CBN Asia or Christian Broadcasting Networks Asia, is a non-stock, nonprofit corporation established in the Philippines and Hong Kong on October 1, 1994. Its vision, mission, and ministries are inspired by those of the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), founded in the United States by televangelist Pat Robertson in 1961 and now one of the world's largest mass media Christian television organizations.
CBN Asia undertakes several ministries in reaching Asian nations with the Gospel. Its major thrust is through The 700 Club Asia, a locally produced weeknight television program, as well as other TV specials that are viewed nationwide and in other countries around the world. Its ministries include the humanitarian aid foundation called Operation Blessing Foundation.[1] The Asian Center for Missions enables reaching different people groups in Asia through the deployment of Asian cross-cultural missionaries.
ACM's missionary strategy is to train and deploy Asians as church-planting teams utilizing community development and other holistic ministries to reach the unevangelized.
The Asian Center for Missions was formed in response to Christ's call to "go and make disciples of all nations . . ." (Matthew 28:19). It is not exclusively a CBN Asia project but an Asia-wide network for spreading the Gospel, comprising the following ministries: Philippines for Jesus Movement (PJM), the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC), the Asian Seminary of Christian Ministries (ASCM), the International Bible Society and other Asian church and fellowship groups.
Operation Blessing Foundation Philippines, Inc. (OB) is a non-profit humanitarian aid foundation that provides short-term medical, disaster relief, feeding, and community development assistance to economically disadvantaged people in the Philippines and Asia. OB is committed to responding with appropriate resources to people in dire need by mobilizing volunteer medical teams, logistics, and other trained emergency relief personnel to handle the procurement, transportation, and distribution of food, clothing, medical, and other supplies. OB continues to enhance its capacity to provide community assistance programs to serve as many people as possible.
OB works with the appropriate government agencies, such as the Department of Health and the Department of Social Welfare and Development , and with non-government organizations in the target localities. It is duly registered with the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Department of Social Welfare and Development as a donee institution.
OB is the Asian counterpart of the US-based Operation Blessing International. Since 1994, OB humanitarian missions have expanded their reach from areas all over the Philippines to other Asian countries like China, India, Indonesia, Thailand, and Taiwan. In 1996, OB officially became the humanitarian arm of CBN Asia, Inc., which was founded by Gordon Robertson,[2] son of The Christian Broadcasting Network Chairman and Founder M.G. "Pat" Robertson.
A community development assistance program involving feeding, medical, dental, and educational projects for impoverished children in Payatas, Commonwealth, Las Piñas and other underprivileged areas. Livelihood programs for children's parents and guardians are also provided. Special holiday gift-giving outreaches and values-formation summer camps form part of the program.
CBN Asia provides aid to victims of earthquakes, floods, fires, and other natural and man-made disasters, such as the flood in Anhui, China in August 1999, the earthquake in Taiwan in September 1999, the Mayon Volcano eruption in the Philippines in March 2000, and the Payatas trashslide in July 2000.
Provides a diverse range of medical services, including general medical treatment, dentistry, out-patient surgery, and health education to address the unmet medical needs of underserved communities.
The Prayer Center conducts one day trainer's training seminars here and abroad in response to requests made by various groups planning to establish their own prayer centers . In the past, a counseling team was sent to different provinces in the Philippines and other Asian countries such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, and India to conduct training seminars and train up counseling centers handling common problem situations and trauma cases.
CBN Asia produced a telefilm and documentary which has occasionally aired on GMA Network and ABS-CBN, usually during the Holy Week.