Month: July 2009

  • lunch with WISDOM

    I just had lunch with a couple from church who has tremendously helped us in planting Greenhills church. Boni and Estela are my spiritual heroes and our conversation today made me appreciate them more. They are not only my heroes – they are superheroes. Here are the things that they have imparted to me and…

  • God of this City

    God of this City

    We have 13 Victory churches that meet in Metro Manila every weekend. Almost 40,000 people in attendance. We are less than Metro Manila’s 1% of the population. Maybe add up Christ Commission Fellowship and Greenhills Christian Fellowship to the list then we have at least 1% of the Metro Population. Metro Manila has 12-15 million…

  • Church is not just about the Sunday

    Church will never be just about the Sunday service, or the kids ministry, or the youth ministry, or the discipleship ministry or counselling, or mentoring, or theological issues. All of that is part of a bigger picture. When Jesus said “make disciples of all nations” – He was not telling us to focus on our…

  • same old message with a new twist!

    same old message with a new twist!

    The Victory@25 hangover is still alive in me! One of my highlights was Pastor Steve’s preaching and challenge for the next 25 years. If you hear Pastor Steve preach it basically boils down to 4 words – HONOR GOD, MAKE DISCIPLES. This is the reason why we exist. This is the reason for all our…

  • what’s IT?

    what’s IT?

    I was being interviewed last Thursday and was asked “What is the IT factor of Victory?”, “What is the magic that keeps this movement alive and growing?” The answer I gave was “THE CULTURE THAT THE LEADERS CREATE” 1. Leadership is not positional. For the past 18 years of being in Victory – it has…