CBN Asia Celebrates 30 Years of Life-Altering Ministry and Miracles within the Philippines and Past
MANILA – When Gordon Robertson began CBN within the Philippines, he selected the title “CBN Asia” as a result of his imaginative and prescient to unfold the gospel went far past the Philippines. Now in its thirtieth 12 months, CBN Asia thrives past all of the founders hoped or imagined.
A spectacular and highly effective worship live performance, “Past Measure” marked CBN Asia’s thirtieth anniversary. Christian artist and longtime CBN supporter, Gary Valenciano and his son rocked the stage, encouraging the viewers to “shake off” what’s weighing them down.
Valenciano reminisced in regards to the early days. He stated, “After I look again now, from what was a dream that I do know was put within the hearts of Pat Robertson and Gordon, what was instilled of their hearts, they pursued it and now 30 years later right here we’re. I can’t even start to rely the variety of lives which have been moved, which have been saved.”
In 1994, CBN launched a media marketing campaign, “The Reply”, to answer Filipinos’ deepest questions on life, objective, and religion. Greater than 13 million viewers responded and Gordon Robertson took up the mission begun by his father, Pat Robertson, by establishing CBN Asia.
“The Scripture that impressed me was Isaiah 41:15 ‘Behold I’ll make you into a brand new threshing sledge with sharp enamel…’ The picture is a big harvester machine goes to the fields. God goes to make CBN Asia into this nice harvesting machine. It dawned on me with the intention to harvest and be this nice threshing sledge we have now to be planting day by day,” Gordon Robertson shared.
Thus, The 700 Membership Asia, a Filipino model of this system, was launched with the purpose of proclaiming Christ and remodeling lives. CBN Asia superior God’s agenda by way of its different ministries similar to Operation Blessing, Superbook, the 24/7 Prayer Middle, and the Asian Middle for Missions that educated and deployed missionaries.
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Throughout the pandemic, with most all the pieces locked down, God opened up extra ministries right here. CBN Asia’s Government Vice President and COO John Tan stated, “These had been the occasions we had been revolutionary. We began on-line ministry, we didn’t replay. That interval additionally led us to create Reverb Worship, the music arm of CBN Asia so we began creating and recording Christian music.”
Together with its Every day Devotional App, CBN Asia can also be conducting on-line Bible research which can be being led by its TV hosts.
Tan shared, “My prayer is extra of our viewers do not solely watch on TV however go to church, get baptized and develop within the Lord. That is a part of our mission. That is additionally our method of being related on this time.”
True to its calling, CBN Asia has expanded past its authentic borders by mentoring different regional facilities, increasing Superbook to Mongolia and Japan whereas additionally offering assist for Ukrainian refugees, earthquake survivors in Turkey and Taiwan, storm survivors in Guam and terror victims in Israel.
Myla Villavicencio has been working in CBN Asia for 27 years. She shared how prayer contributes to the success of the ministry. “CBN Asia has been based on the bedrock of prayer. It operates as a result of we get down on our knees in praying to the Lord. He is the one who makes all the pieces occur. We’re simply His fingers and toes.”
Hundreds of individuals got here to rejoice God’s faithfulness throughout the anniversary occasion. Over 100 Christian artists led in singing praises to God. The excessive level of the live performance got here when CBN Asia’s Peter Kairuz shared the gospel and prayed for the viewers.
Many testified they skilled God’s miracles that evening. That included Abby Dela Cruz. In 2022, an X-ray confirmed nodules in her lungs and this 12 months, they discovered a lump in her neck.
Dela Cruz shared, “When Sir Peter prayed that ‘there’s somebody who has a lump on the neck and within the lungs…’ I noticed that is me. I felt the Lord clearing my lungs at that very second. He was therapeutic me. After I bought the results of my laboratory assessments, my lungs are clear. And the lumps are gone.”
Gordon is grateful for what God has completed and continues to do by way of CBN Asia, “Look again in these 30 years and you may see God’s faithfulness. He gave us success. He watched over us to verify we had been on the precise path to turning into the threshing sledge that He desires you to be.”
