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Dr. David A. Sobrepeña is the founding Senior Pastor of Word of Hope Christian Church, one of the largest born again, evangelical churches in the Philippines today with 43 satellite churches and a total of 70 services on any given Sunday in Manila and suburbs and over 7,000 Life Groups (cell groups).

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Through his leadership, the church was able to establish Hope General Hospital, Hope Christian Academy, Hope Leadership Institute and Paradise Prayer Garden – a venue for retreats, summer camps weddings, sports, and recreation. Recently, with the help of God, he was able to realize his dream of establishing Hope Island Bible School in Hilantagaan Island, to train pastors and evangelists for their ministry and church planting in the islands of the Philippines.

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He has served with excellence as the National President and General Superintendent of the Philippines General Council of the Assemblies of God and AOG Philippines for over 20 years. He has also served the country's Evangelical movement as former Chairman of Philippine Council of the Evangelical Churches (PCEC), with over 50,000 churches nationwide and Asia Pacific Theological Seminary (APTS), and as a Board Member of the Philippine Bible Society.

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Dr. Sobrepeña is being used mightily by God in spreading the Good News of salvation not only in the Philippines but also in many countries around the world. He has traveled to six continents in the world to speak in Christian Leadership Conferences, Missions Conventions, revival gatherings and Evangelistic Crusades. He is passionate about reaching the lost with the Gospel of the Lord Jesus. As a result of his passion to win people for Christ, he purchased 2 Gospel buses, 2 Kids mobile and  2 Gospel boats for island evangelism, church planting, medical missions, and Operation Hope for relief outreaches to victims of natural calamities, such as typhoons and floods and earthquakes etc.

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The Lord has empowered him as an evangelist and his team to win over 1.5 million people to Christ and planted over 1000 churches in the Philippines in 15 years from 2010 to 2025. His team in Nepal has planted over 40 churches in the Himalayas Region.

 

He is also a member of the leadership team of Global Church Network, whose vision is to win 1 Billion people to Christ and to plant 5 Million Churches worldwide. He serves as Co-Chairman for Church Planting. He has served for many years as National Director for EQUIP Philippines as well as Head Coordinator for EQUIP in Asia-Pacific, an organization founded by Dr. John C. Maxwell, providing Christian leadership training worldwide. In February 6, 2012, he was inducted into the EQUIP Leadership Hall of Fame — a Leadership Award of the highest honors given to a few selected Christian leaders worldwide. He and his EQUIP team has trained over 350,000 Christian leaders in the Philippines and other Asian countries.

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He and his wife, Lydia has three grown-up children - Dexter Mark, Janelle Pearl, and David Glen. They are happy enjoying life as grandparents to 8 beautiful and handsome grandchildren.