Magdadasig Christian Fellowship

Our Church

The Magdadasig Christian Fellowship was established onMay 12, 1991. ItsMainChurchwas formerly located at Poblacion, Salay, Misamis Oriental. This is transferred in barangay Looc along the national highway, a kilometer south of the Town proper.

The group was originally members of the Magdadasig Evangelization Team, an evangelization ministry of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal of Salay Parish, Salay, Misamis Oriental that actively did outreach works in different parts of northernMindanaofrom 1982 to 1991.

The word Magdadasig is the Cebuano translation of the word Comforter for the Holy Spirit (Paracletus). The NIV Cebuano Version of the Holy Bible in Acts 4:36 also mentioned a man called Bernabe who sold all his belongings for the works of the Lord. This name (Magdadasig) was given to us in 1982.

By His grace, God got us out from the Roman Catholic Church and guided us to form an independent Congregation, Magdadasig Christian Fellowship in 1991.

After a brief affiliation with the Assembly of God in 1993 and 1994, the Magdadasig Christian Fellowship, (MCF), Inc., was duly registered with Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a legal Church Denomination in thePhilippinesin 1995.

Today, the MCF has 20 affiliate and daughter churches in the different places of Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental and other places.

Our Church Structure

TheMCFMain Church is located in Looc, Salay, Misamis Oriental. It is located along the national highway. Beside the church building is an old and small house for the aged. A pastor’s house and parsonage is located nearby. Beyond the national highway, in the hill, is the old church building which is to be renovated to house our Children’s Ministry. Another house up there is the house of the assistant pastor who oversees the church property.

Our Ministry

Aside from the usual evangelization and church planting in different outreaches, theMCFChurchat Looc, Salay, Misamis Oriental has the following on-going Ministries:

1) Welfare Ministry

We are supporting ten (10) elderly members and non-members of our Congregation for their weekly provisions and other needs. This number could be increased if we received aids from concerned Para-church organization like the Compassion International.

2) Children’s Ministry

Our Children’s Ministry started in 1996. Every vacation we are touching the lives of children in and outside our church. Every year, since we started our Daily Vacation Bible School (DVBS) and Feeding Program, we have ministered to not less than 100 children in different places. Our farthest DVBS was held in Duwangan, Pinamungahan,Cebuin April, 2002.

We hope to maintain our Feeding Program if we can received assistance from your association.

3) School Ministry

The Magdadasig Christian Fellowship has an existing school, Paraclete Christian Academy (PCA). It started its operation in 1997 under the umbrella of the Association of Christian Educators of thePhilippines(AsCEP).

Presently, PCA has appropriate Government Recognition for three levels – Preschool, Elementary and High School.

Since it is a church Ministry, the school collects only very minimal tuition fees for the students. Many of these students are very poor and we are giving them free for scholarship grants.

Our Targeted Barangay

1. Target Families

We are targeting the poorest of the poor in barangays Looc, Casulog and nearby areas. There are about 1000 families in these places, but we are only targeting the poorest of the poor of about 100 families. Most of these families were former rebels and are displaced during the insurgency problems in our town in 1990’s. They are living in make shift houses at the outskirts of the town and other by the seashore.

2. Employment of these people

Most of these families depended on manual labor, fish vendors, selling firewoods, housekeeping of well-to-do families and other meager jobs.

3. Number of Children

A total of 200 children will be included with the average of two children in every targeted family.

4. Number of Out-of-School Children and Youth

About 100 children and youth are not schooling. The others are enrolled in the schools but usually drop-out before the end of classes due to poverty.