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Rev. Ibe is the pastor of the Berean PRC in the Philippines On July 3, 2022, a conference was held at Berean PRC in Antipolo City, Philippines. The theme of the conference was in line with the controversy that has taken place within the Protestant Reformed Churches in America (PRCA)—“Conference on Reformed Theology: Doctrinal Development Since Schism.” From the time that the controversy erupted, a series of events (especially the schism in 2021) and doctrinal issues developed as well. This is one of the reasons the Protestant Reformed Churches in the Philippines (PRCP) asked her sister-church, the PRCA through her...

Dark clouds were above the horizon of Asia Pacific, specifically in the islands of the Philippines, when the storm of schism hit the Protestant Reformed Churches in America (PRCA). The schism that has crept into the PRCA due to the controversy that started back in 2016 made a great wave of impact that reached the ears of God’s people here in the Protestant Reformed Churches in the Philippines (PRCP hereafter). Since then, many of the brethren and sisters in Christ waited for the development and eagerly anticipated the conclusion of the controversy. For that reason we know and understand that...

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfill ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind. Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Philippians 2:1-4 Paul, even though imprisoned, yet had nothing in mind but the spiritual welfare of these saints of God....

“And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.” Luke 14:27 Jesus, the Christ of the triune God, the Savior and Lord of the church, left His bride and body with what to expect in this world as she takes heed to her Master’s call to follow him, namely, suffering. At one point, Jesus told His disciples, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me” (Matt. 16:24). We understand that the cross mentioned above is not the same wooden cross used in Jesus’ crucifixion....