ABOUT US
Our history..
- How we began
March 26, 1978, Eugenio ‘Gene’ Sanchez Sr., and her wife, Pilar, attended their first prayer meeting held by the Upper Room Prayer Group in Project 7, Quezon City, Philippines.
The couple attended the prayer meetings regularly, bringing along their children. In one of those meetings, a leader of the Upper Room, looking at the Sanchez’s youngest son Bo, then only 12 years old, prophesied that the boy would be speaking to thousands about God.
After 18 months, the Sanchez’s decided to organize their prayer group, named the Light of Jesus, and held their first prayer meeting at the garage of their home at 56 Chicago Street, Cubao, Quezon City, on September 9, 1980, with Bo leading the meeting.
The following year, 30 regular attendees of the prayer meetings formed the Core Family of what was then called Light of Jesus (LOJ) Community.
- The LOJ Family Grows Bigger
In the ‘80s, as the Core Family went out to establish prayer meetings in various parts of Metro Manila and nearby provinces, members of the Light of Jesus rapidly increased in number.
The members, coming from various walks of life, were grouped into “families,” composed of 30 to 50 members, such as the Love Family, Strength Family, Joy Family, Peace Family, Faith Family, and the Glory Family.
The families built more prayer meetings and organized branches such as the Discipleship Communities for Christ (DCC); Homes for Christ, for couples; Youth Mission for Parishes and Communities (YMPACT); Esther, for single women professionals; Joshua, for single men professionals; and Tabitha, for single mature women.
In the 1990s, as members went to the Visayas and Mindanao to establish prayer groups, more people joined LOJ. The community at that time was organized into various regions, districts, and chapters. Each chapter was composed of caring groups, the nucleus of the entire organization, composed of five to 15 members.
- Fulfilling The Vision of Spreading God's Word
By the early 2000s, Bo Sanchez established the Feast, a Sunday prayer gathering with Holy Mass, lively worship, and a series of talks on practical Christian Living – first held at Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.
The members of the LOJ regions and chapters were reorganized to build more Feasts, which showed videos of talks by Bo.
By the year 2009, following the lead from the Lord, Bo assigned Feast Builders, who are well-known preachers and authors of spiritual books, to establish new Feasts.
Today, the Light of Jesus has also gone international, establishing prayer groups in key areas in Asia, the Middle East, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Oceania, Canada, and the Bahamas.
- Gone South
In 2009, South Feast was launched, comprising the areas under Light of Jesus’ LAMP (Las Pinas, Alabang, Muntinlupa, Paranaque) District, including Laguna, Cavite, and Batangas.
Hermie Morelos initiated the organizational setup with Arun Gogna as the Feast Builder. “The happiest place on earth” became its tagline.
South Feast session formally opened in July 2009 at Cinema 10 Festival Mall, initially with one session. Then, another session was added due to the increasing number of attendees.
Attendance kept soaring, so a bigger venue needed to be found soon.
Providentially, the space at the second level of Festival Mall became available. It became the Feast Center- “the happiest place on earth”- and our home for over seven years.
Wednesday Feast Alabang opened in June 2011 in Festival Mall.
We are now on the Ground Floor of the Filinvest One Building, Northgate Cyberzone, Alabang Zapote Road, Muntinlupa City, Metro Manila.
Our mission..
To spread the love of God and build a community of faith.
Our vision..
To make one million disciples of Jesus worldwide, fostering a global community of believers.