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Protestant denominations arrived in the [[Philippines]] in 1898, after the [[United States]] took control of the Philippines from [[Spain]], first with the [[United States Army]] [[Chaplain Corps (United States Army)|chaplains]] and then within months civilian [[Christian mission|missionaries]].

[[Protestants]] makes up nearly 11% of the Filipino population.<ref name="HDSProtestantChristianityPH">{{Cite web|url=https://rlp.hds.harvard.edu/faq/protestant-christianity-philippines |title=Protestant Christianity in the Philippines |publisher=Harvard Divinity School |work=Religious Literacy Project |access-date=May 8, 2018 }}</ref>  They include a wide variety of Pentecostal, Evangelical and independent churches. Some denominations were founded locally.

== Statistics ==

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In 2020, the World Christian Database estimated that there are around 38 million Pentecostals and Charismatics along with 19 million Christians independent from denominations in the Philippines.<ref name="l380">{{cite book | last=Ross | first=K.R. | title=Christianity in East and Southeast Asia | publisher=Edinburgh University Press | series=Edinburgh Companions to Global Christianity | year=2020 | isbn=978-1-4744-5162-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHsxEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA243 | access-date=2024-12-05 | page=243}}</ref>

== History ==
It is likely that there was some Protestant activity in the Philippines before 1898, such as during the [[British occupation of the Philippines]], but there were no churches or missions established. One alleged early Filipino Protestant was Paulino Zamora, father of [[Methodism|Methodist]] bishop [[Nicolás Zamora]]. Some consider Paulino to be the first Protestant in the Philippines. At the time of the [[Philippine Revolution]], Nicolas Zamora was already preaching the gospel, making him one of the earliest Protestant ministers in the Philippines, even before the arrival of American missionaries.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Walsh |first=John |date=1986 |title=Religious Societies: Methodist and Evangelical 1738–1800 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0424208400010652 |journal=Studies in Church History |volume=23 |pages=279–302 |doi=10.1017/s0424208400010652 |issn=0424-2084|url-access=subscription }}</ref>

Protestantism began to seriously develop in the Philippines after the [[Spanish–American War]] when the United States acquired the Philippines from the Spanish with the [[Treaty of Paris (1898)|1898 Treaty of Paris]].<ref>Deats, 1967, p. 91</ref> During [[American Colonial Period (Philippines)|American Colonial Period]], the [[Catholic Church in the Philippines|Catholic Church]] was disestablished as the [[state religion]], giving Protestant missionaries more opportunities to enter the islands. In addition, there was a backlash against the Hispanic Catholicism and a greater acceptance of Protestantism represented by the Americans.<ref>Deats, 1967, p. 92</ref> The dominance of the Catholic Church in all aspects of life in Spanish Philippines and Protestant [[anti-Catholicism|anti-Catholic]] animosity were prominent reasons for the start of Protestant missionary activity.<ref>Anderson, 1969, p. 298</ref>   In 1901 the [[National Council of Churches in the Philippines|Evangelical Union]] was established in the Philippines to co-ordinate activities amongst the Protestant denominations and lay the foundations for an indigenous religious movement.<ref>Deats, 1967, p. 95</ref>

The first Protestant service during this era was on Sunday, August 28, 1898.{{efn|It was likely that there were Protestant services held in the Philippines during the [[British Occupation of Manila]] in the 1760s, at least for soldiers like this 1898 service.}} Chaplain [[George Stull]], a member of The [[Methodist Episcopal Church]], came with the occupying forces. Although his primary duty was to minister to the soldiers, he recorded in his diary that that first service, held in an old Spanish dungeon facing [[Manila Bay]], was attended not only by his own men but by some Filipinos as well. He commented on this service:<ref>[http://www.philmethodist.com/ The Story of Methodism in the Philippines - EARLY BEGINNINGS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090210191119/http://www.philmethodist.com/ |date=February 10, 2009 }}</ref>

<blockquote>"That the power of God will use this day to make a good Catholic better, any weak American stronger, any backslider ashamed, and the gloomy old dungeon the beginning of wonderful things in these Islands, is my prayer."<ref>Homer Stuntz, 1940, pp. 415-416</ref>
</blockquote>

===The Comity Agreement (1898–1941)===

[[File:Jaro Evangelical Church.jpg|thumb|[[Jaro Evangelical Church]], the first Baptist Church in the Philippines and second Protestant Church in the Philippines (first outside Manila), after the [[Central United Methodist Church (Manila)|Central United Methodist Church]] (1899)).]]

