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.
My Dad, A Hero and Martyr for the Lord Jesus My father, William “Bill” Paul Hyde, was a humble man, but a great man. He lived his life quietly, unimposing and with gentleness. He had a passion though, seeing the Kingdom of God grow through the Philippines. Since 1978, first in Manila (and all over Luzon)…
Merry Christmas from Cambodia! This was a great year for us in Cambodia and the region where we work. Our team of leaders planted as many as 300 churches in Cambodia alone and helped many other leaders as well including the Philippines and Ethiopia as well. This year I trained pastors and visited: in Africa:…
Pastor Binar started in 2012 with a lot of hope. He was a rural pastor in Mindanao who never had a chance to receive a Bible School education, but he has done his best with the church he started. He had little formal education and lived in the mountains far from any urban Bible school.…
On Tuesday, December 4 at about 3 o’clock in the morning Typhoon Bopha, called “Pablo” in the Philippines, hit Eastern Mindanao island in the Philippines. When the eye slammed into the rugged east coast of Mindanao it was a Category 5 storm, simply called a “Super Typhoon” in the Philippines. It’s winds were over 150…
I have been in cathedrals and international concert halls. I have visited mega-churches and heard Christmas cantatas which mirror the quality of Broadway shows. I have been in charismatic worship services led by famous musicians complete with smoke machines and flashing lights to set the mood. But until today, I don’t think I have ever…
On March 4, 2003 my father was martyred by terrorists in Davao City, Philippines. Though the bomb was placed directly behind my father was not the only one to die; more than twenty other Filipinos were killed and more than 150 wounded. On that day, Islam got hundreds of more foes. Now consider Iraq and…
Last week I was in Mindanao, Philippines and landing at Davao airport where my father was killed. Today is March, 4 and the 9th anniversary of my father’s murder. Our flight was two hours delayed so we were landing at nearly midnight. It is impossible to not think about my Dad when I fly to…
A 3 O’clock Habit I am presently in the Philippines and I witnessed something interesting. It is 3 o’clock habit. The Philippines, being a majority Catholic country, has a tradition that I have witnessed since I was a little boy. They call it the 3 o’clock habit. At 3 o’clock sharp in most major stores…
Since 2003 Antioch Institute has trained more than 5,000 leaders across Cambodia. There are more than 3,000 graduates now among more than fifty different denominations in every province of Cambodia. What is our secret for training this many people? When we first felt God was leading us into training leaders we came to a quick…
Who knew that after more than five years of training we would have started more than 200 pastoral training centers on Mindanao, be on two radio stations daily, have 5 extension centers across Mindanao, and no “white faces” running the show. Isn’t it great! Actually, it is the first training and graduation that I have…