More ministers to care for the fold

By Antonio G. Cañaveral Jr.

THROUGH ORDINATIONS officiated by the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) Executive Minister, Brother Eduardo V. Manalo, from July 2018 to July 2019, a total of 269 new ministers of the gospel were added to the corps of preachers and shepherds sent to the Church’s local congregations in different parts of the world as it intensifies its works of propagation and edification.

Meanwhile, 2,125 took their oath of office as regular ministerial workers in the Church on July 27. They graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Pastoral Studies and Evangelism (BPSE) from the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) School For Ministers (SFM). The main site of the activity was the house of worship of the Local Congregation of Rome, Italy, Ecclesiastical District of Southern Europe, wherein 25 new ministers were ordained. The momentous occasion was streamed live to the Church’s Central Temple in Quezon City, Philippines with 1,881 graduates, Bacolod City with 77 graduates, Cebu City with 75 graduates, General Santos City with 44 graduates, Davao City with 48 graduates, and in multiple sites around the globe.

The Church Administration’s efforts in training new ministers and ministerial workers to the Church is in accordance with the biblical instruction: “But select capable men from all the people—men who fear God, trustworthy men who hate dishonest gain—and appoint them as officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties and tens… Teach them the decrees and laws, and show them the way to live and the duties they are to perform” (Exod. 18:21, 20 New International Version).

Iglesia Ni Cristo School For Ministers (SFM) graduation (AY: 2018-2019) at the Central Temple, New Era, Quezon City, Philippines on July 27, 2019 and the oath taking of 2,125 graduates as ministerial workers
Ordination of 34 ministers at the newly built house of worship of Sinalhan Local Congregation, Ecclesiastical District of Calamba City, Laguna on July 13, 2018
July 20, 2018—ordination of 20 ministerial workers as full-fledged ministers during the INC Anniversary Thanksgiving at the Local Congregation of Baliuag, Ecclesiastical District of Bulacan
Ordination of 50 new ministers during INC’s 104th anniversary and 50 years in the West celebration on July 27, 2018, at the Local Congregation of Ewa Beach, Ecclesiastical District of Hawaii Pacific
On November 2, 2018 in celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Local Congregation of Taytay, Ecclesiastical District of Rizal, 20 ministerial workers received ordination
Ordination of 20 ministers at the Local Congregation of Deparo, Ecclesiastical District of Metro Manila North on December 22, 2018
Ordination of 20 ministers on December 29, 2018 in the Local Congregation of Canlubang, Ecclesiastical District of Calamba City, Laguna
Ordination of 30 ministers and 2 bishops in the Local Congregation of Guadalupe, Ecclesiastical District of Metro Manila South on March 30, 2019
April 26, 2019—an ordination of 20 ministers in a special worship service of the Local Congregation of Mataas na Kahoy, Ecclesiastical District of Batangas North and the congregation’s 80th anniversary
Ordination of 30 ministers at the Local Congregation of F. Manalo, San Juan, Ecclesiastical District of Metro Manila East on May 10, 2019 and the commemoration of the 133rd birth anniversary of God’s Messenger in these last days, Brother Felix Y. Manalo
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