Centennial Marker of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines
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The first Anglican missionaries in the Philippines applied a holistic approach to their mission work. They introduced to their converts "the faith once delivered to the Saints" and established institutions to transform the economic & social life of the people they came to serve. The Rev. John Armitage Staunton, Jr. was a leading advocate of this holistic approach to mission work. He envisioned Sagada not only as a Christian Community but also as a metropolis that would serve as a beacon to modern civilization for other communities in the Cordillera. Thus was established a school, hospital, hydro-electric plant, printing press, telephone system, lime kiln, sawmill, etc. The wheel used for this centennial marker was brought from the United States to Sagada as part of the sawmill project. It was discarded when the sawmill stopped operating & has been lying on the ground for almost a century. This wheel was salvaged for this marker to symbolize the ever rolling faith & commitment of the early missionaries to make known Christ's salvation in the remotest parts of the Philippine archipelago. It also symbolizes the spiritual & social transformation that has taken place in Sagada & other parts of the Philippines in the past 100 years as a result of Anglican mission work. Transformed by the Word, the Episcopal Church in the Philippines rolls on to the next 100 years of mission and ministry of transformation in this part of God's Vineyard. (First Centenary Episcopal Church in the Philippines, 11 Oct 2001, Sagada, Mt Province, Phils.)
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