The Alliance of Filipino Catholic Charismatic Prayer Communities (AFCCPC) is an umbrella and networking organization of Catholic prayer groups or communities, with Filipino membership, in the USA and Canada. We are an ethnic constituency of and participate with the National Service Committee of the Charismatic Renewal of the United States and share in its mission of stirring into flame the grace of Pentecost and strengthening the Catholic Charismatic Renewal with particular focus and emphasis on the needs of Filipinos.

Our mission is to serve, unify, and build up the Filipino Catholic Charismatic prayer groups and prayer communities, to enable them to evangelize and proclaim effectively the lordship and the good news of Jesus Christ with the fire of the Holy Spirit; to bring the renewal to the heart of the church and to individuals through baptism in the Holy Spirit; to encourage the charismatic renewal by promoting national, regional, and local conferences; to promote the teachings of the Catholic church and its magisterium; to encourage believers to use the gift of the Holy Spirit and to nurture the fruit of the Holy Spirit for the edification and sanctification of the body Christ; to print, publish, purchase, sell, donate, or otherwise distribute Christian literature.

The Alliance emcompasses 12 regions in the USA and Canada: East Atlantic, Mid Atlantic, Southeastern, North Central, South Central, Rocky Mountain, North Pacific, Mid Pacific, South Pacific, Eastern Canada, Western Canada.

The Alliance holds a biennial National Convention in odd-numbered years. More recent Conventions were held in Toronto (1997), Washington, DC (1999), and Los Angeles (2001). The 2003 Convention will be held in New Jersey.

The Trumpet is published quarterly. Address queries, letters, requests for copies, and contributions to: P.O. Box 20147, Columbus, OH 43220. You may also send material by e-mail, preferably as Word attachments, to this e-mail address: nalbarra@columbus.rr.com.

We are accessible on-line at www.afccpc.org.

Please turn to our Servant Leaders page for a listing of Alliance officers, coordinators, and spiritual advisers.

1. National Coordinator
2. National Treasurer
3. Auditor
4. Board of Directors

Term: 4 years

Voting Members:

1. Regional Coordinators
2. Board of Directors
3. Appointed officers (except Shepherds and Spiritual Advisers)

Board of Directors (7)

Appointed Officers

Term: 4 years

1. National Secretary
2. Director of Information
3. VNC Youth Affairs
4. VNC Funding
5. VNC Finance
6. VNC Administration
7. Regional Coordinators
8. Systems Administrator
9. Head Shepherd
10. Asst Head Shepherd
11. Spiritual Advisers

Regional Coordinators

Quorum:

DUTIES OF OFFICERS

Secretary:

• Maintain minutes
• Maintain roster of prayer groups
• Disseminate letters, memos, information
• Notify members of annual and special meetings
• Notify officers of their election
• Notify committees of their duties
• Attend all national meetings
• Keeps records of all meeting proceedings
• Reports to VNC-Administration

Treasurer:

• Maintain financial records
• Responsible for receipts and disbursements
• Opens a bank account
• Prepares financial reports
• Attend meetings of the Board
• Reports to VNC-Finance

Auditor:

• Audits books, records, financial statements, disbursements, expenditures, accounts receivable, outstanding accounts
• Submit audit reports

Board of Directors:

• Serves as the governing body of the Alliance
• Insures that Alliance operates within the Bylaws and the teachings of the Church magisterium
• Decides on projects, business transactions, and national conferences
• Fill vacancies occurring in elected positions
• May convene emergency meetings
• May pass measures to deal with urgent situations

Director of Information:

• Publishes the Alliance newsletter, The Trumpet
• Writes news articles, solicits regional news, mail and distribute the newsletter
• Reports to VNC-Administration

VNC-Youth Affairs (2):

• Coordinate youth activities in regional and biennial conferences
• Reports to National Coordinator

VNC-Funding:

• Solicit benefactors, donors, advertisements for fund raising
• Supervise fund raising events approved by the Board
• Reports to National Coordinator

VNC-Finance:

• Responsible for “financial record keeping, accounting, and bookkeeping, tax and financial reporting, cash control and cashiering of the organization.”
• Reports to National Coordinator

VNC-Administration:

• Oversees functions of the Secretary, the Director of Information, and the Systems Administrator
• Monitors activities in print media and Internet “to prevent misuse and abuse by special interest.”
• Attends Board meetings to provide updates