OMS International, Inc., is the organization
God used to bring F.E.C.P. into existence. OMS is a non-denominational
missionary organization with its international headquarters in Greenwood,
Indiana, U.S.A. OMS began in 1901 in Japan and now has ministries
in Asia, Europe, South America, Mexico and the Caribbean. Its four-fold
emphases are:
| • Evangelism | • Training |
| • Church Planting | • Partnership |
It is the desire of OMS that FECP will develop into a strong, indigenous denomination that will plant churches all across the Philippines.
In September of 1982, Wes and Margaret Wildermuth arrived in the Philippines as the first OMS missionaries. They began
the task of registering and setting up the OMS ministry here. They were joined by Bill and Joyce Oden in January 1983,
whose assignment was to begin the first church. Bible studies were begun and after several months, the groups were
brought together in March 1984 to establish the first church, Faith Fellowship, located in V.V. Soliven Building
on EDSA. Bill Oden was appointed the first pastor. The first years were spent developing Faith Fellowship into a strong
self-supporting congregation.
Realizing the time for church planting had come, plans were made to begin daughter churches. The name Faith Evangelical Churches of the Philippines (FECP) was chosen for the denomination. Incorporation was finalized in May 1989. The
second church was started in Las Piñas in November 1990 and a third one called Seeds of Faith Fellowship, was born
in January 1991, located on Marcos Highway near Masinag. From that time on, church planting has been one of the major
emphases of FECP. To date, FECP has 11 churches in various stages of development throughout Metro Manila, Central
and Northern Luzon. Please note their locations and encourage friends or family in these areas to find and attend a
Faith Fellowship near them:
| • FF Aurora | • FF Rizal (Taytay) |
| • FF Biñan (Laguna) | • FF Cabanatuan |
| • FF Novaliches (QC) | • FF Coastal (Bacoor, Cavite) |
| • FF Bulacan (Plaridel) | • FF Angeles (Pampanga) |
| • FF Tarlac City, Tarlac | • FF Sta. Ignacia, Tarlac |
| • FF Pozzorubio (Pangasinan) |
FF Aurora also has outreaches with services in San Mateo, Rizal and Parang,
Marikina.FECP celebrated 20 years of God’s
faithfulness in April of 2004. This marked the founding of Faith Fellowship
on that date in 1984.
As plans were made for church planting, it was felt that FECP needed its
own training center. After much discussion and prayer, Faith Bible College
(FBC) was launched in July 1989. Its primary purpose is to train pastors
and Christian workers. The college
is a joint venture between OMS and Faith Evangelical Churches of the Philippines.
Most current pastors of FECP churches have
graduated from FBC.
Faith Fellowship started out as a traditional church and for the first
twelve years averaged 250 in attendance in two services. However in early
1996, thru the vision and concern of Joyce Oden, the wife of Pastor Bill
Oden, Faith Fellowship became
a cell group church. This strategy for evangelism, discipleship and growth
transformed the church spiritually and numerically.
In October of 1997, a building program was completed on Aurora Blvd.,
Project 4, Quezon City. Seeds of Faith Fellowship
in Marcos Highway which had also adopted the cell group strategy, merged
with Faith Fellowship- Aurora and the church
began a significant rate of growth. By the year 2000, services reached
a weekly average attendance of 1200. Total number
of cell groups to date is 235. 36 of which are G3 leadership groups and
199 are cell groups. At presentthere are 5 cell group districts in FF-Aurora:
| • (QCMC) Quezon City & Manila | • Marikina 1 |
| • Marikina 2 | • Marikina 3 |
| •Rizal |
In 2005, FECP approved its new by-laws and adopted a revised name Faith Evangelical Churches of the Philippines, Inc.
(FECPI). The new by-laws included a change in the organizational structure and operations of FECPI.