Philippines

FMC IN THE PHILIPPINES

PRESENT MINISTRIES

The Philippine FMC, a full general conference, has 10 annual conferences, an urban missions district movement called Oceans of Life Ministries, and a church-in-formation among tribal groups. Established churches support and nurture new congregations. Leaders are trained at Light and Life Colleges of the Philippines Foundation (formerly Light and Life Bible College - Butuan City), John Wesley Bible Institute (Manilla), and Light and Life Graduate School of Theology (Bancasi). Schools and feeding programs provide for outreach opportunities to children; ICCM sponsors around 1,000. FREE LIFE Community (Fully Restored, Equipped and Empowered Living in Friendship that Evangelizes) is a strategy being adopted to reach the young people. The goal is to have a FREE LIFE Community in key colleges and university campuses across the Philippines.

Philippine Social Ministries coordinates and supervises social-service ministries. The Philippine FMC has also become an integral missions-sending church.

OUTREACH TO THE WORLD

The church in the Philippines has missionaries in Hong Kong, Cambodia, Australia, Pakistan and among tribal groups in the Philippines.

ORIGINS

In 1949 missionaries Walter and Gertrude Groesbeck and John and Ruby Schlosser transferred from China to the Philippines. They settled on the island of Mindanao. The first Free Methodist church was constructed at Bunawan. Other missionaries soon joined the two couples. A Bible school was begun in 1955.

Country Statistics

General Conference

Population: 107,377,267
Evangelical Christians: 13.93%
FM Work Opened: 1949
FM Churches: 323
FMC Membership: 30,226
Bishop: Alan Bacus
Ecclesiastical Accountability: Free Methodist World Conference in partnership with FMWM through the Asia Area Director and Regional Assistant Gerald Coates

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Pray for

Pray for:

• ICCM ministries to street children in Davao, Butuan City and Manila as well as the tribal children in La Paz and Sibagat, Agusan del Sur
• major urban church-planting initiatives in Manila, Baguio, Cebu and Davao
• the FREE LIFE Community movement and the primary leaders as they seek to reach university campuses all over the Philippines
• missionaries sent out by the Philippine FMC to Hong Kong, Cambodia, Pakistan, Australia, Thailand, Vietnam and tribes in the Philippines
• the far-reaching impact of Light and Life Colleges of the Philippines Foundation
• wisdom and discernment for Bishop Alan Bacus as he leads the church

Church Planting & Development

The Philippines

Reproducible Bulletin Insert

Funding the Philippines Church Planting & Development (CPD) account will help resource the following people and strategic initiatives:

Training, equipping and supporting a small army of church planters who continue the expansion of God’s kingdom in the Philippines.

Training new pastors and church planters, as well as training to strengthen ministries of those who pastor existing churches.

Videos

Ahon Community Care Center - Philippines

Ripe for the Harvest

Step Off Your Front Porch

Take Out From

Prayercast | Philippines

Missionaries

Matt and Christine Sauder

Darin and Jill Land

Roger Stone

Extra Mile Projects

Kamuning FMC Building Fund

Philippines Community Church Planting

Philippines Crisis and Compassion Project

Philippines Light & Life Bible College

Philippines Ministry Support

Philippines Ahon Street Ministries

Philippines National Pastors’ Support

Philippines Hope Street Kids

Philippines Light & Life Student Scholarships

Philippines Elim Farm

Set Free Movement Philippines

Oceans of Life

Freedom Scholarship Fund

Ministry Opportunities

Fast Trackers

Adjunct Professor - Philippines
Minimum of one semester. Must have master’s degree or higher. This would involve teaching a class of approximately fifteen students who are studying to become pastors at Light & Life Bible College in Butuan City.

Teams

Various work teams are needed in Butuan City to put up pillars in preparation for putting a roof over a cement slab. There is currently a conference center, but it is maxed out at 300 people. When the roof is completed, the crowd can keep expanding since there will be no walls to hold the sound of the microphone in.

About 5 miles outside of Butuan City, they are working on a Community Care Center. Eventually, this center will be a home for women who have been trafficked, a home for orphan boys, a home for orphan girls, and a retirement center for pastors. Currently, the home for orphan boys is the only building completed, but construction is ongoing. Development projects will also be ongoing, such as swine raising. The director of Ahon Ministries, in relationship with ICCM, is also in charge of this ministry.

Minister in International Child Care Ministries centers. Past teams have accompanied the social workers as they visit homes, assisted Filipino dental teams, helped teach life skills, visited area schools, and worshiped with them on Sunday afternoon with their parents. Watch a video about the Hope Street Children’s Ministry at this link to learn more.