Cathedral of Praise

The Cathedral of Praise, formerly Manila Bethel Temple, was founded in 1954 by Dr. Lester Sumrall. Under the leadership of Dr. David Sumrall and his wife Bev, who moved to Manila in 1989, the Church had grown to a membership of 15,000, with a large staff including 90 full-time, paid, evangelists engaged in attracting others in the predominantly Roman Catholic Philippines to evangelical Christianity. Cathedral of Praise is currently expanding. In their website, they mentioned their plan to plant 200 churches in 20 years. : After nearly three decades of building and finishing the construction costs of the 8,000-seat auditorium, the COP complex and congregational facilities continue to expand not only in the main campus but also in key areas of the metro. Aside from the Manila Campus, the COP East Campus over at the Pioneer Centre in Mandaluyong, South Campus located at the Versailles Place in Las Piñas, and the newly built North Campus in Commonwealth, Quezon City, serve members residing in those areas. In the works are the plans to build for the South Campus its own facilities and over-all maintenance and specific upgrades of portions of the Main Campus are also underway. Cathedral of Praise have aired in different TV Networks. Cathedral of Praise with David Sumrall started its airing at ABS-CBN Channel 2 from the year 1986 to 1992. Then it was later moved to the reopened ABC Channel 5 from 1992 to 1995 GMA Channel 7 year 1995 and ended its airing in the year 2002. Followed by its airing at RPN Channel 9 from the same year until 2005 and on DZRH TV from 2022 to present. On January 29, 2017, Cathedral of Praise formally launched its own radio station, COP, DZBR 531 kHz on the AM band, from Tanauan, Batangas. DZBR broadcasts gospel-related programs from 5:00 AM to 12:00 MN. daily on traditional AM radio and 24/7 via internet streaming. The station can be heard in the whole Batangas, and some parts of Calabarzon and Metro Manila. On February 23, DZBR started its test broadcast. == Campuses ==