About Us

Jesus Is Lord Church started in the Philippines and was founded by Bro. Eddie Villanueva. You can know more about him and the JIL Worldwide through their website.

Distinction

Jesus Is Lord Church (JIL) is a Full Gospel, non-sectarian, Christ-centered and Bible-based Christian church.

Our Mission

To bring all peoples to the kingdom of the living God regardless of race, status, belief and religious affiliations through the saving, healing, delivering, and transforming power of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Our Vision

A glorious church evangelizing and discipling Filipinos and all the peoples of the world through teaching, preaching and living-out the full-Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Our Core Values

Passionate Love for GOD

An intimate and wholehearted devotion, reserved to GOD alone, that is steadfast and unparalleled, evidenced by absolute submission and obedience to GOD’s will and commands (Deuteronomy 6:5)

Love and Compassion for Others

A compelling urge that eventually becomes a natural inclination to selflessly care for others as He cares for others, becoming GOD's channel of unconditional mercy and grace (Mark 12:31)

Integrity

An uprightness of character that is beyond reproach, in private and public life, through the uncompromised principle of upholding truth, transparency and consistency in word and in action (Psalm 78:72)

Faithfulness

An authentic loyalty to GOD with a sense of responsibility as stewards to the various roles, relationships and resources entrusted by GOD (Matthew 25:21)

Excellence

A quality of character that rejects mediocrity and commits to GOD's highest workmanship (Daniel 6:3-4)

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Declaration of the JIL Church Worldwide Distinctives

The JILCW believes that the church to be raptured is a glorious church: without spot, wrinkle or blemish and is an embodiment of the following attributes:

1. Worshipping Church

We are a Church that consistently takes part in experiences of GOD's love and forgiveness and is unashamed to present our love to GOD.

As a Church, we seek to lead others to truly see, hear and experience GOD's presence and to show how they, too, can be confident in discovering, responding and expressing their love to GOD.

2. Healing Church

We are a Church that testifies to the holistic healing that GOD gives to the hurt, the sick and the lost.

As a Church, we recognize the power and willingness of the Great Physician to heal the physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual wounds of every man, woman and child and thus undertake to be used as both testimonies and instruments of GOD's healing ministry.

3. Soul-Winning Church

We are a Church whose heart feels the heartbeat of GOD for the salvation of perishing souls.

As a Church, we exemplify a lifestyle of evangelism so that souls are won for the eternal Kingdom of GOD.

4. Praying Church

We are a Church whose backbone and life blood is Prayer.

As a Church, together with the Body of CHRIST, we fight the good fight of faith in prayer and fasting, intercession and spiritual warfare with corresponding action.

5. Visionary Church

We are a Church with glorious prophetic destiny.

As a Church, we endeavor to reach the realization of GOD's glorious Vision through wholehearted obedience, devotion and commitment, Spirit-led and strategic planning under His Divine Enablement.

As a Church, we believe we cannot do anything apart from GOD, but we can do all things through CHRIST who strengthens us.

6. Spirit-Filled Church

We are a Church whose way of life is to seek out the Spirit's baptism as well as His anointing in everything – praying, sharing, preaching, teaching, listening, performing, writing and so forth.

As a Church, we humbly submit to the guidance and power of the Holy Spirit in doing the works of GOD in the church and society.

7. Nation-Loving Church

We are a Church called to zealously love our country, believing that every nation must be under the Lordship of JESUS CHRIST.

As a Church, we accept our divine mandate to love our country by influencing and transforming every pillar of society – church and family, government, business and economics, education, science and technology, media and entertainment, arts, and environment – through programs, projects and other ways and means that trumpet truth, justice and righteousness.

8. Faith-filled Church

We are a Church that puts our absolute trust in the revelation and power of the Living GOD.

As a Church, we live with absolute confidence on GOD's sovereignty and guidance, acknowledging His power, knowledge and presence in every part of our life.

9. Prophetic Church

We are a Church who firmly believes that our GOD also reveals His Word, will and instructions through His genuine Prophet to the nation and the Body of CHRIST.

As a Church, we recognize GOD's commands and revelations and pursue the fulfillment of His glorious plan for the Church and nation.

10. Apostolic Church

We are a Church that submits to spirit of apostolic leadership established and ordained by the Living GOD through JESUS CHRIST.

As a Church, we operate and experience the blessings of the five-fold ministry gifts that empower our dynamic apostolic church gloriously reflecting the character and power of the Living GOD and effectively reaching all parts of the world through evangelism and church planting.

11. Giving Church

We are a Church that faithfully lives according to the Biblical principle teaching us that it is more blessed to give than to receive.

