{"id":43,"date":"2023-05-11T09:36:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-11T09:36:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bced-umc.org\/?page_id=43"},"modified":"2025-02-20T08:00:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T08:00:36","slug":"board-of-trustees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umc-bced.org\/?page_id=43","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"43\" class=\"elementor elementor-43\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d698fb5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d698fb5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4bf291d\" data-id=\"4bf291d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9ab467 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f9ab467\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/umc-bced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BCED-1-724x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1008\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/umc-bced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BCED-1-724x1024.png 724w, https:\/\/umc-bced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BCED-1-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/umc-bced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BCED-1-768x1086.png 768w, https:\/\/umc-bced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BCED-1-1086x1536.png 1086w, https:\/\/umc-bced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BCED-1-1448x2048.png 1448w, https:\/\/umc-bced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BCED-1-600x849.png 600w, https:\/\/umc-bced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BCED-1.png 1587w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b03d123\" data-id=\"b03d123\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b3f810 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1b3f810\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A three-pronged program<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52f6668 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52f6668\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>BCED stands for a three-pronged ministry:\u00a0 Christian education, communications, and discipleship\u2014three major areas of work that resulted from the merger in 2013 of the then Board of Christian Education and Communication and the Board of Christian Discipleship.<\/p><p><strong>Christian education,<\/strong> the biggest area, includes spiritual formation, Christian nurture, and leadership development. It has the following program components: training and capability building, resource material production, early childhood education and development, lifespan ministries, worship and liturgy, the National Bible Quiz, and leadership development.\u00a0<\/p><p>The <strong>Communications<\/strong> program includes publication of The Filipino Methodist Magazine, training of Christian communicators, multi-media productions, and promotion and sales.<\/p><p><strong>Discipleship ministries<\/strong> include spiritual formation through <strong>Kasama ni Jesus<\/strong> (KNJ), mission and evangelism, ecumenical relations, health ministries, and discipleship training and resource development.<\/p><p>BCED has two full-time staff. We have a huge mandate with limited resources, but God is good and has done wonderful things for us and through us, even during the very trying times of the Covid-19 pandemic!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3ae7295f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3ae7295f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-695ff4f5\" data-id=\"695ff4f5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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https:\/\/umc-bced.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/BCED-Logo-600x160.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2dd4c81d\" data-id=\"2dd4c81d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396f2b43 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget-mobile__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"396f2b43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Board of Christian Education and Discipleship of the Philippines Central Conference,\u00a0 The United Methodist Church<\/p><p>\u00a9 2025 BCED All Rights Reserved<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A three-pronged program BCED stands for a three-pronged ministry:\u00a0 Christian education, communications, and discipleship\u2014three major areas of work that resulted from the merger in 2013 of the then Board of Christian Education and Communication and the Board of Christian Discipleship. Christian education, the biggest area, includes spiritual formation, Christian nurture, and leadership development. 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