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Philippines
The Spiritual Need in the Philippines
The Philippines, with a population of more than 106 million people across its 7,500 islands, is a deeply religious country. Heavily influenced by the West, the Philippines is the fifth-largest English-speaking country, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion with about 80% of Filipinos identifying as such. Though about five percent of the population are Muslim, they are very active, and Islam is growing. Only 13% of people identify as evangelical Christians. There is great need for evangelism, church strengthening, leadership development, and cross-cultural missions training in the Philippines.
For maximum effectiveness, our teams are working to improve partnerships with Filipino church leaders so that together we can continue training and mentoring Christian workers within the Philippines and also for cross-cultural ministry in other countries.
Church Planting Missions In Philippines
Our missionaries first arrived in the Philippines in 1927, and through partnerships with Filipino pastors and church leaders, more than 1,500 churches have been started over the last eight decades. In that time, Filipino believers have also organized their own local and national organizations, established many Christian schools, and started their own mission board—the Philippines Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (PABWE).
Established in 1957, PABWE strategically sends missionaries to nearby unreached Southeast Asian countries. ABWE missionaries help the Filipino-led agency equip and train Filipinos for cross-cultural ministry.
We have also helped establish two training schools to prepare Filipinos for church leadership—the Doane Baptist Bible Seminary in Iloilo City, and the Baptist Bible Seminary and Institute near Manila. These schools are now run by Filipino leadership, but our long-term and short-term missionaries assist with teaching. We also work in cooperation with the Association of Fundamental Baptist Churches in the Philippines.
Medicine has also been an important tool for evangelism in resistant and remote areas. Medical outreach began on the island of Mindanao, and proved so effective that we established medical ministries on the islands of Leyte, Palawan, and Panay. Each location has led to many churches being planted and many lives being saved. We are also working to foster creative evangelism and church planting, particularly in the challenging area of the predominantly-Muslim southern region of Mindanao.
While ABWE celebrates its rich history in the Philippines, the future has promise to be even better. Potential ministry opportunities include theological education, university campus evangelism, and the need for elementary and high school teachers. The country is ripe for innovation and eager to welcome workers who will help the Filipino people carry the torch of missions forward.
Please join our team as we seek to find new and creative ways to reach the Philippines and the world for Christ.
We'd love to talk with you about how God is leading you.
Opportunities
Agricultural Development
South AsiaServe as a coordinator for developing agricultural programs that help tribal people move from slash-and-burn farming methods to stable hillside gardens and orchards.
Assistant Treasurer
South AsiaOur team is needing an assistant treasurer to work closely with our field team and nationals.
AV Program Coordinator
South AsiaWe are seeking a audio-visual program coordinator to help develop a strategic communication plan for our organization's ministry in South Asia.
Projects
Aklan Hospital
With the motto "Spread the Word, Heal the Sick", Aklan Baptist Hospital meets the medical and spiritual needs of the people of Caticlan, Aklan on the island of Panay in the Philippines. The hospital was started by ABWE and is now led and run entirely under national Filipino leadership.…
Asia and the Pacific Ministry Fund
Asia & the Pacific Ministry Fund is designed to empower and support national partners and missionaries in the Asia and the Pacific regions. This fund aims to facilitate the growth and establishment of new ministries, ensuring that local communities receive the spiritual and practical support they need to thrive.…
Baguio Student Center
A ministry of Baguio Baptist Church in Baguio City, Philippines, focused on ministry to college and university students in the city.
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Aklan Hospital
With the motto "Spread the Word, Heal the Sick", Aklan Baptist Hospital meets the medical and spiritual needs of the people of Caticlan, Aklan on the island of Panay in the Philippines. The hospital was started by ABWE and is now led and run entirely under national Filipino leadership.…
Asia and the Pacific Ministry Fund
Asia & the Pacific Ministry Fund is designed to empower and support national partners and missionaries in the Asia and the Pacific regions. This fund aims to facilitate the growth and establishment of new ministries, ensuring that local communities receive the spiritual and practical support they need to thrive.…
Baguio Student Center
A ministry of Baguio Baptist Church in Baguio City, Philippines, focused on ministry to college and university students in the city. …
BBSI Manila Work and Scholarship
Since being established in 1930, BBSI-College, by the grace of God, has produced men and women equipped and able to serve God in their respective fields of ministry all over the country and even in the international stage. …
Bethel Baptist Hospital
Bethel Baptist Hospital is a ministry started by ABWE to provide hope and healing to those living in Bukidnon, Philippines. It is now run by Filipino nationals. …
Boracay Grace Bapt-Philippines
Great things are in progress on the mission field through this ministry! Our missionaries will be sharing more project details shortly and look forward to how you might get involved. If you need to get in touch immediately, let us know at info@abwe.org…
Bukidnon Fundamental Baptist Seminary
Surrounded by 14 unreached people groups — including several militant Muslim and animistic tribes — ABWE’s partner school Bukidnon Fundamental Baptist Seminary (BFBS) equips men and women to bring the gospel to some of the Philippines’ most spiritually isolated regions. With the help of ABWE missionaries and BFBS professors Phil and Barb Klumpp, the seminary has trained more than 1,000 graduates to become church planters, missionaries, pastors, and teachers.…
