Capitol City Baptist Church (CCBC) is a baptist church located at 111 West Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines.
Capitol City Baptist Church (CCBC) is a baptist church located at 111 West Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines.
CCBC is led by the senior pastor, Dr. Reynaldo Avante, under the guidance of a church board with ten members headed by Jewellord Peralta.
CCBC accommodates three Sunday worship services:
CCBC Sunday Worship Services | |||
Service | Start Time (PHT) | End Time (PHT) | Average Number of Attendees |
First Service | 07:30 | 09:00 | 200 |
Second Service | 10:30 | 12:00 | 500 |
Third Service | 18:00 | 19:30 | 100 |
The church performs the Holy Communion during the services of the first Sunday of every month.
The second service provides for a sign language interpretation for deaf attendees, who average around 100 in number per service.
The auditorium has a floor area of about 400 square-meters. Two balconies (left and front, when facing the audience from the stage) exist, each with a seating capacity of close to 150 people. The main (ground) floor can be occupied by around 400 people, yielding a total seating capacity of approximately 700 people for the whole auditorium.
Surrounding the auditorium are several rooms used for various meetings.
The church also houses an indoor parking lot covering an area of about 200 square-meters.
During the 50th anniversary celebration of the church, plans to build a new building on the indoor parking lot were unveiled.
Church operations are funded by the tithes and offerings collected during the worship services. A monthly target of 1.77 million Pesos is set to finance the organization's ministries, capital expenditures, staff wages, and various administrative costs.
As of 2009, CCBC has planted a total of at least 8 daughter churches:
Circle of Care (CoC) groups are cell groups where members engage in several activities which may include enjoying fellowship, conducting Bible studies, and praying together. Often composed of fewer than 10 members, a CoC group focuses on the personalized needs of its members through regular (usually weekly) meetings where members share, counsel and pray for their individual life concerns.
As of 2009, there are about 60 registered CoC groups. A group is often formed based on certain commonalities among its members. Such similarities may be rooted based on age, gender, residential proximity, occupation or artistic inclination.
The Youth Ministry of CCBC, more popularly known as Youth@111 in reference to the address of the church, is a group that caters to the distinctive needs of teenagers. Directed by Pastor Randolph Velasquez and registered under the National Youth Commission, the ministry helps primarily high school and college students face the transitional phase of adolescence.
Youth@111 extends its ministry to the San Francisco High School due to the school's proximal distance from the church and Pastor Velasquez's affiliation as a teacher in the school. CCBC workers and volunteers regularly conduct values education classes with the students of the school, often gathering students in the same class sections to common groups to foster openness and sharing in discussions.
On July 1986, Pastor Cesar Castro of the Deaf Evangelistic Alliance Foundation (DEAF), Rina Dimaculangan, and CCBC Pastor Reynaldo Atienza established the Deaf Ministry.
On July 26, 2009, CCBC celebrated its 50th anniversary in the Henry Lee Iwrin Theater of the Ateneo de Manila University. During the event, commemorative plaques were awarded to pastors, missionaries and workers in recognition of their contributions to the church.