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Living Rock Ministries
Leader: Danny & Cita Montes
Group: The Waray people
Location: Samar and Leyte, Philippines
Supported Through: Advancing Native Missions
The Warays are a ferocious people group who live on the island of Samar, one of the poorest islands in the Philippines, as well as the least evangelized. One Sunday in April 1975, evangelist Rizzy Montes found himself stranded in a city on Samar Island after conducting a crusade there. He looked for an evangelical church in the city but found none. Then and there, God impressed him with a strong desire to establish a missionary center in the area. Two months later, Rizzy heeded God’s call and returned to Samar to found Living Rock Ministries (LRM), whose aim is to establish churches in every village and town on the islands of Samar and Leyte.
Despite various setbacks, today the ministry has raised up more than 90 pastors and planted nearly 100 churches throughout the region. Yet hundreds of villages are still unreached because they are located in remote areas where there are no roads or transportation available, and where the Communist guerrillas are in control. The ministry also runs a Bible school which has produced many pastors and workers who have since returned to evangelize their own people. At present, Rizzy’s son Danny has succeeded him and oversees the ministry as its leader. The work of God among the Warays maintains its divinely-mandated continuity as it is passed on to the next generation! Danny’s vision is to ensure that there is a church in every village in Samar.
Leader: Danny & Cita Montes
Group: The Waray people
Location: Samar and Leyte, Philippines
Supported Through: Advancing Native Missions
The Warays are a ferocious people group who live on the island of Samar, one of the poorest islands in the Philippines, as well as the least evangelized. One Sunday in April 1975, evangelist Rizzy Montes found himself stranded in a city on Samar Island after conducting a crusade there. He looked for an evangelical church in the city but found none. Then and there, God impressed him with a strong desire to establish a missionary center in the area. Two months later, Rizzy heeded God’s call and returned to Samar to found Living Rock Ministries (LRM), whose aim is to establish churches in every village and town on the islands of Samar and Leyte.
Despite various setbacks, today the ministry has raised up more than 90 pastors and planted nearly 100 churches throughout the region. Yet hundreds of villages are still unreached because they are located in remote areas where there are no roads or transportation available, and where the Communist guerrillas are in control. The ministry also runs a Bible school which has produced many pastors and workers who have since returned to evangelize their own people. At present, Rizzy’s son Danny has succeeded him and oversees the ministry as its leader. The work of God among the Warays maintains its divinely-mandated continuity as it is passed on to the next generation! Danny’s vision is to ensure that there is a church in every village in Samar.
