We all have the right and the freedom to choose our leaders. But our exercise of democracy should NOT be divisive. Here are some reminders to help us maintain the bond of peace.
Category: Press Release
HOW TO VOTE WITH DISCERNMENT AND WIN GOD’S CAUSE
A Threefold Guide for the May 2022 Elections
Be still
Tough times had hit us in the past week.
Super typhoon Rolly whipped the nation last October 31st leaving blown-off roofs, causing flash floods, power outages, damage to infrastructure, blocked roads, almost 400 thousand evacuees, and even some dead people due to catastrophic winds and rains. Rolly hit the main Luzon Island particularly Catanduanes, Albay and Manila. And while the storm was still wreaking havoc the next day, a fire at night razed the 400 homes in a fisherfolk community in Bacoor, Cavite reclamation zone. It took four hours before the fire was put out.
Salamat po, Sis. Dory
At 5:50pm today, we have lost a spiritual mother, a competent teacher, a prayer warrior, and a model of faith. After going through fatal arrhythmia secondary to septic shock, Ate Dory is now resting in the arms of her Maker and Savior. She is now face to face with the God she served all these years, true to the words of St. Paul, “For to me to live is Christ, to die is gain (Philippians 1:21).”
PRAY FOR DAVAO
Yesterday night, a blast killed 14 people and left 60 wounded, at the very least.
My fellow Filipinos, that blast was surely heard by God. But I believe that more than the booming sound, His ears are pierced by the cries of the casualties and the wails of the bereaved.
Together, for God and Country
The Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide (JILCW)’s Statement
on the Recently-concluded Elections
As a church with the dictum GOD and COUNTRY, the Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide (JILCW) has always been praying for good governance and righteous leadership, and for this election, God specifically answered us by giving us three victories:
ON MARRIAGE AND EQUALITY: The Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide’s (JILCW) Position on Same-Sex Marriage
“To bring all peoples to the kingdom of the Living God regardless of race, status, belief and religious affiliation through the saving, healing, delivering and transforming power of the Lord Jesus Christ” – the JILCW mission statement, emphasis added
With a firm belief that all are created in the very image of God and, also, purchased by the blood of Jesus Christ, the JILCW staunchly believes that equality should never be a privilege of the few, but the right of all.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The leadership of the JESUS IS LORD CHURCH WORLDWIDE holds steadfast to the following principles:
- That there must be UNITY IN THE BODY OF CHRIST even amidst differences in minor theological presuppositions and worship expressions;
- That there must be DUE PROCESS in dealing with all pastors, leaders, workers and members who have issues in the ministry;
- That there must be FREEDOM FOR EVERYONE TO EXPRESS his/her beliefs in the RIGHT AVENUES with honesty and courtesy.
It is in view of these principles that the JIL leadership refutes all accusations based on information that have been blown out of proportion and are propagated in social media sites. Plain and simple, these are all LIES AND DECEPTIONS spread by people whose aim is to hinder the JILCW from fulfilling its mission to glorify God. Yet, we firmly believe that such pursuits can never uproot that which the Living God Himself has planted and nurtured for the last 35 years. In reality, these are all meaningless efforts inevitably leading to self-destruction, because no malicious undertaking can ever overpower the work of the Almighty God in this precious ministry born from His very Heart.
The deepest prayer of the entire JIL Church Worldwide is that we may end all attempts to hinder the furtherance of the Kingdom of the Living God, especially these insignificant issues which are not even worthy of attention, so that His precious ministry may continue to fulfill its mission to bring all peoples to the love and grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Note:
Should there be any valid need to further inform the Body of Christ and other religious organizations regarding this matter, the JIL LEADERSHIP will release official statements containing the truth about the former leaders who left their positions without subjecting themselves to organizational protocols and who are now spreading false accusations and unfounded questions against the church.
JIL 35th Anniversary
JIL Church Launches the Bro. Eddie Ministries – Bible Plan
By Joash Bermejo
With the tremendous changes in technology, new media continuously moves in an unprecedented growth. The presence of new media and its wide audience resulted in the convergence of the new media and the three traditional media platforms – the Television, Radio and Print. Who can ever think that they can now watch their favorite TV shows in the internet, listen to their favorite radio station and read newspaper articles via online?
But it doesn’t stop there; the available advancement in technology also helps in the different church works, most importantly in the propagation of God’s words and gives light among the various races in the world.
Bobby Gruenewald, founder of YouVersion believes that with the past generations, access of the people have on the bible continuously becoming limited and fewer people are engaging in reading the scriptures.
This inspired Bobby and his team called “Digerati” to introduce the YouVersion, a technological development that take the available technology, particularly the mobile technology to help the people be engage in the bible and make the bible part of their daily lives.
“The real emphasis that we have is really focus on simply trying to make it very easy to people to read and engage the bible”, Bobby said.
First introduced as merely as a website on 2007, YouVersion.com’s result were good but not that great. And with the birth of the Smartphones, this inspired Bobby and his team to shift on YouVersion’s mobile version and got into the App Store with app title “The Bible” on 2008.
Three days after it got into the App Store, “The Bible” app have gained almost 83,000 downloads, and now 72 million people installed the app on their smartphones on its four years since it was first introduced.
Bible app users encompass different races and ages. With the large number of people installed the Bible app on their Smartphones, for Bobby this signifies that God is really moving on this “Digital mission”.
The Bible App mainly aims to provide people free access to scriptures that is available in almost 213 languages including our own Filipino language, and in almost 412 bible versions. This further helps people to have on-going and daily engagement with the bible.
Using the mobile device installed with the Bible App people can now use the bible anytime and anywhere they are, something that could help each to read the bible more.
Bible App is just not merely featuring the different books of the scriptures, it also contains features like of reading plans that could help someone keep track on his/her spiritual progress. Also using the Bible App it will be easy for its users to share scriptures and bible passages to other people using the Social Networking Sites like of Twitter and Facebook.
“…it makes easy for your friends to discover scriptures and began to discover the Bible App and make it part of their life as well”, he added.
Bobby Gruenewald and his friends from LifeChurch.tv visited the Philippines last December 2012 to meet with various Christian churches in the country, and one of it is the Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide, the country’s biggest Christian Church.
With their visit in the country, Bobby Gruenewald and his team sealed a partnership with JIL through providing a bible reading plan in 2013 which will be called Bro. Eddie Ministries Bible – Reading Plan.
As we faced the New Year, JIL Church Worldwide offered to you the Bro. Eddie Ministries Bible – Reading Plan, a great way to start our year right. Everyone can now access the Bro. Eddie Ministries Bible – Reading Plan through YouVersion.com’s Bible App.
Having Bro. Eddie Ministries Bible – Reading Plan in your Smartphones was just easy, it only take for a few steps. First, install the application Bible app in your phone, select “Plans”, then on Language select “Filipino”. Then on Categories select “Bago” or “New”, and go to Bro. Eddie Ministries Bible – Reading Plan.
From there, you can now start your daily devotional plans using the Bro. Eddie Ministries Bible – Reading Plan.
