Location

    The Philippine archipelago sprawls a little above the Equator in Southeast Asia, between latitude 4°23" and 21°25" north and longitude 116° and 127° east.

    A glance at the world map will show that the Philippines has a very strategic location. No wonder that foreign powers who colonized our islands at various eras became the greatest world power after their coming - and declined after their leaving. Because of its strategic location, the Philippines is destined to play a great role in the world, possibly its greatest role in the near future.

    First, the Philippines serves as a bridge between the cultures of the East and West. Secondly, it lies at the crossroads of international air and sea routes. Thirdly, it looms as a bastion of democracy in an area where dictators and communism hold sway over Asian nations. Fourthly, it is the citadel of Christianity between the largely Christian West and largely non-Christian East, hence its role as "the Christian light to the world."

    As the lights of Christianity begin to fade in the West, due to the moral decadence and creeping materialist/humanistic lifestyles of Western nations, so the Philippines has undergone a Christian revival that dispose the Filipinos to bring the gospel to the East. Thus, Christian prophets have seen visions of the Philippine islands in the form of a Christian warrior, with Luzon as the helmet, Visayas and Mindanao as the arms and legs, and Palawan as a flaming sword of the Spirit.