Pastor-Teacher
SPRING BAPTIST CHURCH
St. Michael Village, Phase 2
80 Seagull Street, MA-A
Davao City
8000 Philippines
Telephone: 63-82-244-1566/0271
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Pastor Dadula 
The Dadula Family
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About the Pastor and the Church
Rev. Carlito Dadula organized Spring Baptist
Church as a mission church in 1987. The church was organized with eight
persons. He has been the church's only Pastor. Spring Baptist Church presently has approximately 85 members.
Rev. Dadula has been a faithful co-worker of Dr.
James Brettell since 1985. Spring Baptist church has been the host for
Church-Planting Crusades and Pastor's Conferences once, and sometimes twice
a year, since 1985.
Pastor Dadula and his church have a real heart for
mission's. They have been responsible for organizing Ulas Baptist Church,
Catalunan Pequeno Bible Doctrine Baptist Church, Spring Baptist Church and
Lanang Christian Fellowship. Spring Baptist Church is training
Pastor-Teachers, Teachers and Evangelists. Doctrinal video tapes, a
television set and a VCR are available for use on site to Pastors who desire
to study.
Another ministry of Spring Baptist Church is a
daily Preschool that is attended by approximately 30 children.
The church conducts evangelistic crusades several
times a year in the Davao Region, the largest land-mass city in the world.
Spring Baptist Church also sends out a teaching team monthly to several
mountain areas in southern and eastern parts of Mindanao to provide sound
doctrinal teaching to pastors and other believers in those areas.
Pastor Dadula hosts a radio program, "Higala
Kumusta," each Saturday afternoon, 3:00 - 4:00 p.m., on radio station
DCBC.
Pastor Dadula is married to Rose Barriga Dadula
and has two wonderful daughters, Rocar (Joy) and Michaelangela (Gigi).
Spring Baptist Church Service
Schedule
Sunday A.M. 9:00 - 9:45 Sunday
School
Sunday A.M. 10:00 - 11:00 Worship
Pastor-Teacher
BIBLE TEACHING CHURCH OF TIBUNGCO
Mountain Dew, Upper Tibungco
Davao City
8000 Philippines
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Pastor Andoy
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About the Pastor and his Ministry
Pastor Federico (Fede) T. Andoy was born July 13,
1964. He is married to Lourdes (Daisy) C. Andoy, and they currently have two
boys, Jester C. (Jet-Jet), born February 28, 1990, and Jerwell C. (Wing-Wing),
born March 23, 1991. Pastor Fede is a graduate of the University of Mindanao.
From 1982 until 1986 he ministered with Pastor Oscar
Fortuna in the Zion Baptist Church Boat Ministry throughout Mindanao and
Visayas. From 1987 to 1992 Pastor Fede worked with Richard Dickey as a member
of the T.O.U.C.H. Ministry, again throughout Mindanao and Visayas. Pastor Fede
met Dr. Brettell in 1985 and has attended each of his teaching conferences
since that time.
In the spring of 1993, Pastor Fede was a part of a
church planting crusade conducted in Lanang coincident with Dr. Brettell's 3rd
"Rightly Dividing The Word of Truth" Pastors Conference. He then
became the pastor of the church in Lanang.
In 1996 Pastor Dadula asked Pastor Fede to join his
staff at Spring Baptist Church to allow Pastor Fede opportunity to further his
training as a Pastor. While Pastor Fede worked with Pastor Dadula, his wife,
Daisy, ministered as a teacher with the Dayspring Children's Foundation, a day
school for children ages 3, 4 and 5 which is provided Monday through Friday at
Spring Baptist Church.
Due to the relocation of the residents of Lanang to
Mountain Dew, an area in the hills above Tibungco, just outside of Davao City
proper, Pastor Fede began a new work there in September 1998. Initially the
ministry in Mountain Dew was only on Saturdays, while Pastor Fede was
completing his training at Spring. On November 1, 1998 Fede and Daisy gave up
their ministries at Spring Baptist church, and moved from Ma-a to Mountain Dew
to begin a full-time ministry to the people in that area. They have now
established the Bible Teaching Church of Tibungco, where Pastor Fede is
continuing to teach sound Bible doctrine daily.
