Christ 4 years ago after serving in the U.S. Navy. He has a bachelor's degree in communications from Purdue University and a master's in ministry from Grace College. He has ministry experience through his home church, Agape Christian Church, where he has led Bible studies and preached. His core values in ministry are prayer, family, and service.
This document is a letter from the pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church to the congregation. It discusses recent controversies involving interfaith activities by other Lutheran denominations. The pastor encourages members to study the ELCA's beliefs to better understand and articulate their theological stance of inclusive grace. He proposes a resolution for the synod assembly addressing interfaith prayer and cooperation. The letter also provides church updates and introduces new members who have joined.
Qtr. 1 wk. 3 cle 4 ilp for 2nd level ed (1)Nico Sirios
This document outlines an Ignatian lesson plan for grade school students on being one with the Holy Spirit. The lesson plan covers key topics like the seven sacraments, how to receive inspiration from the Holy Spirit, and how students can reflect on being responsible in their actions guided by the Holy Spirit. Students are asked to participate in prelection activities to introduce the topic, review the sacraments, reflect on questions, and create their own 10 commandments for their family. The overall goal is for students to understand how they can be one with the Holy Spirit through the sacraments and doing good acts.
The document provides information about local churches in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It summarizes each of the 7 local churches established between 2004-2013 in cities like Riyadh, Dammam, Khobar, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, and Jubail. The churches meet secretly due to laws prohibiting public Christian worship. A 2014 overview is given with statistics on regular saints, meetings, and events like the Overcomers Blending Conference attended by 96 saints. Contact information is provided for 9 saints serving the churches.
This document is a newsletter from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church discussing various events and topics within the church community. It discusses an upcoming Thanksgiving challenge to intentionally practice gratitude, provides an update on the "For Future Generations" fundraising campaign progress, announces an interfaith celebration for the anniversary of Kristallnacht, and includes the church's monthly calendar of services and volunteers. The newsletter aims to foster gratitude, fundraising support, and community within the congregation.
The document provides updates from Faith Moravian Church over the past few months. It discusses various fellowship and outreach activities the congregation participated in, including a health fair, mission work, and youth events. Two areas of focus have been evangelism and stewardship. While member commitment to these programs needs improvement, the health fair continues to grow and engage the community each year. The pastor encourages the congregation to support the church's mission to spread the gospel and serve others.
This document contains testimonials from students of The Ambassador College Bible Correspondence Course praising the quality and accessibility of the course material. It also provides background information on the course and how students' enrollment is made possible through voluntary donations. The testimonials demonstrate that students find the lessons well-prepared, easy to understand, highly interesting, and very helpful for gaining biblical knowledge - even for those without a religious education background. Students appreciate the opportunity to study the course lessons and look forward to continuing their learning.
WISDOM FOR THE HEART MONTHLY BILINGUAL MAGAZINE 22 April 2017 - magBilly Judson
This document contains a collection of articles from the Wisdom for the Heart magazine on Christian leadership topics. The main article discusses how God used the prophet Haggai to motivate the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem to resume construction on the temple after 16 years of neglect. It describes how Haggai preached four messages in half a year to inspire the people to finish rebuilding the temple. The document also includes additional articles on servant leadership, Bible interpretation principles, and starting or renewing a ministry.
This document discusses the philosophy of worship. It begins by explaining that humans were created by God to be in relationship with Him and worship Him. However, sin disrupted this relationship. The document then examines why we worship (to be in relationship with God), what we gain from worship (healing, formation), where worship can take place (not just buildings), and how worship should be structured (with a four-part pattern of gathering, hearing, responding, blessing). The goal of Christian leaders should be to guide congregations in meaningful worship that strengthens their relationship with God.
This document is a letter from the pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church to church members discussing worship services and the importance of worshipping God. The pastor explains that they have added additional worship services on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings to make it easier for members to attend with busy schedules. While worship should not feel like a chore, the pastor believes the time spent worshipping God is worthwhile and hopes the additional services will encourage more members and friends to participate.
The document outlines a 6-week study on living in the fullness of God's presence, with each weekly session providing teachings, scripture readings, and discussion questions to help participants recognize God's presence in their lives and draw closer to Him. The introduction explains that the study aims to foster unity among participants and inspire them to pursue God's presence in everyday life.
This manual was meant as a training guide for new employees and volunteers in the Sunday Morning Bible Study program at Green Acres Baptist Church. The final document didn't embrace the hiking theme, but we liked it so much we wanted to show it off here.
The document outlines the launch timeline, strategy, and funding needs for Lake Point Church, a new church plant in Bartow County, GA led by Pastor Frank Bennett and Executive Pastor Danny Crocker. The church plans to partner with LakePoint Sports to reach families through sports ministry and will focus on helping people belong through small groups, believe in Jesus, and become disciples who serve. Financial support is being sought from local churches, associations, and individuals to fund the church plant through its launch and future growth.
The document provides an end of year reflection on the blessings and work of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the Diocese of Raleigh over the past year. It discusses how the Lord has given them a new voice to spread the Good News locally and throughout the Diocese through their website and newsletter. It encourages readers to trust in God's plans and surrender to Him, rather than relying on their own ways. It highlights how Charismatics can experience the fruits of the Holy Spirit and grow in their faith through listening to God.
Cecil and Debbie O'Dell serve with Encompass World Partners in Long Beach, California, working with Japanese communities. They seek to share Christ, gather new believers into community, and train leaders to establish an indigenous church planting movement among Japanese people in Southern California and those who return to Japan. Cecil and Debbie were both raised in Christian homes and felt called to missions. They now lead a team that focuses on evangelism, discipleship, church planting and leadership training among Japanese speakers in the Long Beach area.
Check out our first edition of the convocation newsletter, The Encouraging Word!
We will publish quarterly editions of the newsletter to our facebook page. Member clergy and lay leaders are welcome to contribute announcements, church bios (called "parish spotlights" in the newsletter), articles, poetry, theological musings, or letters-to-the-editor.
All submissions for the Winter 2013 Edition of The Encouraging Word are due by Nov. 27th, 2013. You can send them via facebook message, or you can email them to midsouthanglicanconvocation@yahoo.com.
Mission Prep Class: Lesson 1: The Missionary PurposeJimmy Smith
This document is a lesson from a missionary preparation class about the missionary purpose. It discusses how missionary work should be focused on bringing people to Christ, not just getting people to attend church or become church members. It emphasizes that the purpose is to help people develop faith in Jesus Christ, repent, and make and keep sacred covenants like baptism. It explores what the doctrine of Christ consists of according to the Book of Mormon. The lesson encourages missionaries to help investigators make commitments to actions like reading the Book of Mormon to strengthen their faith in Christ and motivate them to repent.
This document discusses church growth in Rombo District of Tanzania. It provides background on the history and challenges facing the district. Church membership has grown from 5 families in 1980 to 532 members currently, though the population is over 260,000, showing room for more growth. Key challenges include ecumenism with the strong Catholic presence, polygamy practices, and retaining new members. Various principles and studies on church growth are examined, such as effective leadership, inspiring worship, and evangelism. Ways to improve growth through nurturing, outreach, retention, and making disciples are also explored.
