Rev. Jun M. Yu Jr.: Jesus Faith Christian Fellowship Founder and Chairman

Pastor Jun Yu is the Senior Pastor of Jesus Faith Christian Fellowship Inc. He is also the Chairman of Faith Music Manila. Jesus Faith Christian Fellowship also known as Faith Center located in Las Pinas City is a church where the whole thrusts of its life and ministry is taking place through cells. Faith Groups are not just home bible study, fellowships or special member club, rather; they are a small groups applying everything the local church is doing. Faith Groups are where evangelism, discipleship, pastoral care and praying for one another takes place. 
By the grace of God under his leadership the church grew, JFCF Main Church is located in Las Piñas and now has branches in Imus, Dasmariñas, Binakayan, Tagaytay, Caloocan and Tabaco. Faith Music Manila also continues to make waves lately, it has already released their latest album Dakilang Gawa.

Rev. Dr. David Sobrepeña: Founder Word of Hope Christian Church

Rev. Dr. David Sobrepeña

He is the founder of one of the largest mega-church in the Philippines, The Word of Hope Christian Church. He is one of the few who have responded to the call of God, with whom God is using mightily in spreading the Good News of Salvation not only in the Philippines but also in another countries. Before serving as the Head Pastor of Word of Hope, he has pastored Christian churches in Hawaii, Seattle, Washington, and Dallas. He worked also as a Financial Consultant in Wall Street. In August 1988, in response to a vision and a call from the Lord to start a ministry in his homeland, he started with just three  people. Under his leadership, the church has experienced tremendous growth. Today Word of Hope holds the distinction as one of the largest born-again Christian churches in the country. It has over . 3,000 cell groups, and 11 satellites (sites). He serves as the National Director of EQUIP Phnilippines, an organization founded by Dr. John C. Maxwell, providing leadership training worldwide to Church as well as lay leadership, and has trained more than 300,000 Christian leaders in the Philippines. He is also a member of the leadership team of the 2nd Billion Network, whose vision is to win 1 billion people to Christ and to plant 5 million churches worldwide. He has served in the national leadership of the Philippine General Council of the Assemblies of God for many years as Assistant General Superintendent, and as General Superintendent for a total of 15 years. Likewise, he is Co-Chairman of Transformation Philippines, a non-stock, non-profit, non-sectarian organization composed of businessmen, justices, professionals, military officers and educators whose advocacy is the propagation of moral values formation among our people, promotion of democratic principles, and above all, righteous governance. “Righteousness exalts a nation” (Prov. 14:34). He also served as Chairman of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC), and Asia Pacific Theological Seminary (APTS), and member of the Board of the Philippine Bible Society. Served also as Chairman of the Phillipine Council of Evangelical Churches.

In 1994, he founded Hope Christian Academy (HCA), a Christian institution accredited with the Department of Education that provides kindergarten, elementary and high school education. Plans are made for the opening of a Christian Evangelical University in the future.

To expand the Lord’s ministry of compassion, he and his wife Lydia founded Hope General Hospital in 2002. It provides comprehensive medical/hospital services for pastors and their families as well as the indigents in Metro Manila.

As part of the need to enlarge the Ministry Campus, Word of Hope embarked on a new building project in 2003. Called the Education Center, it provides classroom spaces for HCA and Hope Leadership Institute (HLI). The new building houses a new auditorium which has enlarged the Church auditorium to accommodate over 6,000 people.

The ministry under Pastor Dave’s care may have come full circle. But he is not about to retire from “God’s business” of Kingdom building. In whatever direction the Lord leads him in one thing is certain. He will follow. God knows his readiness to do the works at land, and is pleased by his obedience.

Pastor Ed Lapiz: Redeeming The Land Through Nationalism

Pastor Ed Lapiz founded the Day by Day Christian Ministries with churches in the Philippines and in other parts of the world, He began his pioneering underground mission in the Middle East in 1985 which gave birth to Day by Day Church Network. His educations is also impressive. He holds a degree in Philippine Arts from University of the Philippines. He has also a degree on Philippine Arts from UP.

Pastor Ed Lapiz founded and heads Day By Day Fellowship. With more than thirty books, a creative director, producer and broadcaster. Ed Lapiz promotes Christian nationalism, through indigenization of Christian Church Liturgy, the redemption of the arts for use in Christian worship and ministries, and the decolonization of Christianity, which is the declaration and practice of  independence from religious powers structure.
Pastor Ed believes that the foundation of prosperous Christian Church in Philippine setting is the unwavering belief that we Filipinos can. The battle to win the hearts and minds of his countrymen is far from over. But Pastor Ed intends to use his patriotic indignation, his love for the Philippines and his unwavering faith in the Lord and to one day being understood, internalized, and expressed even through the promotion of the country’s cultural heritage.

