Christian Fellowship Church of the Philippines News Updates – 2017

1/20/17
Christian Fellowship Church Newsletter, January 2017

“Go ye therefore into all the world and make disciples of all nations.” Matt. 2:18

Greetings and blessings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. As we enter this new year the Lord has given us, we honor Him by obeying His Great Commission to carry the Gospel message to the whole world! What an awesome privilege and responsibility! We make it our greatest priority and greatest purpose in life!
Trials will surely face us in the year ahead, but we face with confidence anything that comes our way, trusting in our Wonderful Lord. He will make us able to carry His Word and win souls–our greatest joy and responsibility!
Here in Negros, we have new churches starting up and we know that God is well-pleased with that! Most are mountain churches which are pioneered by men and women of God completely dedicated to establish churches! Some have just put up posts and a roof and are using the building! Some don’t have a roof yet! I am attaching a picture of a pastor in front of his proposed church in Lower Baican, Bayawan, Negros Oriental. With God’s help, we will help this pastor finish his church!
We believe this coming year is going to be a year full of blessing, provision, growth and many souls coming to the Lord! Please pray with us for this! Thank you! God bless you abundantly in this coming New Year!
Yours in Christ,

June Pacleb

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2/14/17
Christian Fellowship Church of the Philippines, February 2017 Newsletter

“We wait in hope for the Lord, He is our help and our shield. In Him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in His Holy Name!” Psalm 33:20,21
Praise the Lord! We praise Him continually for the joy of serving Him. We’re happy that some of the interior churches that have been needing roofs already have their roofs now! The church in San Jose, Bayawan, in southern Negros has already put up their roof, and the church in Lower Baican, Bayawan, too! The church in Lapay, Bayawan, is in the process of putting up their pastoral house now! We are so glad to see the progress of these precious mountain churches!
We have just heard that our mountain church in Bato, Mabinay, has suffered damage from strong winds in the past few days. The roof partially collapsed but when the building posts fell over, they were held up by a gemilina tree at the side of the church! So our hearts go out to the congregation and this church needs urgent help! Thank you for your prayers.
The Bible school students will be finishing their classes by the third week of March and will be going out to work as interns with local churches. They are eager to be out in the field and we know they have a good future!
God bless you more and more!
Sis June Pacleb

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3/22/17
Christian Fellowship Church of the Philippines, March 2017 Update

“Repentance and forgiveness of sins will be preached in His Name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things.” Luke 24:47-48.
Greetings in the Name of our Lord! We pray God’s blessings are filling your lives continually!
The Lord gave us the commission to preach repentance and forgiveness of sin, and we are His witnesses! As I always say, it’s a joy to serve Him! We are happy to train and send out pastors to carry out this commission.
On March 17th, we said farewell to our Bible students and sent them out to the field where they are now working as interns in local churches. We know that in the short time they have been in the School of Ministry-just two semesters-they have been well-equipped to do the work of God! It’s been so good to see the young students grow in the knowledge and service of God. Although sometimes they had to struggle, they have made it through!
We just had a short farewell service at the Bible school and each of the four students gave his short testimony, and the faculty also shared their farewell. I gave a message that I feel the Lord gave me, on Luke 14, the cost of being a disciple. The Lord used it to speak deeply to them. We gave each of them a Cebuano version of the Bible, as a gift, to help them preach in the local dialect. Then we prayed with them! The Lord worked mightily by His Spirit and everyone was crying out to God! The students were wonderfully filled with the Spirit! Praise God for what He did among us! We had a simple meal together, and then they left immediately for the churches where they are assigned.
Thank you for your prayers for the young interns and pastors. They are the future of the Gospel here! The six interns from last years’ group are doing a good job in the mountain churches where they are working. They will have their commencement exercises next month!
Again, thank you for being a part of this ministry! God bless you!
Sis June Pacleb

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4/26/17
“Jesus said to His disciples, The harvest is plenteous but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.” Matt. 9:37

We held our annual Christian Fellowship Church Youth Convention this past April 17-21! It was a good time of fellowship and spiritual blessing for pastors and young people alike! Everyone was so excited to join in the wonderful worship services and fellowship with so many from far places! The attendance was very good with large groups of young people coming from different churches! To God be all the Glory! We had pastors and delegates from four different provinces and five districts,including the far away northern Mindanao province of Zamboanga del Norte. We were so pleased they came the long distance to be here in Dumaguete City with us!

The speakers gave great messages from the Word of God, based on our theme: Fulfilling the Great Commission! I know we felt the urgency of going out to win souls, disciple them and build up our churches. It is the constant theme of our hearts!

On Wednesday night,the 19th, we had our School of Ministry Commencement Ceremony for our six 2015-2016 graduates, five boys and a girl! They are young people well trained in our School, and after finishing their academics, they have been out on the field training in churches. They proudly marched to the front wearing their caps and gowns and we honored them with their School of Ministry diplomas! Now they have returned to the churches where they are working. We are so proud of them and what they are achieving! Thank you for your prayers for them! I attach a few pictures.