The document summarizes the process a large church, New Vision Baptist Church, goes through to find and hire a new worship leader after their previous leader of 7 years decided to focus on his music career. It involves forming a committee to evaluate candidates, narrowing a pool of applicants through resume reviews and interviews, and ensuring the candidate is the right spiritual fit for the church. The process can take 3 months to 2 years to find the perfect match that balances the church's musical needs and vision.
The School of Leadership program provides discipleship training through various levels to equip believers for ministry within the church. The program begins with basic conversion and baptism lessons translated into many languages. Higher levels teach holiness, spiritual gifts, and specialized ministries. The philosophy is to engage lay people and close the exit from the church. Implementation involves publishing materials, coordinating local and seminary facilitators, and evaluating students based on classwork and ministry practices. An English version of books and courses is being translated to expand the program.
This document outlines the foundational principles of an organization's facilitator training:
1) It is Bible-based - they view the Bible as fully inspired and trustworthy, and theology must be based on Scripture. Facilitators engage students in theological discussions grounded in confidence in the Bible.
2) It is Christ-centered - their theology focuses on Jesus Christ as the full revelation of God, and their teaching uses a "Christocentric model and principle" to interpret all topics through what Jesus said and did.
3) It is Spirit-led - authentic theology depends on the Holy Spirit to reveal truth and guide understanding of Scripture. They aim to teach and model dependence on the Holy Spirit in theological dialogue
This document is a letter from the pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church to the congregation. It discusses recent controversies involving interfaith activities by other Lutheran denominations. The pastor encourages members to study the ELCA's beliefs to better understand and articulate their theological stance of inclusive grace. He proposes a resolution for the synod assembly addressing interfaith prayer and cooperation. The letter also provides church updates and introduces new members who have joined.
Qtr. 1 wk. 3 cle 4 ilp for 2nd level ed (1)Nico Sirios
This document outlines an Ignatian lesson plan for grade school students on being one with the Holy Spirit. The lesson plan covers key topics like the seven sacraments, how to receive inspiration from the Holy Spirit, and how students can reflect on being responsible in their actions guided by the Holy Spirit. Students are asked to participate in prelection activities to introduce the topic, review the sacraments, reflect on questions, and create their own 10 commandments for their family. The overall goal is for students to understand how they can be one with the Holy Spirit through the sacraments and doing good acts.
The document provides information about local churches in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It summarizes each of the 7 local churches established between 2004-2013 in cities like Riyadh, Dammam, Khobar, Jeddah, Tabuk, Yanbu, and Jubail. The churches meet secretly due to laws prohibiting public Christian worship. A 2014 overview is given with statistics on regular saints, meetings, and events like the Overcomers Blending Conference attended by 96 saints. Contact information is provided for 9 saints serving the churches.
This document is a newsletter from Good Shepherd Lutheran Church discussing various events and topics within the church community. It discusses an upcoming Thanksgiving challenge to intentionally practice gratitude, provides an update on the "For Future Generations" fundraising campaign progress, announces an interfaith celebration for the anniversary of Kristallnacht, and includes the church's monthly calendar of services and volunteers. The newsletter aims to foster gratitude, fundraising support, and community within the congregation.
The document provides updates from Faith Moravian Church over the past few months. It discusses various fellowship and outreach activities the congregation participated in, including a health fair, mission work, and youth events. Two areas of focus have been evangelism and stewardship. While member commitment to these programs needs improvement, the health fair continues to grow and engage the community each year. The pastor encourages the congregation to support the church's mission to spread the gospel and serve others.
This document contains testimonials from students of The Ambassador College Bible Correspondence Course praising the quality and accessibility of the course material. It also provides background information on the course and how students' enrollment is made possible through voluntary donations. The testimonials demonstrate that students find the lessons well-prepared, easy to understand, highly interesting, and very helpful for gaining biblical knowledge - even for those without a religious education background. Students appreciate the opportunity to study the course lessons and look forward to continuing their learning.
WISDOM FOR THE HEART MONTHLY BILINGUAL MAGAZINE 22 April 2017 - magBilly Judson
This document contains a collection of articles from the Wisdom for the Heart magazine on Christian leadership topics. The main article discusses how God used the prophet Haggai to motivate the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem to resume construction on the temple after 16 years of neglect. It describes how Haggai preached four messages in half a year to inspire the people to finish rebuilding the temple. The document also includes additional articles on servant leadership, Bible interpretation principles, and starting or renewing a ministry.
This document discusses the philosophy of worship. It begins by explaining that humans were created by God to be in relationship with Him and worship Him. However, sin disrupted this relationship. The document then examines why we worship (to be in relationship with God), what we gain from worship (healing, formation), where worship can take place (not just buildings), and how worship should be structured (with a four-part pattern of gathering, hearing, responding, blessing). The goal of Christian leaders should be to guide congregations in meaningful worship that strengthens their relationship with God.
This document is a letter from the pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church to church members discussing worship services and the importance of worshipping God. The pastor explains that they have added additional worship services on Saturday evenings and Sunday mornings to make it easier for members to attend with busy schedules. While worship should not feel like a chore, the pastor believes the time spent worshipping God is worthwhile and hopes the additional services will encourage more members and friends to participate.
The document outlines a 6-week study on living in the fullness of God's presence, with each weekly session providing teachings, scripture readings, and discussion questions to help participants recognize God's presence in their lives and draw closer to Him. The introduction explains that the study aims to foster unity among participants and inspire them to pursue God's presence in everyday life.
This manual was meant as a training guide for new employees and volunteers in the Sunday Morning Bible Study program at Green Acres Baptist Church. The final document didn't embrace the hiking theme, but we liked it so much we wanted to show it off here.
The document outlines the launch timeline, strategy, and funding needs for Lake Point Church, a new church plant in Bartow County, GA led by Pastor Frank Bennett and Executive Pastor Danny Crocker. The church plans to partner with LakePoint Sports to reach families through sports ministry and will focus on helping people belong through small groups, believe in Jesus, and become disciples who serve. Financial support is being sought from local churches, associations, and individuals to fund the church plant through its launch and future growth.
The document provides an end of year reflection on the blessings and work of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal in the Diocese of Raleigh over the past year. It discusses how the Lord has given them a new voice to spread the Good News locally and throughout the Diocese through their website and newsletter. It encourages readers to trust in God's plans and surrender to Him, rather than relying on their own ways. It highlights how Charismatics can experience the fruits of the Holy Spirit and grow in their faith through listening to God.
Cecil and Debbie O'Dell serve with Encompass World Partners in Long Beach, California, working with Japanese communities. They seek to share Christ, gather new believers into community, and train leaders to establish an indigenous church planting movement among Japanese people in Southern California and those who return to Japan. Cecil and Debbie were both raised in Christian homes and felt called to missions. They now lead a team that focuses on evangelism, discipleship, church planting and leadership training among Japanese speakers in the Long Beach area.
Check out our first edition of the convocation newsletter, The Encouraging Word!
We will publish quarterly editions of the newsletter to our facebook page. Member clergy and lay leaders are welcome to contribute announcements, church bios (called "parish spotlights" in the newsletter), articles, poetry, theological musings, or letters-to-the-editor.
