Christ's Commission Fellowship
| Christ's Commission Fellowship | |
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| Location | 5/F St. Francis Square, Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City |
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| Country |  Philippines |
| Denomination | Evangelical Christian |
| Membership | 25,000 (2009) |
| Website | http://www.ccf.org.ph |
| Architecture | |
| Status | Megachurch |
| Functional status | Under Construction |
| Architect(s) | Arch. Daniel Go |
| Groundbreaking | May 21, 2009 |
| Completed | 2012 (Expected date) |
| Construction cost | $35,000,000 |
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| Senior pastor(s) | Rev. Peter Tan-Chi |
Christ's Commission Fellowship (simply called as CCF) is a non-denominational Evangelical megachurch founded by Rev. Peter Tan-chi, based in the Philippines. Its current worship center and headquarters is located in St. Francis Square, in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City.
As of 2009, its membership approaching up to 25,000 people attend the worship services in CCF local and overseas outreaches.[1] Its mission is: "To make Christ Committed Followers who will make Christ Committed Followers" which is inspired by Matthew 28: 19-20.[2]
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[edit] History
In 1982, Pastor Peter Tan-Chi, began an evangelistic home Bible study in Brookside Subdivision, Cainta, Rizal. Only three couples attended that first Bible study, but as they began to invite their friends, who then invited their own friends and families, the Bible study grew and moved to San Juan City. Two years later, A core group of 40 people (businessmen, professionals, and their families) emerged from these Bible studies. Later on, they met at the Asian Institute of Management for their first Sunday worship service and launched "Christ’s Commission Foundation" in August 1984.
Since then, CCF’s continuous growth has caused its worship services to move from place to place. From AIM, services moved to Greenbelt in Makati City, then to the Conference Room of the Philippine International Convention Center, and then to the PICC Plenary Hall. Worshippers then split in order to attend at two different venues, one in CCF Sucat, and one at the Valle Verde Country Club.
In 1997, CCF's worship services transferred to St. Francis Square in Ortigas Center, it was served as "CCF St. Francis Square", and changed its name to "Christ's Commission Fellowship". Today, it is now thriving church of approximately 25,000 members and considered as one of the largest Evangelical church in the country [3], with worship and bible study centers in major cities in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, then it has an international outreach, one in Singapore, Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles, USA with overall 29 outreaches worldwide. It is a unique fellowship composed of and led by lay men and women, all of whom still share God’s love and the Gospel in the style of the first century Christians, in small groups, in their homes, communities, and workplaces. It is an indigenous church, which operates without foreign affiliation or financial assistance. The vision that the Lord gave to the leaders of CCF is to establish a church patterned after that of the New Testament. The emphasis of CCF is on the active participation and ministry of lay people committed to fulfilling Christ's purpose, and all Christians are called by the Lord to be ministers to make committed followers of Jesus Christ. Our work has just begun. We welcome all who are willing to share the same vision to labor together with us for the glory of God and His kingdom.[4]
On August 30, 2009, CCF celebrated its 25th Anniversary of the church and God’s faithfulness, attended with a thousands of members from different CCF outreaches worldwide. It was held at Araneta Coliseum (now Smart Araneta Coliseum), Quezon City.[5]
[edit] CCF St. Francis Square
CCF St. Francis Square, the current worship center located at the 5th floor of the St. Francis Square mall in Ortigas Center, it has a current population of over 17,000 worshippers. Aside from the usual Sunday Worship Service, the church also holds several events, such as Evening Watch (a prayer gathering every Tuesday evening), Weekend Encounters (weekend retreats to get connected with Christ), Couples Enrichment Seminars, SoulStop (College Students' Bible Study), JZone (High School and College Students' Bible Study), KSP Lecture Series, NXTGen (Children's ministry), Golden Ladies and Shepherd’s Staff (Senior's Ministry) as well as Bible studies every Wednesday night.
[edit] Congregations
CCF has two main centers, St. Francis Square and Alabang. It also has 29 congregational outreaches in Eastwood City, Taytay, Rizal, Pasig City, Marikina City, Binondo, Manila, Biñan, Laguna, Lucena, Quezon, San Fernando City, Pampanga, Malolos, Bulacan, Marilao, Bulacan, Baguio City, Alicia, Isabela, Cebu City, Cagayan De Oro City, Malaybalay and Valencia in Bukidnon and Davao City. CCF is also planted three international outreaches in Singapore, Los Angeles, USA and Sydney, Australia (affiliated to Word Wind Living Fellowship).[6] Currently, new churches have been established in Las Pinas City and Antipolo City.
[edit] CCF Worship and Training Center
In 2009, CCF started to build its own 7-storey ministry building due its church growth. The building also known C5 Worship and Training Center, is now under construction. It is a 750,000 square foot lot located at Frontera Verde, E. Rodriguez Jr. Ave (C-5) cor. Ortigas Ave., Pasig City. This will be the international headquarters of CCF. The worship hall will have an 10,000+-seat capacity. It will begin to train students, young professionals, entrepreneurs, and lay people and pastors to become dynamic leaders to serve the Lord and the country. The worship building is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2012.[7][8]
[edit] Multimedia
In 2009, CCF started its live stream on its official website,[9] but in 2011, CCF also started produces its own television program which airs Sunday services' sermons. It was aired by GOOD TV, and it was aired by Light TV 33 on UHF-Channel.[10]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ccf.org.ph/about-us/the-ccf-story/
- ^ http://www.ccf.org.ph/about-us/the-ccf-story/
- ^ 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)
- ^ http://www.ccf.org.ph/about-us/the-ccf-story/
- ^ http://www.ccf.org.ph/ccf-turns-silver/
- ^ http://www.ccf.org.ph/wordwind-living-fellowship/
- ^ http://www.ccf.org.ph/get-involved/building-projects/
- ^ http://www.acousticdimensions.com/projects/worship/STCccf.htm
- ^ http://www.ccf.org.ph/stream/
- ^ http://www.ccf.org.ph/ccf-tv/
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