Nationality Filipino Name Alfonso Pablo, | Alma mater Kabacan, Cotabato | |
Church Wesleyan Church of the Philippines Predecessor Dr. Saturnino P. Garcia Successor Bishop Alberto Patacsil Other posts General Superintendent (1989–2005)
Assistant General Superintendent Born September 29, 1939 (age 84)
Camiling, Tarlac, Philippines ( 1939-09-29 ) Denomination Wesleyan Church of the Philippines | ||
Alfonso G. Pablo Sr. (born September 29, 1939 in Camiling, Tarlac, Philippines) is a retired ordained Filipino Wesleyan clergyman who was General Superintendent of the Wesleyan Church of the Philippines from 1989 to 2005, and was the Chairman of the The International Conference of The Wesleyan Church (formerly Wesleyan World Fellowship) for four years from 2000. Pablo is currently General Superintendent emeritus of The Wesleyan Church of the Philippines, a distinguished professor at the Wesleyan Graduate School for Asia Pacific in Rosales, Pangasinan, adjunct professor at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, and the chairman of Global Transformation Ministries (GTMI), and chairman of the Asia Evangelistic Fellowship Philippines (AEFP). Pablo has led various parachurch organizations in the evangelical community, including being the chairman of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC). In 2010, Pablo published a book, Transforming Leaders: The Filipino Church Administration.
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Early life, education and career
Like many other from the Ilocano tribe of Luzon, Alfonso Pablo's family also migrated to Mindanao.
During 1962 Pablo was converted to evangelical Christianity, and six months later enrolled in the Wesleyan Bible College in Kabacan, Cotabato. After an infection of the bone marrow in his leg that prevented him from standing for more than five minutes, in October 1962 Pablo testified to being healed during a ministerial conference. Pablo subsequently received his Bachelor of Theology degree from Kabacan Wesleyan Bible College in 1968, and served as a pastor.
In 1973 Pablo was elected President of the Kabacan Wesleyan Bible College, and also became General Secretary of educational institutions and Sunday schools for the Wesleyan Church in the Philippines. In 1976 Pablo resigned as President of KWBC, to attend Asian Theological Seminary (ATS) in Quezon City, where he completed the Master of Divinity in 1979. Pablo earned his Doctor of Ministry in Practical Theology at Asia-Baptist Graduate School of Theology in Baguio City in 1982. In 1983 Pablo was elected President of the Philippines Association of Bible and Theological Schools (PABATS), where he served until 1987.
On February 21, 1989, the Wesleyan Church Philippine General Conference was organized with Pablo, who had been serving as assistant General Superintendent under Dr. Saturnino P. Garcia, elected as the first General Superintendent on the first ballot with 40 out of 51 votes. Consequently, Pablo was an ex officio member of the Council of General Superintendents of the Wesleyan Church. Pablo served as General Superintendent of the Philippine Conference until 2005. During that period Pablo also served as a member of the board of the Asian Theological Seminary (ATS) in Manila from 1989 to 2006; a member of the board of the Disciple a Whole Nation (DAWN) Coordinating Committee (from 1990 until now); a member of the board of Every Home for Christ (EHFC) from 1995 to 2007; chairman of the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) from 1996 to 2000; and as the President of the Philippine Association of Christian Education Graduate School in Christian Education (PACE GSCE) from 2000 to 2001. From 2000 to 2004, Pablo served as chairman of the Wesleyan World Fellowship.
Since his retirement as General Superintendent in 2005, Pablo continues to serve in various leadership positions including as an Adjunct Professor at Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (APNTS) in Taytay, Rizal since 2005; and since 2008 as the chairman of the boards of Global Training Ministries Incorporated (GTMI), Asia Evangelistic Fellowship Philippines (AEFP), and J29 Global Transformation Foundation, Inc.
Personal life
Pablo is married to Filipina "Fely" Arciaga-Pablo and they have one daughter and three sons with eight grandchildren.