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CBS-Asia’s Role in the Fulfillment of Vision 2025
In our effort to assist CBAP in fulfilling Vision 2025, the seminary has set a number of goals at the beginning of the year. When these are accomplished, they would help the association establish the desired number and quality of local churches.
To establish 2,025 local churches in every city and municipality in the Philippines is an ambitious goal. This requires more church planters who will sow the seed, consolidate new believers, and form and organize congregations. Further, the vision necessitates pastors who will nurture and develop these new churches to reproduce more churches and perpetuate the cycle. The success of the new program rests largely on the quality of leaders our churches have. CBS-Asia’s task is to come alongside our churches to help them develop competent leaders. As soon as the present program was introduced and accepted, the seminary began to formulate goals and strategic plans designed to help realize Vision 2025. The following are the goals and reports on progress of CBSAsia’s effort to accomplish the goals:
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| | Prof. Marcelo “Bot” Abelado teaching Pastoral Counseling to students of the Pastoral Ministries Program. He observes that many pastors lack the skill to counsel their people, and help them resolve spiritual and emotional issues. This he adds, is a major ministry of the pastor. | Erwin Carreon, a student at CBS-Asia and lay leader of Christ-Centered Bible Church in Caloocan, seen here reporting the discipleship program he is implementing in his church. Students are taught to develop a process of disciplining their people. |
RTCS IN EVERY REGION
The most major goal of CBS-Asia is to establish a training center in every region in the country, each with a pool of competent faculty and staff.
 | GCF-Manila students of the class set up in Binondo, Manila.
| CHARACTER:
The emphasis of our training is
to develop students in their
personal walk with God and
manifest the virtues demanded
by Scripture from church
leaders.
COMMUNICATION:
CBS-Asia trains students to
become biblically-founded in
life and ministry, able to interpret
Scripture and teach sound
doctrine to others.
CAPABILITY:
CBS-Asia equips students to
become proficient in leading
and shepherding the local
church.
|  | Eleven tribal pastors in Mindanao graduated on May 30, 2008
from the Christian Foundations program. CBS-Asia envisions
developing mentors for remote tribal churches. |
North Manila: North Manila has two training centers that cater to the leadership training needs of the local churches in the region. Capitol City Baptist Church in West Avenue, Quezon City is the training center for the Central and CAMANAVA districts, while and GCF North covers the FLAG-CD district. About 60 members are attending the courses offered at these centers.
South Manila: The SOMA region council is having great difficulty identifying a local church that would be the host for CBS-Asia. Much effort has been made to negoiate with various local churches but none has opened up. However, a Filipino-Chinese church, Gerizim Evangelical Church (non- CBAP) in the Binondo area has opened its doors to CBS-Asia and invited her to train its leaders and that of GCF-Manila. By 2009, it committed itself to do aggressive promotions of CBS-Asia and offer it to other Fil-Chi churches in the area. About 26 leaders from the two churches enrolled in the initial course.
Region 1: The RTC in Agoo Christian Fellowship and occasional trainings in other churches, have a small number of participants. They average only 8 students. Yet the RTC in R1 has sent a number of pastors and workers to be trained in the PMP. Further, Prof. Danny Medina conducts/coordinates trainings in different local churches there.
Pampanga, Tarlac, Bulacan: Clamor for the revival of the RTC in Region 3 has moved the council to designate a new host for CBS-Asia—GCF San Fernando. This will open in 2009, and is in partnership with IGSL’s Foundations for Christian Leadership led by Rev. Lito Sampan.
Laguna: The RTC in Community Baptist Church in Calamba led by Pastor Oscar Bantatua is training about 25 pastors and leaders in the region. A number of these are slated to graduate from the basic and advance programs next year, 2009. On the other hand, the RTC in Sta. Cruz/Paete has been put on hold due to the resignation of Rev. Arnel Bernal, the Administrator of the RTC in the area, from his pastorate. Assurances were made, however, that this will be revived in 2009. About 20 leaders, mostly pastors are being mentored by Rev. Bernas. This year, five leaders were sent by Laguna to enroll in CBS-Asia’s Pastoral Ministries Program.
Cavite: There are two RTCs in Cavite—at Imus Conservative Baptist Church and New Life in Christ Community Church. Both are thriving and producing quality lay leaders and pastors. Fifty to sixty leaders are attending the various trainings in the two RTCs. In addition, a special training program for the youth of Dasmarinas is being led by students of CBS-Asia. Recently, CBS-Asia, ICBC and the Cavite Regional Council have agreed to conduct other programs to help develop more pastors and faculty for the RTCs. ICBC will host the M.A. program of CBS-Asia in 2009!
Quezon: The trainings being led by Rev. Joel Macatangay in host churches, Sariaya Conservative Baptist Church and Lucena Baptist Church serve about 20 leaders. In addition, Quezon has sent a number of students to the Pastoral Ministries Program.
Mindanao: Eleven tribal pastors have graduated from the Christian Foundations Training led by Prof. Rolly Lindain. Next year, he will be based in Davao to continue his training ministry and set up a RTC in Davao with the following objectives:
1. To conduct the Church Leadership (in two phases) program for tribal pastors.
2. To create a pool of faculty to teach in tribal areas.
3. To set up a RTC in Davao City for urban church leaders.
Every year also, Pastor Johnny Dalisay and team visit Sultan Kudarat to lead a Pastoral Ministries Conference for about 100 Manobo tribal pastors and leaders. CBS-Asia plans to do this every year.
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