Efren Peñaflorida Jr. : 2009 CNN Hero's Life Verse

Efren Geronimo Peñaflorida Jr. was awarded the 2009 CNN Hero of the Year was born on March 5, 1981 and received the award on November 22, 2009 with a bounty of $100,000 in cash. He was born the middle child of Efren Peñaflorida Sr. a tricycle driver and Lucila Geronimo, a housewife. He grew up in a slum area in Cavite. He is one of World Vision's sponsored children during his early childhood. In 1997, at 16 he started a youth group in high school aimed at diverting students attention away from street gangs, and towards community activism and personal development, they named the group The Dynamic Teen Company. DTC pioneered the idea of "pushcart classroom"  wherein pushcarts were stocked with school materials such as books, pens, tables, and chairs, and then used on saturdays to recreate school settings in unconventional locations such as the cemetery or trash dump. Efren shares, “Our goal (in DTC is) to make a small yet significant difference in our campus, in our families, and in our community.”

Eften received nationwide popularity after he was awarded as the the winner, although well known personality he still continues to humbles himself and despite some trials that he have encountered he keep on holding on the his life verse.

 Efren holds on to 1 Timothy 4:12 as his personal life verse.

“Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.”

The money he received will divide into two 90% to the DTC and 10% to the Church he is attending to. As a Christian  he continues to shines whatever achievements he has right now. During the Every Nation 2010 he was invited also as one of the speakers of the event attended by different Christian Churches in the world and hosted by Victory Christian Fellowship.

Our hero and fellow Christian statement during the awarding ceremonies will continue to inspire each and every one of us. GOD BLESS YOU.

 "I always tell my volunteers that you are the change that you dream and I am the change that I dream. And collectively we are the change that this world needs to be."

Peter Tan-Chi: Christ Commission Fellowship Founder

Pastor Peter Tan-Chi was the man behind the success of Christ Commission Fellowship. He began an evangelistic home Bible study in Brookside Subd., Cainta, Rizal. Only three couples attended the first Bible Study in the home of Ike and Del Punsalang.


As they began to invite friends and families the Bible Study grew and afterwards they moved to San Juan, to the garage of Mr. Loreto Carbonel.


A core group of 40 people – businessmen, professionals, and their families – emerged from these Bible studies. In 1984, they met at the Asian Institute of Management (AIM) for their first Christ’s Commission Fellowship Sunday worship service.


Since then, CCF’s continuous growth has caused its worship services to move from place to place. From AIM, services moved to Greenbelt, then to the Conference Room of the Philippine International Convention Center.


Pastor Peter was also a member of the Board of Far Eastern Broadcasting Corporation and International Graduate School of Leadership.


He is happily married to Deona whom she met in 1972 while touring in the Philippines with the Christian Singing Group The Crossroads. During  the 1970's his family owned the largest textile and sawmill industry in the country which was eventually sequestered by the Marcos regime but because of God's grace he was able to start a new successful housing business. 


One of the most painful experience happened to them. It was probably the most painful experience of his life for their house have been robed and his children were tied but the most painful of all his daughter was raped by the perpetrators. 


Pastor Tan-Chi recalled
"God helped us to survive that ordeal. This showed me that God loves and He proomised to cause all things to work together for good to those who loved Him. We surrendered our heartache, pain and our daughter


“God helped us to survive that ordeal. This showed me that God loves us. They surrendered their hearts, pain and his daugther to the Lord, By the Grace of God, his daughter is now happily married, a mother of three sons and actively serving the Lord.

Larry Fonacier: PBA's Rookie of the Year Life Testimony

Larry Alexander Nacua Fonacier was born on May 13, 1982 in Quezon City. He shares his testimony during the Anniversary Service of Christ Commission Fellowship where he attended weekly worship service.

He, together with team mates Enrico Villanueva and Wesley Gonzales under coach Joel Banal, steered the Eagles to a Cinderella-run to the title and ended Ateneo’s 14-year title drought in the UAAP in 2002 when they won over the De La Salle University Green Archers with a score of 77-70 during Game 3 of their finals series. He was named co-finals MVP, alongside Wesley Gonzales.

