Christ-centered. Gospel-shaped. Together for Good.
WELCOME TO PILGRIM COMMUNITY CHURCH
We’re a Presbyterian church in Quezon City
that’s endeavoring by God’s grace to be Christ-centered, Gospel-shaped, and Together for Good.
We gather for worship every Lord’s Day at 10:15 AM and 5:00 PM at 34 Detroit Street, Brgy Pinagkaisahan, Cubao, Quezon City.
The Pilgrim Vision
We exist to cultivate Christ-centered communities where the Gospel shapes lives and missions together for the good of the City, the Nation, and the World.
The Pilgrim Identity
There is a sense in which we are all pilgrims in life questing for our forever home. We are ever journeying, ever seeking, ever searching for that place of true peace and rest.
“There’s no place like home”
they say. And if we just pushed ourselves hard enough, we’ll eventually get there, too. Yet often the harsh realities of life confront us with the biting recognition that, in reality, “there’s no place that’s home.”
In the last century, German philosopher Martin Heidegger coined a term to describe this existential crisis that he felt was our shared human experience. “Thrownness” [Geworfenheit] is what he called it—we are each thrown into this world as “Being-toward-Death.” This present reality is not where we came from, and this, too, is not where we are meant to dwell in the end. Whatever we may have now is temporary. It is almost as if Heidegger was borrowing a page right out of the Christian Scriptures. The Bible, in the New Testament, records a letter to early believers that reminded them of this fact: “For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.” (Hebrews 13:14)
While we journey together as a church community, we embrace our pilgrim identity to remind ourselves that the journey of faith is ultimately meant to bring weary pilgrims like us to the ultimate Pilgrim, Jesus Christ. He has journeyed from Heaven down to Earth and deep into our “thrownness”, not just to show us the way but to take us into Himself and to give us the true peace and rest that our hearts so long to have. At the deepest level of our pilgrim hearts, we echo the prayer that St. Augustine confessed before God, “Thou movest us to delight in praising Thee; for Thou hast formed us for Thyself, and our hearts are restless till they find rest in Thee.” (Augustine, Confessions 1.1.1)
To all who would place their trust in Him alone, Jesus says, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30)
Come weary pilgrim, let us journey together to Christ. Him alone is our Peace, our Rest, our Joy, our Satisfaction, our Life. He is our forever home.
The Pilgrim Faith
As a church community in the Presbyterian tradition, we ascribe to the following historic creeds and confessions of our spiritual heritage: The Apostles’ Creed, The Nicene Creed, The Chalcedon Creed, The Athanasian Creed, The Westminster Confession of Faith, Larger and Shorter Catechisms. To us, these documents constitute a clear and faithful exposition of the system of doctrine taught in the Bible.
The Pilgrim Way
Our Theological Vision
Christ-centered
What sets Biblical Christianity apart from all other religions and life philosophies is that at the heart of our religion is not a moral or ethical code. The Christian mission is not primarily concerned with spreading a prescribed code of conduct for the betterment and continued survival of the human race. Rather, at the heart of the Christian faith is a person: the Lord Jesus Christ. He is the message that we proclaim and it is to Him—the true center—that we call all sorts of off-center people to. In all that we are and in all that we do, we yield to the central supremacy of Jesus Christ the Lord.
Gospel-Shaped
Greatness, truth, and beauty affect us in profound ways. We never walk away the same. In a sense, we never really walk away—the experience, or the music, or the art–they stay with us, changing us. It is no wonder that the Gospel—the Christian shorthand for the beautiful and glorious truth of who Jesus Christ is, and what He has done to save His people—has this transforming effect on those who truly come to believe. As Christians we seek to be shaped by the Gospel in every area of our private and public lives—in thoughts, in deeds, in affections, and in speech. The good news, the Gospel, makes us good news people in this bad news world.
Together for Good
The Gospel brings sinners like us into union with Christ and communion with God and His people. When Christ saves us, He does not leave us to remain in our former human affiliations but rather He saves us into a community that transcends all other human ties and relationships we may previously have connection with. We are saved into a community of sinners and pilgrims who have likewise been saved by grace. As such we become part of a family of brothers and sisters whom we otherwise would not have had any relation to. As a community, we are called to love and serve people with the gospel both within and outside of our fellowship. Inwardly, we are called to love, serve, and do good to one another as we together seek to be shaped by the Gospel. Outwardly, we are called to love, serve and to do good to others by calling the lost to faith and by taking a stand for justice, mercy, and truth—doing good to all men as we have opportunity to do so.
The Pilgrim Session
Our elders are under the IPC UK British Presbytery
Rev. James Bryner Chu
Teaching Elder
Lorem Ipsum
Elder Paulo Macaraig
Ruling Elder
Lorem Ipsum
Elder Moises Acayan
Ruling Elder
Lorem Ipsum
Elder Erwin Sadorra
Ruling Elder
Lorem Ipsum
Pilgrim Community Church is a congregation of the International Presbyterian Church. Our church belongs to the British Presbytery of IPC UK.