[[File:Iloilo Mission Hospital (Medical Arts Building).JPG|thumb|The Medical Arts building of [[Iloilo Mission Hospital]], founded in 1901 by the American [[Presbyterian]] missionaries. It is the first and oldest Protestant hospital in the country.  At present, the hospital is affiliated under the [[Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches]].]]

[[File:UCCP @ Laoag City.jpg|thumb|The [[United Church of Christ in the Philippines]] in [[Laoag City]].]]

After the defeat of the Spanish in the [[Battle of Manila Bay]] by the U.S. Navy's [[Asiatic Squadron]], Presbyterian, Baptist and Methodist leaders met in 1898 in [[New York (state)|New York]] to discuss how to bring Protestantism to the Philippines. The result was a comity agreement that divided the Philippines into missionary areas by denomination to avoid future conflicts among themselves and their converts.<ref>Guillermo & Verora, pp. 1–3</ref> Only one Protestant denomination would be in each area.

The meeting was followed by another gathering in 1901 by the early missionaries in Manila to further discuss the comity agreement with three specific major agenda items:

* ''"to organize the Evangelical Union,"''
* ''"choose a common name for Protestant churches,"'' and
* ''"delineate the geographical work allotments for each church."''<ref>Guillermo & Verora, p. 3.</ref>

From 1898 to 1930 the different Protestant denominations that joined the comity agreement were:
* [[Methodists]] (1898) assigned most of lowland [[Luzon]] and north of [[Manila]];
* [[Presbyterians]] (1899) assigned [[Bicol Region|Bicol]], Southern [[Tagalog people|Tagalog]] area and some parts of [[Central Visayas|Central]] and [[Western Visayas]];
* [[Baptists]] (1900) Western Visayas;
* [[Church of the United Brethren in Christ|United Brethren]] (1901) [[Mountain Province]] and [[La Union]];
* [[Disciples of Christ]] (1901) [[Ilocos]], [[Abra (province)|Abra]], and [[Tagalog people|Tagalog]] towns;
* [[Congregationalists]] (1902), [[Mindanao]] except for the western end; and
* [[Christian and Missionary Alliance]] (1902), Western Mindanao and [[Sulu Archipelago]].
*Brethren (''Kapatirang Kristiano'') linked to [[Plymouth Brethren]], was established in the 1930s in [[San Juan, Metro Manila]] by a missionary named Cyril H. Brooks. They planted numerous chapels in the Philippines with majority in Bulacan, Pampanga and Rizal Province.

Manila was open to all denominations and mission agencies.<ref>Tuggy & Toliver, p. 19</ref> The [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] and the [[Episcopal Church in the Philippines]] did not join because they wanted to go to all parts of the archipelago.<ref>James H. Montgomery and Donald A. McGavran, pp. 41–51</ref> [[American Protestant Missions]] (APM) emphasized institutional ministry and medical missions in their evangelistic and missions endeavors.

For a short time the comity agreement worked well, until the situation grew more intricate and splits occurred. The Methodists split in 1909 when [[Nicolas Zamora]] founded the ''[[Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas]]'' (IEMELIF). This shattered the agreement. Thus, the IEMELIF became the first indigenous evangelical denomination, an all-Filipino-supported church at that time, with Methodist Ilocanos from Northern Luzon moved into the areas of the [[United Church of Christ in the Philippines]] in Mindanao.{{Citation needed|date=August 2013}} Baptist Ilonggos migrated from [[Iloilo]] to Central [[Cotabato]], traditionally Christian and Missionary Alliance territory. As this kind of movement increased, the sharp boundaries between the different comity areas became obscured.<ref>Tuggy & Oliver, pp. 136–40.</ref>

Divisions came with growth and expansion, and personality clashes, racial tensions, the dynamics of nationalism, cultural differences, power struggles and other non-theological factors contributed to the schisms. In the 1920s the fundamentalist-modernist controversy in the United States affected the Philippines, causing further division. By 1921, some nineteen independent denominations were registered with the [[Security and Exchange Commission]] (SEC) and important splits occurred among the Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians and Disciples of Christ. Several small denominations, some of them entirely under national leadership, emerged.<ref>Frank Laubach, p. 23</ref>

