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Christ's Commission Fellowship (CCF) is a non-denominational church founded by Dr. Peter Tan-Chi, based in the
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. Its main worship church is located at the CCF Center in Ortigas East (formerly Frontera Verde),
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History

In 1982, Pastor Peter Tan-Chi began an evangelistic home Bible study in Brookside Subdivision,
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. Only three couples attended that first Bible study, but as they began to invite their friends, who then invited their own friends and families, the Bible study grew and moved to San Juan City. Two years later, a core group of 40 people (businessmen, professionals, and their families) emerged from these Bible studies. Later on, they met at the
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for their first Sunday worship service and launched "Christ's Commission Foundation" in August 1984.Roderick T. dela Cruz
How a young architect designed the country's largest worship center
manilastandard.net, Philippines, March 23, 2014
Since then, CCF's continuous growth has caused its worship services to move from place to place. From AIM, services moved to
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in
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, then to the Conference Room of the
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, and then to the PICC Plenary Hall. Worshippers then split in order to attend at a venue in CCF Sucat, and one at the Valle Verde Country Club. In 1997, CCF's worship services transferred to
St. Francis Square The St. Francis Square is a complex of three buildings located in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong, Philippines. Groundbreaking and construction began in 1998 and was completed in 2000. Due to some controversies regarding the St. Francis Square Grou ...
in Ortigas Center. On 12 May 2013, CCF held its first Sunday worship service at the new CCF Center in Frontera Verde in Pasig, with a 10,000 seating capacity. In 2016, the church was chosen by the Dangerous Drugs Board (a government agency in the Philippines) to offer a spiritual rehabilitation program for drug addicts. In 2019, CCF has over 100,000 members and 70 satellites in the Philippines alone.Terence Chong, ''Pentecostal Megachurches in Southeast Asia: Negotiating Class, Consumption and the Nation'', ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapour, 2018, p. 161 CCF has satellite churches and small groups in other parts of the world, including North America, Australia, the Middle East, and Asia. CCF has also helped form over 600 small groups in East Asia and over 12,000 house churches and small groups in South Asia. In 2020, the Pasig Church had 55,000 people.Warren Bird
World megachurches
leadnet.org, USA, retrieved February 15, 2020


Exalt Worship

In 2019, Exalt Worship released their first major album, ''Majestic'', consisting of seven songs. This was followed by releases of new singles such as "King Jesus" and "Joy".


Gallery

File:CCFPasigjf1305 07.JPG, Worship service in 2014 File:CCFPasigjf1305 10.JPG, Praise and Worship Service at CCF Center's Main Auditorium.


See also

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References


External links


Christ's Commission Fellowship
CCF's Official Website

CCF's Official Youtube Channel {{Philippines in topic, Religions in Evangelical denominations in Asia Christian denominations in Asia Pentecostalism in Asia Christian organizations established in 1984 1984 establishments in the Philippines Churches in Metro Manila Evangelical megachurches in the Philippines