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Southern Philippines: TV Program Led Couple to Adventist Faith

VALENCIA CITY, PHILIPPINES
On Saturday, March 5, 2005, a prominent couple in Southern Philippines was baptized at Mountain View College during the Centennial celebration of the Adventist Church in the Philippines. Juan T. Talion, Sr., was a revered pastor of the Christian Missionary Alliance Church and was founder of Gideon’s International in the City of General Santos. He was, for several years, an Administrator of the City of General Santos while his wife served faithfully in her husband’s church. In 1978, Juan Talion was the first lay leader to be ordained into the ministry of the Alliance Church and served as the first president of the Council of Elders—an interfaith association of evangelical churches. Not too long ago, he suffered a stroke and after his treatment in the hospital was confined to his home. “My circumstance paved the way for me to listen to good television programs where I found the marvelous Sabbath truth,” Talion said. “I thank the pastors at 3ABN programs for guiding me to this truth.” Pastor Talion and his wife have found the joy of salvation and in the prime of life, will devote their time to tell the wondrous story of redemption and the sacredness of the Sabbath truth, as envisioned in God’s Commandments, to his former parishioners. [Lorenzo Rodulfo/AND]