Four souls, four sisters in the faith of Jesus, were baptized and added to the IMS recently in Pagtila-an, a barangay in the municipality of Lingig, in the province of Surigao del Sur, Philippines, Pastor Rotsen Manago, who performed the baptisms, announced on Facebook on December 9, 2023. A nice video of the event was published as well: https://www.facebook.com/100003388510583/videos/pcb.6678047432318141/1122311809185724.

The barangay is a unit of administration in Philippine society consisting of from 50 to 100 families under a headman, and barangay Pagtila-an’s population reached 2281 inhabitants, according to the 2020 Census, which represented 6, 49 % of Lingig municipality’s total population.

Pastor  Rotsen Manago together with the newly baptized four sisters; a photo from the personal archive of Pastor  Rotsen Manago on Facebook.

Written by Margarit Zhekov