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The mission work of Cornerstone Baptist Church (CBC) in the province of Batangas was started out of the desire and initial efforts of an ordinary laywoman to reach her lost loved ones with the gospel. Tess Clemente didn’t want her family and relatives to die in the lake of fire. So during the summer vacation of the year 2002 she began to gather her young nephews, nieces, and neighbors in her mother’s house each time she came and visited them. She gathered these youngsters to teach them what Jesus have done and what we should do in order to be saved from the awful penalty of our sins. The Lord blessed her efforts for the children faithfully listened to their aunt and the adults became open concerning studying the Bible.

Sis. Tess perhaps deemed herself under-qualified to teach the word of God to her adult relatives. So she approached Bro. Roy Raquintan and asked him if he could visit her family in Tanauan City and conduct a Bible study. Bro. Roy back then was working in a town not far from Tanauan City for his civil engineering company. Having the same mind of reaching people for Christ he accepted the invitation. So on May 2002 he started to come once a week to Tanauan City. He conducted an evening Bible study for Tess’ lost loved ones. The Lord blessed his efforts for many came and heard the true gospel and some of them repented from their sins and believed in the Savior. Not long after that, Cornerstone Baptist Church, Quezon City formally accepted this ministry in Tanauan City as one of her mission outreaches. (Read More)

Ptr. Florencio C. Ragsac. Missionary

Florencio Carino Ragsac, Jr., the CBC missionary pastor to Gumaca Quezon, and Tanauan City, Batangas, is the only son of Florencio Ragsac, Sr. and the former Cresencia Carino. They had five children, and their son, Bebot, who was born on October 1, 1973, was their fourth child.

The Ragsac family lived in Villasis, Pangasinan, where Bebot’s parents were known to be kind and generous neighbors. Bebot’s parents were not only good; they were also God fearing people. They were committed to their religion and they raised up their children to be such also. Fortunately, the Ragsacs had a relative who belonged to the Southern Baptist Church. During Bebot’s pre-school years, this relative brought a lady Bible teacher in their neighborhood. Young Bebot sometimes joined the other children and listened to the Bible stories of that lady church worker.(Read More)