Council

Overseeing UCM

The Council is the elected governing body that oversees UCM.
There are 15 Council members that are nominated and elected every year
by church members.
Each Council member serves with a term limit of 3 consecutive years.
The members’ primary responsibilities are as follows:
Spiritual, Vision & Mission, Policy, Budget, and Restoration.

The Council oversees UCM through ministry oversight by chairing committees
(a committee is a group of people committed to serving in a particular area of ministry).

At the Annual Members' Meeting on February 25, 2024, voting was held to approve the slate of nominees as presented to the church body by the Council and the Nominations Committee which includes all the new Council members.

HAVE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS?

If you would like to reach any of the Council members, please use our Contact Council form. Your questions or concerns will be received by our Corporate Secretary, who in turn will channel the matter to the appropriate Council member.

William Alcantara

Property

William is an energy efficiency professional/entrepreneur and is the Managing Director of Vega Energy Services. He earned a Master’s degree in Energy Efficiency and Climate Change from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. William and his wife, Thania, have been members of UCM since 2015 and have both been involved in various ministries within UCM. At one season of his life, William was a Youth Pastor, a Missions Team Leader, and the National Director for Ministry Partnership Development at his previous church. He has been a member of the UCM Property Committee for the past 2 years.

Jaime “Jimi” Araneta

Outreach

Now on the 3rd year of his term on Council, Jimi became a Christian in November 1986. His passion for God’s Word led him to taking up courses at the Asian Theological Seminary. This equipped him to work as Church Administrator for two years with his previous church. There he served the community through preaching, counseling, and teaching book studies. He and his wife, Sonia, also led various small groups such as single professionals, young couples, “golden girls,” mixed couples, "singled", and married. He was also on the Board of Action International Ministries and a co-planter of a mid-week Christian fellowship. Jimi and his family began attending UCM in late 2018. They became members in May 2021. Since then, Jimi has led a Friday Men’s Small Discipleship Group (SDG). Professionally, Jimi is President/Director of Citystate Savings Bank, where he also leads an office Bible study. He is also on the Board of Trustees of the Chamber of Thrift Banks.

Ephraim "Ep" T. Brion

Discipleship

Now in the 2nd year of his term on Council, Ep is a Filipino-American who has over
45 years of experience in various ministries and has been a church planter, denominational national youth minister, seminary professor, pastor of several churches, a pastor care minister, an equipper, and a ministry coach. In 2002, Ep was called to the United States where he became the lead pastor of San Diego Christian Fellowship, a multi-congregation, multi-cultural church in San Diego, California. After 8 years of service, Ep was led back to the Philippines to strengthen and equip fellow believers through various discipleship programs, leading him and wife, Lulu, to establish GraceNet Philippines. Ep was first connected to UCM in 2018 and has served as a Senior Advisor and Equipper/Coach under the Discipleship Committee. Outside of UCM, Ep and Lulu continue to coach 14 pastor couples and disciple individual believers.

Michael “Mike” Butt

At-Large/Restoration

Michael is now serving his third term on the UCM Council. A Filipino-Australian, he has been actively attending UCM since his high school years and became a member in 2008. Over the years, he has served in various leadership and ministry roles, including as Chair of multiple committees, Vice-Moderator of Council, and a member of the Senior Pastor Search Team. He is currently the President & CEO of Tierra International Construction Corporation. With a passion for God's Word and people, Michael remains committed to strengthening and building up the UCM community.

Evangeline “Vangie” Capili

Missions and Benevolence

Vangie is an entrepreneur and is President of Genus Insurance and Surety Agency and of Saxun Realty Development, Inc. She is also a consultant for Cocogen Insurance, Inc. She has been a UCM member since 1986 and has been active in many church projects and activities. She was involved in the Women's Auxiliary, the Life-Building Committee, and the Centennial Taskforce. She is a former member of the Chancel Choir and the Stewardship Committee and is a long-serving member of the Missions and Benevolence Committee. Vangie is part of a UCM Small Discipleship Group (SDG) and at one time led an SDG. She is also active in the Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) as a group leader.

Rafael “Raffy” Crucillo, Jr.

Age and Stage

Raffy’s professional background is in business management. He is a Bank Executive with Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC). His family have been regular attendees at UCM since the early 2000s and he and his wife, Cecilia, became UCM members in May 2021. Raffy has been active with the Children’s Ministry for 16 years as a Sunday School teacher. He also serves as an usher during the first service.

