User:Bishop Jose T. Gramaje III/sandbox

Written, Edited and Released by CBSPI in 2008: Bishop Jose Tovera Gramaje III is a Filipino pastor. Prior to his stint as a Bible preacher and teacher, Mr. Gramaje was connected for 5 years as an Incorporator, Trustee and a Personnel Manager of the Christian Language Study Center, an international language and acculturation school exclusive to foreign diplomats, clergies and missionaries. Rev. Gramaje has been in ministry for over 3 decades now. Ordained as a Pastor -  Evangelist in 1988 by the Christ the Lord Full Gospel Church (USA),  he is one of the pioneering preachers of the charismatic movement in the Philippines. His passion to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ has led him into a multi-faceted ministries as a Church Planter and Senior Pastor responsible for starting more than 20 full Gospel churches and fellowships nationwide which eventually gave birth to a battery of other house churches and 3 non-formal Bible schools, which became training centers for many pastors and missionaries. The Good Lord also opened doors for him to be a regular daily Gospel cable tv broadcaster for 5 years with links in Asia and the Pacific and a Gospel radio broadcaster in 5 major a.m.- stations in Metro Manila with nationwide reach. He was also tapped to write Bible inspirational for a local tabloid. He is the Founding President and Local Presbyter of the Conglomerate of Bishops & Senior Pastors International, an accountability group of Pentecostal & Evangelical preachers that began in the year 2000. He is the former President of Immanuel Ministries, Inc. and former President of Asian Center for Theological Studies. He has stood along side as a Conference Speaker with Asians, Americans and Europeans in Charismatic Conferences & Clinics, Revival Meetings and Leadership Summit. Many sons and daughters have come under his loving oversight and regard him as their spiritual father and bishop in Christ. Later at the turn of the new millennium, Pastor Gramaje was ordained as a Bishop to the Body of Christ by the Inter-Continental Living Word of Europe, a global ministry with apostolic oversight in 70 countries. For his outstanding contributions as the National Coordinator of the Philippine National Police-Moral and Spiritual Transformation(PNP-MOST), Bishop Gramaje was given a plaque of merit by the PNP Chief. He earned his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from Didaskalos Internationall Theological  Seminary, a Baptist theological school. He was also awarded a Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) by St. John College, a Baptist theological school. He is also a graduate of the elite class of 1984 of the Morris Cerullo School of Ministry and underwent progressive studies for 15 years on more than 700 courses in the Apostolic and Prophetic fields at the DMC Institute of Ministerial Studies. He is endeared to his family as a faithful and loving husband, father and grand-father. Inspite of his many achievements, which he ascribe to God's power and grace, Pastor Jojo as he is fondly called, considers himself as nothing in the eyes of God and men. For him, "to live is Christ and to die is gain!". He firmly believes that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever (Heb.13:8) and nothing is impossible with Him. His burning passion is to bring many people into the saving kniwledge of the Lord Jesus Christ and raise up young Spirit filled leaders who will work the works of God and affect their generation for Christ. The glory, honor and praise of the Living God alone is pre-eminent in his life and ministry!