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| Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches | |
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| Kasapulanan sang Bautista nga Pilipinhon | |
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| Abbreviation | CPBC |
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Baptist |
| Theology | Evangelical and Mainline |
| Polity | Congregationalist |
| General Secretary | Rev. Danilo Borlado B.Th., M.Th. |
| Associations | |
| Region | Philippines |
| Headquarters | Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines |
| Origin | February 1900 Jaro, Iloilo City |
| Congregations | 1,079 |
| Members | 600,000 |
| Tertiary institutions | |
| Seminaries | Central Philippine University College of Theology |
| Official website | www |
The Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches (CPBC) (Hiligaynon: Kasapulanan sang Bautista nga Pilipinhon) is a Baptist Christian denomination in the Philippines. It is affiliated with the Baptist World Alliance and is headquartered in Jaro, Iloilo City. CPBC was founded in 1900 as the oldest and first organized union of Baptist churches in the Philippines. This occurred after the country opened to Protestant American missions in 1898, following Spain's transfer of the Philippine islands administration to the United States.
CPBC is associated with the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society (now International Ministries) and played a key role in establishing the Jaro Evangelical Church, the first Baptist church in the Philippines outside Manila. CPBC has affiliations with various institutions, including Central Philippine University, the first Baptist and second Protestant university in the country. Additionally, CPBC is affiliated with the CPU College of Theology, the first Baptist theological seminary in the Philippines; Filamer Christian University, the first Baptist school in the country; and Capiz Emmanuel Hospital, the first Baptist hospital in the Philippines.
In the 1930s, CPBC also became affiliated with the Iloilo Mission Hospital, initially founded by Protestant Presbyterians and later transferred to the Baptists (CPBC). The Iloilo Mission Hospital is the first American and Protestant hospital in the Philippines.
At present, besides being affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA, the organization is a member of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines. It has over 1,000 affiliated Baptist churches and more than 600,000 members across the Philippines."