All submissions for the Winter 2013 Edition of The Encouraging Word are due by Nov. 27th, 2013. You can send them via facebook message, or you can email them to midsouthanglicanconvocation@yahoo.com.
Mission Prep Class: Lesson 1: The Missionary PurposeJimmy Smith
This document is a lesson from a missionary preparation class about the missionary purpose. It discusses how missionary work should be focused on bringing people to Christ, not just getting people to attend church or become church members. It emphasizes that the purpose is to help people develop faith in Jesus Christ, repent, and make and keep sacred covenants like baptism. It explores what the doctrine of Christ consists of according to the Book of Mormon. The lesson encourages missionaries to help investigators make commitments to actions like reading the Book of Mormon to strengthen their faith in Christ and motivate them to repent.
This document discusses church growth in Rombo District of Tanzania. It provides background on the history and challenges facing the district. Church membership has grown from 5 families in 1980 to 532 members currently, though the population is over 260,000, showing room for more growth. Key challenges include ecumenism with the strong Catholic presence, polygamy practices, and retaining new members. Various principles and studies on church growth are examined, such as effective leadership, inspiring worship, and evangelism. Ways to improve growth through nurturing, outreach, retention, and making disciples are also explored.
The document summarizes the process a large church, New Vision Baptist Church, goes through to find and hire a new worship leader after their previous leader of 7 years decided to focus on his music career. It involves forming a committee to evaluate candidates, narrowing a pool of applicants through resume reviews and interviews, and ensuring the candidate is the right spiritual fit for the church. The process can take 3 months to 2 years to find the perfect match that balances the church's musical needs and vision.
The School of Leadership program provides discipleship training through various levels to equip believers for ministry within the church. The program begins with basic conversion and baptism lessons translated into many languages. Higher levels teach holiness, spiritual gifts, and specialized ministries. The philosophy is to engage lay people and close the exit from the church. Implementation involves publishing materials, coordinating local and seminary facilitators, and evaluating students based on classwork and ministry practices. An English version of books and courses is being translated to expand the program.
This document outlines the foundational principles of an organization's facilitator training:
1) It is Bible-based - they view the Bible as fully inspired and trustworthy, and theology must be based on Scripture. Facilitators engage students in theological discussions grounded in confidence in the Bible.
2) It is Christ-centered - their theology focuses on Jesus Christ as the full revelation of God, and their teaching uses a "Christocentric model and principle" to interpret all topics through what Jesus said and did.
3) It is Spirit-led - authentic theology depends on the Holy Spirit to reveal truth and guide understanding of Scripture. They aim to teach and model dependence on the Holy Spirit in theological dialogue
The document discusses Rev. Dennis' work over the past two years at Emmanuel English Church, including developing partnerships with local schools to reach families and encouraging congregation members to help build platforms to fulfill the church's mission of reaching English-speaking communities in Hong Kong. It provides an update on the church's activities over the past year such as developing a website and renovating new office space, and looks ahead to future plans of working together as a congregation to build God's church and fulfill its vision.
This document discusses tools for spiritual growth in the Christian faith. It begins by stating that baptism in the Spirit is only the beginning and believers must continue growing. Key tools for growth discussed are prayer, Bible study, spiritual reading, teachings, fellowship, sacraments like communion and confession, and serving others. Prayer is emphasized as the primary means of relationship with God, and three principles for successful prayer are outlined: being faithful, led by the Spirit, and centered on Christ. The document encourages availing of the tools God has provided in order to grow in holiness.
The Irish Bible Institute exists to serve the church in Ireland by training people to serve their local church. They equip people for ministry through an holistic approach involving head, heart and hands. This is achieved through a unique learning environment that is biblical, community-based, strives for excellence, values diversity, is highly relevant, flexible, and offers the option of a university-validated qualification. Their goal is for students to leave transformed, more in love with God and his church, and equipped to serve in ministry.
This document outlines the basic tools for spiritual growth as a Christian: prayer, study, service, fellowship, and the sacraments. It discusses each tool in detail, explaining their importance and providing examples. Prayer is described as the primary means of developing a relationship with God, while study, service, and fellowship help Christians learn about and serve God together. The sacraments, especially confession and communion, are emphasized as the most important tools for Catholics to receive grace. The overall message is that through utilizing these tools with commitment, Christians can mature in their faith.
The document is the July-September 2013 issue of Loaves + Fishes, the magazine of Covenant Community Methodist Church. It contains articles on various topics related to Christian faith and living such as testimonies of church staff, parenting advice, and discussions on being a Christian in today's digital world. It also includes regular sections on news, recipes, puzzles and devotionals. The issue profiles the church's new Assistant Pastor, Ling Kin Yew, in a cover story interview where he shares about his faith journey and calling to ministry.
The Language of Spiritual Formation and Contemplative SpiritualityJonathan Dunnemann
The document discusses the language and concepts of spiritual formation and contemplative spirituality. It notes that the language of spiritual formation was lost around the time of the Modernist-Fundamentalist controversy in the early 20th century, as both liberal and conservative Christians shifted their focus away from spiritual growth. The language has re-emerged with a desire for spiritual renewal and transformation into Christ's likeness. Contemplative spirituality emphasizes giving thoughtful attention to God through spiritual practices like prayer, meditation, and silence. The goal is a deepening love for God that sustains evangelical activity and vision. As Christians engage in spiritual formation, it promises benefits for individuals and communities by cultivating a spiritual depth to impact society.
The document is the 2019-2020 Program of Studies for Xavier High School. It outlines the school's mission to develop students spiritually, socially, emotionally and physically in a Catholic environment. It details the graduation requirements of 230 credit hours including courses in theology, English, social studies, mathematics, science, fine arts, fitness and guidance. It provides the course descriptions and requirements for theology classes for both Catholic and non-Catholic students. It also includes information on guidance services, testing, and elective course options.
SATS' mission is twofold: restoring truth to the church and equipping saints for ministry. Regarding restoring truth, SATS aims to restore a passion for seeking truth from the Bible, correct erroneous teachings, and promote a Bible-based, Christ-centered approach. Equipping saints involves teaching theology to build up the body of Christ and bring people to maturity, in order to prepare them for works of service through biblical education and training within local churches. SATS' goal as a teaching ministry is to avoid idolizing theology or Scripture over serving people, and instead equip God's people for good works as God intended through his Word and teachers.
The Disciple course is a 4-part, 32-34 week Bible study program aimed at transforming church members into disciples of Jesus Christ. It provides a broad understanding of the Bible through group discussion and exposes participants to 70% of the Bible. The benefits include biblical insight and personal transformation, stronger community bonds, development of spiritual gifts, and increased willingness to serve the church. The course is open to new and existing church members seeking a deeper knowledge of Scripture, including those in church ministries and leadership roles.
This document outlines plans for a new "School of Leaders" program to develop leaders at the Celebration Centre church. The program will include impact weekends three times a year focused on teaching and activation. Participants will complete assignments, a reading plan, and be more actively involved in their cell groups and serving in the church. The goal is to equip people to be healthy, mature Christians who advance God's kingdom through their faith and service. Cell group leaders will provide support and accountability for participants.
