Tandag Christian Community Church

Country: Philippines

Postal Address: 082-A Draga, Dagocdoc, Tandag City, 8300 Surigao del Sur

Affiliation: Independent church (Non-denominational)

Ministries:

• Church
• G-12 (Group of 12) Discipleship
• Women Ministry
• Youth Ministry
• Music Ministry
• Children Ministry
• Evangelism- Street/Public Preaching, Cell-group meetings, Feeding program for poverty-stricken areas
• Pre-school learning center
* Church Planting

Pastors and Elders:
• Pastor Dan and Ruth Maliza- Host Pastor
• Pastor Manuel and Merie Maliza- Co-Pastor
• Mrs. Rose Dayao- Elder (Secretary)
• Mrs. Ruth Quinunez- Elder (Treasurer)
• Mr. and Mrs. Narsalito and Rosping Cosmiano- Elder
• Mr. and Mrs. Roel and Julia Tabile- Elders
• Mr. Roy Frank Paloguer- Elder
• Mrs. Teofila Bulyanday- Elder

Church History:

In 1988, Pastor Manuel O. Maliza and his entire family moved to Tandag City. Without any organizational support, he and his family started a church at the house where they lived at. Pastor Maliza and his son, Pastor Dan Maliza, began to preach at public places and went from house to house knocking on doors and delivering evangelism. After 2 years, Pastor Dan left the city to pursue a teaching career in another city, while Pastor Manuel continued to do evangelism and Sunday services at their house. Planting a church in a heavily Catholic city was a big challenge often leading to persecutions of the family by the locals. In this city, Christianity is regarded as the religion of the “poor”.
But after much prayer, fasting and evangelism, many people were brought back to the Kingdom of God and began to attend the church. Later, Pastor Manuel’s second son, Nemrod, having completed his college degree, returned to help his father; in the meantime, he was also attending a Bible school in the city.

The church had grown so much that the family moved into a bigger house, where believers could meet for worship and Bible study. The church was able to buy a little piece of land and build a two-story house, which ground floor was used as a church and the second floor as their home for nearly 10 years.

The church was flooded with young high school and college students as they got born-again and made into disciples of the Word. It seemed that the church was called mainly to reach out and train young Christian leaders. Young members eventually finished school and moved to different cities as well as countries pursuing careers and becoming missionaries. Although the church might look it has not grown in number, it is misleading; the members are merely spread out in many places.

5 years ago, Pastor Dan Maliza felt that God called him back to pastor the church. The building where they used to gather for worship services came to be too small and too inconvenient for the numerous new converts. They decided to rent a more spacious studio room in the downtown area of the city. Presently, they continue to hold their services there.

Pastor Dan, Pastor Manuel and the leadership of the church are envisioning thousands of people being brought to the Lord in the next 5 years, as they double their efforts in evangelism and discipleship with prayer and fasting.