In the early 1980s, Pastor Butch Conde originally wanted to start a
halfway house for prostituted women in
Olongapo City, where the
U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay was located. In August 1982, Pastor Conde and 11 other people started a new church in Loyola Heights,
Quezon City. Maryknoll College (now
Miriam College) offered its auditorium to launch the Bread of Life Christian Fellowship and the first service gathering was held on November 14, 1982. Attendance steadily increased. After the
People Power Revolution in 1986, Pastor Conde drew inspiration from his Korea Prayer Study Tour and Prayer Mountain experiences in
South Korea. BOL then acquired a piece of land in the mountains in
Antipolo,
Rizal to build the country's and
Southeast Asia's first Prayer Mountain facilities in 1988. On April 5, 1987, BOL services moved to Circle Theatre (now Circle Events Place) and divided into four worship gatherings every Sunday. Between 1989 and 1991, it was one of the fastest-growing churches in the country with membership of up to 2,000 people in 1992. BOL then changed its name to Bread of Life Ministries. They
planted another central church in
Makati, and had been planting church satellites nationwide. In August 1993, BOL began building its own ministry center in
Quezon City. By this time BOL was an indigenous church, built without foreign help, financial assistance, political support, or church partnership.
thumb|right|175px|Crossroad Center, Mother Ignacia corner Scout Reyes Streets In 1996, BOL started international outreach to Filipinos and other nationalities by founding BOL USA in
Los Angeles,
San Francisco, and
San Diego,
California. On November 29, 1998, the church dedicated Crossroad77 (now known as Crossroad Center) and weekly attendance averaged up to 2,500 each of the four service gatherings. In 2002, BOL established the Meridian International Learning Experience, a multilingual Christian school. On November 25, 2007, BOL marked its 25th anniversary. The theme was the "Global Village 25/25", attended by thousands of members from BOL local and international outreaches. The celebration was held at
Ynares Center,
Antipolo,
Rizal.
Bread of Life 30 Years In 2012, Pastor Conde announced his retirement as senior pastor, having served as such for the past three decades. On May 20, 2012, the head pastor of BOL Makati and
Singapore, Rev. Noel Tan, was installed as the new senior pastor. In 2012 BOL celebrated its 30th anniversary with the theme "Perlas Ng Silangan: Bread of Life 30th Anniversary". The celebration was held at the
SMX Convention Center on November 18, 2012, with approximately 15,000 attendees from different BOL outreaches worldwide. In the same year, BOL Glorietta 4 in Makati was transferred to F1 Hotel in
Bonifacio Global City, and eventually transferred its worship gatherings in
SM Aura,
Taguig. This was later named BOL BGC (known as Mosaic BGC). ==Crossroad Center (Bread of Life Ministry Center)==