Council

Property

Now on his 2nd year on Council, 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.

Discipleship

Now on the 3rd 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.

Age and Stage

Now on the 2nd year of his term on Council, 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 2000’s 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.

Fellowship and Membership

Now on the 2nd year of her term on Council, J-Anne is a business owner and financial advisor, as well as a Business Leadership, Sales & Marketing and Strategy Consultant. She and her husband, Rochee, have been regular UCM attenders since 2013 and became members in 2020. J-Anne has been active with the Fellowship and Membership ministry since 2020 and at one time was also member of the UCM Chancel Choir. She has been serving with BSF as a women’s group leader for the past 6 years. J-Anne is also an Officer of NS11 Haggai South Metro for Biblical Leadership Training.

Stewardship

Now on the 2nd year of his term on Council, 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 UCMs 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.

Member-at-Large

Fit is an Indonesian who is married to Ramon Lozano, a Filipino. She is a homemaker and a mother to 14-year-old son, Garfield. They have been attending Union Church of Manila since 2014. Previously, Fit had served in the Nominations Committee as a member from 2019-2021 before joining the Council as chair of Nominations Committee from 2021 to 2024. Currently, Fit is serving as a member of the Fellowship and Membership committee and the International Engagement team with the goal to draw both internationals and locals to UCM and connect them to the life of the church. Fit has a Master on Ministry from the Asia-Pacific Institute of International Studies (APIIS). She is also serving as a Teaching Leader in the Bible Study Fellowship, BSF - Makati Evening Women's class leading in-depth bible study for women and children through weekly in person and
online classes.

Worship

Jeannette is the Director for Communications of the Jade Group, Inc., a real estate development company. She and husband, Raymond, have attended UCM for the past 25 years and became members in 2005. They have two daughters, Catherine and Elizabeth. Jeannette, over the years, has been active in the Chancel Choir, the Ushering Committee, Discipleship Committee, and Kingdom Women. She was also a UCM Philippines Foundation, Inc. (UCMPFI) working committee member. She is currently a member of a UCM Life Group and used to be an SDG leader for 8 years until 2024. In her previous church, she used to be a choir leader and a music ministry head.

Care Ministries

Now on the 2nd year of her term on Council, 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 became a member in early 2025 but has been a regular attendee of UCM since 2022, being actively involved in the Care Committee.

Nominations

Now on the 3rd year of his term on Council, Mark has been a member of UCM since 1996. An economist by profession, Mark retired from Chevron Philippines after 30 years but after a short break has returned to corporate life as 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 HR Committee. He is currently the Council President. Mark continues to be a member of the HR Committee. He has also served as a Nominations Committee member from 2017 to 2019, a former Sunday school teacher, a prayer liturgist, and a former SDG leader.

Treasurer

Baste is a management professional with broad experience in the corporate sector.
In his 45 years of service, he has been in multiple executive and board positions in both corporate and non-profit organizations. He and his spouse, Amor (also a UCM volunteer worker), have been regular attendees since 1995 and became members of UCM in June 2000. He currently serves as an Usher and Finance Committee member. He has served twice in Council; 2009-2012 and 2017-2019, in the positions of Corporate Secretary, Outreach and  Evangelism Chair, Stewardship Chair, and twice as Council Chairman. He served twice in the Nominations Committee. He was an SDG leader and assists the Pastors on an ad hoc basis. Amor is in the Ushering ministry and also serves the congregation through her Cooqui ministry. Victor, their son, serves in the UCM Property Committee. Their grandchild, Belle, is UCM-raised (and assists in handing out cookies), guided by her mom, Emz, her dad, Victor, and of course her grandparents, who she calls, “Wowo and Wowa”.

Human Resources

Now on the 2nd year of her term on Council, 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 attendees at UCM since 2022 and became members in 2023. She is active in Kingdom Women and GriefShare. 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.

Corporate Secretary

Justin is an Associate Professor of the De La Salle University Tañada-Diokno School of Law and the Vice-President of the Law Professors' Association of the Philippines. He recently completed his Doctor of Juridical Sciences at Fordham University School of Law, and earned his Master of Laws from the University of Michigan Law School on a Fulbright scholarship. Before joining the legal academy full-time, Justin worked under the Office of the President of the Philippines across two administrations. There he rose through the ranks, having started as Technical Assistant until he became a Director. One of the youngest presidential appointees, Justin served as Commissioner to the Legal Education Board prior to his stint in OP. Justin and wife, Gertrude, were regular attendees of Redeemer Presbyterian Downtown Church in New York City and active members of its Sunday Service (Ushering) Team. The Spirit led them back to the Philippines and, after prayerfully asking for a spiritual home where they could mature as Christians, to UCM. They have been UCM regulars immediately upon their return. After a year and a half, they finally decided to become official UCM members. Justin also serves the faith community through the Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches Legal Advisory and Public Policy Review Commission. 

Outreach

Shiju Varghese is the President and Country Head of Tata Consultancy Services in the Philippines, a position he has held since 2019. He is married to Swapna, and they have two sons, Evan and Ethan. Shiju first arrived in Manila in 2010 with Swapna and Evan. They resided in China from 2015 to 2018, and Ethan was born in the Philippines. Previously, Shiju was actively involved with the MarThoma Church, an ancient Christian church in India based on the teachings of St. Thomas. He was actively involved in the youth ministry while being a church member in India. Shiju and Swapna are new members but have been regular attendees at UCM since 2010. He has been active with Kingdom Men and the Outreach Committee. He has also been active attending UCM’s discipleship backbone series, completing the Personal Evangelism Workshop (PEW) and Catalytic Discipleship Lessons (CDL), among others. He is a regular in a UCM Life Group.

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...

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...

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.