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About TEL Philippines...Past, Present, Future:

THEN... 1977-1986	TEL Philippines is part of the larger organization TEL International, with ministries in China, India, Indonesia, Singapore, and Vietnam in addition to the Philippines. TEL Philippines began in 1977 when the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association requested Rev. Roy Robertson to come to Manila to set up counselor training and follow-up for the 1977 Manila Crusade. After completing his repsonsibilities following the crusade, Rev. Robertson stayed on to form evangelistic teams with young Filipino evangelists-in-training to take the Gospel to the smaller communities of the nation. Inviting these young men to live with him, they began to travel, preach, and follow-up throughout the nation. From 1978 to 1985, several training programs were conducted, similar to the ones already held in Japan, Singapore, and Indonesia by the Robertsons. In 1986, TEL was officially incorporated in the Philippines in Lipa City, Batangas. The Robertsons moved on to Hong Kong to supervise the new work there.

1986-1995	The Abraham family with TEL Trainees, ca. 1988 Throughout the next decade, TEL Philippines was lead by Rev. Kumar Abraham, a native of Sri Lanka and former TEL graduate. Rev. Kumar was a dynamic communicator and excellent organizer, leading several of his own training programs from 1987-1994. In 1995, Rev. Abraham founded a new mission, Good News Evangelistic Association. He continues to colabor with TEL staff and alumni in evangelistic projects and training seminars for evangelists which he conducts under GNEA.	TEL Philippines Staff and Board 1994

NOW... 1995-present	TEL Philippines Staff Retreat May 2010 Since 1995, a new generation of TEL workers has emerged to continue to train evangelists, assist churches with evangelistic and follow-up campaigns, disciple youth, and reach out to children, youth, students and people of all ages in Metro Manila, Lipa City and Batangas City.	TEL Organizational Structure

FUTURE...	TEL Philippines will continue to serve the Body of Christ in the Philippines through: Training Programs for Evangelists and Disciple-makers Developing Discipleship ministries among students, youth and in the community Strategic Evangelistic campaigns in cooperation with local churches and church-planting movements through: open-air evangelistic meetings film showings street meetings school/campus meetings evangelistic camps kids clubs/ DVBS evangelistic seminars / special topics with various groups house-to-house evangelism and follow-up Developing discipleship materials Discipleship Training seminars for churches and Christian groups Launch a full-time mobile Gospel team in Visayas/Mindanao Assisting churches to develop their own evangelistic teams for local outreach and follow-up through: practical demonstration in evangelistic projects training of team members developing localized strategies and methods	TEL Philippines Board L to R: Rev. Jun Paragas, Milleth Paragas, Rev. Boni Arzadon, Luming Arzadon, Michel Tripp, Phyllis Robertson, Rev. Roy Robertson, Odette Alvaro.