Let God’s Light Shine

 I am a missionary. Wherever I am; I plant a church, I build a church, I revive a church, and I grow a church. I felt called to the priesthood, when as a young adult leader from the Philippines in 1975, I attended the 5th Assembly of the World Council of Churches in Nairobi, Kenya and the corresponding Youth Conference in Arusha, Tanzania. After theological studies and ordination from the Iglesia Filipina Independiente. I served in the Philippines and Singapore for 9 years prior to immigrating to the United States. I was known as a “healing and trouble-shooting priest” i.e., healing conflicted parishes and revitalizing stagnant congregations. In Asia, in America, and wherever I will be, I want to be used by God in the reconciling work of Jesus Christ.

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Rev. Canon Dr. Winfred B. Vergara (Father Fred) is a Missioner for Asiamerica Ministries in the Episcopal Church and Priest in Charge of St. James Parish in Elmhurst, New York.  He is married to Angela Vinluan Vergara