Felix Ferrer, a brother from ICOC Bacolod, has been disconnected from disciples after losing his phone when he went back to his province in Tinagacan, General Santos, pre-pandemic.

When that happened, ICOC PH was just starting to establish its social media presence. Given this, Felix did not know about the online services that the Church was conducting.

As the PH lockdown restrictions loosened up several months after, Felix decided to visit ICOC GenSan’s church building. Unfortunately, the church was no longer meeting there.

Two years forward, he was finally able to reconnect with the church leader of ICOC Bacolod. However, it turned out he got counted-out of the church already, for no one knew where he went and he wasn't able to message anyone for almost 2 years. 

On a lighter note, as he started getting in contact with the disciples, he told the church leader of ICOC GenSan about his plans to go back to Bacolod. He also shared that he would like to endorse a couple of people to them. 

Turns out that for the past 8 months that Felix was not connected, he was sharing his faith with his neighbors—he started from one neighbor to another. He was doing bible talks every week until the community decided to conduct Sunday Services. This is how Felix showed his fervent love for the Lord. As a result, when he was about to go back to Bacolod, the community asked him to stay in Tinagacan, GenSan and be their pastor. 

When the GenSan church went to Tinagacan, they were surprised that a community of around 30 were gathered and 17 of them studied the bible right there and then! Felix delayed his plans of going back to Bacolod; he got restored in ICOC GenSan last month, 2 others were baptized and 3 more are about to be baptized this June. To date, Bible studies and Sunday services are consistently being held, amounting to around 30 persons in attendance

With what happened, the highlight is this: Felix wasn’t even a leader in ICOC Bacolod. He is just a disciple who loved God’s word so much that he shared it with his neighbors. 

As a result, the GenSan church was strengthened, and the entire church was involved in bible studies. Looking back at it now, Richard Demonteverde—church leader of ICOC GenSan—just knows that it is the hand of God at work in all the events that unfolded.

“God is truly incredible!”, he said. More amazing things are happening in this place, which will allow us to see more of how God moves.

As Romans 8:28 says, “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.

Felix Ferrer’s 2-year disconnection from the church turns out to have a purpose—he was meant to connect dozens to the Lord. Truly, this is how God works things for the greater good.