At Greenhills Christian Fellowship, we have as a church the strangest policy– never cancel services. So, regardless of circumstances, as long as people show up in church, we meet for worship.

Last October, a category five typhoon hit us that flooded half of Metro Manila and I had to brave the storm to lead worship (surprisingly, 1500 of the 4500 congregants were present, good enough to hold services) because the house of the assigned leader of the day soaked in chest-high waters. That’s just one of the few Sundays we were hit by major storms and we still met.

A couple of years ago, we had what is known in history as the Oakwood Mutiny- disgruntled military personnel took over the Oakwood Hotel five miles south of us, and was staging what could have been a prelude to a coup d’etat. Roads were empty, but people still showed up so we still met in worship! I remember the church praying for the military men that Sunday morning. And you would not believe this, but most of those men became Christians- one of them is now being “discipled” by one of our elders- (http://jonlas.xanga.com/678338050/everything-else-that-really-matters-falls-out-from-that/).