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Durham Filipino-Canadian Seventh-day Adventist Church

Welcome to Durham Filipino-Canadian Seventh-day Adventist Church—where faith, hope, and love grow. We uplift Christ, honour the seventh-day Sabbath (Genesis 2:2-3; Exodus 20:8-11; Mark 2:27-28), and serve our community with the compassion of Jesus Christ. Join us as we worship, study God’s Word, and prepare for His soon return. Everyone is welcome to experience God’s grace and truth with us.

Pastor Ferdinand Regalado

Church Pastor

Faith

Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1

Hope

For we were saved in this hope, but hope that is seen is not hope; for why does one still hope for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.
Romans 8:24-25

Love

And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13

Mission & Purpose

Our Mission & Purpose

The Durham Filipino-Canadian Seventh-day Adventist Church is called for a holy purpose to share the Good News of salvation to everyone, nurturing families and friends to live Christ-centered lives, and equipping them to serve and prepare people for Christ’s soon return.

Our Story

A short history of the Durham Filipino-Canadian Seventh-day Adventist Church, a Protestant Christian church in Whitby, Ontario.

In view of the growing Filipino community in the Durham Region, particularly in the Oshawa-Courtice area, Filipino members from the College Park Adventist Church felt God’s call to establish a Filipino congregation with a special mission to reach out to fellow countrymen in the area.

The initial effort to establish a Filipino Adventist presence in Durham took place on Friday evening, September 22, 2006, at the Guarin’s residence in Oshawa. Present were the Arriola, Flores, Guarin, McCarty, Quiambao, and Rosa families. Prayer, study of God’s Word, and outreach were paramount to the life and ministry of the group. But as years passed by, the majority of the group members became more assimilated into the various ministries of College Park Adventist Church (CPC), which put the church planting plan on hold for a while.

Thankfully, after six years, the desire to plant a Filipino congregation in Durham was rekindled. On May 7, 2012, the Filipino Adventist Ministers’ Association, under the chairmanship of Pastor Joseph Batiancila, voted to pursue a 10-year church planting plan to be participated in by all Filipino churches in Ontario. Five cities/municipalities were chosen to be the focus of this concerted effort, with Oshawa being the first in the list. Dialogues were arranged between the Filipino pastors and CPC’s pastoral staff to discuss ways to materialize the said plan.

Then on the eve of September 21, 2012, forty-five (45) individuals (adults and children combined) met at the Orijuela-Martin’s place in Oshawa to pray together for God’s leading – and this marked the beginning of the weekly Friday vespers meetings that united the group in purpose and mission. In attendance were the Arriola, Babida, Bautista, Bongato, Dela Cruz, Lubiran, Martin, Moncada, Orijuela, Pascual, Pornillosa, Rey, Telebrico, and Tuburan families. The number of weekly attendees continued to increase. Different families hosted the weekly vespers service on a rotation basis, and various speakers were invited, including Pastor Leo Launio, Pastor Jesse Anunciacion, Pastor Gerry Pasikatan, and Pastor Sereivudh Lee. This paved the way for the establishment of the Durham Filipino-Canadian Group.

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