12/07/2025
A note copied and pasted so that it might be known that the
Episcopal Commission on Doctrine of the Faith
Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines Manila, Philippines took notice
VALID BAPTISMS RECOGNIZED BY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN THE PHILIPPINES such as:
(Updated)
* Adventists
- Adventists (or Second Adventists from the original Millerites)
- Seventh-Day Adventist (SDA)
-Grace Communion International (formerly Worldwide Church of God)
*Anabaptists:
- Integrated Mennonite Churches, Inc. (IMC)
-Integrated Mennonite Conference of the Philippines, Inc.
- (IMCP) Church of the Brethren (Jesus Our Firm Foundation Brethren Church)
* Baptists: Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches (CPBC)
(some common names of Baptist churches or congregations)
- Bethany Bible -Baptist Church
- Bible Baptist Church
- Christian Bible Baptist Church
- First Baptist Church of Manila
- Good Samaritan Baptist Church Harvesters Bible Baptist Church
- Lighthouse Bible Baptist Church Manila Baptist Church
- Maranatha International Baptist Church Metropolitan Bible Baptist Ekklesia - Parkway Baptist Church
- Peninsula Bible Baptist Church Trinity Bible Baptist Church
* Eastern-Rite Catholic Churches or Oriental Catholic Churches in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church:
Patriarchal Latin Catholic Church (Latin Rite: Tridentine, Mozarabic & Ambrosian) Patriarchal Armenian Catholic Church (Armenian Rite)
Patriarchal Coptic Catholic Church (Alexandrian Rite))
Ethiopian Catholic Church (Ge’ez Rite)
Patriarchal Antiochian Syrian Maronite Catholic Church (West Syrian Maronite Rite) Patriarchal Chaldean Catholic Church (East Syrian Rite)
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (East Syrian Rite)
Patriarchal Syrian Catholic Church (West Syrian Rite)
Syro-Malankara Catholic Church (West Syrian Rite)
Patriarchal Melkite Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite)
Italo-Albanian Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite)
Ukrainian Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite)
Ruthenian Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite)
Byzantine Catholic Church USA (Rusyn Ruthenian Slovak) (Byzantine Rite) Romanian Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite)
Greek Catholic Church in Greece (Byzantine Rite)
Greek Catholic Church in former Yugoslavia (Byzantine Rite)
Bulgarian Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite)
Slovak Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite)
Hungarian Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite)
Russian Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite)
Belarusian Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite)
Albanian Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite)
Georgian Catholic Church (Byzantine Rite)
* Episcopalians and Anglicans:
Episcopal Church in the Philippines (ECP) (or Philippine Episcopal Church, PEC)
Anglican Church in the Philippines (Traditional) Inc. (ACPT)
ecumenically associated with:
Anglican Community Church
ACPT in Northern Luzon and the NCR
Misyon Anglikano ng Pilipinas (MAP) Convergence Church Philippines(CCP New) Traditional Anglican Mission International (TAMI)
* Greek Orthodox Church or Eastern Orthodox
- Antiochian Orthodox Christian Mission in the Philippines
- Exarchate of the Philippines
- Patriarchate of Moscow:
Diocese of the Philippines and Vietnam
Philippine Mission of the Russian Orthodox Church outside Russia
*Independent Catholics:
- Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association (CPCA) (or Chinese Patriotic Catholic Church)
- Eastern Catholic Church
- Old Catholic Churches (members of the Union of Utrect)
- Old Roman Catholic Church of Europe (ORCC Europe)
- Old Roman Catholic Church Latin Rite (ORCC U.S.)
