1974 Lausanne Congress representative Magalit was a Philippine representative to the
First International Congress on World Evangelization at
Lausanne,
Switzerland in 1974, where the
Lausanne Covenant, an
ecumenical confession which has become one of the major documents of modern evangelical Christianity, was signed. particularly in releasing the 1973 "We Believe" document alongside Rev. Cirilo Rigos of the
UCCP Cosmopolitan Church and opposition leader
Jovito Salonga.
People Power Revolution Magalit prominently led the Diliman Bible Church (DBC) in joining the 1986
People Power Revolution which toppled Marcos, earlier than other churches and organizations such as the
Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches. Magalit's DBC and
Melba Padilla Maggay's Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture (ISACC) were the main groups that came together to form Konsensiya ng Febrero Siete (KONFES). It was one of the early groups to man the barricades at Gate 2 of
Camp Aguinaldo, which the Marcos milatary had identified as an entry point for storming the camp. Magalit's essay “Rightful Rule: Romans 13 for the Philippines Today” is noted as an important examination of the People Power Revolution from the perspecgtive of evangelical theology.
Asian Theological Seminary President From 1989 to 2005, Magalit served as president of
Asian Theological Seminary (ATS), the first Filipino and Asian to hold the position. In light of his theological scholarship and his ministry leadership, he was chosen as ATS president even without a seminary degree. ==Death==