Sibagat Congregation bilingual evangelical mission draws many guests

“We held a week-long devotional prayer,” disclosed Ressie Beronio, the head deacon. “During this period, we invited our our loved ones and friends, informing them that the preaching of God’s words will be held in both Filipino and Cebuano. This caught their attention and many accepted our invitation.”

Members of the local congregation also handed out Pasugo: God’s Message magazines as well as pamphlets to their neighbors and friends whom they invited to the evangelistic event.

Brother Hernane Agias, assistant district supervising minister, and Brother Narciso Sanchez, the resident minister of Sibagat Congregation, led the study of God’s teachings in the Bible, delivering an inter-related lessons on the need to join the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ) in order to have the hope of receiving salvation on Judgment Day. Brother Agias, who used the Filipino language, preached first; Brother Sanchez, taught his part in Cebuano, the mother tongue of most residents. — With reports from INC News Section