Testimony of Conversion

My family were all pagans, and my father was a pagan elder.

At a young age, I was active in assisting the elders administer pagan sacraments.

After graduating high school, I left my parents in the mountain province, and went to Baguio City to attend college as a self-supported student. I was invited to attend religious services of many varieties, but had no spiritual discernment; I just took different religions as an expression of spirituality. I considered myself to be a good person, and right with God, so I didn’t care what I attended.

In 2003, my wife and I transferred to a place near a Bible Baptist Church. I attended because I didn’t have anything to do on Sundays.

I didn’t understand what was being done to me. I couldn’t understand why I kept going to church. I responded to the altar call many times, inviting Jesus Christ into my heart through dictated prayer, but I didn’t see any change.

One day, while I was alone in my backyard, the preaching concerning Christ’s death came to my mind, and with great emotion, I preached it to myself.

That was the point where I admitted my sin, and conceded that I required a Savior. I asked for God’s forgiveness, and came to personally trust Christ and the work He did on the cross.

In that moment, I felt comforted.

I felt joy.

Joy and excitement for Christ, going to church, and attending Bible studies.

After I was baptized, the church gave me a few opportunities to preach in the church, and after one year, the church sent me out to do mission work.

Praise the Father of grace that works in me, and who draws me to His Son to receive the blessing of salvation.

Call to Ministry

Since my conversion, I’ve always been excited about participating in evangelism, and take great joy in seeing sinners accept Christ. I had the desire to teach and preach the Word, and after surrendering my life to go into missions, I was sent into the mission field in 2006. 

I didn’t have monthly support at the time, so I worked in construction to provide for my family while working in the field. I entered a Bible school administered by a Baptist church, and after 2 years, I began to associate with the preachers who had more reformed theology.

I was invited to attend an annual pastor’s conference in Cubao Reformed Baptist Church, and the Lord convinced me to drop my Bible school so that I could enroll in Grace Ministerial (GMA) in 2011.

I was actually accused as a false teacher as I admitted to my reformed doctrines, and my support from the church as a missionary was taken away. I resigned temporarily as a missionary, and in 2012, the Lord led me to Valley Baptist Church (VVBC) under the leadership of Pastor Manny Avena through my classmates at GMA.

VVBC supported me financially until I graduated from GMA in 2014. They continued to support me, and so I became their missionary to Benguet. Our mission involved pioneering work, training leaders, and conducting quarterly Gospel Seminarsto the religious groups in remote areas of the Mountain Province, where I had grown up.

By the mercy and graciousness of God, our pioneering work in La Trinidad Benguet was constituted as a local church in August of 2019.

Grace Alone Baptist church had been born!

The Lord has been gracious to us, and opened up missionary work in the Natonin province in March of 2021. Grace Alone Baptist Church isn’t able to support the financial needs of the missionaries, but we still take the opportunity to go when we can. It’s our heartfelt prayer that God may call men to go to the mission field and provide financial support for the needs of missions, all for his name.