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The Philippines has 87 million Christians, making it the fifth-largest population of Christians in the world. Situated between Taiwan and Malaysia, and between the Pacific and the South China Sea, with its 330 years of colonization by Catholic Spain overlaying a history of traditional religion, this nation of over 7,000 islands was singularly positioned in the region for a baptism of the Holy Spirit.When the United States assumed control of the Philippines from Spain in 1898, the country was opened up to Protestantism. Pentecostalism in the Philippines was …

Eduardo “Eddie” Cruz Villanueva was born on October 6, 1946 in Bocaue, Bulacan, the Philippines. His parents were Joaquin Villanueva and Maria Cruz. He is married to Adoracion Jose Villanueva. They have four children: Eduardo, Joni, Joel, and Jovi.Villanueva graduated from the Philippine College of Commerce (now Polytechnic University of the Philippines) with a Bachelor’s degree in commerce. He describes himself as a former “communist-atheist,” “radical activist,” and “street parliamentarian” and now “one of the most powerful preach…

Early African-American Pentecostal theologian, author, leader and pastor. Garfield Thomas Haywood (1880–1931) was one of nine children born to Ben Haywood and Penny Ann Uzzle, July 15, 1880 in Greencastle, Indiana, to parents who had themselves been born into slavery. The family had moved from North Carolina in 1879, to the rural area around Greencastle, before relocating closer to Indianapolis when Garfield was just three years old. G.T. Haywood attended Shortridge High School, leaving in 1896 …