BOC4 NCR: Volunteers Monthly Gathering

In an act of rededication towards the police ministry, The Bless Our Cops 4 has once again gathered its NCR base volunteers in order for them to share God’s goodness and faithfulness in their respective police ministry last March 21, 2012 at the PNP Headquarters Ante-Room.

The gathering, which will be a monthly activity for the pastors and volunteers of the BOC4 Movement, will also be a venue for guidance and encouragement for those who trudge and toil for the salvation of men in a police uniform.

Among those who attended were long-time allies from the CAMANAVA Area: Caloocan delegates were led by Ptr. Anton Birol and Ptr. Rene Franco. The Navotas and Malabon were represented by Ptr. Eli Cana and Ptr. Ogie Dador  Allies from Rizal Province led by Ptr. Jim Delos Santos and Ptr. Medel. Quezon City was represented by Ptr. Nanding Alconga and his son Daniel with Ptr. Ralph Magalit. Pasay and Valenzuela was represented by Ptr. Noriel Hagos and Ptr. Ruben Alivar.

They were also newcomers mostly coming from Caloocan who wants to have an idea on how to minister to the police and how to have a vision for the whole country using the police ministry as its platform. A scheduled training to be led by Ptr. Jim and Noriel are to be scheduled in the area.

A more wide-ranging second gathering, which may include volunteers from Luzon, is scheduled sometime April 2012.

BOC4 Cebu: Victorious in the Queen City

Alike Miguel De Legazpi five centuries ago, The BOC4 team has reached Cebu city with an intent making the Queen City of the South an epicenter of Christian faith in the Visayas. And like the conquistadors of the days of yore: PSUPT Jun Borromeo, PSUPT Bernie Banac, Ptr. Dan Afuang and Bro. Boi Manuel was warmly greeted by would-be volunteers in anticipation of the Gospel and the ideals of reaching the police, church, community and country for Christ.

The team went around the city for two-days to talk to pastors and friends who would like partner to such undertaking. A group of pastors from the CBAP were first to welcome the team in a fellowship over coffee on how to effectively touch the city and the country as well by the police and military platform.

The team then met with the Victory Church in Cebu who welcomed the idea of adopting young cadets from the PNP and the AFP as part of the My Brother’s Keeper program of the CORPS Movement. Partners from Victory were introduced by Ptr. Eugene Ramirez who also adopts the Bless Our Cops program in Tacloban.

All-in-all the group meet with pastors: Arnold Yee, Narciso Barril, Michael Alino, Benjie Vicentillo and Dutch Manzano who were all willing to bless their policeman in their city.

The group also met some brothers in the MBK and some friends who welcomed them with a sumptuous meal and a time for devotion before heading back to Manila. 

MBK 2012: 46 PNPA Graduates Adopted

March 11, 2012: Silang, Cavite - Another year came and another batch of PNPA graduates were again adopted: A faithful bond and a sacred vow of accountability which will be forever held and repeated in years to come.

In tradition with the yearly adoption of newly graduating cadets, the My Brother’s Keeper program has once again embraced would-be Police Inspectors led by Cadet Christian Fellowship- Cadet-in- Charge: Daniel Rojo, in their ranks to lead them in accountability and love towards Christ and our country.

In a ceremony alike those of a matrimonial vow, the graduates of batch 2012, was given away by their erstwhile father- Ptr. Raymond Go (Head Pastor of the CCF) to their Keepers who have made a promise to love them and be accountable for them as Christ has love the Church.

This was further deepened by the pinning of ranks and the signing of covenant whose spiritual value is like that of exchanging of rings and the signing of a spoken vow.

The Keepers led by PSSUPT Cesar Binag, PSUPT Bernie Banac, PSUPT Eric Noble, PSUPT Bong Malabed, PSUPT Warren Tolito, PSUPT Renell Sabaldica and PCINSP Sonny Celedio of the CORPS Movement were present as well as partners from the AFP Lt. Col. Joel Paloma and Lt. Col. John Divinagracia of the Philippine Army who witnessed the event and also adopted some cadets to be there brothers.

The exchange of vows was witnessed by some foreign counterparts from Bermuda which are part of the More Than Conquerors Ministry of Ptr. Jim Delos Santos who is also the BOC4 Movement Rizal Coordinator.

A delectable lunch capped the celebration as both brothers and their keepers joined tables to talk more about themselves and their family.

My Brother’s Keeper Gathers for a Deeper Devotional Series

Heeding God’s word to be more mature and deep rooted in the Scriptures, members of the CORPS Movement Foundation has agreed to gather every Wednesday afternoon after office hours to have an in-depth and intentional Bible- Study to meditate on to God’s word and be discerning of His guidance.

The group started with the Book of Daniel which is a character parallelism of Christians working in a very political and very fraudulent world system. Faith Lessons drawn from the experience of Daniel and his friends: Mesach, Sadrach and Abednego were analyzed in order to gain lessons to help policemen in their faith and growth.

Lessons in integrity, character and a determined faith which was highlighted in the miracles of the Lion’s Den and the fourth man in the oven serve as the basis of saying no in times despite of all the temptations the policemen face.

Policemen, regardless of their religion, are time and again invited to this session to learn of God’s plan and love in their lives serving the PNP. The venue is at the PNP-NHQS Anteroom.

BOC4 Conducts National Training for Regional Leaders

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n an effort to know the best practices available to the ministry here and abroad, the Bless Our Cops Movement organized and gathered their regional leaders to a two-day worskshop and seminar last March 8 and 9 at the Summer Institute for Linguistic in San Juan.

The delegates from all over the country meet with the foreign counterpart in Thailand and India (See Armlynk Articles) to learn of better ways in communicating the gospel to the men and women in the armed services.

The delegates included BOC Coordinators from the Cordilleras, Bulacan, Cagayan, Davao, Cagayan De Oro, Leyte, Zambales and Pangasinan were glad to know that the BOC as a framework is being replicated and copied in other countries to reach out people of different race.

International Delegates Learns from Philippine Police Ministry

Twenty years ago Ron Wilson and Bernabe Joel Manuel saw how God was mightily moving in the police and soldier of the Philippines particularly in a small bible-study group of young lieutenants and captains who was bent of putting God in Every Cop. The two missionaries who dedicated their time and resources in reaching out this particular group knew that in passing years the group’s influence would not only touch their organization but also other police and armed services in other parts of the world.

This year, another group of Indian missionaries and pastors as well as some Thai officers has gathered again to witness the small group of Philippine police officers to learn some more of their concepts and practices which they use in serving their organization and Christ as well.

The foreign delegates from Ron and Bernabe Joel group Armlynk International spent the whole week of March 3 to 11, 2012 to witness God’s goodness and grace in the Philippine National Police and the Armed Forces. They first spent a morning of praise and worship with the cadets of the Philippine National Police Academy and observed the adoption of cadets at the Greenhills Christian Fellowship on their first day. They went over to Rizal Provincial Police Station the following day to observe how Pastor Jim Delos Santos adopted the Police Station of Rizal and how he leads them in morning prayer. The next day they observed the small prayer breakfasts in the different offices of Camp Crame and to notice how those small groups could someday also turn into another big movement among Christians. They wrapped up their visit with a two-day seminar national training with volunteers from the BOC4 Movement.

The group of missionaries from India led by Sam Abraham, George Abraham, Blesson Matthews, Madhavan and Viveknatha and the Thai officers Surasak, Jatarong and Cheerapon were extremely blessed by such endeavors.