Bishop Ray Llarena has been in the ministry now for 63years and has pastored churches both in the Philippines and the United States. Aside from Manila, his places of pastoral responsibility have included San Francisco, Northern Michigan, and Chicago. Now retired from the pastorate, he has taken more of an apostolic role, traveling around the world preaching the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ, speaking in conferences, seminars, ministry training sessions, and campmeetings, and serving as family counselor, evangelist, mentor, and missionary. His Philippine ministry, Tabernacle of Faith International, now has locations all over that country, as well as a school, Tabernacle of Faith Christian Academy, and an orphanage. Although his mission outreach, Global Evangelistic Ministries, is based in Chicago, Illinois, he now spends more time in his native land