Julie Anne “J-Anne” De Leon

Fellowship and Membership

J- Anne is a business owner and financial advisor, as well as a Business Leadership, Sales & Marketing, and Strategy Consultant. When she married her husband Rochee, she became a regular attendee in 2013 and became a UCM member in 2020. J-Anne has been active with the Fellowship & Membership Ministry since 2020 and is also a member of the UCM Chancel Choir. She has been serving with Bible Study Fellowship (BSF) as a women’s group leader for the past 6 years. J-Anne is also serving at the Haggai Institute for Biblical Leadership Training.

Noelle “Joy” Ison-Gozo

Corporate Secretary

Now in her 3rd year term on Council, Joy comes from the Ison family who has been attending UCM since 1985. Joy is married to John Gozo and their two daughters were baptized in UCM. Joy has served on the UCM Council, chairing the Human Resources (HR) Committee from 2011 to 2014, and has remained a member of the HR Committee since then. During her service on Council, she also served as a part of the Terms of Call Committee. Professionally, Joy has worked as an HR professional for over 30 years.

Ralph Alan Kwee

Stewardship

Ralph is a business executive in grocery retail with a large local corporation.
He is of Dutch citizenship and Indonesian heritage but has spent a significant part of his life in the Philippines. He has been a regular attendee at UCM since 2017 and became a UCM member in 2024. Ralph has been very active in attending UCM’s discipleship backbone series such as Personal Evangelism Workshop, Catalytic Discipleship Lessons, and The Good and Beautiful God series. He is also an active member of Kingdom Men.

Rodrigo "Rod" Mangay-ayam

Treasurer

Now in the 3rd year of his term on Council, Rod is a certified public accountant by profession, and a partner of an accounting firm, Mangay-ayam, Lim, & Co., Certified Public Accountants. In UCM, Rod has been a member of the Finance Committee since 2003 up to the present and he served on Council, chairing the Finance Committee twice, in 2006–2008 and 2017–2019. It is his joy to be serving the Lord with the talents and skills that God has given him.

Leslie Pineda

Care Ministries

Leslie is currently the Managing Director of CRV Group of Companies, which operates a number of multi-brand quick serve restaurants. She committed herself to Christ when she was at Grace Christian High School. In search of a Bible study group, she was led to UCM where she has grown in spiritual maturity. Leslie has been a regular attendee of UCM since 2022 and has been actively involved in the Care Committee since then.

Mark Quebral

Nominations

Now in the 2nd year of his term on Council, Mark has been a member of UCM since 1996. An economist by profession, Mark is the General Manager of Southern Cross Distribution, Inc. Within UCM, he has served one full term on Council, initially as the Corporate Secretary and then the last 2 years as Chair of the Human Resources (HR) Committee. He continues to be an active member of the HR Committee. He has also served as a Nominations Committee (NC) member from 2017 to 2019, a former Sunday School teacher, a prayer liturgist, and a former SDG leader.

Kazue “Kaz” Yamada Salud

Human Resources

Kaz is a Japanese HR professional and the Chairman and CEO of Elite Jinzai Marketing Service, an employment agency catering to the electronics and appliance industry. She is also President of JVC (Philippines), Inc. Kaz and her husband, Jack, have been regular attenders at UCM since 2022 and became members in 2023.
She is active in Kingdom Women and Grief Share.
She also recently became a member of the HR Committee.
She is a regular attendee of BSF and in her previous church-led Bible study groups.

David Vicente

Worship

Now in his 3rd year term on Council, David grew up primarily in the church and ministered mostly in the music industry as part of the choir and worship team. Previously, he was a home-based missionary with Pioneers and Frontiers, a Worship Director of Imus Conservative Baptist Church, and a Worship Coordinator for International Baptist Church of Manila. Presently, David serves as one of the Board of Trustees with Destiny Rescue, while working as a freelance performing artist in both in-person and online events.

Rev. Chad Williams

Senior Pastor

Pastor Chad possesses over twenty-eight years of ministerial experience, including various roles in pastoral leadership, church planting, worship ministry, international theological training, leadership development, teaching at the university level both in the US and internationally, and missionary service. Read More...

Ex-Officio Members

Rev. Noah Kennedy

Associate Pastor

Pastor Noah was born and raised in the southeastern United States and possesses academic credentials in business administration, divinity, and theology...Read More...

Dix Roa

Church Administrator

Dix is a graduate of Industrial Engineering in UP. Before joining UCM, he was a self-employed realtor. As Church Administrator, he is the head of operations, making decisions and carrying out duties which affect the comfort, convenience, and safety of the congregation, volunteers, and staff.