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Philippine
ICI Ministry
Asia
Pacific View, May 2002
 New ICI Philippine National Office
On April 20, 2002 a five-year dream came to pass. On that
Saturday, the new office facility was dedicated as 150
people gathered together for a time of celebration. ICI
director, missionary Mike Williams has led this great ministry
since 1998. The new facility has more than 2,000 square
feet of space with additional room for growth.
Ministry Enrichment Program
This year ICI launched its new MINISTRY ENRICHMENT PROGRAM.
This program is trains leadership and strengthens church
members. The launching project was a leadership seminar
for the Manila district and sectional officers. 25 leaders
attended the Mentoring in Leadership seminar. After meetings
and consultations with other sectional officers the Ministry
Enrichment Program was launched in several sections of
the Philippine General Council of the Assemblies of God.
Conferences were recently conducted in both in Metro Manila
and Cebu City for pastors, church members, church workers,
and others, which will enable them to be more effective
in their ministries. In 2002 over twenty seminars and conferences
have been scheduled.
Training Centers
 EVANGELISM, DISCIPLESHIP AND LEADERSHIP (ELD) Training
Centers, with the grace of God, twenty five ELD Training
Centers have been established nationwide this year. These
centers focus on reaching out to the non-believer, the
new convert, and the mature Christian in local churches.
This program has helped many churches to reach out to their
neighborhoods for Christ. Our goal for this year is to
add 100 new Centers throughout the Philippines.
Bible Curriculum
This new ministry
is touching thousands of school children spiritually
from kinder to grade school. Both Christian
and non-Christian children are being blessed by this ministry.
Over 90 schools in Metro Manila and different parts of
the Philippines are now using ICI’s Bible Curriculum
as part of their Christian Values Education classes. As
of now, there are 8,738 students using these materials.
The Christian Life and Christian Service programs of ICI
are also being used in some of the High Schools in Metro
Manila as a part of their curriculum with about 332 students
presently enrolled.
Light in Picture
Over 45 Church
Crusades were held in 2002 by ICI’s “Light
In Pictures” Ministry. These Gospel video presentations
have resulted in over 4,900 people accepting Christ as
their Lord.
Heavens Gates; Hells Flames
About 2,200
people were able to see the presentation of “Heavens
Gates; Hells Flames,” and as a result of this drama
ministry, over 850 people have come to the Lord. One pastor
in Cebu said that because of this ministry, 53 members
were added to his congregation.
Matling School Project
New opportunities and challenges just keep coming. THE
MATLING SCHOOL PROJECT is in the southern most part of
Mindanao, known as the Antonymous Region of Muslim Mindanao
(ARMM). In this area is a plantation of about 12,000 acres.
This plantation has about 1000 working families, of which
one-third are Christian, one-third are Catholic, and one-third
are Muslim. There is an existing Christian school with
about 350 students. We are helping this school with tuition
funds so additional children can attend the school. One
note though, it is very difficult to reach this site due
to it being controlled by the Muslims.
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