Cross of Christ Salvation Gospel Ministries (CCSGM) is a Christian Evangelical Church in the Philippines. We are part of Sovereign Grace Churches, a family of churches passionate in advancing the Great Commission through church planting and equipping local churches. “Cross of Christ Salvation Gospel Ministries” exist in order to bring a harvest of people to a real, loving and personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
OUR STORY
1980’s – The Church started as a Bible Study at the house of one of its members in Kawit, Cavite
1990’s – Church planting at Surigao del Sur (southern part of the Philippines)
1992 – Church of the Chief Shepherd Global Ministries (CCSGM) was established through the help of the Jarin Family who lend a piece of their land
2010 – Church planting in Cavite City
2012 – Gideon 300 Project was launched as a fund raising for the Church to have its own lot and building
2016 – Church Extension Fellowship was started to strengthen the Spiritual growth of the members and its community through Bible Study
2018 – Church of the Chief Shepherd Global Ministries (CCSGM) changed its name to Cross of Christ Salvation Gospel Ministries (CCSGM)
2022 – CCSGM celebrated its 30th Anniversary and our Sr. Pastor, Jeffrey Jo, became an ordained Pastor of Sovereign Grace Churches
2023 – Fellow CCSGM Pastors Rey Lacbayo (Cavite City) and Francis Mariano (Imus) became an ordained Pastor of Sovereign Grace Churches
2023 – Church planting in Dasmarinas Cavite
OUR FAMILY OF CHURCHES
Cross of Christ Salvation Gospel Ministries (CCSGM) is part of Sovereign Grace Churches, a family of churches passionate about advancing the Great Commission through church planting and equipping local churches.
Our churches are Gospel–centred (i.e. evangelical), Reformed, and charismatic, consisting of about 80 churches internationally. In all, Sovereign Grace partners to varying degrees with pastors and church–planting networks in different countries.
OUR 7-SHARED VALUES
Our church embrace the following seven convictions. We believe they are a faithful application of our biblical values and shape our local practices and ministries regardless of our context. They define what it means to be a Sovereign Grace church.
REFORMED THEOLOGY
Scripture presents the all-glorious, triune God as the source and end of all things (Romans 11:36), sovereignly working all things according to His will (Ephesians 1:11). At the center of God’s purposes in the world is the exaltation of His glory through the redemption of sinners (John 17:1–26). To this end, we believe that God sovereignly chooses men and women to be saved in order to display His immeasurable grace and glory (Ephesians 1:3–6; Romans 9:11). God’s sovereign grace in salvation humbles us, fills us with gratitude, and compels us to worship Him and share the message of His grace to all people.
GOSPEL-CENTRED DOCTRINE AND PREACHING
We believe that the gospel—the good news of God’s saving activity in Jesus Christ—is the pinnacle of His redemptive acts (Ephesians 1:9–12), the center of the Bible’s story (Luke 24:44–47), and the essential message for our faith, life, and witness (1 Corinthians 15:3–11). We are committed to preaching the gospel, singing the gospel, praying the gospel, and building our churches upon the gospel (2 Timothy 4:2; Colossians 3:16; Matthew 16:18). Our ultimate hope in all that we do is not our plans and labors, but the perfect life, substitutionary death, victorious resurrection, and glorious ascension of Jesus Christ.
CONTINUATIONIST
With the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, God’s purpose to dwell among His people entered a new era (Exodus 33:14–16; Leviticus 26:12; John 14:16–17; Acts 2:14–21). We believe the Holy Spirit desires to continually fill each believer with increased power for Christian life and witness, including the giving of His supernatural gifts for the building up of the church and for various works of ministry in the world (Acts 1:8; Galatians 5:16–18; 1 Corinthians 12:4–7). We are eager to pursue God’s active presence in all its breadth, that Christ may be magnified in our lives, in the church, and among the nations (Psalm 105:4; 1 Corinthians 14:1; Ephesians 2:22).
COMPLEMENTARIAN LEADERSHIP IN THE HOME AND IN THE CHURCH
We believe it was God’s glorious plan to create men and women in His image, giving them equal dignity and value in His sight, while appointing differing and complementary roles for them within the home and the church (Genesis 1:26–28; Ephesians 5:22–33; 1 Timothy 2:8–15). Because these roles give different expressions to God’s image in humanity, they should be valued and pursued in joy and faith. As the redeemed community of God, the church has a unique opportunity and responsibility to celebrate this complementarity, to contend for it against cultural hostility, and to protect it from sinful distortions.
ELDER-LED CHURCH
Jesus Christ reigns as head over His church, and He gives to His church elders (or pastors) to govern and lead local churches under His authority (Colossians 1:18; Ephesians 4:11; Titus 1:5). We believe that men, qualified by both character and gifting, are to serve as elders, shepherding God’s people as under-shepherds of Christ (1 Timothy 2:12; 3:1–7; 1 Peter 5:1–3). A church’s health is to a great degree dependent on the health of its elders, and so our aim is to strengthen the current elders in our churches while identifying and training new ones (Acts 20:28; 2 Timothy 2:2).
MISSIONS
Our gospel-centrality entails not only treasuring the gospel personally but sharing it passionately. The risen Christ commissioned His church to make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:18–20). We believe that commission falls to us and to all believers and that it is fulfilled in a primary way through church planting, whereby the gospel is proclaimed and converts are formed into communities of disciples (Acts 2:21–47; 14:23). We are eager to pursue this mission, relying fully on the Holy Spirit, to see the gospel proclaimed and churches planted throughout the world, that God may be glorified among every tribe, language, people, and nation (Revelation 7:9–12).
INTERDEPENDENCE
We believe that the unity for which Jesus prayed among His people should find concrete expression among believers and churches. Indeed, the New Testament testifies to a vibrant interdependence among churches in the first century (John 17:20–21; Acts 16:4–5; 1 Corinthians 11:16; Galatians 2:7–10).
We seek to express a similar interdependence through our common fellowship, mission, and governance. Our fellowship extends beyond mere denominational affiliation; we are committed to applying the gospel together in relationships that foster mutual encouragement, care, and a glad pursuit of Christlikeness. Our shared governance and mission protects our churches doctrinally and ethically, and enables our individual churches to do far more together than we could ever do separately.
OUR CHURCHES IN THE PHILIPPINES
CCSGM KAWIT
Pastor: Rev. Dr. Jeffrey T. Jo
CCSGM IMUS
Pastor: Ptr. Francis Mariano
CCSGM CAVITE CITY
Pastor: Ptr. Rey Lacbayo
CCSGM DASMARINAS
Pastor: Rev. Dr. Jeffrey T. Jo
SURIGAO PASTORS
From Left: Ptr. Joseph Piamonte, Ptr. Leonor Omba, Ptr. Francisco Ombo, Ptr. Rolando Agyang, Ptr. Oscar Tagyam, and Ptr. Rogelio Martinez
