Mission Magazine 2019-2020 Annual Update

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WE WILL WIN

THE WAR ON DRUGS

-by Pastor Jerry ErojoGospel Temple AG, General Santos City, Philippines Pentecostal preachers have been preaching against drug abuse for decades. As President Duterte waged war against drug abuse, millions of addicts voluntarily surrendered and were jailed.

The War on Drugs in the Philippines began long before President Rodrigo Duterte assumed office in 2016. [16.] AP Media MISSION / apmedia.org

The Church partnered with the police in order to help the drug addicts. Many pastors went to the jails to preach the gospel of deliverance. Some pastors joined the “oplan tokhang,� an operation in which police and


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