This document provides information about First Baptist Church Franklinton including their contact information, service times, and newsletter. It discusses upcoming events at the church such as Be the Church Week in March where church members will participate in community outreach projects instead of regular Sunday services. It encourages members to volunteer their time to ministries like intercessory prayer and Celebrate Recovery. It also includes articles from the pastor and other church leaders about giving oneself away to serve others and studying the Bible.
This document describes the author's discipleship journey. It discusses how he initially struggled to be a disciple due to a lack of dedication to reading and learning. He realized he needed a mentor and decided to study under teachers at his church. Over time he gained more opportunities to study theology and the Bible at college. While the church provided resources and teachers, there were also challenges like members quarreling. Currently he teaches at Bible schools and advises churches to open their own schools to equip disciples to do evangelism. His goal is to prioritize discipleship making in his future work with the church.
The document discusses the role and responsibilities of spiritual leaders and teachers. It emphasizes that spiritual leaders should model godliness, uphold biblical principles, and reflect Christ in their appearance, actions and attitudes. Spiritual teachers are called to nourish their spirit, live as an example to students, and engage in spiritual warfare, growth and discernment as they serve and teach others.
The Encounter Story is filled with uplifting articles of what God is doing throughout the various areas of Encounter Revival Ministries. This is our quarterly publication meant to keep you updated with how your involvement with Encounter is helping us do great things for God and His people in the U.S. and around the world!
Preaching is one ministry of the Christian church... it is how the church addresses issues of all sorts... (spiritual to ethical to social to political)...
Notes from Contemporary Handbook of Preaching...
ABGTS Baguio Philippines 2016... A presentation submitted to Dr A. Canoy (PBTS President) for ABGTS Colloquium Class...
This document provides information about various Bible study and prayer groups meeting at The Deeper Life church on Sunday mornings. It describes 6 different classes available for adults, students, and young adults on topics such as theology, prayer, Bible studies in English and Spanish, and a discussion group for young adults. The classes aim to help participants grow in understanding and applying the Bible to their daily lives through study and prayer.
These are notes from a simple introductory course on Church Planting. The majority of the course notes presented here are based upon J. D. Payne’s Planting Apostolic Churches.
Similar to The Master's Community Fellowship Church & Ministries Consolodated annual report 2012-2017 (20)
The document discusses the third principle of effective ministry laid out by Jesus - having a clear message. [1] Jesus told the apostles to preach that "the kingdom of heaven is at hand". [2] The kingdom of heaven can be understood in three ways: conversion, consecration, and Christ's glorious return. [3] However, many churches preach a diluted form of the gospel rather than clearly explaining that the gospel calls us to fully commit ourselves and become true disciples of Jesus by denying ourselves, taking up our cross, and following him completely.
The document discusses principles for effective ministry based on Jesus' instructions to the apostles in Matthew 10:5-15. It outlines that disciples must (1) have a divine commission from God, (2) have a central objective or focus for their ministry work, and (3) understand the basic task of ministry is preaching the gospel. The passage specifically discusses how Jesus instructed the apostles to focus initially on the lost sheep of Israel, though the message was ultimately meant for all people.
Judas Iscariot was one of Jesus's twelve apostles who is infamous for betraying Jesus. Some key points:
1) Judas' name means "Yahweh leads" but he did not live up to his name, instead becoming history's greatest betrayer.
2) Jesus intentionally chose Judas to fulfill prophecies of betrayal, though Judas made his own choice to betray Jesus out of greed and a rejection of Jesus's teachings.
3) Judas betrayed Jesus for 30 pieces of silver, identifying him with a kiss. Afterward, Judas felt remorse but hanged himself instead of repenting to God.
4) Judas provides a lesson about wasted opportunities
The document provides biographical information about three lesser known apostles: James son of Alpheus, Thaddeus, and Simon the Zealot. For each apostle, it discusses their possible family relationships and former occupations, and notes that little is known about them from scripture. It concludes each section by summarizing traditions about where each apostle preached and how they ultimately achieved martyrdom for their faith.
This document provides biographical details about two of Jesus' apostles, Thomas and Matthew. It discusses Thomas' reputation as a doubter but describes instances from the gospels that show his great faith and dedication to Jesus, even when in danger. It notes Matthew's former career as a tax collector and the stigma around that profession, but highlights how he immediately followed Jesus' call and wrote the first gospel to spread the message. Both apostles are believed to have been martyred while preaching the gospel in other lands.
Andrew, James, and John were three of Jesus' twelve apostles. Andrew was known as a humble apostle who brought others to Jesus. James was passionate and zealous, asking to call fire on unbelievers. He was the first apostle martyred. John was initially as zealous as his brother James but matured to become known as the apostle of love through his Gospel and letters. All three played important roles in establishing the early Church despite coming from ordinary backgrounds.
This document provides details about the apostle Simon Peter based on biblical accounts. It discusses Peter's background as a fisherman from Bethsaida and married man. It examines how Jesus transformed Peter into the leader of the apostles by giving him the right experiences like revelations and rebukes, and teaching him the right attitudes like humility, sacrifice, courage and love. The document concludes that Peter slowly but fully learned the lessons Jesus taught him to become a key early leader in spreading the gospel message.
The document provides background information on Jesus commissioning his twelve disciples as described in Matthew 10:1-4. It discusses how Jesus summoned the disciples to officially commission them for ministry. It describes the four phases of training Jesus provided to prepare the disciples, including their initial conversion and calling, living with Jesus for three years, and being sent out after his resurrection. The document also notes the disciples' human weaknesses but how God used them mightily. It summarizes that Jesus granted the disciples authority over unclean spirits and to heal every kind of disease, matching the power and kingdom work Jesus demonstrated.
This document discusses Jesus' choosing of the twelve apostles to help spread the gospel. It examines the list of names provided in Matthew 10:1-4, noting some key things. Peter is always listed first, suggesting he held the foremost rank among the apostles as their leader. The lists divide the apostles into three groups that are always in the same order. The document then provides some background on each individual apostle, noting their different temperaments and occupations. It examines how they worked together during the early days of the church.
Jesus saw the crowds as distressed and without guidance like lost sheep. He felt compassion for their spiritually battered and helpless condition. While the harvest of lost souls was plentiful, the workers were few. Jesus' method was to instruct His disciples to pray to God to send more workers into the spiritual harvest field to minister to the lost crowds and prevent them from facing coming judgment unprepared.
Jesus heals two blind men who cry out to him for mercy. When Jesus questions their faith, they affirm their belief in him. He then heals their blindness, saying it was done according to their faith. Jesus sternly commands them not to tell anyone about the healing, but they disobey and spread the news throughout the land. They then bring another man to Jesus who is both deaf and mute, and Jesus heals him as well. The passage demonstrates Jesus' power to heal physical ailments and restore people's spiritual sight through faith in him.
Jesus demonstrated his power over death through two miracles. When Jairus, a synagogue leader, asked Jesus to heal his daughter who had died, Jesus went with him and raised the girl back to life. On the way, a woman who had suffered from bleeding for 12 years touched Jesus' cloak, believing it would heal her. Jesus turned to her and said her faith had healed her. He then entered Jairus' house where mourners were wailing and raised the girl from the dead, showing his power even over death.