Bukidnon Fundamental Baptist Seminary
Surrounded by 14 unreached people groups — including several Muslim and animistic tribes — ABWE’s partner school Bukidnon Fundamental Baptist Seminary (BFBS) equips men and women to bring the gospel to the Philippines’ most spiritually isolated regions. While Filipino believers donated enough money to begin a reconstruction and expansion project, they need our help to finish it.…
Church Planting with Banilad Church (Philippines)
Great things are in progress on the mission field through this ministry! Our missionaries will be sharing more project details shortly and look forward to how you might get involved. If you need to get in touch immediately, let us know at info@abwe.org…
CIW Prison Ministry
ABWE missionary Sophie Jenista and her ministry partner Deb Anat began this work in 2000 at the Correctional Institution for Women (CIW) in Manila, Philippines. Sophie and Deb trained prisoner leaders called Lightbearers, to introduce prisoners to Christ, disciple them, and teach them to pray and serve.…
Discipleship w/ Pastor Meo (Philippines)
Pastor Meo and his team and church are working to reach out to more towns and municipalities in their province of the Philippines. They focus on small group discipleship to edify and equip our members to become disciple-makers who start churches in their communities.…
Discipleship w/ Pastor Meo (Philippines)
Pastor Meo and his team focus on small group discipleship to edify and equip their members to become disciple-makers who start churches in their communities.…
Doane Baptist Seminary Iloilo Work Acct
Doane Baptist Seminary in Iloilo offers Christian education programs at various academic levels with a mission to produce excellent and godly leaders through relevant Bible-based education. …
Doane Rest
Doane Rest serves as a guesthouse ministry for missionaries, pastors, and other church workers in need of rest. It also serves as a training location for Christians. …
Leyte Baptist Hospital
Leyte Baptist Hospital is a non-profit private mission hospital located in Leyte Island, Philippines. …
Leyte Baptist Seminary
Leyte Baptist Seminary (LBS) is one of the seminaries and Bible Schools under the auspices of the Association of Fundamental Baptist Churches in the Philippines (AFBCP). The seminary is a training ground for Christian men and women who believe that God called them to labor in His vineyard as full-time workers.…
Live Global | Abadiano (Philippines)
Live Global partners with Partners In Ministry in the Philippines to resource and encourage national pastors and churches. Partners International Ministries (PIM) seeks to "join God in building the Church where the Gospel is not known." PIM exists to connect the global church for God’s glory.…
Live Global | Partners International Ministries (Philippines)
Partners International Ministries (PIM) seeks to "join God in building the Church where the Gospel is not known." PIM exists to connect the global church for God’s glory. By connecting missionaries and encouraging partnership with local believers, PIM is helping to advance the gospel in some of the most remote parts of the world.…
Live Global | Partners International Ministry (Philippines)
Partners International Ministries (PIM) seeks to "join God in building the Church where the Gospel is not known." PIM exists to connect the global church for God’s glory. By connecting missionaries and encouraging partnership with local believers, PIM is helping to advance the gospel in some of the most remote parts of the world.…
Live Global | Reaching the Indian Diaspora (Philippines)
Leaders of this project have a vision to reach the unreached with the gospel of Jesus, make disciples, and plant churches in every barangay of the Philippines where Indian people live. They focus on the Indian diaspora, specifically Sikh and Punjabi people who have migrated to the Philippines for business and opportunities. …
Obed’s House Ministries
Obed’s House is located in General Santos City, Philippines and was founded in 2013. We are a 24/7 residential care facility accepting neglected children ages 5-12, and are currently housing 13 children. Our vision is for our children to be leaders for Christ-centered transformation in their community.…
PABWE Building Maintenance
Supporting PABWE Headquarters and Missions Guest House ongoing projects and maintenance so it can be a place for meetings, trainings, and more.…
PABWE Missions Agency
In 1927, the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism in the Orient (ABEO), the former name of Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (ABWE) was organized in the Philippines to give utmost emphasis to the evangelistic outreach. Thirty years later, the Philippines Association of Baptists for World Evangelism (PABWE) was born showing the Filipino Christian’s response to the need of reaching other peoples in other countries. …
PABWE President
Eddie and Jan Rayos Eddie Rayos hailed from the highlands of Malaybalay Bukidnon, Mindanao Philippines, where one of the first Fundamental Baptist Churches (Bethel Baptist Church) was planted by ABWE. God called and enabled him into pastoral service for more than 30 years.…
PABWE Project Care
As PABWE missionaries only receive minimal regular support, project care is intended to address emergency cases and assist PABWE missionaries upon retirement.…
Palawan Baptist Hospital
Founded by ABWE missionaries, Palawan Baptist Hospital began as a health clinic in 1977 and registered as a hospital in 1979, striving to meet both the spiritual and physical needs of the local Roxas people as well as surrounding municipalities. It is PBH's prayer that the hospital can become financially stable to better serve the population, the majority of whom live below the poverty line.…
Reaching the Islands with Pastor Angelo (The Philippines)
Pastor Angelo is the lead pastor of Boracay Grace Baptist Church in the Philippines. The church's mission is to fulfill Jesus' mandate in Matthew 28:19-20 to "Go and make disciples of all nations". Churches have been established in 3 isolated islands and they are endeavoring to reach the remaining 3 adjacent islands of Caluya: 1.…
