Victory (church)

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Victory
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AbbreviationVCF
ClassificationChristianity
Theology Evangelical
Associations Every Nation Churches
Headquarters32nd Street corner University Parkway, Bonifacio Global City, Taguig, Philippines
FounderRice Broocks
Al Manamtam
Steve and Deborah Murrell
OriginJune 1984;41 years ago (1984-06)
Manila, Philippines
Members80,000 (2015)
Official website victory.org.ph
SloganHonor God. Make Disciples.

Victory Christian Fellowship of the Philippines, commonly known as Victory, is an evangelical multi-site church based in Taguig, Philippines. It is a member of Every Nation Churches.

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History

Victory Christian Fellowship of the Philippines was started by missionaries Steve and Deborah Murrell, who came to the Philippines in 1984 together with Every Nation Churches co-founder Rice Broocks and 65 other American university students on a one-month summer mission trip. [1] Since 1984, Victory has grown until it presently has churches in 60 Philippine cities. [2]

In 2015, Victory's Metro Manila church had 15 congregations, all with multiple services and locations, and many offering more than one language (English). [3] The church has multiple locations and holds 94 services every weekend, each of them led by live preaching, training Filipinos to reach their cities, the nation, and the world. [4] Over 10,000 leaders conduct small weekly discipleship groups. [5] Victory reported 80,000 members in Manila in 2015. [6] [7]

Victory Worship

Victory Worship is the contemporary worship music band of Victory. In 2014, Victory Worship released its first live worship album, Radical Love . [8] [9] It and its 2015 follow-up, Rise Heart , were certified Gold by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry, Inc. (PARI). [10] On March 25, 2017, the group released Awit ng Bayan, its first full Filipino-language single; and on June 1, 2017, the single Safe was released to radio and on digital formats. [11]

Beliefs

As a member church of Every Nation Churches, Victory adheres to the statement of faith of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Bird, Warren, "Philippines: Victory Megachurch Building on Discipleship" Archived April 1, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , Outreach Magazine, November 25, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ Stetzer, Ed, "The Lego Principle: An Interview with Joey Bonifacio" Archived January 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , Christianity Today, April 8, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  3. ↑ Bird, Warren, "Philippines: Victory Megachurch Building on Discipleship" Archived October 5, 2024, at the Wayback Machine , Outreach Magazine, November 25, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ Stetzer, Ed, "CPLF Recap: November 2012, How North Americans Can Learn about Church Planting from the Rest of the World", Christianity Today, November 20, 2012. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  5. ↑ Stetzer, Ed, "On the Path to Discipleship" Archived October 5, 2024, at the Wayback Machine , Outreach Magazine, December 1, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  6. ↑ Bird, Warren (November 25, 2015). "Philippines: Victory Megachurch Building on Discipleship". Outreach Magazine. Archived from the original on October 5, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2020.
  7. ↑ Warren Bird, World Megachurches, exponential.org, accessed February 5, 2025
  8. ↑ "Pinoy Christian Worship Album tops iTunes Philippines Album Chart for One Week" Archived September 24, 2014, at the Wayback Machine , CBN Asia, September 22, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  9. ↑ James Banaag, "Local Christian band Victory Worship has been making waves in the OPM scene" Archived April 7, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , One Music Philippines, March 23, 2016. Retrieved April 1, 2016.
  10. ↑ "List of PARI Gold, Platinum & Diamond Awardees". Archived from the original on June 14, 2019. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  11. ↑ "New Single from Victory Worship - "Safe"". www.multitracks.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2017. Retrieved August 31, 2017.

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