CBS-Asia stands behind Bicol CBAP’s Vision 16 and Adopt Bicol

Which one is it?  Bicolanos have constantly argued to describe Bicol Express.  Is it (1) pork fat with loads of sili and alamang or (2) sili and alamang with loads of pork fat?  Either way it is a no-win situation for the health conscious.  But regardless of its philosophical dilemma, people still love to fancy and to eat the wretched thing!

For CBS-Asia, ministry in Bicol is no fancy.  On September 1-3 CBS-Asia Officer of Academics, John Pesebre traveled along with the CBAP General Director, Rev. Noel Pantoja, Dr. Rene Atienza and Dr. Jorge de Ramos to follow up on an interesting development.  A year ago we saw a slightly jumbled pastoral council.  Authorized by the denomination to start a church planting movement, a group of pastors conceived of Adopt Bicol, a church planting support ministry.  The problem: no church planting movement to support.  Although it is Adopt Bicol’s job to pool together a group of institutions and individuals to help, his task is insignificant without a church-planting movement.  This was the condition of more than a year ago.

Another problem, which seems to be more difficult is a training program.  Last year when everything was still not up to the ideal in Bicol, CBS-Asia by faith started an RTC in the hope that the Bicol churches will see the power a Bible institute can give a regional council.  After 4 months of training, the RTC went to a period of a 6-month hiatus.  Some of us think that it was a failure.
But God has been talking with His children in Bicol so loud that as soon as the spark of a church planting venture burned in the hearts of the pastor, they immediately saw that CBS-Asia is a very crucial partner.

And so, with the able leadership of Pastor Marvin Bayot of Canaman Christian Fellowship, the pastoral council invited CBS-Asia to present how it conceives its role in Vision 16.  Prof. John Pesebre presented the whole program which the Council accepted with anticipation and excitement.  
If you want to know more about the ins-and-outs and see pictures of Adopt Bicol & Vision 16 check out the blog site http://adoptbicol.blogspot.com .

The slogan of Vision 16 is
“Build New Leaders Today, Plant New Churches Tomorrow.”

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