Jesus responds to criticism from John the Baptist's disciples and the Pharisees about his disciples not fasting. He gives three illustrations: [1] His disciples are like wedding attendees who do not mourn while the bridegroom is present. [2] Patching old cloth with new cloth pulls away from the garment. [3] New wine put in old wineskins causes the skins to burst. Jesus is establishing a new way that cannot be reconciled with old traditions and rituals focused on outward displays of righteousness.
The Pharisees criticized Jesus for eating with tax collectors and sinners. In response, Jesus gave three arguments: [1] He analogized that just as doctors help the sick, he came to help sinners who recognize their need. [2] He cited scripture saying God desires mercy over sacrifice. [3] He said he came to call sinners, not the self-righteous, because only sinners acknowledge their need for salvation.
This document provides context and analysis of Matthew 9:9-17, which describes Jesus calling Matthew, a tax collector, to follow him. It describes how tax collectors like Matthew were deeply despised by Jews for collaborating with the Roman occupation. When Jesus calls Matthew, he immediately leaves his post to follow Jesus. Matthew then hosts a banquet with Jesus for his fellow tax collectors and other "sinners." While the Pharisees were offended that Jesus associated with such people, this event demonstrated Matthew's sincere faith and willingness to share the gospel with others.
Jesus healed a paralyzed man to demonstrate his power to forgive sins. When religious teachers accused Jesus of blasphemy for claiming to forgive sins, Jesus healed the paralyzed man to prove he had power on earth to forgive sins. The man arose, picked up his mat, and went home. The crowds who witnessed this were filled with awe and praised God for giving Jesus such power.
Jesus encounters two demon-possessed men who recognize Him as the Son of God. The demons beg Jesus not to torment them before their appointed time and request to enter a nearby herd of pigs. Jesus commands the demons to leave the men and enter the pigs, causing the herd to violently drown themselves in a sea. The townspeople, alarmed by the loss of pigs, ask Jesus to leave their region.
Jesus and his disciples were traveling by boat on the Sea of Galilee when a great storm arose, threatening to sink their vessel. While the disciples panicked, Jesus remained asleep. When woken by the fearful disciples begging to be saved, Jesus rebuked the winds and waves, instantly calming the storm. The disciples were amazed at Jesus' divine authority and power over nature, realizing he was no ordinary man but God in their midst.
The document discusses why some men reject Christ based on an analysis of Matthew 8:16-22. It provides context on Jesus' miracles and healings. It then examines two main barriers that prevent men from following Christ: 1) The barrier of personal comforts, as exemplified by a scribe who wanted to follow Jesus but did not want to give up worldly comforts. 2) The barrier of personal riches, as shown through a man who wanted to follow Jesus but first bury his father, which was actually a reference to inheriting his father's estate. Both put worldly things above fully committing to follow Jesus.
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The Master's Community Fellowship Church & Ministries Consolodated annual report 2012-2017
1. THE MASTER’S COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP
CHURCH & MINISTRIES
(A ministry of Philippine Inland Island Missions)
CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT
FOR THE YEAR 2012 - 2017
2. THE MASTER’S COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH AND MINISTRIES
December 31, 2017
My fellow slaves in Christ,
Greetings in the name of our Master, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ !
This is the second annual report that we have released. Since we did not get to
release an annual report for 2012 to 2017, we
are consolidating the reports for the past six
years here.
We have always believed as the Bible
has taught that the basic function of the
church is to give ourselves to prayer and to
the ministry of the Word. All church activities
are to supplement these two things.
With regards to prayer and the ministry
of the Word, the plan was to preach through
the whole testament verse by verse. However
after more than two years of preaching in the book of Mathew, I have been burdened by
the Lord to go back to basics. It seems that a lot of our members are not yet so
grounded in the basics fundamental truths and doctrine and are not yet so grounded in
the Word. So sometime in 2012 we went back to strengthening our discipleship
program.
DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAM
BOOK 1 (KNOWING GOD)
One of the ways wherein we
strengthened the program is aside
from having small group discipleship
before the service, the sermon during
the main service is taken from Book 1
of our discipleship program. Book 1,
entitled “Knowing God” deals with the very fundamentals of our faith and discusses in
four modules the subjects of Salvation, Your new life in Christ, Eternal Security and
Baptism. After several years, we started all over again. Finally after two repetitions of
Book 1 in four years, we held our first Master Discipleship exam with more than 30 who
took the exam from our main church in Dumlog and our Candulawan church. More than
10 passed the first Master Discipleship exam for Book number 1 and was awarded the
Master Discipleship Certificate for Book 1. Within the year 2017 another batch of more
than 10 passed (First timers and re-takers) finally on December 2017 a total of 6 passed
the exam. As of now there are several of those who are currently undergoing Book 1.
CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2017 !2
TOTAL NUMBER OF PASERS FOR OUR
MASTER DISCIPLESHIP EXAM BOOK
PASSERS:
25+
(From Dumlog and Candulawan Church)
BACK TO BASICS
3. THE MASTER’S COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH AND MINISTRIES
We have printed a total of 300 copies of
Book 1 since it was first released. Most
of the first batch of 100 copies was
given out to pastors in a conference
sometime 5 years ago in order to
promote our discipleship program.
Several churches from different
denominations has been requesting
copies of our discipleship materials
which they view as very comprehensive
and in depth. The second batch was
used in our Discipleship program while
we the third batch is currently on stock
and being currently withdrawn from time
to time to be used in ongoing discipleship efforts.
Passers of Book 1 cannot be awarded
the certificate if they do not comply with
the following requirements: First they
must pass the Master Discipleship
Exam. Secondly they must have made a
profession of salvation & eternal
security and lastly that they have been
Baptised.
We look forward to conducting more
Master Discipleship Exam for Book 1
this coming 2018. We hope that those
from our other churches and Bible
studies outside the church will finally take
the master exam. Above all we look
forward to those who passed the exam for Book 1 to start making disciples.
DISCIPLESHIP PROGRAM -
BOOK 2 (GROWING IN GOD)
The Visayan translation for Book 2
which is entitled “Growing in God” has
just been finished. We give special
thanks to Marisol Paquibot (currently
Dubai based and from another church)
for tirelessly translating our Discipleship
materials. We started Book 2 last April
2016. Book 2 is expected to be done in
101 sessions (Close to 2 years) More
than 20 disciples from our main church
and Candulawan church is currently undergoing Book 2. We hope to conduct the
Master Discipleship exam for Book 2 within the year 2019.
CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2017 !3
Passers of the Book 1 Master Discipleship exam
Taking the Book 1 Master discipleship exam
4. THE MASTER’S COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH AND MINISTRIES
BOOK 3 AND BEYOND
We conducted our first church synod with 6 of our church leaders and pastors in
attendance last December 2016. Among the main agenda discussed was the
importance of the Great Commission which is discipleship, plotting our discipleship
strategy and the content of our discipleship materials. Book 3 whose content is currently
being finalised, (General theme will be “Going for God” fulfilling “The Command”of the
Great Commission, topics will be on Other Christians, Giving, the lost world, personal
evangelism, mission, discipleship etc.) is expected to be released within 2019 and
expected to be completed by 2022. The following are the content of the next books to
be used in our discipleship program and their expected date of completion.
