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Campus and Training Highlights
We are growing and the grace of God continues to sustain us. May you continue to pray with us, our teachers, and our students as we labor in developing biblical leaders for the local church. Our ministry of providing affordable ministerial and theological training to pastors and lay leaders are made possible by the financial support of individuals and churches. Every seed that is sown is used to fulfill our mission of equipping leaders for effective church ministry. FOR LOCAL DONORS Donors in the Philippines may deposit their financial gifts to the Triune Biblical Asia, BPI Family Savings Bank, Better Living Branch, SA 6253-1824-05. FOR USA DONORS Donors in the…
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Ministry Report 2021 by Rara Aguja
Leadership. Discipleship. Apologetics. Theology Trainings in ELI Asia Youth leaders from God Makes You Xtraordinary and District 4 Laguna attended Theology Survey 1 sessions under Evangelical Leadership Institute Asia.
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ELI Asia Newsletter | Issue 02|2021
Time is unbelievably fast. It seems only yesterday we entered 2021 and now the year is almost over. Yet despite that, work in the ministry has never been this fulfilling. Maybe we didn’t feel the time passing because we’ve all committed ourselves to growing in knowledge, learning the Word of God in-depth, and teaching others about what we learned. 2021 for ELI Asia is nothing short of a victory. This year has been so fruitful and the campuses have been busy, desiring to learn continuously. Our campus in Sta. Rosa, the EZRA Institute of Theology was able to complete Hermeneutics, Old Testament Surveys 2 and 3 and have just finished…
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A Biblical Pastor
It’s Pastor’s Appreciation Month so I thought I should write something about it before the month ends. I also thought it would be good to ask a handful of my friends what a biblical pastor is so I sent them messages and my question went like this: What is a biblical pastor? Please do not research. I want to see what comes to mind right off the bat. And these are the answers I got: “Biblical Pastor: Apostle Paul..cause I’m currently studying Philippians” “A biblical pastor lives by and preaches the word of God.” “He (not a woman ) must feed & tend the flock of God. He must teach…
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The Necessity of Hermeneutics
“Hermeneutics? You want to teach Hermeneutics? Why? Even those in seminary have a hard time understanding that! No, that is not for the church, let’s just focus on practical lessons.” Have you ever heard a Pastor or an Elder of a church say something along those lines? Maybe you are a pastor who had the same mindset or maybe still have this kind of thinking? Or maybe, just maybe, you are a member of a church who doesn’t see the necessity of proper biblical interpretation? What Is Hermeneutics? According to Elliot Johnson, author of Expository Hermeneutics: An Introduction, Hermeneutics is the “science and art of textual interpretation. It uses principles…
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THE EASTERN LIGHTNING CULT BEGINNINGS, BELIEFS, AND BUILDUP by Rara Aguja
The Eastern Lightning Cult is a new religious movement founded by Zhao Weishan.1 This quasi-Christian group centers in the end-time revelation of the female Christ and submission to her words penned in The Word Appears in Flesh, their sacred literature.2 Well-funded, highly organized, and discreetly tactical, this group has gained millions of followers in Mainland China and began to expand beyond the country’s borders. Its doomsday message and rapid recruitment ploy coupled with threats, deceptions, and violence have raised an alarm not just towards Chinese government but also to international media. The underground evangelical church, its main target, issues updates through its website, describing the devastations its spying members have…
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God is faithful won’t you agree?
Thank you po, I didn’t know that my views are not biblical, ang dami ko pong natutunan. Those are priceless words. No matter how tired a teacher of the Word may be, at the end of the day, these words will surely remind him to keep going. We need to remember that people don’t naturally desire to grow in the knowledge of God, even more so to spend time diligently studying the Bible. We are just simply too busy with our lives that time spent communing with God has been viewed by most professing Christians as an extracurricular activity. If you say you are a follower of Christ and have…
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How Eli Asia Operates
Have you ever experienced a point in your bible study time when the words seem to be jumping out of the book? When you say to yourself, “I’ve read this passage countless times but it is only now that I understand what it’s saying!” I was at this point in my life when I met Pastor Nicky Joya and ELI Asia. I was that professing christian who was living an unbiblical life for so many years, raised in an unbiblical church I was high in works salvation. So coming out of that kind of christianity, fresh with renewed mind, eyes, and heart, I naturally scrutinized every word he teaches. I…
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Testimony Wednesdays | Sis. Mickey N. Alcain
I thank the Lord for bringing Eli Asia to our local church. Everytime I attend sessions from hermeneutics courses to theology surveys, every topic instantly becomes my favorite because I get fresh knowledge of who God is. And even when Covid 19 came and the pandemic kept us glued within the four corners of our homes, Eli Asia continued their agenda of equipping believers via virtual class. I am grateful and humbled by the fact that the teachers accumulated all this wisdom and knowledge from studying the Scriptures, and we get to benefit or reap from what they have sown and worked hard for, by the grace of God. All…
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2020 Highlights
ELI ASIA IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC We praise God for how Eli Asia has flourished in 2020, at a time of a pandemic, with gatherings prohibited, and health protocols in place, God has given wisdom to the Eli Asia staff and students to find ways to adapt to the new normal. Eli Asia classes on various campuses lost no time in adapting and continuing to learn through the use of technology. We’ve all learned and read about the drawbacks of ever-changing technology and the benefits and drawbacks of having an online presence, but God has blessed us by allowing students to meet online. This year, we found…
