Bro. Glen and other PB Brethren:
I am from the Philippines, and of the PB in Columbia MD., here is our church's web site if you want to check it out
columbia church ;
At the moment I am reserving my opinions about the work being done there, but if you want you can also check out the work at this url
white unto harvest .
My pastor seems to find nothing wrong with it, but, of course, he is not Filipino so he is not familiar with the Filipino psyche. As a member of the Columbia church, I support my pastor's support of the work there,
until such time I am able to vacation and see for myself.
They say that the PB's are growing there, but, what I can say, offhand, is that these are mostly formerly organized churches of other Baptist denominations, a big number of whom came from either the Fundamental Baptists or the Bible Baptist churches, so, basically, this growth is mainly by proselyting (correct me if this is a wrong term), and, personally, I feel uncomfortable with proselytes converting or switching churches in large numbers, even if led by their pastors.
Perhaps it is because in my own experience as pastor in the Philippines, all of the original and constituting members of the church I pastored were not proselytes from other Baptist groups, they came from either a very devout Roman Catholic background, or otherwise a non-religious
background.
And then, there is the matter of ordinations. The Bible says lay no hands suddenly on any man, and I suppose even those who were formerly pastoring churches of another denominations who are re-baptized into the PB's.
There are those who are in Georgia's PB's who have drawn up what they call the Pitts Resolution in Pitts, Georgia, who are totally opposed to the work, or at least the manner in which the work is being conducted, in the Philippines and India.