Pastor Fede continues to translate doctrines into
the Cebuano language and to be a part of the traveling teaching teams taking
sound doctrinal teaching to the mountain regions of Mindanao each month.
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Pastor-Teacher
BIBLE DOCTRINE CHURCH OF DAVAO CITY
Central Park, Phase I
Bangkal, Davao City,
8000 Philippines
Telephone: 63-82-224-3307
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Pastor Pedres
The Pedres Family
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About the Pastor and the Church
Pastor Pedres is now retired from a 30 year career
as part of the teaching staff at the Philippine Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary located on Libby Road, Puan, Davao City, Mindanao.
Pastor Pedres established his own church in Bangkal
many years ago, the Christian Faith Fellowship Church. He became involved with
the study and teaching of sound Bible doctrine as a result of his attendance
of Dr. Brettell's second "Rightly Dividing The Word of Truth"
Pastor's Conference in 1992. He has continued to study and teach sound
doctrine ever since.
In 1998 Pastor Pedres and the members of his church
began an outreach doctrinal teaching ministry to the Ilonggo speaking pastors
and other believers in the North Cotabato area of Mindanao.
In June 1999 they reorganized their church and
renamed it the Bible Doctrine Church of Davao City.
Pastor Pedres has also begun translating Bible
Doctrine into the Ilonggo language.
He and his wife Rhoda have three daughters, Jelane,
married to Lou Villegas, Jenilee, currently employed as a nurse in Connecticut, and Julie, just recently graduated from college.
Bible Doctrine Church of Davao City
Sunday 8:00 - 10:30 a.m. Bible Study
and Worship for all ages
Sunday 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Bible Study
and Visitation
Friday 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. Bible Study
and Prayer Meeting
Saturday 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. Bible Study
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Mindanao
Vision Youth Camp Director
Monte Maria
Village, Davao City
8000 Philippines
Telephone:
0916-482-3827
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Rick
The Morrell's
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About the
Servant
Brother Rick Morrell and his
family have been associated with Mindanao Vision since 1989. As members
of Pastor Dadula's church for many years they played active roles in the
ministry and growth of Mindanao Vision. Brother Rick traveled with
Pastor Dadula as his driver and assistant on many teaching and evangelism
trips outside of Davao City.
In 2000 the Morrell family
began to worship and minister with Pastor Eser Pedres. Rick was a
student of the fourth teaching of the Sound Doctrinal Studies foundations
course which began in September 2000. His spiritual growth has continued
as he has been present at every subsequent Sound Doctrinal Studies Continuing
Education class, and he and Rose have become invaluable assets to the
ministries of Mindanao Vision.
In September 2003 Rick was
led to organize the first ever Mindanao Vision Youth Camp, and the result of
that leading became a reality in April 2004. The Mindanao Vision Youth
Camp (MVYC2004) was held from April 11 to 16, 2004
with 102 young people, ages 12 to 18, and 30 adult leaders, counselors,
teachers and cooks. The Lord was honored in a most magnificent way.
As the director of the Mindanao Vision Youth Camp he has begun thinking and
praying and organizing for the camps of the future.
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Cabantian
Bible Church
Cabantian,
Buhangin, Davao City
8000 Philippines
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Eddie
The dela
Victoria's
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About the
Servant
Eddie and Helen
dela Victoria were first introduced to our ministry in February 2003.
They came to their first Sound Doctrinal Studies Continuing Education (SDSCE)
class having been invited by their friend Pastor Janny Monjardin. Their
"religious" history takes them back through 15 years as Mormons.
Eddie studies, and after 15 years in Mormonism he was realizing some major
conflicts between the Bible, the Word of God, and the Book of Mormon. In
an effort to obtain resolution to these conflicts he discovered the leaders in
his church did not have the answers. Therefore, Eddie and Helen began to
search elsewhere. They became born again believers in 1999 while
attending a Pentecostal crusade in the Buhangin, Davao City area. Not
long after their salvation both Eddie and Helen were totally involved in
Pentecostalism, and they even enrolled in a local Pentecostal bible school.