BOOK 4 BOOK 5 BOOK 6
KNOWING GOD DEEPER GROUNDED IN THE WORD HISTORICAL BASIS FOR
OUR FAITH
Topics: Attributes of God,
Trinity, Christology,
Pneumatology,
Hamartiology, Soteriology
Topics: Biblical
Hermeneutics, Church
History, Old Testament
Survey, New Testament
Survey
Topics: Church History,
Creeds and Confessions,
Historical Theology.
Archeology and Bible History
2 to 3 years 7 to 10 years 8 to 10 years
Year 2025 Year 2035 Year 2045
BOOK 7 BOOK 8 BOOK 9
THE CHURCH MISSIONS APOLOGETICS
Topics: Ecclesiology, Church
administration, Church
discipline etc.
Topics: Historical Missions,
Modern missions, Culture etc.
Topics: Introduction to
Apologetics, Logic, Cults,
World Religions, Islam etc.
1 to 2 years 1 to 2 years 5 to 7 years
Year 2047 Year 2049 Year 2056
CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2017 !4
BOOK 10 BOOK 11 BOOK 12
BIBLICAL LANGUAGES CREATION THINGS TO COME
Topics: Introduction to Biblical
manuscripts, translations
Hebrew and Greek Basic and
Advance in conjunction with
studying actual passages
Topics: Scientific support for
Creation, Intelligent design,
Book of Genesis, Christian
responsibility on the
environment & natural
resources
Topics: Eschatology, Israel,
Daniel, Ezekiel, Revelations
etc.
3 to 5 years 1 to 2 years 5 to 7 years
Year 2061 Year 2063 Year 2070
5. THE MASTER’S COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH AND MINISTRIES
The expected dates of completion are just the target maximum dates and may be
adjusted base on the progress of the program.
A lot of you may be wondering why we have spent so much time projecting and
planning our discipleship program even planning it for the next 50+ years and why the
topics of our discipleship program seems to be very advance already as it progresses, it
because of the following reasons:
1.) We believe it is good stewardship
and that it is God’s plan for us to be
good stewards to have a plan and
execute our plan but always submit
everything to the Lord. We believe that
those who fail to plan will plan to fail.
Further, planning always has an
advantage as we will have a sense of
direction and we will be able to “see the
forrest” and not just the individual trees so to speak.
2.) We believe that every Christian
should be a serious student of the
Word. This is not only commanded by
God, this was also modelled by the
Apostles themselves and the early
Christians. As the noble Bereans
searched the Scriptures daily (Acts
17:11) we desire the sincere milk of
the Word of God (1 Peter 2:2) by
being serious students of the Word. As
the Apostle Paul commanded the young pastor Timothy to “Study” to show himself
approved unto God and that Timothy should rightly divide the Word of truth.
3.) We believe that one of the hallmarks
of discipleship is if we “continue” in His
Word as Jesus said in that if we
continue in His Words we are His
disciples indeed. Continuing in His
Word requires us to Read His Words,
Properly interpreting His Words and
Applying His Words in our lives.
4.) We believe that in-depth study should not be limited to pastors and scholars only.
We believe in depth study is every Christians responsibility. We desire to have a
discipleship curriculum that progresses from the very basic to the very deep things of
God. We look forward to those completing our discipleship materials as having the
equivalent of a Bachelors and a Masters program in Biblical Studies.
CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2017 !5
“So they read in the book in the
law of God distinctly, and gave
the sense, and caused them
to understand the reading.”
Nehemiah 8:8
“Study to shew thyself approved
unto God, a workman that
needeth not to be ashamed,
rightly dividing the word of truth.”
2 Timothy 2:15
“All scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is
profitable for doctrine, for
reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness”
2 Timothy 3:16
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5.) Lastly, we believe that discipleship
through serious Bible study and
prayer is the foremost responsibility
of the church.
GENERAL FEATURES OF OUR DISCIPLESHIP MATERIALS
1.) Heavy emphasis on Scripture as the central basis for the lesson content. Although
topical in nature, Scripture is presented in an expository fashion.
2.) Uses the 5 Ws for quick learning, easy recall, personal interaction and simple outline
(WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE , WHY, HOW)
3.) Encourages learners to go through a 52 week Bible reading plan through a
comprehensive reading schedule
4.) Covers all the basic topics including advance topics in Christian living and
progresses to advance topics with practical application even in the most advance topics
5.) Will be supplemented by quizzes, question and answer, summaries and other
methods to promote learning
6.) Instructional material translated in local language to reach everybody
7.) “Ladderized”, designed to be an instructional material, lesson and curriculum that
even ordinary church members are qualified to be graduate of Bachelor if they finish up
to Book 5 provided they take a comprehensive exam and a subject in homiletics.
Equivalent to a Masters in Biblical studies degree after finishing Book 12 provided
additional classes on research & homiletics and a practicum for 1 year. (Details of
granting of degree still needs to be worked out)
CHURCHES UPDATES
In our first church synod it has
been agreed that all our churches
under our network will choose
whatever name they like provided that
for legal identification purposes and to
be identified under our network of
churches the following has to be
added underneath the church name
“A ministry of Philippine Inland Island
Missions Inc.” Philippine Inland Island
Missions Inc. (PIIM for short) is a Securities and Exchange Commission registered non-
stock non-profit entity whose purpose will soon be changed from civic to religious. PIIM
has been involved in ministering to the saints by providing medical care and support to
pastors, free clinic to churches and providing other logistics support such as Bibles,
tracts, A.C.E materials, used clothing, books among others. PIIM has been in existence
for close to 30 years now. With the recent approval of the PIIM board we are now the
local church arm of PIIM. Considering that we work closely with PIIM this is the most
pragmatic setup as registering a new entity will entail more paper works and more cost.
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“But we will give ourselves
continually to prayer, and to the
ministry of the word.”
Acts 6:4
From 2012 - 2017
(For all churches within the
network)
Baptisms : 20+
Average Church Attendance:
250+
(adults 40 %, Children 60%)
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So officially our legal identification will now
be “Philippine Inland Island Missions Inc.”
In terms of governance, the PIIM board will
run its own administrative affairs and will
from time to time render support to our
network of churches on the other hand our
network of churches will have its own board
and will run its own administrative affairs.
Reporting for legal compliance will however
be consolidated with each report drawn
f r o m t h e i n t e r n a l a u t o n o m o u s
administrative bodies of PIIM and TMCF
network of churches.
Further, in our first church synod, it has
been agreed among church leaders that we
subscribe to the Apostle’s creed, the Nicene
Creed, the definition of Chalcedon, the
Westminster Creed and the 1689 Baptist
Confession of Faith. Denominationally we
identify our network of churches as
Reformed - Southern Baptist.
Our network of churches are in Dumlog
Talisay (Main church) let by yours truly,
Candulawan Talisay led by Pastor Rene
Vilan (With extension services in
Maghaway, and Inyagan Naga) Inayawan
Cebu City led by Pastor Philip Bartolaba,
Austrias, led by Pastor Calvin Nardo and
Dalaguete which will soon be turned over
to a new pastor (temporarily led by Rene
Vilan & the men of TMCF Candulawan)
From 2012 to 2017 average attendance
in our church network is 250+ adults and
children with our main church in Dumlog
having and average attendance of more
than 50 our Candulawan Church and
extensions with more than 135, Inyawan
with an average of 35, Asturias with an average of 70.
