MAIN SPEAKERS
Rev. Todd Entner
Serving in Tent-making since 1995
“Praying For More Laborers for the Harvest”
He is presently taking the role as International Coordinator in Beijing China --- helping bring the good news from other countries to China, and helping Chinese believers to reach their neighboring nations.
Rev. Ruel Akut
Senior Pastor of Fil-American Baptist Church
“Partnership in Furthering
the Gospel for World Missions”
He graduated at Doane Baptist Bible institute, Iloilo City in 1980 with a bachelor of theology degree. Pastored 3 churches in the Philippines for 16 years until the Lord has led him and his family to minister in the US.
Married to Jocelyn Viterbo from Capiz in 1981 and are blessed with 3 children and
2 grandchildren: Kemuel ( Diane Ong, children, Timothy Javier and Atalia Anya), Keziah Mae( Rex Vargas), Kris Paolo
( Shekinah Sinon).
At present they are ministering both Fil-American and Pillar of faith Baptist churches in Chicago area, Illinois, USA.
PLENARY SPEAKERS
Rev. David Sariga
Senior Pastor of Upon This Rock Fundamental Baptist Church & Chairman of AFBCP
Before taking the bigger responsibilities as Senior Pastor of UTRFBC, Council Chairman of Association of Fundamental Baptist Churches in the Philippines, Board Member of Creative STIR-Asia and Corporate Board of Baptist Bible Seminary and Institute, he once ministered as Youth Pastor of Harvest Baptist Church of Davao City from 1986 - 1989 and Assistant Pastor of Fundamental Baptist Church, Maco, Compostela Valley, Davao from 1989-1990.
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Married to Carina, a Quality Analyst Chemist at HB FULLER PHILIPPINES and have been blessed with 2 daughters Deborah Keren and Dinah Kezia.
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Topic:
“Involvement of Churches
for World Missions”
Rev. William Smith
ABWE PNG missionary since 1990 to present.
He is involved at Goroka Baptist Bible College and have been part of a church planting team to start 10 different churches. His wife Lori is a nurse and runs the Seigu Baptist Clinic that assists in church planting over the years. They have ministered to over 250,000 patients, shared to 1000 plus New Guineans and started 15 churches. They also have a baby carry ministry. They have had 39 children besides their 4 biological children. Their sons Amo and Aaron are PNG children they have adopted.
"Open Doors of Church Planting in PNG”
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Rev. Arleen Fidel
Chairman of PABWE Board and Senior Pastor of Manila Baptist Church
Pastor Arleen Fidel is a graduate of Baptist Bible Seminary Institute completing Bachelor in Theology degree. He is also a graduate of Grand Rapids Baptist Bible Seminary USA with Masters in Religious Education. Added to his religious training, he took special training in La Salle for his counselling ministry.
“A Missions Involved Church
for World Missions”
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RESOURCE SPEAKERS
Rev. Steven Mayo
ABWE Regional Director for Asia Pacific
In his role as ABWE's Asia Pacific Regional Director, Steve Mayo shepherds church planting and leadership training teams in Cambodia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Japan, Australia and the Philippines. Prior to this, he was a music pastor in the USA for fourteen years and a church planter in Australia for fifteen years. He also served as the Principal of the Sydney Institute for Biblical Studies and was an adjunct professor at Word of Life Bible Institute (Australia), and Cornerstone University (USA). Steve and his wife Sue, live in Sydney near their four grown children and fourteen grandchildren.
Topic:
“Theology of Music & Missions”
Rev. Stephen Holman
USA Administrator of Kenya Hope
and Director of Pastoral Training
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Steve and Kris Holman served under the Association of Baptists for World Evangelism from 1981 to 1999 as church planters in the Philippines, both in Tacloban City and Metro-Manila. They have four adult daughters, one great son-in-law, and one grandson, with a granddaughter on the way in August!
Steve is a graduate (B.A) of Cedarville University, Grand Rapids Theological Seminary (M.Div.) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (D. Min.) and specializes in the intersection of Biblical leadership and various cultures.
After pastoring his sending church for 8 1/2 years and serving with Closed Door Ministries (and the persecuted church in Myanmar) from 2008-2018, Steve is now the USA Administrator of Kenya Hope, a holistic ministry to neglected rural communities in Maasai land. Aside from administrating the home office of Kenya Hope, he is responsible for training Maasai pastors and helping them become better equipped to start churches and bring them to independence.
Steve travels annually to Asia, including the Philippines, Thailand, and Myanmar. He prefers to eat rice and mangos, but not balut or dried fish! Steve was born in the Philippines, the son of ABWE missionaries, and was raised in Manila.
Topic:
“Christ and Culture”
Antonio Linsangan III
"Coach Al" of Jesus Young Followers JYF Coron
He prefers to be known as a Kingdom Steward. At present, he is a Tourism Product Development Specialist of Calamianes Expeditions and Ecotours, Director of Society for Sustainable Tourism and Development, Board of Director of the Asian Ecotourism Network,a Tourism Consultant, Photography Instructor, Managing Director of AL3 Professional Photography and Design Center and Proprietor and Founder of Corong Lokals Mktg and Services (a 20-year Business Entity in Coron).
Topic:
“Doing Business with Kingdom Mind Set”
Rev. Philip Fernandez
Pastor of Heritage Baptist Church of Davao City since 2015-present
He is originally from Daan-banua Fellowship Baptist Church, Kabankalan City. Now, he is the Pastor of Heritage Baptist Church of Davao City and the National Director of Campus Bible Fellowship-Philippines since 1996 to present. This 2019, he committed to be able to help equip future pastors and Biblewomen as he visits to teach at Baptist Bible Seminary & Institute and Doane Baptist Seminary.
He is married to Dr. Jena Jordan Fernandez and have been blessed with two children namely, Elijah Harold and Mark Twelve.
Topic:
"Filipinos Reaching Out Foreigners for Christ”
MISSIONS FORUM SPEAKERS
Responding to God's Call for Foreign Missions
as Bi-vocational and Career Missionaries
Rogil & Janice Jeromae Apostol
Missionaries to Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Rogil Apostol is currently pastoring Cornerstone Church, Phnom Penh. He is the Overall Director of The Cornerstone Organization, Cambodia and National Director of PABWE, Cambodia. He and his wife, Janice, have been serving the Lord through strategic ministries such as Church Planting; Campus Work; Village Ministry Outreach; Ministry for the Professionals in Cambodia for 11 years and within that duration, Cornerstone Church was founded.
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Liuel Kenaz & Florabelle Selorio
Missionaries to Bangmot & Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
God called Rev. Liuel Kenaz Selorio to full-time ministry while he was a CLC student at Doane Baptist Bible Institute – where he finished his Bachelor of Theology in 1995. In 2001, Liuel was a volunteer missionary to Thailand. He studied the language and in 2004 submitted his application to PABWE. May 2005 was the month he and his wife, Florabelle, went to Thailand as PABWE missionaries.
At present, Liuel, Florabelle and their 13-year old son, Adlai, are serving the Lord in Bangmot Baptist Church in Bangkok. Just last August 2018, they opened a Student Center in Nakhon Pathom (70 km away from Bangkok). He also serves as the director of Romphrakhun Baptist Bible Institute in Bangkok.
Serving the Lord in a country where there are only 0.7% Christians, and millions are still waiting to hear the Gospel; he and his family can still say “The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him.”