Eddie graduated from that school at the top of his class. However, they
both sensed that there was still something missing regarding the spiritual
life. They became friends with Pastor Janny and began talking about
spiritual things with him. Pastor Janny had come to two SDSCE classes in
2002 at the invitation of Rev. Fede Andy, so he invited Eddie and Helen to
come to the class in February 2003. Eddie's comment after the first day
was, "We have found it!" The seminar ended on February 12th, and one
month later they both returned to our door and asked if I would consider
teaching them. We studied together until they finished the seven unit
Sound Doctrinal Studies course in September, and not long after that Eddie
began to teach at church in Cabantian. He officially became their pastor
in May 2004.
Eddie and
Helen have two adult children, one son and one daughter, and they have one
grand-daughter..
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Pastor Luisito De
Castro
FAITH BAPTIST
CHURCH
Bacaca, Davao City
8000 Philippines
Telephone: 63-0919-797-4331
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Pastor de Castro
Lui, Uno and Mary Ann de Castro
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About the Pastor and his Ministry
Pastor Luisito (Lui) de Castro was born on March
8, 1975. Upon graduation from high school in 1991 Lui attended the
University of Mindanao in pursuit of a career in mass communication. It was at
the University where he met Mary Ann Cuales, also a student pursuing a career
in mass communication.
Between 1992 and 1998 Lui worked for several Am
and FM radio stations throughout the Davao City area. Lui and Mary Ann
continued to date during that time and in early 1998 they began to
seriously search for some spiritual answers to some of life's questions.
They decided to enroll in the Philippine Southern
Baptist Theological Seminary. It was while attending classes at PSBTS that
they heard of Pastor Eser Pedres and his teaching. They began to attend Pastor
Pedres' church in Bangkal and thus became familiar with Mindanao Vision.
In July 1998 they chose to attend the Sound
Doctrinal Studies course being offered at Spring Baptist Church rather than
return to the Seminary. Lui and Mary Ann were married September 9, 1998.
In November 1998 Lui became Pastor Fede Andoy's
replacement on staff at Spring Baptist Church as he continued his training as
a young Pastor. At the same time Mary Ann replaced Mrs. Daisy Andoy as a
teacher for the Dayspring Children's Foundation.
In September 1999 Lui began teaching a 360 hour,
Sound Doctrinal Studies course, in the Cebuano language. Prior to that time
the course had only been taught in English.
In May 2000 Lui and Mary Ann relocated to Bangkal,
and have resumed ministries with Pastor Pedres and his church. Lui has
become a member of Pastor Pedres' teaching team as they have continued to
reach out into the North and South Cotabato regions of Mindanao with the
teaching of sound Bible doctrine. Lui also has a small group in the
Catalunan Grande, Monte Maria area, to which he teaches weekly, and is
teaching each Sunday in Faith Baptist Church, which is currently without a
full-time pastor.
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Pastor Nestor Sejera
Philippines
Telephone: 639212494176
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Pastor Sejera
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About the Pastor and his Ministry
Pastor Nestor C. Sejera was born August 7, 1958 in
Midsayap, Cotabato. On June 18, 1988 he married Moreta, known by all as Daday.
They are the parents of a daughter, Gilda Faith.
Nestor's first contact with Dr. Brettell and the
teaching of sound doctrine was in October 1993 at the 4th Rightly Dividing the
Word of Truth conference held at Buhangin Baptist Church. He says it was at
that time that he was challenged to learn more, and he was prompted to enroll
in the Philippine Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has attended every
Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth conference since that time.
He is a skilled carpenter which has allowed him to
provide for his family while attending the seminary. He was able to graduate
from the seminary on March 19th, 1999.
Nestor and his family met Pastor Pedres during his
second year at the seminary and at that time began studying and worshipping
with Pastor Pedres and his church. He became familiar with Mindanao Vision
through Pastor Pedres' ministry, and began to attend the Sound Doctrinal
Studies class at Spring Baptist Church as his schedule would allow during his
final weeks at the seminary. Since he was only able to be in the Sound
Doctrinal Studies class about 40% of the time prior to his graduation from
seminary, he asked if he could stay and be a part of the next class on a
full-time basis.
