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ABOUT PHILIPPINE MISSIONARY FELLOWSHIP

Philippine Missionary Fellowship (PMF) is a non-stock, non-profit organization registered under the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with Registration No. 011324.

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The Philippine Missionary Fellowship, Inc. (PMF) emerged from a spiritual awakening in the Lord’s work in the Philippines after World War II. In 1952, a small group of faculty and students at FEBIAS (Far Eastern Bible Institute and Seminary) began gathering weekly in a classroom to pray for a Filipino missionary organization that could send them as pioneer missionaries to unreached areas in the Philippines. The belief that Filipinos themselves are best suited to reach fellow Filipinos for Christ fueled the vision for a purely Filipino missionary organization.

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By the end of that year, the first Board of Directors was elected from among those who attended these prayer meetings, and the group formally adopted the name "Philippine Missionary Fellowship." As early as 1954, PMF began sending out dedicated men and women with a passion for the Lord’s work to remote regions of the country, including the islands of Romblon, parts of Mindanao (Surigao del Sur, Surigao del Norte), and the province of Cavite.

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The goal was to plant evangelical churches not only in lowland areas but also among tribal communities, such as:

  • The Aetas in Zambales

  • The Mamanwas and Manobos in Surigao and Agusan

  • The Negritos in Aklan

  • The Blaan and Tiboli tribes in South Cotabato

  • The Mangyan tribes in Mindoro

 

For years, missionaries volunteered for this pioneering ministry despite severe financial hardships. They went out with no promised support—only with much prayer, as PMF was still unknown to evangelical churches. It was not until 1956 that the mission was legally recognized by the SEC. Unlike missionaries under established agencies, PMF missionaries had no regular support and had to "live by faith"—literally raising their own funds. In 1956, each received only ₱3.00 per month; by 1968, this increased to ₱35.00. Even today, many workers receive monthly allowances far below the poverty line, yet the Lord’s work has continued to grow.​​​​​​​​​​​

 

STATEMENT OF FAITH 

 The following Statement of Faith shall be the doctrinal stand of this organization:

  1. We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in Three Persons-the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

  2. We believe in the Deity of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in his vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right Hand of the Father, and in His personal return to earth in power and glory to judge the living and the dead.

  3. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling presence the true believer is enabled to live an abundant victorious life and to do effective works of service for the building up of the Body of Christ while at the same time rejecting any extreme charismatic practices.

  4. We believe in the divine inspiration of the Holy Scriptures, the Bible, and the infallible and authoritative word of God which is able to make the true believer wise unto salvation.

  5. We believe that for the salvation of the totally depraved sinful human race, the regeneration of the Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary and a person can only be saved by grace through faith.

  6. We believe in the resurrection of both saved and unsaved; those who are saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and fellowship with God and those who are unsaved unto the resurrection of eternal damnation and separation from God.

  7. We believe in the Universal Church of Jesus Christ, the Fellowship in Him of all the believers.

VISION STATEMENT

PMF is envisioned to see people saved, baptized, transformed, trained, discipled and served the Lord in the body of Christ for the glory of God. Furthermore, “By the grace of God, the Philippine Missionary Fellowship will become a self-governing, self-sustaining and self-propagating indigenous mission organization/Christian denomination to become God’s mission agent for the fulfillment of the Great Commission" (Matthew 28:19-20).  

MISSION STATEMENT

1. PMF focuses on planting churches in unreached areas—defined as communities of 3,000-5,000 families without any evangelical witness (evidenced by the absence of an evangelical church). Most efforts are concentrated in rural and mountainous tribal regions, though recently, urban unreached communities have also been included in expansion programs through church multiplication, community transformation and social action both local and abroad.​

2. Target areas are first identified and surveyed before sending missionaries. A spiritual survey assesses the community’s openness to the Gospel, followed by: Tract distribution, House-to-house evangelism, One-on-one evangelism, and Mass evangelism. ​

3. Established Local Churches are also expected to launch their own missionary programs, often planting daughter churches and extensions.  

​​CORE VALUES

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PIONEER – PMF’S calling is to raise missionaries/outreach workers (train and mobilize lay leaders) and plant churches to multiply disciples.  We go to less-evangelized communities to start new household of faith (Romans 15:20,21).

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MISSIONAL – PMF’S conviction is that missionary calling is not only confined to some paid workers but to the whole church (1 Peter 2:9, John 20:21, “The whole church bringing the whole gospel to the whole world” Laussanne). We gather to worship and scatter to do mission.

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FAMILY – PMF’ strategy is to reach and minister to family (the smallest unit of the society), one family at a time.  We start from the worker’s family to the church and community (I Timothy 3:1-7). We PMF also exist not just an ordinary organization but one big family.

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