The Jesus Is Lord Church Bayambang Chapter was started in 1989 at Brgy. Telbang which was pioneered by Ptr. Jun Villanueva. It was started in a small Bible Study with 10 members. In one year time, the Bible Study became a Sunday Worship Service and it was moved in the Old Practical Arts Building of Bayambang Central School, with a monthly rental of P100.00. After a year, the said building was demolished. So the Sunday Worship Service needs to transfer out under the Star Apple Tree. Inspite of the heat of the sun and rain, the congregations are still eager to serve the Lord. There faith were never moved by the circumstances. In year 1992, Ptr. Conrado “Bong” Nicolas took over the Sunday Worship Service. During the year 1992-1993, Ptr. Domingo Mendoza led the Sunday Worship Service and year 1994 it was succeeded by Ptr. Eduardo Bautista. In June 1, 1994, former Ptra. Lourdes “Lulu” Cunanan, who is now Macaraeg took care of the flocks. December 22, 1994, from the church without a roof, the Sunday Worship Service was moved to RMV Building with three (3) stories, located at M.H. Del Pilar St., Bayambang with a monthly rental of P 2,000,00.
September 1997, an unexpected event ever not to forget happened when Ptra. Lourdes Cunanan and 13 other brethren met a vehicular accident at Brgy. Telbang. Seven (7) were hospitalized including Charie I. Abalos Church Secretary who died in Villaflor Hospital, with this incident, JIL Main Office gave a support of P10, 000.00 and JIL Dagupan was also used by God as a channel of blessings because of their untiring and un compromised support. December 24, 1996, during the 1st Annual Pangasinan Workers Appreciation and Recognition Day. Ptra. Lourdes M. Cunanan was awarded as the Area Town Pastor of the year, December 29, 1997, the same activity JIL-Bayambang received the award such as; Best in Record Management, Best in Attendance, Conqueror Award, Church Growth Achiever of the year 1997, and the Area Town Pastor of the year, this is for the Glory of God. In addition, Bautista the neighboring town of Bayambang was reached out and had initiated a Sunday Service in Pogo Elementary School, Brgy. Pogo, Bautista.
After 4 years of staying at RMV Building, the leadership decided to transfer the Sunday Worship Service in a bigger place to accommodate 100 members. In November 1, 1998, Municipal Kgwd. Leonilda “Maring” Limpingco offered her place to be rented amounting of P6,000.00 monthly, located at Zone I Poblacion Sur, Bayambang behind the Camiling Rural Bank. We stayed there for almost 5 years, and we asked Municipal Kgwd. Limpingco to renew our contract. Unfortunately, she didn’t approved our request. We made another request for 3 months extension but after a weekthey get the key and told us that the place has already sold out. They pressured us to leave the place immediately. Because of this incident, the leaders and workers together with Ptra. Lulu and Ptr. Bert Macaraeg prayed and fasted. They had a vision to buy a lot for church.
God answered our prayers through the life of Sis. Soledad Ballesteros who owned 2,000 sq. m. lot with a land title at Telbang Dike Bayambang,She gave the lot at 300 pesos per square meter, a total of P600, 000.00 “Rent to Owned”, with monthly rental of P10,000.00. We started the Sunday Worship Service in the first Sunday of January 2004 up to this present.
Presently, we have eleven (11) cell groups, two (2) Sunday Worship Services and one (1) extension Sunday Worship Service. We have now an ongoing church building construction and a pastoral parsonage with two stories. We had also cemented the church pathway. Our church leader known as “achiever”. They worked hard to finish the project they started. We are the first who implemented the JIL-12 entire JIL Pangasinan. Presently, Ptra. Lourdes C. Macaraeg is the assigned church pastor.
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