3 Filipino Evangelicals have multiplied – but so too have the challenges

a) Rapid growth with inadequate discipling

b) Complacency and second-generation nominalism

c) Poverty in many congregations

4 The training and discipling of new leaders is a priority

5 The Filipino Church is becoming a significant missionary-sending Church

a) Growth of this vision, that it be embraced by local churches

b) Major Filipino agencies:

c) The Philippine Missions Association

d) The PMA goal – an additional 5,000 missionaries by 2020

e) Missionary training

6 Expatriate missionaries are decreasing in numbers (except for the Koreans) as the Philippines Church matures

7 Metro Manila is a mega-city of enormous challenge, but also where God is working

a) The poor. Over 5,000 migrate to Manila daily

b) Those who minister to the poor

Peoples

Malayo-Indonesian Filipinos 94.2%.

Mixed race 3.5%.

Chinese 2.1%.

Other 0.2%.

Literacy 95%. Official languages Filipino (based on Tagalog), English. All languages 169. Languages with Scriptures 8Bi 52NT 37por 44w.i.p.

Economy

A mixed agricultural and industrial economy. HDI 0.740; 77^th/174. Public debt 29% of GNP. Income/person $1,200 (4% of USA).

Politics

A Spanish colony from 1565 to 1898; hence the Catholic majority and many Spanish customs.

Religion

Freedom of religion.

Churches in Philippines

Missionaries from Philippines

2,829 in 122 agencies to 77 countries

Missionaries to Philippines

2,734 in 192 agencies from 35 countries

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Geography

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Area 300,000 sq.km. 80 provinces; 7,250 islands, of which over 700 are inhabited.

Population (2000) 75,966,500 +2.13%AGR

Capital Manila 13,200,000.

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