TNCs 36th Anniversary

I was privileged to speak at the 36th anniversary of The Neighborhood Church (TNC) last Sunday, May 28. Of the 36 years, I was told, 21 are as a Reformed Baptist Church.

This was not my first time to celebrate the joy of God’s blessing with them. I have spoken in at least three anniversaries of TNC, one in their old box-type meeting place somewhere in the vicinity of their present location–this was in the late ’90s. Another was when they were still meeting at the second floor of the noisy Chow King Restaurant in Caloocan. The last time was when they were still relatively new in their present meeting place.

The group has grown tremendously in the blessing of God over the years. God has used Pastor Noel Cunanan (who went home to be with the Lord a few years ago) and now Pastor Joel who replaced him to oversee this flourishing work in the center of densely-populated Caloocan City. The church presently has 58 members and is involved in various ministries.

There are regular ministries to the different categories of church members: singles, seniors, married, professionals and youth. They also have provincial endeavors in far flung places in the north: Bacarra in Ilocos Norte and Guimba in Nueva Ecija. Family relations have given them opportunities to conduct regular evangelistic ministries in these places.

They are also regularly helping out in a church planting work in Antipolo City whose core group have recently embraced the Reformed faith. A member regularly goes there to oversee the work of reformation.

They have also had evangelistic campaigns in the highly-populated area of Libis Espina, their meeting place being situated in the midst of a talipapa near the Caloocan City Hall.

May the Lord bless the Neighborhood Church and its various ministries and mission works. May He grant their great need of a meeting place which does not flood during the rainy season. May He also provide laborers for their out-of-town mission works.

I thank God for the warm reception that we experienced last Lord’s day. May the ties that bind us as sister churches ever grow stronger as the years pass.