Unity of the churches was still a goal. In 1929, the United Brethren, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches formed the [[United Evangelical Church in the Philippines]]. In 1932, six of the smaller indigenous denominations of Presbyterian and Methodist backgrounds formed the [[Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Cristo]], or now more commonly known as the Unida Christian Church. The assembly of these indigenous denominations was called by Don Toribio Teodoro, owner of the Ang Tibay shoes. The [[National Council of Churches in the Philippines|National Christian Council]] was founded in 1929 as a successor of the Evangelical Union. This was followed in 1938 by the organization of the [[National Council of Churches in the Philippines|Philippine Federation of Evangelical Churches]]. With the coming of World War II and the [[Japanese occupation of the Philippines]], the [[United Evangelical Church]] underwent severe trying circumstances when the mission agencies were completely cut off from the United States. American missionaries were incarcerated and mission funds were unexpectedly discontinued.

===World War II and independence===
[[File:Tondojf9708 18.JPG|thumb|The Bishop Moises F. Buzon Memorial Church - Templo Central of the ''Iglesia Unida Ekyumenikal'' (IUE) in Tondo, Manila.]]
To deal with the diverse Protestant groups, the Japanese during their occupation of the Philippines during [[Second World War]] pressed for the formation of the Evangelical Church of the Philippines which combined thirteen denominations. However, most of the larger denominations such as Methodist, Episcopal, Unida and other independent churches refused to join.   After the war, the Evangelical Church of the Philippines further fragmented, but the Disciples of Christ, the United Brethren, the Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Cristo, the Evangelica Nacional, some individual congregations of the IEMELIF, the Philippine Methodist and the Presbyterian Churches remained intact. Several churches united to form the [[United Church of Christ in the Philippines]] in 1948.  In 1949 the United Evangelical Church, the Philippine Federation of Evangelical Churches, and the Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Cristo formed the Philippine Federation of Christian Churches, now called the [[National Council of Churches in the Philippines]]. Today, Protestant and evangelical churches and denominations are grouped into major councils of churches: The National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) for [[mainline Protestant]] churches and the [[Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches]] (PCEC) for evangelical churches, organized in 1964.

Several independent church organizations emerged in the 1970s and mid-1980s, such as the [[Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide]], the [[Greenhills Christian Fellowship]] founded in 1978 by the Conservative Baptists, the [[Bread of Life Ministries International]] founded in 1982, and the [[Christ's Commission Fellowship]] and [[Victory Christian Fellowship]] both established in 1984. These churches used mass media to spread evangelical Christianity in the country and to establish more [[non-denominational]], [[Pentecostal]], and [[charismatic]] churches. These churches{{which|date=August 2013}} grew up rapidly and are considered one of the major Protestant [[megachurch]]es in the Philippines.<ref>McGrath, Alister E. (2008) Christianity's Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution: A History from the Sixteenth Century to the Twenty-First London: Regnum Books (p 454 to 455)</ref>

A major factor in the development of Philippine Protestantism is the explicit expression of religious freedom found in Section 5, Article III ("Bill of Rights) of the [[1987 Constitution]], separating church and state. The concept and its English phrasing has been present in every national charter since the [[Constitution of the Philippines#The 1935 Constitution|1935 Constitution]] promulgated by the [[Commonwealth of the Philippines|Commonwealth]] government.<ref>Elwood, 1969, p. 370</ref> The Philippine Youth Movement founded in 1926 boosted the move to develop the indigenous Protestant church nationwide.<ref>Anderson, 1969, p. 296</ref>

A theme in the development of Protestantism in the Philippines is the tension between the religion and nationalism.  After an initial period of resentment toward American missionaries, Filipinos gradually accepted Protestantism.<ref>Deats, 1967, p. 132</ref>   During the 1920s and '30s, American Methodist missionaries openly supported Filipino independence from the United States.<ref>Deats, 1967, p. 142</ref>

==Education==
[[Image:SUHall2.jpg|thumb|[[Silliman University]] was founded by the early Protestant American missionaries in 1901.]]

Protestant missionaries founded many schools and universities in the Philippines. Some of which are founded by early American Protestant missionaries.<ref name="Michigan State University - Asian Studies Center (Philippines - Religion)">[http://asia.isp.msu.edu/wbwoa/southeast_asia/philippines/religion.htm Philippines - Religion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224084305/http://asia.isp.msu.edu/wbwoa/southeast_asia/philippines/religion.htm |date=December 24, 2013 }} Asian Studies Center, Michigan State University, Retrieved 12-22-13.</ref> Most notable of these is [[Silliman University]], the first Protestant school in the country and the first university founded by Americans in Asia.  Silliman is followed by the [[Central Philippine University]], its sister institution, and other institutions of higher learning such as [[Trinity University of Asia]], [[West Negros University]], [[Filamer Christian University]], the [[Philippine Christian University]] and the [[Adventist University of the Philippines]].