- Palmarian Catholic Church (PCC)
- Polish National Catholic Church (PNCC)
- Roman Catholic Church of England & Wales (RCCEW)
* Inter-Denominational Churches:
-United Evangelical Church of Christ (UECC) or Unida Church (Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Cristo)
Constituent members:
Iglesia Christiana Trinitaria
Iglesia Evangelica de Atlag
Iglesia Evangelica de los Christianos Filipinos Iglesia Evangelica Metodista Reformada
La Iglesia de Dios
La Iglesia de Jesu-Cristo, “Jerusalem Nueva”
separated from Unida Church: Iglesia Unida Ecumenical
- United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP) (Ang Nagkaisang Iglesia ni Cristo sa Pilipinas)
Constituent members:
- United Evangelical Church
- Evangelical United Brethren Churches Philippine Methodist Church
- Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Cristo Convention of the Churches of Christ
(Disciples of Christ of Northern Luzon)
- Iglesia Evangelica Nacional
- Iglesia Evangelica Metodista En Las Islas Filipinas (IEMELIF)
(Evangelical Church of the Philippines or Evangelical Union)
*Lutherans:
Lutheran Church in the Philippines (LCP) Various Lutheran Congregations
* Mega Non-Denominational Churches:
- Bread of Life Ministries International (BOLMI) Cathedral of Praise (COP)
- Christ's Commission Fellowship (CCF)
- Day by Day Jesus Ministries (DBD)
- Greenhills Christian Fellowship (GCF)
- Jesus Is Lord Church Worldwide (JILCW)
- Victory Christian Fellowship of the Philippines, Inc. (VCF)
- Word of Hope Christian Church (WHCC)
* Methodists, Wesleyans and Holiness Movement:
- Evangelical Methodist Church in the Philippine Islands (Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas—IEMELIF)
- I am Redeemer and Master Evangelical Church (IRMEC)
(formerly: IEMELIF Reform Movement [IRM] that separated from IEMELIF)
- United Methodist Church in the Philippines (UMCP) (Philippines Central Conference)
- Ang Iglesia Metodista sa Pilipinas ( AIM Pilipinas) (The Methodist Church in the Philippines)
- Wesleyan Church of the Philippines (Wesleyan Church Philippine General Conference)
- African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC)
- Church of the Nazarene (CN) separated from CN: Holiness Church of the Nazarene (merged with Church of the Bible Covenant)
* Pentecostal Churches (Trinitarian):
- Church of God (COG)
- Assembly of God (AOG)
or World Assemblies of God Fellowship (WAGF)
- First Christian Pentecostal Church
- First Pentecostal Church of God
- Pentecostal Church of God Asian Missions, Inc.
- Philippine Pentecostal Holiness Church
- Universal Pentecostal Church, Inc.
- Four Square Church (Church of the Foursquare Gospel)
branched into:Evangelical Full-Gospel Church (EFGC)
- Apostolic Church (Pentecostal Movement of Welsh origin)
- Equippers Church (of Pentecostal influence)
- New Apostolic Church (New Apostolic Church International)
(non-pentecostal)
* Presbyterians- Council of Presbyterian Churches in the Philippines (CPCP):
- Presbyterian Church of the Philippines
- Reformed Presbyterian Church of the Philippines
- Daeshin Presbyterian Church in the Philippines
- Independent Presbyterian Congregations/Churches
* Philippine Independent Church (after 1961) (Iglesia Filipina Independiente)
branched into:
Holy Catholic Apostolic Christian Church (HCAC) (separated from PIC or IFI in 1966)
* Reformed Churches:
- Christian Reformed Church of the Philippines among many others:
CRC (Bacolod City)
CRC-BF Homes (Parañaque)
CRC (Las Piñas)
CRC (Calamba)
True Vine CRC (Quezon City)
Reformed Church in the Philippines (Lucban)
* Protestant Reformed Church of the Philippines:
