Jaro Evangelical Church
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The Jaro Evangelical Church is a Baptist church in Jaro, Philippines, affiliated with the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches.
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Jaro Evangelical Church | |
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The First Baptist Church in the Philippines | |
10°41′24″N 122°33′0″E | |
Location | Jaro, Iloilo City, Iloilo |
Country | Philippines |
Denomination | Baptist |
Associations | Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches |
Website | https://jaroevangelicalchurch.org |
History | |
Status | Active |
Founded | 1900 (First church structure and founding of the organization) |
Founder(s) | Eric Lund[1] |
Architecture | |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | American Colonial, semi-gothic |
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Jaro Evangelical Church's inception from the beginning is catalyst to the foundation (which it shares a strong association with) of Central Philippine University, the first Baptist and second American university in the Philippines and in Asia, an institution of higher learning founded through the benevolent grant of an American industrialist and philanthropist, John D. Rockefeller in 1905.