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Institution
!Founded
!Founding affiliation
!Founded <small>(Nationality)</small>
!Description
|-
|[[Silliman University]]
|1901 as ''Silliman Bible School''
|[[Presbyterian]] 
|[[United States|American]]
|First American and Protestant founded school and university in Asia and in the Philippines.
|-
|[[Central Philippine University]]
|1905 as ''Jaro Industrial School''
|[[Baptist]] 
|American
|First Baptist founded and second American university in Asia and in the Philippines.
|-
|[[Filamer Christian University]]
|1904 as ''Capiz Home School''
|[[Baptist]] 
|American
|
|-
|[[Adventist University of the Philippines]]
|1917 as ''Philippine Seventh-day Adventist Academy''
|[[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] 
|[[Filipino people|Filipino]]/American
|
|-
|[[Philippine Christian University]]
|1946 as ''Manila Union University''
|[[Methodist]] ([[United Methodist Church]])
|American
|
|-
|[[Wesleyan University (Philippines)|Wesleyan University-Philippines]]
|1946 as ''Philippine Wesleyan College''
|[[Methodist]] ([[United Methodist Church]])
|Filipino
|
|-
|[[West Negros University]]
|1948 as ''West Negros College''
|[[Baptist]] <small>(now acquired by the STI Education Systems Holdings Inc.)</small>
|Filipino
|
|-
|[[Trinity University of Asia]]
|1963 as ''Trinity College of Quezon City''
|[[Episcopal Church in the Philippines|Episcopalian]] 
|American
|
|-
|}

