The Church is the People, Saved and Baptized into the membership of the Church Jesus built which is known in our time now as Baptist Churches which fulfill the task of the great commission the Lord commanded in...
Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
HOME BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH OF CEBU CITY IS A PIONEERING WORK OF PASTOR ALEXIS ALBA & HIS WIFE MA'AM NENITA LABRADOR ALBA WHICH WAS THEN ORGANIZED INTO AN INDEPENDENT LOCAL CHURCH BY CEBU BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH, 55 KATIPUNAN STREET, ON DECEMBER 15, 1996. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, THE CHURCH GREW AND BAPTIZED NEW BELIEVERS IN THE COMMUNITY OF BARANGAY T. PADILLA.
WHEN THE THREE SUCCESSIVE YEARS OF DEMOLITION OF HOUSES TOOK PLACE IN T. VILLA, MANY OF ITS MEMBERS WERE DRIVEN OUT FROM THE COMMUNITY LEAVING ONLY 30 % LEFT IN THE CHURCH. ON THE THIRD YEAR OF DEMOLITIONS, THE CHURCH BUILDING WAS ALSO DEMOLISHED INCLUDING THE PARSONAGE. BUT GOD IS SO GOOD, AND HIS GRACE IS AMAZING, THAT HE PROVIDED THE CHURCH A SMALL PIECE OF LAND IN F. VILLA STREET, BJCO WHICH THE CHURCH RENTED AT 2,500.00 PESOS A MONTH.
WITH THE HELP OF PASTOR ARMIE JESALVA AND THE BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH IN KATIPUNAN, THE PEOPLE SLOWLY BUILT A CHURCH BUILDING WHERE WE WORSHIP GOD FOR YEARS UNTIL IT WAS DEMOLISHED IN THE YEAR 2015. BECAUSE OF THE DEMOLITION THAT HAPPENED IN F. VILLA BY THE LAND OWNERS, HBBCCEBU HAS NOWHERE TO GO BUT LOOKED FOR ANY AVAILABLE FUNCTION ROOM TO RENT ON SUNDAYS FOR ITS WORSHIP SERVICE.
AND GOD, BY HIS GRACE, LED US TO THIS PLACE HERE IN PRINCELING HALL OF THE CASTLE PEAK HOTEL WHERE TODAY, WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 26TH CHURCH ANNIVERSARY. GOD'S GRACE IS AMAZING.
HOME BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH IS STILL PRAYING THAT TIME WILL COME WHEN THE LORD WILL PROVIDE US A PROPERTY OF OUR OWN, WHERE WE CAN BUILD A CHURCH BUILDING FOR OUR CHURCH MEETING PLACE.
OUR MINISTRY IS SOLELY DEPENDENT UPON THE GRACE OF GOD AND THE SACRIFICES OF ITS SIMPLE BUT GENEROUS PEOPLE WHOSE HEART GOD TOUCHED TO HELP SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY FOR THE HONOR AND THE GLORY OF OUR GREAT GOD.
GOD'S GRACE IS AMAZING THAT TODAY, WE ARE CELEBRATING OUR 26 YEARS OF SERVING AND MINISTERING IN FULFILLMENT TO GOD'S PLAN AND PURPOSE FOR HIS CHURCH, FOR HIS HONOR AND GLORY, UNTIL THE LORD JESUS COMES.
THEREFORE, LET US CELEBRATE WITH A GRATEFUL HEART IN OUR WORSHIP TODAY THE 26TH ANNIVERSARY OF OUR CHURCH, AS WE GIVE GOD ALL THE PRAISES, THE HONOR AND THE GLORY TO HIM IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, FOR HIS GRACE IS AMAZING.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY!
YOU CAN READ OUR CHURCH HISTORY IN OUR CHURCH WEBSITE AT www.hbbccebu.weebly.com