- Berean Protestant Reformed Church (Antipolo)
- First Reformed Church (Bulacan)
- All of Grace Protestant Reformed Fellowship (Gabaldon)
- Christian Faith Ministry (Batasan Hills)
- Maranatha Church (Valenzuela)
* United Reformed Churches:
- Pasig Covenant Reformed Church (now located in Cainta, Rizal)
- Trinity Covenant Reformed Church (Imus, Cavite)
- United Covenant Reformed Churches in the Philippines
(Las Piñas, Rizal; San Carlos, Pangasinan; and San Pablo, Laguna)
- Davao Covenant Reformed Church (Davao City)
*Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) left the SSPX and reconciled with Rome:
Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter (FSSP, Fraternitas Sacerdotalis Sancti Petri) Institute of the Good Shepherd (IBP, Institut du Bon-Pasteur)
B. INVALID BAPTISMS
*Adventists:
- Christadelphians or Brethren in Christ
- Church of God (Seventh Day)
- Church of God (Philippines)
* Aglipayan Churches:
(of the original PIC/IFI provenance)
-Bishop's Church (BC), founded by J. Pasion in 1951
- Christ Jesus' Holy Church (CJHC)
- Church of God (CG), headed by F. Yagaya
- Filipino Christian Church (FCC), founded by C. de las Llagas in 1926
- Iglesia Catolica Apostolica Nacional (ICAN), organized by D. Ramiro in 1930 - Iglesia Cismatica Filipina Nacional (ICFN) founded by C. Diel in 1940
- Iglesia de la Libertad (IL), organized by B. Aguinaldo in 1904
- Iglesia Nacional de Filipinas (INF), headed by S. Elegado in 2000
- Iglesia Filipina Reformada (IF'R), founded by A.F. Mata
- Iglesia Filipina Evangelica Independiente (IFEI), founded by D. Pascual in 1924 Independent Church of Filipino Christians (ICFC)
- Philippine Liberal Church (PLC), organized by Bishop Ramirez in 1930 - Philippine Unitarian Church (PUC)
- Apostolic Catholic Church (ACC)
- Christian and Missionary Alliance Churches (Philippines) Church of Jesus
- Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS) separated from LDS: Community of Christ
- Iglesia ng Dios kay Kristo Hesus Haligi at Suhay ng Katotohanan
(Church of God in Christ Jesus the Pillar and Support of the Truth)
- Iglesia ni Cristo
*Indigenous and/or Autochthonous Cults
*Rizalist Sects:
- Iglesia Watawat ng Lahi, Inc. (IWL-Malvarosa Faction)
- Samahan ng Watawat ng Lahi Presiding Elders
- Iglesia ng Lipi ni G*t Dr. Jose P. Rizal, Inc.
- Pilipinas Iglesia Watawat ng Lahi
- Suprema Iglesia del Ciudad Mistica de Dios (CMD) Spiritual Filipino Catholic Church (SFCC)
- Philippine Benevolent Missionaries Association (PBMA)
- Jehova’s Witnesses
- Jesus Miracle Crusade International Ministry (JMCIM)
- Kingdom of Jesus Christ, The Name Above Every Name, Inc.
- Members Church of God International (also known as Ang Dating Daan [ADD] (formerly: Mga Kaanib Iglesia ng Dios kay Kristo Hesus, Haligi at Saligan ng Katotohanan sa Bansang Pilipinas) separated from ADD:
Members Church of God in Jesus Christ Worldwide (MCGJCW)
*Oneness Pentecostal Churches (Nontrinitarians/Unitarians)
- Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ (ACJC, 1967)
- Apostolic Faith Church (AFC, 1947/1974)
- Assemblies of the Lord Jesus Christ (ALJC, 1956)
- Christ Apostolic Ministries Phil. (CAM, 2000)
- Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ (COLJC, 1989)
- Faith in Christ Jesus Church (FCJC, 1984)
- Gospel of Christ (GOC, 1974)
- Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ (GLJC, 1993)
- Jesus People Apostolic. Pentecostal Oneness Phil. (JPAP, 1983) Revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ (RLJC, 1995)
- United Pentecostal Church (Phil’s) Inc. (UPCP, 1960)
- People’s Church of Chicago
