Pastor Petrush held a Teacher Training Workshop (TTW) in Dipolog City, and Pastors Eloi and Manny held another one in Santa Rosa City. One of the participants in Santa Rosa is going back to Hong Kong to start a class there. He is also planning to start a class in Cavite.

Pastor Petrush also conducted a class in Villarico, Pinan, Zamboanga del Norte. He said, "I also applied what I learned in the CCI Global Conference to select and train CCI students who are able to teach."

I visited Pastor Syjuco’s class in Himamaylan City in Western Visayas in December. The students told me that because of the CCI training, they learned how to interpret Scriptures correctly and preach the Word of God with purpose and direction. While there, I was able to spend a little time with the family of Pastor Anthony Syjuco. 

I also spent some time in fellowship with the family of Pastor Nonie Riconalla. They took good care of me when I went down with the flu during this trip.

Pastor Catipay (far right) graduated in 2017. Their church now has three outreaches. He is training leaders who are assigned to those ministries. He has 11 students who are church leaders in other churches in the area. Additionally, his daughter, who is currently undergoing CCI training, is discipling 11 young people as well.

“I am Pastor Alfredo Maarat, 67 years old, and I pastor Tipay Christian Church in Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines. I’ve been pastoring for 13 years without formal Bible training, which is why I am grateful for the CCI ministry. It helps me lead the church more effectively because of the new knowledge I have learned in the training. Additionally, what thrills me is that I am studying at the same time with my leaders. Now, two of my students who enrolled in the training are leading and have opened 2 new ministries in the church. These ministries are the youth Bible study ministry and the children's Sunday school. So, I am grateful to the Lord and committed to finishing the training together with my leaders for the glory of God.”

A class of ten students graduated in Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental after six years of training under Pastor Anthony Syjuco. 

We praise God that eight training centers, with a total of 80 students, graduated this year. We now have 2,270 graduates of CCI training.

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