Fonacier won the PBA Rookie of the Year award during the 2005-2006 season, his first year in the PBA with the Red Bull Barako. Nicknamed the "Babyface Assassin", He played 55 games with the Barakos during the 2006-2007 season with 13 starts. During that time, he was named as an All-Star, and played for the North All-Stars team in the 2007 PBA All-Star Weekend. After being traded to the San Miguel Beermen, he was then dealt to the Alaska Aces, with his team mate L.A. Tenorio in exchange for Ken Bono and Mike Cortez. During the 2010 PBA Draft, he was traded by the Aces to the Talk n' Text Tropang Texters,  in exchange for the draft rights of Elmer Espiritu.

Grace D. Chong: Palanca Awardee

 Grace D. Chong was an author of more than 30 book titles for adults and children focusing mainly on Christian Values. She aims to bridge the gap between the young and the old generation through her children’s stories. While teaching good moral values to the kids as they discover the world of the adults, the stories also bring out the child in every parent reading it.

In this interview she recalls how the Lord called her for a purpose. GOD BLESS...

Danica Sotto Pingris: Fame and Riches are nothing compared to JESUS

Danica Anna Bonnevie Sotto was born on May 09, 1983 into a family of well-known movie stars in the Philippine Cinema. Her father Vic Sotto is one of the famous triumvirate Tito, Vic, and Joey,  which include also his uncle Tito Sotto. She is a brother to Oyo Boy Sotto. Her mother Dina Bonnevie is also famous for drama and had numerous movies with different leading man. At a young age along with his brother Oyo Boy they were sometimes casts into their father's noon-time show Eat Bulaga, the longest-running variety show in the Philippines. She has a Swiss, Italian, and French ancestry on his mother's side and Chines ancestry on his father's side. She is now married to Jean Marc Pingris a PBA player for Derby Ace Llamados, and has one childe named Jean-Michel.

Danica and Marc could not go out alone at first. Whatever it was the movies or dinnder, she brought along several of her friends. On their second date, her mom, Dina Bonnevie, known for her frankness and who was very meticulous in inspecting her daughter's suitor even chaperoned them.

Danica shared her experience growing up in a broken home with parents from showbiz. She said that fame and riches are nothing compared to knowing the Lord Jesus Christ as her personal Lord and Saviour.

Rica Peralejo: Marrying a Man of God

Rica Peralejo was born on March 7, 1981, in the Philippines. She soon earned a role in the children’s comedy show “Ang TV.” In her teen years, she won roles in teen television comedy shows “Gimik” and  “T.G.I.S.” These shows gave Peralejo her start in acting as a career.

After her days in youth variety and sitcoms, Peralejo landed roles in movies and other television programs. She moved between many genres fluently, which earned her various “queen” titles such as “Bold Queen,” “Horror Queen,” and “Scream Queen.” Despite the labels the media tried to pin on her, she also continued acting in comedies and sitcoms, as well as variety shows and television dramas.

Rica meet Jo Bonifacio a  youth pastor at the Victory Church at the Fort where both attend church service.

“I liked his preaching style,” she said. “He’s funny, very down to earth.”

Peralejo added: “Jo is a man of God. He has potential as a family man in that he’ll be a good father, a good husband, a good provider. As a boyfriend, he makes things very light for me. Parang nakita ko na almost ang lahat sa kanya.”

Rica looks so much in love. She is obviously very happy with her newfound relationship with the Lord and her fiancé that her joy is obvious. She is a picture of contentment and serenity.

Donita Rose: MTV VJ (Volunteers for Jesus)

She was born in Utah, USA on November 5, 1974 and moved to the Philippines when she was five years old. She is the eldest daughter of an American father and a Filipino mother from Pangasinan but migrated to Angeles City in Pampanga Donita has three siblings.

Donita Rose was FHM's 2001 Sexiest of the Philippines. Donita married Eric Villarama in June 2003, the couple having lived in Singapore since 2002. The couple's son, Joshua Paul Villarama, born in 2004, is named after her two younger brothers. Donita and Eric are born-again Christians. In the summer of 2007, they moved to Manila.

Active member and contributor of the church-related charity organization Shining Light in the Philippines and Singapore.Spokesperson for Fila, endorsed Globe GenText, Pepsi, and Lux Super Rich Shampoo in commercials and print adverts.