Shortly after becoming a part of the Mindanao Vision
team he decided to relocate to Kidapawan in May 1999 to begin a sound doctrine
teaching ministry there and in the surrounding area. Nestor's native language
is Ilonggo, so his ministry focuses on the Ilonggo speaking believers of that
area.
In early 2000 Nestor and his family relocated to
Midsayap, North Cotabato where he has established a doctrinal teaching
ministry. Nestor continues to be a part of Pastor Pedres' outreach doctrinal
teaching ministry to the Ilonggo speakers in both North and South Cotabato on
the island of Mindanao. They have since moved into the parsonage at the
church he is pastoring in Libungan.
The spiritual
battle continues to rage. In mid-2004 the negative response to the
teaching of sound doctrine in the North Cotabato area in the ranks of the
"religious" leadership convinced the membership of the Libungan Baptist Church
to reject Pastor Nestor and his teaching. As a result Nestor has resumed
teaching small groups of positive believers in his home, and in other homes in
Midsayap and in Tomado.
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Ms. Rowena
dela Cruz
Child
Evangelism Fellowship
Regional
Director
GRACE
CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Tagbilaran,
Bohol
Philippines
Telephone: 63-919-290-8625
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Rowena
Ms. Rowena
dela Cruz
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About Rowena
and her Ministry
Rowena is the younger sister
of "the missionary's wife," Nita Anderson. She began her exposure to the
teaching of sound doctrine as a young lady under the ministry of Pastor
Carlito Dadula. As Dr. Brettell made his mission trips to Davao City
during the '80's and '90's, offering the "Rightly Dividing the Word of
Truth" pastor's and church workers seminars, Rowena was often in attendance
along with many of the young people of Carlito's church.
In 1996 the Lord opened the
door of ministry opportunity for Rowena as she began taking Christ to the
street children of Cebu through the ministry of "Christ For Asia." After
three years with the street children in Cebu Rowena was asked to become a part
of the "Child Evangelism Fellowship" organization and was sent to minister in
Tagbilaran, Bohol. She continues to serve as the CEF regional director
for the island of Bohol and several other islands in the Visayas Island area.
She is a member of
Grace
Christian Church in Tagbilaran, pastored by Dr. Nelson Rio and his family.
The Rio family and their ministry have been associated with the
R. B. Thieme
Ministries from Berachah church in Houston for many years.
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Rev. Alex Ayop
Missionary to Papau New Guinea
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Rev. Alex Ayop
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About the
Pastor and his Ministry
In 1993, by God's Divine plan, Dr. Brettell and our team from
the Bible Doctrine Church in Little Rock, Arkansas were invited to teach a 5-day
Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth (RDTWOT) pastor's conference at the Southern
Philippine Baptist Theological Seminary at Puan, Davao City. Alex was a
student at the seminary at that time. As he continued his studies over the
next 18 months he had opportunity to attend three more of the RDTWOT conferences
conducted in other venues in the Davao City area. At some point after his
graduation he became the pastor of the Jehovah Jireh Southern Baptist Church in
Polomolok, South Cotabato
In 2000 Nita and I returned to the U.S. for approximately
five months. While we were gone Pastor Eser Pedres began traveling to
South Cotabato to teach pastors in that area who were hungry for God's word.
Pastor Ayop was one of those pastors. Nita and I returned to Davao City in
August 2000 and in September Pastor Pedres informed me that six of the pastors
from the Polomolok area had asked if they could come to Davao City and study
with me. They arrived a week later and we studied together until the end
of November. Of course, Alex was one of those six pastors.
Throughout 2001 and 2002 he returned every three months to participate in the
Sound Doctrinal Studies Continuing Education classes offered in our home.
In 2003 Alex left the pastorate at Jehovah Jireh Southern
Baptist Church to accept the position of Hospital Chaplain at the Southern
Mindanao Medical Center in General Santos City. Admittedly we were
somewhat confused as to the reasons behind such a move, but it wasn't long
before it was evident God had simply taken Alex into another facet of training
for what only He knew the future held for him.