As a Church, we seize every opportunity to selflessly and cheerfully give to His Ministry and to the people in need.

12. Serving Church

We are a Church that follows the example set by our LORD JESUS CHRIST in genuine humility and Godly servanthood.

As a Church, we devise and spearhead programs and projects that enable us to passionately serve God, His Ministry, our country and the rest of the world.

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Declaration of Principles and Values

1. JIL Doctrinal and Ministerial Distinctive

The JILCW adheres to the biblical tenets of the faith, evangelical, Full-Gospel (Pentecostal-Charismatic) distinctives in doctrine, ministry and experience. We affirm the Laussane Covenant of 1974, the Manila Manifesto of 1989 and the historic creeds of Christianity, especially the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds.

2. The Church as Agent of Evangelism and Transformation

We hold that the Church is central in GOD'S redemptive plan for humanity and it is GOD'S agent for evangelism and transformation. The JILCW recognizes the urgency of this task and is committed to take the whole Gospel to the whole world until the Great Commission is fulfilled.

3. Discipleship and Training

The Church is called upon not only to evangelize the lost but also to disciple and equip believers for effective and fruitful service. The JILCW shall provide various training programs where, by the Spirit, through the Word, and the five-fold ascension gifts in Ephesians 4, the members are prepared to function in their grace and giftings.

4. Priority of Worship

The JILCW recognizes worship as the priority ministry of all believers, and that through the life-nourishing power of worship flows out evangelism and other ministries. Therefore, the JILCW shall equip its members to live a lifestyle of worship.

5. The Authority of the Bible

The Bible is GOD's Word and we acknowledge its absolute power and authority upon our lives and the Church. The JILCW shall endeavor to pattern all its conduct, practices and ministries according to Scriptural principles.

6. Primacy of Prayer-Intercession

The JILCW shall equip and release its members to be prayer warriors and intercessors because we believe that through prayer and intercession we tap into GOD'S inexhaustible resources and destroy the works of Satan thereby establishing GOD's rulership over all spheres of life and over all the nations of the world.

7. Leadership Integrity

Every JILCW leader and member shall endeavor to live a life pleasing to the LORD and must always conduct himself/herself with purity, integrity and consecration, manifesting the righteousness of GOD and the fruit of the Spirit, and he/she must faithfully follow the provisions of this Constitution and existing code of laws and others as may be promulgated by JILCW through the Executive Bishop or his authorized representative.

8. Ministry Excellence

The JILCW believes that excellence and integrity in the conduct of ministry must be upheld at all times. Therefore, all JILCW pastors and ministry leaders/workers must adhere to the Biblical Principles and existing Code of Laws and other policies and procedures, rules and regulations that may, from time to time, be promulgated and implemented by JILCW through the Executive Bishop or his authorized representative.

9. JIL Membership

Every JILCW member is a vital part in fulfilling the mission and vision of the JILCW. He/She shall endeavor to develop and utilize his/her GOD-given gifts for His service through the multi-ministries of the Church, faithful attendance to Church activities, prayer, and giving of tithes and offerings and other resources.

10. Family

The family, as a covenantal institution ordained by GOD, is the foundation and validation of our ministries. Therefore, the JILCW is committed to equip families to become strong units of society where each member is functioning according to his/her biblical role and responsibility.

11. Marriage

Marriage is designed by GOD to be a lifelong and permanent relationship between a man and woman and that divorce and separation are not solutions to marital problems and discord. The JILCW shall always uphold the sanctity of marriage and oppose any attempt to destroy it by any person, group or sector.

12. GOD and Country (Diyos at Bayan)

The Church people are called to be GOD's representatives who create impact to the Nations. Therefore, the JILCW shall endeavor to exert strong prophetic voice and influence upon all pillars of society and the whole nation through socio-economic and political involvement and transformation, which we believe are crucial parts of our Christian duty and mandate.

13. Compassion Ministry

We believe that the Church is to share GOD's compassion for the poor and the needy, distressed, and oppressed. To this end, the JILCW shall establish ministries that shall be concrete expressions of GOD's love and mercy to the marginalized members of the society

14. Stewardship

We believe that the Church must handle its finances and other resources as good stewards with utmost integrity, according to high ethical monetary practices, and always in the manner that honors the LORD. The JILCW recognizes that all tithes, offerings, pledges and donations are from and for GOD and must always be spent wisely and appropriately for the ministry, with the strict observance of regular reportorial submissions and proper accounting.