May God bless you for being a part in this ministry! We are “workers together”! Our victories are also your victories! Thank you so much and God bless you more!

Sis June Pacleb

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5/23/17
Christian Fellowship Church Newsletter, May 2017

“I will extol the Lord at all times; His praise will always be on my lips. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt His Name together.” Psalm 34:1, 3.

Praise the Lord for all His goodness! It’s wonderful to see how God moves in all the earth to bring glory to His Name! We are happy to share more blessings again with you!
We recently had a celebration service in Carcar City, Cebu for the seven years’ establishment of the Christian Fellowship Church in Carcar. It was a wonderful and beautiful service with several hundreds of young people and adults in attendance at the beautiful and spacious church there. God moved in a special way in the anointed and joyful worship and the revival in the altar call afterward! Four to five hundred young people came to the front in a very special move of the Holy Spirit as they committed their lives afresh to Him! It is truly refreshing to see God change lives!
Our Christian Fellowship Church Pastors’ Convention was held on May 15-17 at the Dumaguete City church, and again it was a time of precious fellowship with pastors coming from far places in Mindanao Island and Western Negros Island, as well as the Eastern Negros province. Our precious pastors gave us rich messages from the Lord to encourage all of us in our Christian lives. The last night of the convention every person in the church came to the front and the Lord moved mightily!
We are seeing the move of God with new growth in the churches. New outreaches are opening up and becoming pioneering works. Churches have been scheduling recent water baptismal services for the new people. It’s a joy to see them lined up ready for baptism! One church this month baptized 51 people who had just accepted the Lord!
We are praising the Lord for so many victories, and we know that you are a part of these! Thank you so much and God bless you!
Sis June Pacleb

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6/18/17
“He told them, the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field. Go! I am sending you out”! Luke 10:2, 3.
Truly it is time to reap the harvest! Every believer should be a soul-winner! And NOW is the time!
On the first week of June, we finished our enrollment for the Christian Fellowship School of Ministry, SY2017-18. Praise the Lord for sending us five young men with a call and desire to serve the Lord and be pastors! We are so happy for these students that the Lord has sent to us. Classes are now in full swing at the Bible school!
On June 17, we had a water baptism at the beach and two of the students were baptized in water joining those who have already been baptized. We thank God for the commitment to serve God with their whole heart. It was a happy time. Some of the students are already teaching Bible classes in the church!
We are planning to open a new work in the town of Bindoy, a coastal town going toward the northeast in this island. A family have already committed to serve God and have been baptized in water. Now they will form the core of the new group here. Please pray for the two young pastors who will pioneer there for guidance, anointing and most of all–souls!
We did a little much-needed renovation, plastering, and repair at the Bible school the first few days of the month. An old building seems to always need some work done! Thank God for His supply.
The youth of the Fellowship churches are reaching out and are really motivated to win souls and disciple them, so the youth groups are growing nicely in several of the churches. Please pray for more souls!
Thank you for being a part of this work with your support and prayers. I attach pictures of the students and faculty. God bless you more!

Sis June Pacleb

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7/22/17
“Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains….How precious is your unfailing love!” Psalm 36:5, 7. Praise God for His unfailing love!
We are feeling a new refreshing move of the Holy Spirit in our churches! The church members are getting fired up to work for God, to win souls and disciple them! We can feel a new revival in the services and it’s like a breath of fresh air moving over everyone! We’re so happy for this. Thank God! We are teaching in-depth Bible lessons to train the church members how to evangelize and disciple new believers.
We have opened a new pioneering work in the coastal town of Bindoy two hours north of here and the ministry has started there two months ago. One of our Bible school graduates is pioneering there!
We have recently started a new project to build a pastoral house for a pioneering work in a village about 30 minutes drive south of Dumaguete. The church building has been started and is still unfinished. It has a tin roof, but unfinished side walls. Now the pastor, a single young man, needs to have a small house there behind the church so he can stay there. He has been having to commute to another town where he’s been staying temporarily. So the Lord has burdened us to build his house! As of now, the back and side walls have concrete blocks and we’re putting in a small toilet. This past week the Bible school students helped to haul boulders and gravel for the flooring! They also helped cut down a big mango tree that was obstructing the work at the front corner of the house! It was very hard work, but they all enjoyed it! The work is ongoing!
Another project that we hope can be started soon is the completion of a small mountain church that had tipped over due to strong wind. The galvanized iron roofing sheets can still be used, but the under girders and rafters of coconut wood need to be changed. Then the walls will be put up and the floor cemented. It’s like starting all over from the beginning! The congregation there is using the building although it only has a roof. It’s located in a farming area surrounded by sugarcane!
Thank you so much for your prayers and support for the many ministries here! With your help, the work is growing well!
God bless you,
June Pacleb
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8/11/17
Christian Fellowship Church Newsletter, August 2017