In March 2005 Pastor Ayop moved to Papua New Guinea to
become a full time missionary. His mission: to evangelize, establish churches and train
pastors in the Madang area. Please keep Pastor Ayop in your prayers
as he takes up his place on the Lord's battlefield in Papua New Guinea.
See what the Lord is doing in PNG
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Mrs. Nenita
Anderson
BY HIS GRACE
MINISTRIES
163 Mariveles
Street
Central Park,
Phase 1
Bangkal, Davao
City
8000 Philippines
Telephone:
63-82-297-6161
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Nita
Nita Anderson
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About the
Missionary's Wife and her Ministry
In 1985 Dr. Jim Brettell made
his first trip to Davao City as part of a church planting trip with Dr. Gene
Williams. His Filipino "partner" in this church planting endeavor was
Rev. Carlito Dadula. Pastor Dadula had made arrangements for Dr. Brettell to
stay with Dr. Mark Terry and his family, missionaries who were living in the
Catalunan Pequeno area at the time.
Miss Nenita dela Cruz was
working for the Terry family at the time as a cook and nanny for the Terry
children. Nita was a member of Pastor Dadula's church in Ulas.
In the subsequent years in
which Dr. Brettell returned to Davao City, arrangements were made by Pastor
Dadula for Nita to cook for Dr. Brettell and his team while they were in Davao
City. I believe Dr. Brettell's trip to Davao City in 1999 was his 19th trip.
Nita has been the Mindanao Vision cook for every visit by Dr. Brettell, and has
been my cook every time I have come to minister on my own.
Until Nita and I were married
in January 1999, Nita was the cook on all of the evangelism and teaching trips
to the remote regions of Mindanao conducted by Pastor Dadula.
Nita is the fifth child of
eight children; two boys and six girls. Her nieces and nephews total 21 by three
of her married sisters, and three grand nieces by two of their children. Except
for one sister, Rowena, who is working with Child Evangelism Fellowship in Bohol,
and her brother, Diosdado, who is a teacher in Iloilo, all of her family still
live in southern Mindanao.
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Darryl Anderson
BY HIS GRACE
MINISTRIES
163 Mariveles
Street
Central Park,
Phase 1
Bangkal, Davao
City
8000 Philippines
Telephone:
63-82-297-6161
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Darryl
Darryl
Anderson
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About the
Missionary and his Ministry
Darryl was born in North Dakota
in 1946. After two years of college he decided to enlist in the U.S. Air Force.
While teaching for the U.S.A.F. in Colorado, he began to work part-time for
Continental Airlines. In 1984 the Air Force decided to transfer him to Honolulu,
Hawaii, and by God's grace he was able to continue his part-time work with
Continental there. In 1986 Darryl retired from the U.S.A.F. but continued to
live in Honolulu employed full-time with Continental.
By God's Divine plan, the paths
of Dr. Brettell and Darryl crossed in 1989 as Dr. Brettell was returning from
one of his trips to Davao City. He stayed over in Honolulu with friends for a
few days, and Darryl had the opportunity to listen to him teach. The
relationship between them continued to grow, and in 1992 Darryl began
accompanying Dr. Brettell on every trip to Davao.
Darryl made his first solo trip
to Davao City in 1996, at which time he conducted a three-day sound doctrinal
teaching seminar in each of three areas outside of Davao City. During a period
of ten days he traveled to Mati in Davao Oriental, Malita in Davao del Sur, and
M'lang in North Cotabato.
In January 1998 Darryl retired
from Continental Airlines and moved to Davao City in February. In March
construction began on a mission house on the property next to Spring Baptist
Church. The mission house was completed and Darryl took up residence on April
24th.
On January 24th, 1999 Darryl
and Nita were married.
In February 2000 Darryl and
Nita decided to move out of the mission house. After a vacation of a few months
in the U.S., they moved into their present residence upon returning to Davao
City. As a part of Mindanao Vision, By His Grace Ministries has continued daily
in and from that location.
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