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Christ's Commission Fellowship (CCF) is an international
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church founded by 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,
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businessman Peter Tan-Chi began an evangelistic home Bible study in Brookside Subdivision, Cainta, Rizal. During that Bible study, only three couples were in attendance, but as they began to invite their friends, who then invited their own friends and families, the Bible study grew and moved to
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in
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. Two years later, a core group of 40 people consisting of businessmen, professionals, and their families emerged from these Bible studies. In August 1984, the group founded the Christ's Commission Foundation at the Asian Institute of Management in
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, hosting their first Sunday worship service there. Since then, CCF's continuous growth has led its worship services to relocate several times. Services moved from AIM to Greenbelt in Makati, then to a conference room, and eventually to the
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Plenary Hall in
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. In 1997, CCF's worship services transferred to St. Francis Square in
Ortigas Center Ortigas Center (also known as the Ortigas Central Business District or Ortigas CBD) is a central business district located within the joint boundaries of Pasig, Mandaluyong and Quezon City, within Metro Manila in the Philippines. With an area o ...
,
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, where it was established as its main worship center until the completion of the CCF Center in April 2013. On May 12, 2013, CCF held its first Sunday worship service at the new CCF Center in Frontera Verde (now Ortigas East) in
Pasig Pasig, officially the City of Pasig (), is a highly-urbanized city in the National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 803,159 people. It is located along the eastern border of Metro Mani ...
, an 11-storey building with a seating capacity of 10,000 people. The CCF Center was also the venue for the Manila leg of evangelist Nick Vujicic's "Unstoppable" tour that same month on May 18, 2013. In the same year, CCF had 38 satellites in the Philippines and eight abroad, with 46 congregations consisting of 40,000 members. In 2016, the church was chosen by the Dangerous Drugs Board to offer a spiritual rehabilitation program for drug addicts as part of the
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of the Duterte administration. Also in the same year, the first MOVE Youth Conference was held from 2-4 June. In 2017, CCF held its first Intentional Discipleship Conference (IDC). In 2019, CCF had over 100,000 members and 70 satellites in the Philippines alone. 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 2025, the CCF Center was attended by over 55,000 people.


Media and events


Music


Exalt Worship

Exalt Worship, formerly CCF Exalt, is the
contemporary worship music Contemporary worship music (CWM), also known as praise and worship music, is a distinct genre of Christian music used in contemporary worship. It has evolved over the past 60 years and is stylistically similar to pop music. The songs are of ...
band of CCF. As of 2025, the band has released two albums - ''Majestic'' (2019) and ''One God'' (2024) - and multiple singles, four of which were released in 2023.


Elevate Exalt

The church's youth band, Elevate Exalt, released its first single in 2022 entitled, ''Reliably True'', which is the namesake for its first extended play featuring songs such as "All Glorious" and "Land of the Living" - also released in the same year.


Conferences


Intentional Discipleship Conference

The Intentional Discipleship Conference (IDC) is a three-day annual conference at the CCF Center in Pasig City, Philippines each year. First started in 2017, it is hosted by CCF and involves multiple international speakers.


MOVE Campus Conference

The MOVE Campus Conference is a three-day bi-annual youth conference hosted by the church's youth ministry, Elevate. From 2016 to 2023, the event was known as the ''MOVE Youth Discipleship Conference'' before the name change in 2025. Similar to the IDC, MOVE is hosted by CCF and involves multiple international speakers.


Controversies

In 2014, one of CCF's executive pastors, Ricky Sarthou, drew controversy online for a Facebook post showing himself dressed as an Arab suicide bomber at a
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. In 2016, an
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account belonging to senior pastor Peter Tan-Chi was implicated in the
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leak. In response, the CCF Board issued a statement defending the use of offshore bank accounts and asserting that Tan-Chi has not engaged in any illegal business practices.


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

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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