“Ascribe to the Lord, O mighty ones, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His Name, worship the Lord in the splendor of His Holiness.” Psalm 29: 1,2
We thank God that we can share in His Glory, and walk in His Strength each day! We are happy to share again some blessings here.
As I mentioned in our last month’s letter, we are building a pastoral house for our new pioneering work in Maayong Tubig, Dauin, about 30 minutes drive south of here. The construction of the pastor’s small house is ongoing. We have been delayed with the roofing, since we’re waiting for the government permit to cut coconut trees into boards which will be used as rafters in the roofing. Hopefully, the cutting of the wood can soon go on. The roof will be galvanized iron roofing sheets.
Last week we cemented the flooring of the house with the help of the Bible students! This week the walls have been finished with rough plaster. Now the Bible students are removing a very big stump of a big mango tree that was obstructing the corner of the house.
Last month we had a district fellowship meeting in the church in Owakan, in the mountains of Jimalalud. The district pastors and delegates from the area attended and it was a wonderful time of encouragement and revival! Thank God for the faithful pastors who work so hard to build up the Kingdom of God in their areas! Some of our new Bible school graduates are working in these mountain areas, too.
I attach pictures of the construction in Maayong Tubig and also of the Owakan church and the revival there. Thank you for your prayers and financial support! God bless you!
Sis June Pacleb

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9/26/17
“Blessed is the man…his delight is in the law of the Lord, and on His law he meditates day and night.” Psalm 1:1, 2

The churches here in the Philippines are growing and expanding with the blessing of the Lord. The young people of the churches are becoming more involved in outreaches. The Dumaguete church young people have opened campus ministries in two universities here in the city and we believe these ministries will become more progressive as the youth are alive and active in outreaches.

Some churches are under construction and we’re happy for the progress made. Some are using cement block walling and others lumber and bamboo. Others have a combination. The work goes on as the churches are able financially and we trust the Lord for His supply.

Thank you for your prayers. Please note that I’m using a new email address.

God bless you!

Sis June
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10/23/17
“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever. Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord or fully declare His praise?” Psalm 106:1, 2.
We pray you are fully blessed in the Lord! We are happy to again share some of our blessings here.
Last October 16-18, we had our Semi-annual Pastors’ Convention here in our Dumaguete City church with more than a hundred pastors attending! It was an exciting time of sweet fellowship with all the pastors! We had pastors coming from five provinces here in the central and southern Philippines! The young pastors who were recent graduates of our Bible school took the day teaching sessions. They did great and they showed the good quality training of our graduates! So we were so happy for them. They are all pastoring local churches here in Negros Island!

Twelve pastors came from Mindanao Island, riding long distances on buses and then riding the big inter-island ship from the northernmost coast of Mindanao here to Dumaguete. Their travel coincided with two super typhoons, back to back, that made a direct hit to Mindanao and Negros Islands! A lot of trees were blown down and there was a lot of flooding. The waves were so high, and only one ship was permitted by the Coast Guard to travel! So the pastors came here and then returned in those conditions. But they just prayed and made the dangerous trip, anyway! I’m so proud of them!
God gave us revival in our convention and everyone was blessed and refreshed. Thank God for His blessing!
May the Lord bless you more as we serve Him.

Sis June Pacleb

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11/16/17
“I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your Name for ever and ever. Every day I will praise you.” Psalm 45:1,2

Yes, God is so good, and worthy of all praise! We pray you are well and blessed in serving Him. It is wonderful to see how God is moving in His people; souls are being saved and becoming disciples!

We recently visited our Culipapa church in southern Negros Island. It is a very old church building, much in need of repair. But we had a very wonderful fellowship and revival with the many young people and pastors who attended! They all are so excited about serving God and worshiping from their hearts! The youth led the singing and playing instruments in praising God. Everyone had a great time and we had a delicious fellowship meal afterwards!

Thank God that our pastors and the believers in our churches are so Spirit-filled and enthusiastic in serving God! Please pray for the work of the Lord here in the Central and Southern Philippines. Now is the time for revival! We are always pressing forward in victory!

God bless you more. Please see the attached pictures of the Culipapa revival.

Sis June Pacleb

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12/1/17
Greetings in the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
The year 2017 is coming to a close and it has been a year full of victories and blessings in the work of the Lord. Some of our branch churches have construction projects that we were blessed to help with, such as three church roofs in Lower Baican, San Jose and Lapay. We also constructed a pastoral house in Maayong Tubig. We built a new church building, partially done, in Eli, La Libertad. We also assisted the church building in Ludgoron. Several more churches still need help for buildings and we need to buy parcels of land for new congregations. The work is expanding and we hope in the coming year we will be able to help more congregations.
I was blessed to visit and have revival in eight of our branches in Carcar, Maayong Tubig, Culipapa, Lapay, Banay-banay, Bayawan, Bais, and Ludgoron. Many were saved this year and more than a hundred baptized in water.
We graduated six students from our School of Ministry, and sent them on to the field where they are successfully holding churches. Every year we enroll a new group of Bible students to prepare for the ministry.
We had three nation-wide conventions of our Fellowship with a very good attendance including 12 pastors coming from Mindanao Island in the south. They had to travel by boat during two very strong hurricanes, but God protected them.
We are so happy to share all these victories with you. I include a few photos.
God bless you!
Sis June Pacleb