University Church, Central Philippine University

Church on the campus of Central Philippine University

Central Philippine University Church
The Central Philippine University Church
Religion
Affiliation	Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches (Protestant)
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Congregation
Leadership	Engr. Jeriel G. Militar, Church Moderator Rev. Cris Amorsolo V. Sian, Senior Pastor and Church Administrator
Location
Location	Church Road, Central Philippine University, Lopez Jaena Street, Jaro, Iloilo City, Philippines
Geographic coordinates	10°43′49″N 122°32′56″E / 10.73028°N 122.54889°E / 10.73028; 122.54889
Architecture
Style	Rumah Melayu (Malay Architecture) and Modern
Completed	1970
Specifications
Direction of façade	South East
Capacity	~1000
Length	120 feet (37 m)
Width	50 feet (15 m)
Width (nave)	18 feet (5 m)
Height (max)	75 feet (23 m) (base to cross)
Materials	cement render
Website
cpu.edu.ph/cpuchurch

The Central Philippine University Church (officially University Church, Central Philippine University), commonly referred as University Church, UC or CPU Church, is a Protestant church located on the campus of the Central Philippine University in Jaro District, Iloilo City, Philippines. Founded in 1913 by the missionaries under the auspices of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society, the present church structure was built and completed in 1970 under the chaplaincy of Kenneth Losh, an American Baptist missionary. The church which is notable for its Malay architectural style, is a famous landmark in Iloilo City.

A distinct unit of the university, it is independent from it and is a member of the Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches (CPBC), the oldest Baptist churches union in the Philippines.

The church seats almost 1,000 people. A denominational church, it hosts Sunday and mid-week Congregational Christian Protestant worship services. It functions also as a venue for several annual special events and convocations such as baccalaureate services, hooding ceremonies, health sciences ceremonies (nursing candle lighting, pinning and capping), and commencement exercises of the university's colleges and schools of graduate studies, law and medicine.