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]
Discipleship and leadership training
Since its inception in 1984, the church has encouraged members to compassionately engage communities, intentionally establish biblical foundations, strategically equip believers, and continually empower disciples. [8] Its primary vehicle for discipleship is the Victory group, a small group of people who get together, build relationships, and study the Bible. [9] [10] [11] [12]
Victory Worship
Victory Worship is the contemporary worship music band of Victory. In 2014, Victory Worship released its first live worship album, Radical Love . [13] [14] It and its 2015 follow-up, Rise Heart , were certified Gold by the Philippine Association of the Record Industry, Inc. (PARI). [15] 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. [16]
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