15. Unity in the Body of CHRIST

We affirm that the Church of JESUS CHRIST is only One but with many local congregations; that JESUS is the CHIEF SHEPHERD with many undershepherds. The JILCW acknowledges that it is only one of the local expressions of the One Universal Church and is committed to work with CHRIST-centered and Bible-based churches and Christian organizations to advance GOD's Kingdom in the spirit of love, unity and mutual recognition of giftings and callings.

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Declaration of Faith

The Declaration of Faith consists of biblically founded doctrines and beliefs that the JILCW is more than willing to live and die for. These are the major doctrines that serve as the foundation of the distinctives of the Church. Furthermore, these doctrines are the bases of all spiritual and theological principles that guide all operations, activities, policies and programs of the Church. The Jesus Is Lord Church (Worldwide) believes on the following major doctrines:

1. Lordship of Jesus Christ

Philippians 2:6-11(NIV) “6 Who, being in very nature GOD, did not consider equality with GOD something to be used to his own advantage; 7 rather, He made Himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. 8 And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! 9 Therefore GOD exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the Name of JESUS every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and every tongue acknowledge that JESUS CHRIST is LORD, to the glory of GOD the Father.”

2. Holy Scriptures

2 Timothy 3:16-17(NIV) “All Scripture is GOD-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of GOD may be thoroughly equipped for every good work.”

3. Eternal Godhead

1 John 5:7-8 (KJV) “For there are three that bear record in heaven – the Father, the Word and the Holy Ghost: and these three are ONE…”

4. Fall of Man

Romans 5:12(NIV) “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, in this way death came to all men, because all have sinned.”

5. Plan of Redemption

John 3:16 (NKJV) “For GOD so loved the world that He gave His only begotten SON, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”

6. Salvation Through Grace

Ephesians 2:8-9(NKJV) “For by GRACE you have been saved through FAITH, and that not of yourselves; it is the GIFT of GOD, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”

1 John 5:11-12 (NKJV) “And this is the testimony: that GOD has given us ETERNAL LIFE, and this life is in His SON. He who has the SON has life; he who does not have the SON of GOD does not have life.”

7. Repentance And Acceptance

1 John 1:9 (NIV) “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”

John 1:12 (NKJV) But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of GOD, to those who believe in His name.”

8. New Birth

John 3:3 (NIV 1984) “In reply, JESUS declared, ‘I tell you the truth, no one can see the kingdom of GOD unless he is BORN AGAIN.'”

9. Water Baptism And Lord's Supper

Matthew 28:19-20 (NKJV) “Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.”

1 Corinthians 11:23-26 (NKJV) “…The LORD JESUS on the same night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, ‘Take, eat; this is My body which is broken for you; do this in remembrance of Me.' In the same manner, He also took the cup after supper saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in My blood; this do, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.' For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the LORD's death till He comes.”

10. Baptism in the Holy Spirit

Acts 2:4 (NIV) “All of them were filled with the HOLY SPIRIT and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.”

Acts 1:8 (NKJV) “But you shall receive power when the HOLY SPIRIT has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to ME in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”

11. Gifts and Fruit of the Holy Spirit

1 Corinthians 12:7-10 (NKJV) But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to each one for the profit of all: 8 for to one is given the word of WISDOM through the Spirit, to another the word of KNOWLEDGE through the same Spirit, 9 to another FAITH by the same Spirit, to another gifts of HEALINGS by the same Spirit, 10 to another the working of MIRACLES, to another PROPHECY, to another DISCERNING OF SPIRITS, to another different kinds of TONGUES, to another the INTERPRETATION OF TONGUES.

Galatians 5:22-23 (NKJV) “But the FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT is Love, Joy, Peace, Long Suffering, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-Control. Against such there is no law.”

12. Divine Healing

James 5:14-15 (NKJV) “Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the NAME OF THE LORD. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the LORD will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.”

13. Second Coming of Christ

1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (NIV) “For the LORD Himself will come down from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of archangel and with the trumpet call of GOD and the dead in CHRIST will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the LORD in the air. And so we will be with the LORD forever.”

14. Tithes and Offerings

Malachi 3:10 (NKJV) “Bring all the TITHES into the storehouse that there may be food in MY house, and try ME now in this,” says the LORD OF HOSTS, “If I will not open for you the windows of heaven and pour out for you such blessing that there will not be room enough to receive it.”

15. Kingdom Dominion

Matthew 6:9-10 (NKJV) “This, then, is how you should pray: “Our FATHER in heaven hallowed be your NAME, YOUR KINGDOM COME, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”

Revelation 11:15b (NKJV) “…The kingdoms of this world have become the Kingdoms of our LORD and of His CHRIST, and HE shall reign forever and ever!”