Antioch Institute Philippines is a pastoral training program which trains church leaders to make “Every Church a Bible School” in Mindanao, Philippines among indigenous tribes.
Most days I spend many hours in a vehicle driving. Most days I am driving from A to B to conduct ministry or meet with leaders and encourage them. In traveling in the Philippines in every town and every main road there are numerous churches. It would be easy to assume that the Philippines have…
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Being a misguided teenager is tragic. Being a misguided church is just embarrassing.
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Today I went to one our Antioch Institute training sites in the Philippines in a typically remote area. The location of the school was absolutely beautiful. We drove for many miles through tribal lands which were sold to Dole to grow pineapples after World War Two. There are pineapples as far as the eye can…
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Today is a day I can never forget. I remember this day over my own birthday or anniversary. To successfully multiply ministry requires sacrifice and potentially the greatest sacrifice. If a leader is not willing to sacrifice greatly, there is now way that they will be able to successfully multiply their ministry. On this day,…
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Antioch Institute Philippines has been very successful and is meeting great needs of rural pastors on Mindanao. In late November we had a gathering of the students from 2010. The 350 leaders are all trainers who each run their own Antioch Institute training programs in their area. Some of the schools are small with only…
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I think the whole world is in need of a lesson in basic Christianity, especially the Christians. Everyone else is in great need of an extra-strong dose of politeness. It seems to me if you want to meet the rudest and most impolite people in the world all you need to do is fly. Who…
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On Thursday, November 25, 2010 we finished a gathering with about 350 tribal pastors from over 20 tribes on Mindanao Island in the Philippines. Pastor Ben Embaan coordinates an incredible training ministry which reaches hundreds of leaders and thousands of believers with quality leadership training each month. Ben has four wonderful children, a boy and…
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As we approach American Thanksgiving and many people are able to get together with their families the circumstances around me makes it difficult to give thanks. Injustice abounds in the world. Today I am in Mindanao, Philippines with my family. Exactly one year ago, 58 people were killed here (read the article about the massacre…
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Winnie was shot in the head and died instantly. He was looking for a chance to share the gospel and bring peace to a very violent area of the Philippines, yet he was killed trying to bring peace. Winnie is survived by his wife and a young son. Winnie was only 25 years old and passionate about serving Jesus. He died trying to find opportunities to show the love of Christ.
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“Our church is dead”, announced the Baptist Deacon to the other leaders. It was piercing words to one couple who had come to Christ in that fellowship and had been with it for many years. They started discipling their remaining believers and in a less than a month their church was alive again with many new believers and some people returning.
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