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E V A N G E L I S M , B I B L E
DISTRIBUTION, TRACTS
DISTRIBUTION ETC.
While generally we do not
focus too much on figures and if we
must report some statistics, emphasis
should be given to discipleship
statistics above anything else.
However we do not preclude disclosing professions of faith for your edification. By
“professions of faith” we do not claim that these people are already saved as only God
knows their hearts. Although our staff and extension pastors provide detailed reports of
evangelism efforts, we do not keep strict tabs on these number to prevent focusing on
the numbers and instead focus on making disciples. Further let me emphasise that the
purpose of personal evangelism is just the starting point of the real work of the Great
Commission which is discipleship, the main task that our Master, Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ instructed us to do.
For the year 2017, more than a thousand
made professions of faith through the
various evangelism efforts that our
churches are engaged in, bringing a total of
close to 10,000 professions since 2012.
The professions of faith were made through
evangelism efforts conducted in private and
public schools, drug surenderees, parole
probation ministries. Included in these
efforts are close to more than 1,000 Bibles
and more than 20,000 gospel tracts
distributed from 2012 to 2017.
CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2017 !8
Professions of faith:
Close to 10,000 (estimated)
Bible distributed : 1,000+
Gospel tracts
distributed : 20,000+
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OTHER MINISTRIES AND
ACTIVITIES
As a means of personal
evangelism and later on discipleship,
our network of churches is heavily
involved in the following ministries:
1.) PNP Values Formation - We are
very much active in the Philippine
National Police Values Formation
Council (PNP-VFC) with two of our
leaders in our network of churches in
the highest positions and actively
involved in the council. the PNP - VFC
aids hundreds of churches in
penetrating government schools,
police stations etc. in order that values
may be taught there and that the
Gospel may be presented which again
is an avenue wherein we will be able
to start discipleship.
2.) DSWD’s 4 Ps program - Aside
from the PNP-VFC we have worked
hand in hand for several years now with the Department of Social Welfare and
Development (through the PNP-VFC) in handling the values formation for the 4Ps
(Pangtawid Pamilyang Pilipino) The 4 Ps program is our government’s commitment to
the international community to bring down poverty levels in our country. A component of
the program is values formation. Pastors within our network of churches teach the
values component of the 4 Ps at no cost at all to the government. Our main church in
Dumlog is even the venue for the once a month 4 Ps program in the area. Average
attendance in the once a month, 4 Ps values formation program is close to 1,000. Our
involvement in the 4Ps program not only helps our community and our country but
provides an avenue for us for personal evangelism and discipleship.
3.) OCC - Samaritan Purse - Another ongoing program we have been implementing for
several years now is Operation Christmas Child. Working hand in hand with Samaritan
Purse and the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association we were able to distribute more
than 1,000 boxes from 2012 to 2017. These shoe boxes that contains children toys,
books and other goodies has been used not only as presents for children but used as
tools wherein we could start evangelising and eventually discipling children and their
CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL REPORT 2013 - 2017 !9
Number of Police Stations with
regular ongoing Bible studies
through PNP-VFC : 5+
Number of average monthly
attendance in once a month
DSWD 4 Ps values formation
program: 900+
Number of OCC, Samaritan
Boxes distributed: 1,000+
Financial literacy seminars
from a Biblical perspective:
Churches - 2, Organisation - 1.
Estimated total attendees:
1,000+
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parents. Together with Operations Christmas Child we had also been active last 2015 in
the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association's (BGEA) Operation Andrew. The aim of the
crusade is to evangelise attendees. The crusade ran from March 27 to 29, 2015 and
was held in Cebu City. Our church prepared for months for the event and has trained 7
counsellors. TMCF Dumlog is one of the centres for training in Talisay City. Aside from
the 4 regular training session in which counsellors from other churches were sent to our
church to be trained for soul winning, one of our staff regularly went to another church to
train soul winners, (Conducted last January - February 2015) We devoted 4 Sundays to
train church members for soul winning.
4.) Financial Literacy for
pastors and churches - A new
ministry of our church is
spreading financial literacy from a
Biblical view to pastors all across
the country. This puts to good use
the skills of your senior pastor as
a Registered Financial planner
and a Certified Securities
Specialists. Further the contents
of this seminar is in Book 2 of our
discipleship program. We have
conducted seminars all across the
country on the subject “Biblical
and practical principles on money
and financial possessions” for the year 2017. The first seminar was conducted at the
Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) Educator’s convention where close to 1,000
leaders and teachers from A.C.E schools was in attendance. It was followed by a
seminar to members of the First Baptist church in Cebu City and then by an event
organised for pastors in Sovereign Grace Baptist Church in Davao. We look forward to
upcoming schedules in Cagayan and Davao in the first quarter of 2018.
5.) Civic & Other programs and
Ministries - We aim not only to produce
disciples but responsible citizens of our
country and in this connection we give
emphasis to certain programs that helps
make disciples more responsible citizens.
We have conducted two environmental
seminars and is continuing to decorate the
backdrop of our church with painted scrap
wood. The aim of the scrap wood project’s
is three-fold. 1.) To demonstrate that scrap
materials can still be utilised creatively. 2.)
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To foster fellowship and bonding among
members and so that this activity can
provide an avenue wherein they could
showcase their artistic creativity 3.) To
create a unique creative backdrop design
for our church stage. We look forward to
producing more than a thousand of these
blocks in a scheduled once a month
activity such as this and we will soon be
doing this in our TMCF - Candulawan
extension. Last December 2017 we have
conducted an eco bricks seminar in
coordination with Sustainable Energy and
Enterprise Development for Communities
(SEED4COM) wherein mineral water
bottles is stuffed with plastic. The
resulting product made from recycled
materials will then be glued together to
make tables, chairs and anything useful.
Aside from these activities we have
continued in hosting pastoral ministerial
meetings, feeding programs, free clinics
program, disaster relief goods distribution in
our network of churches in coordination with the Medical missions arm of PIIM,
programs for the Youth and continuous training for our pastors and staff.
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Defunct programs
In pursuit of our evangelism and
discipleship main objective we have
implemented several programs for the
past 6 years. These programs has not
been pushed through due to lack of
funding and mainly because of lack of
manpower resources. The now
defunct programs are as follows:
1.) International Care Ministries (ICM) - ICM programs had been implemented through our
main church in Dumlog wherein 30 families were given livelihood, health training, cash
assistance and at the same time evangelised and discipled.
2.) B.L.E.S.S. - The BLESS program,
presented by ACEM (Accelerated Christian
Education Ministries), is active in reaching out
to indigent and underprivileged children in
countries around the world, such as the
Philippines and India. BLESS Centers teach
children reading and basic math skills but,
most importantly introduce them to Jesus
Christ through God’s Word. This 12–15 week
program culminates with the reading of the
Gospel of Mark. Our B.L.E.S.S program had
10 graduates.
3.) A.L.S - The Alternative Learning
S y s t e m ( A . L . S ) i s a p r o g r a m
implemented by the Department of
Education of the Philippine government.
