CBS-Asia Ministers To Davao

“They were surprised when I joined them in their table during mealtime. According to them it is very seldom that an urban pastor will sit and join them to have table fellowship,” narrates Prof. Rolly Lindain, serving as an itinerant, interim administrator and faculty of CBS-Asia up at the Hope Mountain in Ulas, Davao City.

Roly Lindain

When Prof. Lindain came to the CBS-Asia office in Quezon City after his first trip to Hope Mountain, his Davao stories sounded like the trite “I have good news and bad news for you.” Although there was a steady flow of sad realities (bad news), the hope to have the CBS-Asia ministry in Davao seems to override those realities (good news). I thought, nothing seems to dampen the spirit of God’s workers when Christ sends people and anoints the ministry. Right now CBS- Asia has already translated four (4) modules into the native language of the pastors and already held classes for five months now.

Bad News

According to Lindain, “The state of the flock of our Lord Jesus among the tribal people group was revealed to me when I went to Davao City to start the CBS- Asia classes. There were initially eight tribal pastors who started the CBS-Asia Training at Hope Mountain in Ulas, Davao City. These pastors have a combined 250 membership among the different tribal groups in the island of Mindanao. The passion and zeal of these eight tribal pastors to serve the Lord were always fresh and full of energy. However, these eight tribal pastors did not have the luxury of going through formal ministry training or mentoring. None of them have ever read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. “I also sensed the hurts of our fellow workers there. According to them they feel they are being discriminated, neglected, abandoned and are left on their own. There may be some truths to what they were saying because they were surprised when I joined them in their table during mealtime. According to them it is very seldom that an urban pastor will sit and join them to have table fellowship. They got used to this situation that it was a rarity for them to experience having tables.


“This is just the beginning. The initial work of changing the mind-set of my co-workers in Mindanao among the tribal people group is now done. They will have to see the need to complete the course prepared for them and make them grow in their character, skill and knowledge in their intimacy with God and ministry.

 “May our Lord sustain this big task and use you as His channel of blessings.”