==List of major denominations and prominent independent churches==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Emblem
!Name
!Orientation
!Foundation
!Leadership
!Headquarters
!Membership
!References
|-
| 
| Alliance of Bible Christian Churches of the Philippines
| 
|
| Bishop Chito Ramos
| 102 Scout Rallos Street
Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
| 
| 
|-
| 
| [[Philippines General Council of the Assemblies of God|Assemblies of God]]
| [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]]
| 1940
| 
| Malinta, [[Valenzuela, Metro Manila|Valenzuela]]
| 360,000
| 
|-
| 
| [[Bread of Life Ministries International]]
| [[Evangelicalism|Evangelical]]
| 1982
| Rev. Noel Tan
| Crossroad Center, Paligsahan, [[Quezon City]]
| 35,000
| 
|-
| 
| [[Cathedral of Praise]]
| [[Full Gospel]]
| 1954
| Dr. David E. Sumrall
| COP Main Campus, Ermita, [[Manila]]
| 
| 
|-
| 
| [[Christian and Missionary Alliance Churches of the Philippines]]
| 
| 1901 {{smaller|(initial formation)}} <br> 1947 {{smaller|(official)}}
| 
| 
| 500,000
| 
|-
|
| [[Christian Reformed Church in the Philippines]]
| Calvinist
| 1962
| Rev. Ben Gonzaga
|
| 5,000
|
|-
| 
| [[Christ's Commission Fellowship]]
| Non-Denominational
| 1984
| Dr. Peter Fu Tan-Chi 
| CCF Center, [[Pasig]]
| 100,000
| 
|-
|
| [[Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches]]
| [[Mainline (Protestant)|Mainline]] Baptist
| 1900 {{smaller|(initial formation)}} <br> 1935 {{smaller|(formal)}}
| Rev. Danilo Azuela Borlado<ref>{{Cite web |title=Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches, Inc. |url=https://www.facebook.com/CPBCOfficial/posts/pfbid02pa15jLnBurEb8p7m1w5PdyWcPAJDxUKXvayxzp4c6RNPLRJZSEd75LXL63fCgBW3l |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=www.facebook.com |language=en}}</ref>
| Compound Fajardo-Arguelles Sts., Jaro Iloilo City 5000 PHILIPPINES
| 600,000<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-21 |title=Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches, Inc. {{!}} Baptist World Alliance |url=https://baptistworld.org/member/convention-of-philippine-baptist-churches-inc/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=baptistworld.org |language=English}}</ref>
|
|-
|
| Door of Faith
Church Phils.
| 
Full Gospel
|
| [[Leopoldo Mazaredo]]
| [[Quezon City, Philippines]]
|
|
|-
| 
| [[Episcopal Church in the Philippines]]
| [[Anglicanism|Anglican]]
| 1901 {{small|(under USA)}} <br> 1990 {{smaller|(autonomy)}}
| 
| Cathedral Heights, Quezon City
| 125,000
| 
|-
| 
| [[Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Philippines]]
| [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]] / [[Charismatic Christianity|Charismatic]]
| 1929
| Rev. Dr. Delfin L. Corona
| #1 F. Castillo Street, Marilag, Project 4, [[Quezon City]] 1109
| 144,000
| 
|-
| [[File:Seal_of_IEMELIF.png|100px]]
| [[Evangelical Methodist Church in the Philippine Islands|Iglesia Evangelica Metodista En Las Islas Filipinas]] (IEMELIF)
| [[Methodism|Methodist]]
| 1909
| Rev. Noel M. Abiog
| Beulah Land IEMELIF Center Marytown Circle, Greenfields 1 Subd., Brgy. Kaligayahan, Quirino Highway, Novaliches, Quezon City, 1124
| 
| 
|-
| 
| [[Unida Church|Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Cristo]] (Unida Christian Church)
| Evangelical
| 1932
| Rev. Richard Buenaventura
| 
| 25,000
| 
|-
| 
| Iglesia Unida Ekyumenikal (Unida Ecumenical Church)
| Evangelical, [[United and uniting churches|United Church]]
| 1995
| Rev. Justice Raoul V. Victorino
| Bishop Moises F. Buzon Memorial Church - Templo Central, <br> 634 Moriones Street, [[Tondo, Manila]]
| 
| 
|-
| [[File:Coat of Arms of the Philippine Independent Church (Aglipayan Church).png|100px]]
| [[Philippine Independent Church]] (''Iglesia Filipina Independiente'' or Aglipayan Church)
| [[Independent Catholicism|Independent Catholic]], [[Anglo-Catholicism|Anglo-Catholic]]<!--IFI's orientation is distinct from Anglicanism. Being in full communion with the Anglican Communion does not require from either the acceptance of all doctrinal opinions.-->
| 1902
| [[Joel Porlares|The Most Reverend Joel O. Porlares]]
| [[Iglesia Filipina Independiente National Cathedral]], <br> [[Ermita, Manila]]
| 1,458,992 <br> {{smaller|(as per 2020 census)}}
| <ref>{{cite journal|title=Table 1.10; Household Population by Religious Affiliation and by Sex; 2010|journal=2015 Philippine Statistical Yearbook|date=October 2015|pages=1–30|url=https://psa.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2015%20PSY%20PDF.pdf#56|access-date=February 4, 2017|publisher=[[Philippine Statistics Authority]]|location=East Avenue, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines|issn=0118-1564}}</ref><ref name="PSAGovPH-2020Census-Religion">{{Cite press release |last=Mapa |first=Dennis S. |date=February 22, 2023 |title=Religious Affiliation in the Philippines (2020 Census of Population and Housing) |url=https://psa.gov.ph/content/religious-affiliation-philippines-2020-census-population-and-housing |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310184554/https://psa.gov.ph/content/religious-affiliation-philippines-2020-census-population-and-housing |archive-date=March 10, 2023 |access-date=March 12, 2023 |website=[[Philippine Statistics Authority]]}}</ref>
|-
| 
| [[Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide]]
| [[Full Gospel]]
| 1978
| [[Eddie Villanueva]]
|[[Manila, Philippines]]
| 1,000,000<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Bro Eddie and JIL |url=https://jilworldwide.org/bro-eddie/}}</ref> 
| 
|-
| 
| [[Lutheran Church in the Philippines]]
| [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]]
| 1957
| Rev. Antonio del Rio Reyes
| Lutheran Center
<nowiki>#</nowiki>4461 Old Santa Mesa Street,
[[Santa Mesa]], [[Manila]]
| 
| 
|-
| 
| [[Philippines Central Conference (United Methodist Church)|Philippines Central Conference]] (United Methodist Church)
| Methodist
| 
| 
| 
| 200,540
| 
|-
| 
| [[Presbyterian Church of the Philippines]]
| [[Presbyterianism|Presbyterian]]
| 1987
| Rev. Danilo Yandan
| Pasig
| 11,000
| 
|-
| 
| [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]]
| Adventist
| 1863 (US) <br> 1905 (PH)
| Election every 5 years in 3 Unions (North, Central, South)
| Luzon, Pasay
Visayas, Cebu City
Mindanao, Cagayan de Oro City
| > 1.1 million
|[https://www.adventistyearbook.org/entity?EntityID=13370 26]
[[Seventh-day Adventist Church|27]]

