08/09/2026
On August 30, 1973, the Pentecostal Missionary Church of Christ (4th Watch) (PMCC4W) was registered to the Philippine government.* Later in the year, in December 1973, the church held its First National Convention. Led by Arsenio Tan Ferriol, dubbed as the Apostle in the End Time and the Goodman of the House, the church claims to have grown from its initial congregation in Marikina to having members in at least 72 countries, as well as around 3,000 ministers. In recent years, it has conducted the Home Free Global Crusade, an international evangelistic movement that shares the Gospel across the Philippines and the world. The crusade in Manila's Quirino Grandstand alone reported 32,051 decisions to accept Jesus Christ.
Hailing from Odiongan in Romblon, Arsenio Ferriol was born on January 14, 1936 as the son of a barrio official and a businesswoman. Introduced to Pentecostal Christianity through an evangelical mission of the Church of the Foursquare Gospel in the Philippines (Foursquare Church), Ferriol would study in the Foursquare Bible College by 1962. Later on, Ferriol left the Foursquare Church and began a community church that would become the PMCC 4th Watch. Ferriol believed that since the church is a continuation of what was established in the Pentecost, the gifts of the Holy Spirit, including the "office of apostleship", also remain operational to this day, thus supporting the claim of him being an Apostle. In 1974, his brother Arturo Ferriol also left the Foursquare Church and joined the PMCC 4th Watch, where he would become the church's Archbishop. By 1975, the church established the Maranatha Bible School, while the foundation of the Maranatha Christian Academy followed by 1980.
Ever since its foundation, PMCC has also expanded its coverage through various media platforms, including print (The Word Magazine), radio (Oras ng Katotohanan), and television (LIFE TV ASIA). As for digital media, the main channels of the church on Facebook and YouTube has 197,000 followers and 57,000 subscribers to date, respectively. Ferriol died on May 19, 2024, and was succeeded by his son Jonathan Ferriol as the church's Apostle and Chief Executive Minister. Among other honors, the 10,420-seater Apostle Arsenio T. Ferriol Sports Complex in Imus, Cavite was named after him.
One of their core beliefs revolves around the imminence of Jesus Christ’s return in this contemporary era - the 4th Watch - a term likely derived from a reading of Matthew 14:25. This does not indicate, however, that the church also believes in predicting the exact date of the actual Second Coming. Deviating from mainstream Christianity, PMCC 4th Watch believes in the existence of God as the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit as members of the Godhead, but not in the sense of the mystery of the Trinity (nontrinitarian view).
Learn more about the history of the church: https://history-ph.blogspot.com/2017/01/megachurch.html
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*The filing of registration to the Securities and Exchange Commission was done on July 30, 1973.
