By Francis Neil G. Jalando-on

Rev. Dr. Jerson B. Narciso is the current General Secretary of the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches.

Rev. Dr. Jerson B. Narciso, General Secretary of the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches, and faculty of the CPU College of Theology, delivered a presentation at the second Holistic Webinar of the Baptist World Alliance last January 18, 2022. The webinar was guided by the Theme, “New Models of Doing Church.”

According to the BWA Commission on Mission (https://www.baptistworld.org/), this webinar is “In response to the global impact of COVID-19 on the mission of the church.”

The webinar featured Rev. Dr. Jerson B. Narciso who shared shared about “Leading the Church Beyond the Pandemic” and Lília Dias Marianno (Brazil) addressed how to “Be the Church Outside the Temple.” A powerful story by Asha Sanchu (Nagaland, India) entitled “Light in the Dark, Tiny Room” was also shared.

Rev. Narciso expouned what he contributed to Holistic Mission Guide published by the Baptist World Alliance. This guide was developed and released featuring over fifty articles from around the world. You may request a free copy from this site: https://baptist.lpages.co/mission-guide/

In this webinar, Rev. Narciso shared the following challenge,

“This Covid-19 pandemic presents new opportunities for us to rethink and reconsider our usual way of doing things as a church. This pandemic phenomenon is creating new realities, new relationships, new concepts, new ways of thinking and doing things. It is drastically changing our missional context and we are challenged to think “outside of the box.” Changes, innovations, readjustments and restructuring of our methods and approaches to doing missions are inevitable.”