Our Story
The ground gave way in Bohol in 2013. This church was begun in what was left, and it has been building ever since.
From Nothing
On the fifteenth of October, 2013, an earthquake struck Bohol. Houses came down, roads split, and church buildings across the province were left in pieces. In the aftermath of that quake, Bible Baptist Church of Cordova, Cebu, under the leadership of Pastor Ryan S. Buscato, sent a work into Inabanga. That work is this church.
There was nothing to start with — no members, no building, no history, and no list of names to call on. What there was, was one new family and a Bible. The name says what God does: He rebuilds. So the work began the only way it could. Men went out house to house with the gospel. Bible studies were opened in homes that would receive them. Everyone who made a profession was followed up, and followed up again, and taught to sit under preaching on the Lord’s Day.
That has not changed in almost thirteen years. It is still soulwinning, still Bible studies, still follow-up. God has given more than a hundred souls baptized in that time, and a congregation that now carries the work itself. Some of the young people raised in this church are already serving Him — one of them is pastoring, and another is in Bible school at Bible Baptist Church, Cebu. That is the fruit we count.
October 2013
The Bohol earthquake. Homes, roads and churches across the province are left in ruins, and Inabanga is among the towns shaken.
The Beginning
Bible Baptist Church, Cordova, Cebu opens a mission work in Inabanga under Pastor Ryan S. Buscato. It starts with one new family and nothing else.
The Years Between
Soulwinning house to house, Bible studies in homes, and patient follow-up — week after week, barangay after barangay.
Today
More than 100 souls baptized, 25 foreign and 5 local missionaries supported, and young people out of this church now in the ministry.
Leadership
One church, two men, one line of authority. Pastor Melfer serves under Pastor Buscato, and Rebuilder answers to Bible Baptist Church, Cordova.
Pastor
The staff pastor of Rebuilder, serving under Pastor Buscato. He carries the day-to-day work of the church — the preaching, the soulwinning, the Bible studies and the follow-up — and he is the pastor the congregation sees week to week.
Pastor · BBC Cordova
Pastor of Bible Baptist Church, Cordova, Cebu, the sending church. Rebuilder was begun as a mission work under his leadership, and it remains under his oversight today. Pastor Melfer is accountable to him.
Where We Stand
We say this plainly because it is true and because it matters: Rebuilder Bible Baptist Church is a mission church of Bible Baptist Church, Cordova, Cebu. We were started as one, and we are one still.
We are independent Baptist and we preach the King James Bible.
The Church Today
Every person in this picture came from somewhere. Some were reached at a door, some in a Bible study in their own front room, some as children in an extension class out in the barangay. They were followed up until they came, and they stayed.
The work is not finished. There are barangays we have not reached and houses we have not knocked on. If you are in Inabanga, come and sit with us on the Lord’s Day.
Plan a Visit“And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.”
Luke 9:62 · KJV
