Foursquare Church by Conrado Lumahan

3.3 Foursquare Church*


In 1949 the first foreign missionary came to the Philippines, but by that time Filipinos converted by the ministry of Foursquare founder, Aimee Semple Mcpherson had already planted congregations in Cavite, Iloilo City and elsewhere. By the same year Foursquare churches increased to thirteen churches in various parts of the country. The 1960s and 70s were times of rapid growth, both in quantity and quality. Bible colleges and Christian schools were instrumental in the massive growth. This impressive accomplishment was widely known through Jim Montgomery’s New Testament Fire in the Philippines. The Foursquare Church is one of the most prominent classical Pentecostal denominations in the Philippines today.


*Lumahan, Conrado. Facts and Figures: A History of the Growth of the Philippine Assemblies of God, Master of Theology thesis, Asia Pacific Theological Seminary, Baguio City, 2003. Retrieved January 4, 2010, http://www.apts.edu/aeimages//File/AJPS_PDF/05-2-CLumahan.pdf