Her discovery was also accidental. Then-popular teen star Romnick Sarmienta spotted her among the audience of the teen program That’s Entertainment. Talent developer German Moreno immediately cast her as one of many teens on the  show. After being discovered, she immediately became a top teen in the stable of Viva talents, doing movies such as Alabang Girls, Mandurugas, Working Students, and Class of ’91. 

She was later billed as the Philippine version of Julia Roberts due to her naturally bubbly but glamorous persona. However, the obvious American accent deterred her from landing serious dramatic roles early in her career. An exception was her role in Divine Mercy Sa Buhay ni Sister Faustina, playing the saint herself, though she was chosen clearly for her Western features and popularity at the time.

Her straight English accent allowed her to cruise the auditions and become one of the diverse hosts of MTV Asia. She became a regular and took the reigns of various MTV shows such as MTV Most Wanted, MTV Connect, and MTV Asia Hitlist. Along this time, Singapore-based Donita still had time to do local movies such as Legacy (opposite David Hasselhoff), Bilanggong Puso, and Nine Mornings (together with Piolo Pascual), their team-up leads to soul-winning for Piolo have been converted as a born-again.

In 2003 Donita married Eric Villarama, a former senior art director he met in the United States. They moved to Singapore in 2002; and they currently have one child, John Paul Villarama, named after Donita’s two brothers. Even then, her stunning beauty allowed her to become one of the endorsers of known brands such as FILA and Pepsi.

She has become on of the hosts of the ABS-CBN show Umagang Kay Ganda. Truly, her experience has lent her the staying power only few can claim on the ever-changing world of the entertainment industry, she deserved it and she will always be a VJ not as Video Jockey but as a Volunteer for Jesus. 

Evelyn Miranda-Feliciano: Pioneering Filipino Christian Author

Mrs. Feliciano is one of the Philippines' foremost and most respected Christian authors, with a writing career that spanned 40 years and produced nearly 30 books and countless articles, radio scripts, poems, and other literature. She has won awards and was recognized in Christian and literary circles worldwide. Some were translated into different languages.

Love & courtship her first book was published in 1973. It was the first book originally written by a Filipino published by OMF Lit. It became a bestseller with 32,000 copies printed. The book was featured in TV shows and serialized in magazines and radio programs.

“The challenge to write Love and Courtship was not only to test my ability to write but to make it relevant to the Filipino young people. I set out to do two things which I thought would be my original contribution to Philippine literature: to make it culturally fit and biblically sound. Most literature on the subject came from the West, which naturally addressed the issues of Western youth, ” Mrs. Feliciano related.

Following the success of Love and Courtship, Mrs. Feliciano wrote, Love sex & marriage (New Life Series) by OMF Lit in 1975. She began writing at a time when there were few Filipino Christian writers and Filipino Evangelical Christian publishing was just taking off.

Her published writing found both an avenue and a fount of inspiration at the Institute for Studies in Asian Churchand Culture (ISACC). She was Executive Director (1991–1993) and served as writer and trainer. She was Associate Editor of the journal, Isip-Isak, and wrote for various ISACC publications. She taught about topics such as women’s empowerment and voter’s awareness.

EVELYN MIRANDA FELICIANO’S BOOKS PUBLISHED BY OMF LITERATURE:

Love and Courtship (1973. Filipino translation: Kung Tumibok ang Puso, 1997)

Love, Sex, and Marriage (1975. Filipino translation by Teresita Viray: Ngayon at Kailanman, 1998)

Ours to Love and Discipline (1977. Filipino translation: Mahalin at Hubugin: Paalaala sa mga Magulang)

Conduct for Today (1977)

Reflections from My Kitchen Window (1979)

Filipino Values and Our Christian Faith (1990. Filipino translation by Letty Paler: Pinoy Nga, Biblikal Ba?, 1996)

Nobody’s Child (1994. English translation: Abigail, 2000)

Iba’t- ibang Pahirap, Punit-punit na Pangarap (2002)

Beyond the Honeymoon, co-written with David Feliciano (2000)

Enjoy the Sunset: Living Fully, Ageing Well (2006)

Hope Away from Home: Help and Encouragement for OFWs (2007)

Faith in the Corridors of Power: Reflecting on God, the Gospel and the Government with Former Senate President Dr. Jovito Salonga (2010)

Voice in the Wind: The Life and Times of Far Eastern Broadcasting Philippines in the Life of Ka Esong (forthcoming)

On August 26, 2010. She passed away at her home in Silang, Cavite with her husband, Pastor Dave, by her side.