[https://clc.adventist.ph/about-clc/ 28]
|-
| 
| Federation of Southern Baptist Conventions in the Philippines
| Baptist
| 
| 
| No. 24 Kanlaon Street Brgy. Sta. Teresita 1114 Quezon City PHILIPPINES
| 49,501<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-21 |title=Luzon Convention of Southern Baptist Churches, Inc. {{!}} Baptist World Alliance |url=https://baptistworld.org/member/luzon-convention-of-southern-baptist-churches-inc/ |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=baptistworld.org |language=English}}</ref>
| 
|-
| 
| [[The Salvation Army]]
| [[Holiness movement|Holiness Movement]]
| 1865 (Int'l.) <br> 1937 (PH) 
| Gen.Brian Peddle (International) <br> Col. David Oalang (PH Territory)
| THQ Malate, Manila
| 
| 
|-
| 
| [[United Church of Christ in the Philippines]]
| Mainline Methodist/
Calvinist
| 1901 {{smaller|(early formation)}} <br> 1948 {{smaller|(official)}}
| 
| West Triangle, Quezon City
| 1,500,000
| 
|-
| 
| [[Victory (church)|Victory]]
| Evangelical
| 1984
| Manny Carlos
| Every Nation Building, [[Bonifacio Global City]], [[Taguig]]
| 80,000<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bird |first=Warren |date=2015-11-25 |title=Philippines: Victory Megachurch Building on Discipleship |url=https://outreachmagazine.com/features/14125-philippines-victory-megachurch-building-on-discipleship.html |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=outreachmagazine.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
| 
|-
| 
| Word of Hope
| [[Pentecostalism|Pentecostal]]
| 
| 
| Word of Hope Christian Family Church, Veterans Village, Project 7, Quezon City
| 50,000
| Affiliated with Assemblies of God
|}

Some are members of the Association of Pastors for Outreach and Intercession, [[G12 Vision|G12 Philippines]], [[National Council of Churches in the Philippines]], [[Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches]], [[Philippines for Jesus Movement]], [[Christian Conference of Asia]], [[World Methodist Council]] and the [[World Council of Churches]].

==See also==
{{commons category}}
* [[Religion in the Philippines]]
* [[Christianity in the Philippines]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==Footnotes==
{{reflist|3}}

==References==
*Deats, R., Nationalism and Christianity in the Philippines (Dallas, 1967)
*Anderson, G. H., ‘Providence and Politics behind Protestant Missionary Beginnings in the Philippines’, in G. Anderson (ed.), Studies in Philippine Church History (London, 1969)
*Merlyn L. Guillermo and L. P. Verora, Protestant Churches and Missions in the Philippines, vol. 1 (Valenzuela, Metro Manila: Agape Printing Services, 1982)
*A. Leonard Tuggy and Ralph Toliver, Seeing the Church in the Philippines (Manila: OMF, 1972), pp.&nbsp;26–53 discussed the Spanish–American War.
*International Baptist Mission for Asians Philippines, http://www.ibmasians.org
*James H. Montgomery and Donald A. McGavran, The Discipling of a Nation (Manila: Global Church Growth Bulletin, 1980)
*Frank Laubach, People of the Philippines (New York: George H. Dora, 1925), p.&nbsp;23.
*{{cite book|author=Homer Stuntz|title=The Philippines and the Far East|url=https://archive.org/details/philippinesfarea00stun_0|year=1904|publisher=Jennings and Pye}}
*Elwood, D. J., ‘Varieties of Christianity in the Philippines’, in G. Anderson (ed.), Studies in Philippine Church History (London, 1969)
*Missionary to the Philippines for Wycliffe Bible Translators

==Further reading==
*{{cite book | last=Apilado | first=M.C. | title=Revolutionary Spirituality: A Study of the Protestant Role in the American Colonial Rule of the Philippines, 1898-1928 | publisher=New Day Publishers | issue=v. 1 | year=1999 | isbn=978-971-10-1033-1 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1OIPAQAAIAAJ}}

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