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The following is a partial list of Christian denominations in the Philippines. Christianity is the country's dominant religion, [1] [2] followed by about 89 percent of the population. [3]
The 2015 Philippine census by the Philippine Statistics Authority found that 2.4 percent of the population of 101 million were members of PCEC churches, making it the fourth largest faith group in the Philippines after the Catholic Church (79.5%), Islam (6.0%), and Iglesia ni Cristo; and down from 2.7% in 2010. [3]
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart with villagers in front of a Roman Catholic church in the Philippines, circa pre-1920. Early Christian presence in the Malay archipelago and the Philippine Islands may be traced to Arab Christian traders from the Arabian Peninsula. They had trade contacts with early Malayan Rajahs and Datus that had ruled these ...
In 1962, the conservative Tagalog Convention of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) decided to join the union of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines. It was proclaimed in an appropriate ceremonies at the General Assembly held in Cebu City. In 1998, Nelinda Primavera–Briones was the first woman elected bishop of the United ...
The First Baptist Church of Manila, also known as FBCM or FirstBap, is a Fundamental Baptist church in Manila, Philippines. The church had, at first, U.S. missionaries for its pastor, but consequently, with the independence of the Philippines on July 4, 1946, the church had its first Filipino pastor, Pastor Antonio Ormeo. FBCM's current senior ...
Jaro Evangelical Church in Jaro, the First Baptist Church in the Philippines. The Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches has its origins in a foreign mission of the American Baptist Missionary Union on the island of Panay in February 1900, [1] [2] when the Philippines islands was opened to the Evangelical missions after it was ceded to the United States administration.
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The Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Philippines, Inc. (CFGPI) is a Pentecostal Christian denomination in the Philippines. It is the national church body affiliated with the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel, based in Los Angeles, California. It is one of the largest and fastest growing churches in the Philippines, doubling in ...