Subic Bay Community of Faith started in the summer of 2010 when a vision of church planting in Subic Bay Freeport Zone was laid in the hearts of John Phillip and Mei Chua Chiaco. Under the leadership of Dr. and Mrs. Luis Pantoja, Jr., prayer and planning group meetings were held in Quezon City and Subic Bay.
On August 6, 2010, the core group gathered for a prayer meeting and vision casting at Edgewater, Triboa Bay, SBFZ. The core group, guest pastors, and friends prayed and planned to launch the new work in September 2010. Committed to pursuing the direction, the vision that was born from the heart of God did not deter the passion of the group to start the new church even as visionary-leader Dr. Luis Pantoja graduated to glory on September 6, 2010 while attending a Pastor’s Retreat in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.
On September 18, 2010, an evangelistic event dubbed “Matters of the Heart” led by Dr. Manuel and Grace Chua Chiaco was held, inviting leaders of SBMA as well as other government leaders and members of the community. The evangelistic event pushed through with great result, and many of the people who made the decision to follow Christ, committed to be part of SBCF.
The following Sunday, on September 25, 2010, thirty-five people met for the first worship service at the former Triboa Bay Offices. Shortly thereafter, Rev. Noel Pantoja, assisted by his loving wife Jenny Pantoja, was called to be the lead pastor-church planter of the new team. The group, with new contacts from SBFZ, Hermosa, Bataan, and Olongapo City, decided to meet every Sunday evening for prayer, fellowship, and the study of God’s Word. In order to serve the commuting public and walk-in guests better, the church moved their worship location to the Central Business District at Korean Community Church, but later on was blessed by God with a new worship center in Forest Hills, Binictican Heights, SBFZ. After a year, SBCF registered at the Securities and Exchange Commission as a Church, and was officially recognized as such by the CBAP family of Churches in November of 2011. Shortly thereafter, in 2014, Pastor Maurice Adam Rivera was given the position of Pastor In Charge to lead the spiritual direction of the church.
The church continued to grow steadily and expanded ministries to cater to the children, youth, young professionals, and adults of SBFZ. As a Church committed to evangelism and church planting, SBCF has engaged in numerous outreach activities that benefited families for retreats, spiritual rejuvenation, and other related ministries. SBCF recently moved once again from their location at Forest Hills, Binictican to the Central Business District, striking a ministry partnership with Sister Onnie Lorenzana to use her Admiral’s Guest House facility along Boardwalk Avenue for the church’s Sunday worship celebration. Today, Subic Bay Community of Faith continues to invite and minister holistically to people of all ages and backgrounds to come join its numerous ministries and enjoy the privilege of being part of God’s growing family.
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the surrounding communities. Because of SBCF’s unique location, the Church had also played host to numerous individual ministry workers, church leadership teams, and families for retreats, spiritual rejuvenation, and other related ministries.
SBCF recently moved once again from their location at Forest Hills, Binictican to the Central Business District, striking a ministry partnership with Sister Onnie Lorenzana to use her Admiral’s Guest House facility along Boardwalk Avenue for the church’s Sunday worship celebration.
Today, Subic Bay Community of Faith continues to invite and minister holistically to people of all ages and backgrounds to come join its numerous ministries and enjoy the privilege of being part of God’s growing family.
