VIENNA, Austria—Robert Ferrer, a native Filipino, and vice consul of the Philippine Embassy in Vienna, and his wife, Judylyn (both members of the Vienna WCG congregation) were the worship leaders at an interdenominational Filipino worship service in Vienna on Dec. 6.
The worship service involved six Filipino churches in Vienna. More than 400 mostly Filipino Christians and several guests attended the “Worship Together 2003” inter-church worship service at the Donau City Kirche. The service was opened by a youth musical praise number with mime and rap.
It was followed by two hours of praise and worship music accompanied by a live band and a 20-member choir.
The six churches are: Vienna Christian Fellowship, Vienna Christian Center Filipino Fellowship (an Assemblies of God congregation), Grace Church Filipino Fellowship (a Baptist congregation), Jesus Is Lord Church, Christliche International Gemeinde and the Weltweite Kirche Gottes (Worldwide Church of God).
Preparation for the event involved more than a dozen committee meetings and five months of regular practice of a combined worship team. The worship team came from the various worship teams and leaders of the six churches. Mr. and Mrs. Ferrer were the worship leaders. Mr. Ferrer also gave the main message of salvation through Jesus Christ.
“Many of those who attended praised God for the miracle and the opportunity to have a family reunion with friends from other churches who were previously estranged,” Mr. Ferrer said. “It was the perfect example of how different churches, with various temperaments, ways of doing things, and various gifts of the Holy Spirit, if inspired by God and working together in unity, could glorify him.”
Guests commented that it would be possible to involve other international evangelical congregations in a similar project in the future.
Copyright © Grace Communion International, 2004