In the heart of Batangas City, Philippines, a fast growing church is making a difference in the lives of many people. Focusing on the mandate of Christ Jesus, they are reaching the lost, empowering the weak, healing the sick, setting the captives free, and sharing the love of God to those who are broken and had lost hope.
Led by its founding pastor and president, Bishop Art Gonzales, the leadership of JA1 heeded God’s direction of spreading the fire of Inner Healing and Deliverance.
JA1 Church faithfully heeded the covenant-calling of the Lord with Genesis 12:1-3 and Luke 4:18-19 as its calling and covenant tools.
“The Lord has said to Abram, Leave your country, your people and your father’s household and go to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation and will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you."
"The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because He has anointed me to preach good news to the poor, He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoner and recovery of sight for the blind, to release the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lords favor.”
Through the divine manifestations of God's presence, the Church grew in leaps and bounds. Evangelism, church growth, and church planting came to a great number. People from different walks of life surrendered their lives to God, made and accepted Jesus Christ as their personal LORD and Savior and experienced the liberating power of the Holy Spirit.
As a result, churches were established in different parts of the globe, stretching from South East Asia, the East Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America and Central America.
Jesus the Anointed One Church, the Netherlands is one of the many satellite churches in Europe, called to be blessed and be a blessing .
With a divine mandate to fulfill the Great Commission of the Lord Jesus Christ, Pastor Jerry Manalo was appointed to be the shepherd of JA1 flocks in the city of Amsterdam.
The calling of JA1 Church was shared. With a heart of gratitude, the workers received the Word from the Lord in Isaiah 54:2-4a and readily accepted the great challenge to do the work of God through the Ministry of JA1 Church Netherlands.
May 20, 2007 was the very first Sunday service with 19 adults, 5 children and 1 infant as pioneer attendees.
The Word of God: Acts 2:42-47
Pastor Jerry shared the importance of God's Word, Fellowsip, Communion, Prayer, Unity, Worship and Good Testimony. These will equip and enable God's people to be spiritually fit, healthy, strong & vibrant.
Full of expectancy, he concluded with v 47b: and the Lord added to their number daily, those who were being saved."
By the grace, wisdom and God given strength, He was entrusted to do more for the ministry of God as a Senior and Supervising Pastor in European Satellite churches.
Servants, this is what we call each other, training, teaching, encouraging one another, all for God's Glory.
"All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work." 2 Timothy 3:16