The objective of the program is to raise
the literacy of our country by increasing
the number of graduates in the
elementary and secondary levels. Our
church has worked with our local DepEd
ALS unit and has sponsored and
organised a training program for A.L.S
educators which we have opened to
other churches so that they will have
their won A.L.S program. Our A.L.S
program has successfully helped 3
students to graduate from high school.
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Families benefited under the
ICM program : 30
Graduates of BLESS: 10
Graduates of ALS: 3
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FINANCIALS
We thank God that our offering has been steadily increasing as the years has
gone by. From an average monthly offering of Php1,700.00, 6 years ago now we have
grown to an average of Php 17,178.75 in offering per month, and to think that we
practice free will giving and do not even create events to push giving ! We believe in
giving that is not done grudgingly nor of necessity, as God prosper each one and from
the heart, because God loves a cheerful giver (2 Cor. 9:7)
Despite the increase in offering, internal church giving still could not cope up with
ministry expenses hence we had always been net negative. The breakdown of our
expenses are as follows:
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TMCF Main Average monthly offering
Pastor’s support and allowances Direct ministry cost
Church equipment Church Fellowship etc.
Misc.
For 2012 - 2016
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The deficit has always been coped up by external donations. What is reflected in
the financials are only internal giving to emphasise the contributions within the church
itself.
More than 80% of our expenses are devoted to pastors, staff allowances and
support. Currently we are giving allowance and support to 7 pastors and staff. These
people minister to our network of 5 churches.
Operational expenses refers to purchase, maintenance and repair of church
equipment. Direct ministry expenses refers to expenses directly related to the various
ministries we operate while Church Fellowship refers to expenses mainly related to
food, Youth camp expenses and other activities related to increasing fellowship among
the brethren. Further details about our income and expenses are attached in the the last
pages of this report.
LOOKING FORWARD - PRAYER POINTS
Within the year we look forward to starting our Bible Institute which will formalise
the training of pastors and staff within our network. In connection with this we hope we
can setup a library of theological books and reference materials to further our intensive
study of the Scriptures. We are praying that the Lord will provide for this. The Bible
Institute will start off with classes in proper Biblical interpretation.
We will continue to emphasise our discipleship program and to run the current
ministries that we have.
Most of the churches under our network badly in need of infrastructure
development. Please pray for the following:
1.) The Master’s Community Fellowship - Candulawan - Needs to enlarge their
building. They are already averaging close to 20 adults in attendance every Sunday.
They are currently holding services in a 40 square meter building. Either the lot next to
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Pastor’s support and allowances Direct ministry cost Church Fellowships
Operational expenses
For 2017
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the church building will be purchased or they need to transfer to a nearby area. We
have already been looking at a 100 square meter property. (No building yet)
2.) Obong, Dalaguete - This extension has no meeting place yet. They already have
close to 10 adults and several children in regular attendance. Further please pray for
the transition of leadership in this area.
3.) Gateway Baptist Church Asturias - Their meeting place needs to be improved as it
is constructed of very light materials (Trapal roofing only, the church has no walls or
flooring yet)
4.) The Master’s Community Fellowship Main - Not an immediately needed
infrastructure as of the moment but with the planned Bible Institute and library, we are
including this need here. Further, minor improvements needs to be done in our main
church.
Considering the need for a network and fellowship of Reformed Baptist Churches
in the Visayas and Mindanao area, we hope we can play a key role in the establishment
of this network and fellowship. Please pray for the Reformed conference in Siquijor this
coming February 2018. May this be the start of the seeds of this network and fellowship
of churches with like minded doctrine and faith.
Our main church in Dumlog Talisay also badly needs instrument players,
instruments and a praise and worship team. Currently we are utilising youtube videos
for singing songs. Further, please pray for leadership and direction for our Young
people. We plan to work closely with another church, merging our youth activities in
order that we will have a more stable and efficient ministry and outreach to the youth in
our area.
Please also pray that we can support more pastors this coming 2018 and the
years to come. Several pastors from other denominations and groups who are open to
fellowshipping and networking with us badly need financial support.
Further please pray for Philippine Inland Island Missions Inc. We are on the
process of cleaning up a lot of paper works including the organisation’s Securities and
Exchange Commission Registration, it’s amendment and taking care of PIIM assets that
are either problematic or are non-performing. Please pray that we might be able to
clean up all the necessary paper works and that we may be able to put to good use
what God has entrusted to us at PIIM. A lot of work still needs to be done with PIIM as
aside from cleaning up the paperworks, its online presence such its website and social
media accounts needs to be worked on.
Lastly please pray for your pastoral staff as we continue to focus on discipleship,
diligently studying and preaching the Word and take care of the administrative matters
of our churches and ministries.
As we look forward to doing the Master’s work in 2018 and beyond may we
continue to give Him our best and live lives fit for the Master’s use.
In behalf of all the pastoral staff, yours truly in the Master’s Service,
ZIGFRED M. DIAZ
Senior pastor, The Master’s Community Fellowship Church & Ministries
Corporate Secretary, Member of the Board of Trustee,
Philippine Inland Island Missions Inc.
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ANNEX - INCOME STATEMENTS
THE MASTER'S COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH & MINSTRIES
FINANCIAL REPORT 2012 - 2016
OFFERING (Actual church offering)
Total
Offering for the year 2012 30,295.00
Offering for the year 2013 35,468.00
Offering for the year 2014 40,625.00
Offering for the year 2015 133,028.75
Offering for the year 2016 155,496.00
Total offering 2012 - 2016 394,912.75
LESS EXPENSES
Pastors allowances and support 1,580,900.00
Direct ministry acEviEes cost
Project Discipleship 11,000.00
Samaritan OCC project 19,000.00
B.L.E.S.S 10,000.00
A.L.S 8,000.00
Values formaLon 9,800.00
4 PS 8,000.00
Children's ministry 15,000.00
Total Direct Ministry AcLviLes Cost 80,800.00
Church equipment 40,000.00
Church Occasions, fellowship, Youth Camps etc., Sponsored
acLviLes
60,000.00
Other trainings, materials, etc. misc. 15,000.00
TOTAL EXPENSES 1,661,700.00
NET -1,380,863.26
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Details of monthly offering for the year 2017
January 14,750.00
February 17,920.00
March 10,806.00
April 38,291.00
May 29,363.00
June 9,880.00
July 11,415.00
August 8,110.00
September 11,049.00
October 11,662.00
November 11,369.00
December 31,530.00
TOTAL 206,145.00
Average Monthly 17,178.75
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INCOME STATEMENT 2017
Total Offering 206,145.00
LESS EXPENSES
Pastors & Staff allowances & support 464,374.00
Project Discipleship 13,000.00
Bibles 5,000.00
4 Ps 1,000.00
Samaritan OCC project 4,500.00
Direct Ministry acEvity cost 23,500.00
Church Occasions, Fellowship Youth Camps etc. Sponsored
AcLviLes
20,000.00
Church equipment 6,500.00
Repair of Church equipment 5,000.00
Other OperaLonal expenses 50,750.00
OperaVonal expenses 62,250
TOTAL EXPENSES 570,124.00
NET -363,979.00