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National Association of Filipino American United Methodists
OUR PURPOSE
The purpose of NAFAUM, enunciated in its Constitution and by-laws, consists of a broad spectrum of issues involving
among Filipino-Americans in cooperation with boards and agencies and local churches across the United States and, in a
limited sense, Canada.
To gain a better understanding of NAFAUM, it is important to have some knowledge and appreciation of the objectives that
constitute the salient features of its purpose. These include
Of its purposes and goals it is the creation of more Filipino-American congregations that has attained the most concrete
expression. The Paglago Commission has been created for this purpose. NAFAUM also aims to develop a
comprehensive program for Filipino-American youth and young adults. One current project is the production of a
standardized curriculum for the Christmas Institute that will be used in all CI centers in the U.S. The parallel NAFAUM
young people’s convocation in 2009 also aims to establish a U.S.-wide organization for youth and young adults that will
eventually formulate programs for its constituency.
The NAFAUM faces an exciting future as it faces great challenges but yet full of hope. The present challenges include the
funding for the Paglago program. Once again the General Board of Global Ministries, which has been a lot of help,
unfortunately cannot adopt the Paglago as one of its ethnic National Plans because of lack of funds. We are thus forced
to tap other sources as well as our own. However, we have the vast reservoir of talents that God has given us and the
skills nurtured in part by faith.
Indeed, NAFAUM has an exciting and rich story to tell the church and the world. With the encouragement and assistance
from the General Commission on Archives and History, NAFAUM has unveiled the plan of the centennial book for 2013,
the 100th year of Filipino Methodism in America. Mabuhay!
(Written by Haniel Garibay and Pong Javier based mostly on the NAFAUM Story by Ben Vinluan.)
ABOUT US > LEADERSHIP TEAM
*NAFAUM Board Member
among Filipino-Americans in cooperation with boards and agencies and local churches across the United States and, in a
limited sense, Canada.
To gain a better understanding of NAFAUM, it is important to have some knowledge and appreciation of the objectives that
constitute the salient features of its purpose. These include
- Providing an umbrella, a vision of what we are about as a community of faith for existing and emerging
congregations across the country and, wherever feasible, the Philippines and other countries;
- Developing appropriate program resources consonant with United Methodist polity relative to the life and experience
of Filipino-Americans;
- Providing a clearinghouse and networking process of relevant information from various connectional boards or
agencies in order to impact our community, and vice versa;
- Identifying suitable candidates for, and support the appointment and election of, Filipino-American clergy and laity
to connectional agencies, institutions, the superintendency and episcopacy;
- Advocating for significant issues that impact clergy and laity concerns, such as open itineracy for clergy across
Conference lines; representing our constituency in national and international meetings, in the connectional boards
or agencies and in all levels, as appropriate;
- Engaging in regular evaluation of NAFAUM’s ministries, strategic planning and research for mission and ministry,
congregational development, ministerial recruitment and training, lay leadership; and develop venues where our
community comes together for celebration, worship, study and dialogue; and
- Securing and developing means of supporting NAFAUM’s operations through membership dues, grants from
funding agencies, philanthropic foundations and
Of its purposes and goals it is the creation of more Filipino-American congregations that has attained the most concrete
expression. The Paglago Commission has been created for this purpose. NAFAUM also aims to develop a
comprehensive program for Filipino-American youth and young adults. One current project is the production of a
standardized curriculum for the Christmas Institute that will be used in all CI centers in the U.S. The parallel NAFAUM
young people’s convocation in 2009 also aims to establish a U.S.-wide organization for youth and young adults that will
eventually formulate programs for its constituency.
The NAFAUM faces an exciting future as it faces great challenges but yet full of hope. The present challenges include the
funding for the Paglago program. Once again the General Board of Global Ministries, which has been a lot of help,
unfortunately cannot adopt the Paglago as one of its ethnic National Plans because of lack of funds. We are thus forced
to tap other sources as well as our own. However, we have the vast reservoir of talents that God has given us and the
skills nurtured in part by faith.
Indeed, NAFAUM has an exciting and rich story to tell the church and the world. With the encouragement and assistance
from the General Commission on Archives and History, NAFAUM has unveiled the plan of the centennial book for 2013,
the 100th year of Filipino Methodism in America. Mabuhay!
(Written by Haniel Garibay and Pong Javier based mostly on the NAFAUM Story by Ben Vinluan.)
ABOUT US > LEADERSHIP TEAM
- Alex Vergara*, President
Ruby Bago*, Vice President
Susan de Guzman*, Treasurer
Elizabeth Evangelista*, Secretary
Imelda Ramos*, Corresponding Secretary
Pong Javier, Communication and Information Director
Pros Tumonong*, Finance Committee Chair
Haniel Garibay, Program Developer
*NAFAUM Board Member