Word Church missions
Word Church missions
Word Church missions
Word Church missions
Word Church missions

Mindoro Island, Philippines · Mission to the Mangyan People

Word Church carries on a ministry of bringing the gospel to the indigenous Mangyan people of Mindoro Island, Philippines, and serving them in every part of life.

Our Missions Ministry

In obedience to our Lord's command to carry the gospel to the ends of the earth,
Word Church serves the Mangyan people of Mindoro Island, Philippines.

Mission Field

Mindoro Island, Philippines

An island southwest of Luzon, whose mountainous interior is home to the indigenous Mangyan people.

The People We Serve

The Mangyan People

An indigenous tribe living in the interior of Mindoro Island — an unreached people group in need of the gospel.

Visit Schedule

One Regular Visit Each Year

Every year, Word Church sends a mission team to visit the Mangyan people in person, sharing the gospel and serving them.

Mission Vision

Word Church carries on a missions ministry of proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ to the Mangyan people of Mindoro Island, Philippines. Once a year, a mission team travels to the field to share the gospel and to serve the people in many practical ways — through education, medical care, and daily-life support.

Our whole church prays and gives together, longing to see the seed of the gospel planted among the Mangyan people in their rugged mountain home, and to watch that seed grow as the kingdom of God expands.

Short-Term Mission Trips

Every year, Word Church sends a short-term mission team to the Mangyan people of Mindoro Island, Philippines.

UPCOMING · 3rd Short-Term Mission Trip

June 22 – 27, 2026 Scheduled

Mindoro Island, Philippines · Mangyan Mission — Please pray with us

Photo from the 1st short-term mission trip
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1st Short-Term Mission Trip

July 15 – 20, 2024

Mindoro Island, Philippines · The Mangyan People

Photo from the 2nd short-term mission trip
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2nd Short-Term Mission Trip

July 14 – 19, 2025

Mindoro Island, Philippines · The Mangyan People

Commissioned Missionaries

These are the missionaries whom Word Church has commissioned and who now serve on the field.

Missionary Shim Ae-ju

Missionary Shim Ae-ju

Raising the next generation in the lowest and most overlooked places — Mount Halcon, Philippines

Answering God's call, she has faithfully carried the gospel since 2007 to the Mangyan people living on Mount Halcon on Mindoro Island, Philippines. To date she has built more than four churches for the indigenous community, steadily establishing firm spiritual homes for God's people.

In particular, she provides transportation fare and lunch money for some 120 Mangyan students whose families have lived in the mountains for generations amid poverty and social marginalization, opening the door to education while sharing the gospel with them. Sharing her whole life with these children, she pours all her strength into raising them to grow up soundly in the gospel and to stand as the future workers who will carry the kingdom of God forward.

Missionary Kim Se-kwon

Missionary Kim Se-kwon

Mindoro, Philippines · Mission to the Mangyan People

For some twenty years, Missionary Kim Se-kwon has lived alongside the Mangyan people, sharing their joys and sorrows and faithfully carrying out his ministry in the midst of their daily lives. He devotes himself to training and nurturing Mangyan students as children of faith, and, using the gift of building that God has given him, he leads the way in raising churches, dormitories, and homes for the indigenous community — the very facilities the mission field needs most.

Each building raised by his hands, and each student trained and growing up in the dormitories, becomes a firm pillar of the mission field and a seed of the gospel — a channel through which the kingdom of God is beautifully expanding among the Mangyan community.

Please Pray with Us for Missions

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." — Acts 1:8

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ELOI MISSION

Philippines · Mangyan Tribe

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