"This book hopes to contribute to the writing of the history of the Philippine Baptist pastors from a point of view that emphasizes the Philippine Baptist pastors. This study aims at reconstructing a history of the Philippine Baptist pastors from the year 1898 to 2002. This reconstruction will find out who they are and highlight their significant contributions to the church and society. Specifically, this study will describe and analyze their pastoral identity vis-à-vis: a) Their theology and understanding of the ministry; b) Their Political and ideological perspective; c) Their Socio-economic status; d) Their reasons why they committed themselves to become pastors; e) And their significant strength and weaknesses that led to their present situation. This study attempts to portrait an image of Philippine Baptist Pastors (1898-2002) from a kaupod perspective using published and unpublished documents as well as oral testimonies obtained from interviews and questionnaires." -from the Introduction...

This study aimed to determine factors related to the Convention Baptist ministers' understanding of the cultural mandate in the creation account of Genesis and its implications to their current perception of environmental ...

This section sets forth three basic areas: the research problem and its setting, the importance of the study, and the research methodology. The research problem and its setting cover the statement of the problem, sub-problems, limits of the problem, definition of terms, and basic assumptions. This dissertation seeks to explore the following problem: What are the implications of Paul's concept of skenopoiia to the current perceptions on bi-vocational ministry among the churches of the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches in Western Visayas? The Sub-Problems The first sub-problem is as follows: What is Paul's concept of skenopoiia? The second sub-problem is as follows: What are the current perceptions on bi-vocational ministry among the churches of the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches in Western Visayas? The third sub-problem is as follows: What implications can be drawn from Paul's concept of skenopoiia to the current perceptions on bi-vocational ministry among the churches of the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches in Western Visayas? The Limits of the Problem This research sought to delineate Paul's concept of skenopoiia and its implications to the current perceptions on bi-vocational ministry among the churches of the Convention of the Philippine Baptist Churches in Western Visayas. This study was limited to the CPBC churches in the province of Negros Occidental and the four provinces of the island of Panay, namely, Aklan, Antique, Capiz, and Iloilo. The research focused on the Book of Acts and on the Pauline Epistles that have direct bearing on Paul as a preacher and tentmaker. The primary texts that were Furthermore, the limit of this research focused on the kasapulanans in the Visayas only. The CPBC is composed of ten kasapulanans. There are three kasapulanans in Luzon, five in Visayas, and two in Mindanao. The perceptions gathered, therefore, were those of the respondents coming from the kasapulanans in the Visayas referred to in this section. Additionally, the implications that were identified were only derived from the same kasapulanans and in no way attempt to relate them to the perceptions of kasapulanans in Luzon and Mindanao....

Christ loves the Church as the husband loves his wife. He has given the highest price: His own life on behalf of the Church. The church is His body and He is the Head. The figure of the Church as the body of Christ is the ...

This study aims to interpret and theologically reflect on the content of Matthew 5: 3-10. Specifically, this study analyzes the significant issues found in the eight Beatitudes as recorded in Matthew 5:3-10 and their ...

This descriptive study determined the forty-six young people’s interest and involvement in Christian Education Programs (CEP) under the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches, Inc. in Sara, Iloilo. The level of interest ...

This special paper deals with the topic, “The Concept of Eirene in John 14:27- 31 and Its Implications to the Peace Agenda Between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and National Democratic Front (NDF).” ...

This study attempts to ask and answer questions arising from the pericope in Ezekiel 34: 11-24, its context and the interpreter's context. An exegetical and analytical study of the pericope will be done. The purpose ...

In every generation the people of God need administrators, men of words and actions, and some are called to this task. It is essentially the pastoral task: to lead the flock, not as of right, but as humble instruments of ...

This special paper deals with the topic, “Divorce as Jesus Sees it- a Biblical Theological Reflection on Divorce and Its Implications in the Church and Philippine Culture”. It is an attempt to investigate and discover ...