Pastor Allan Castigador of Brgy. Estefania, Bacolod City, is set to launch his book on Friday, May 22.
The book entitled, The Hunter and His Flock, is an autobiography of a pastor whose life has been transformed by the Gospel of Jesus.
Struck by tragedy in 1968, his family moved to the wild rainforest in the mountains of Sitio Pataan in Bago City, Negros Occidental, where the young Castigador hunted wild animals with his father for survival, a press release said.
He quit schooling due to poverty but his life was revived and filled with hope after he encountered Jesus Christ as his Savior during a Baptist Evangelistic Crusade in 1979.
The Hunter and His Flock is a gripping and poignant narrative of a young man’s journey of faith; sacrifices to overcome poverty and achieve scholastic goals; facing death squarely in the dangerous places in parts of Mindanao, and starting a fruitful full-time ministry, all by God’s grace and mighty power, the press release said.
Castigador is a father of three grownups and his wife, Marilou, is a master teacher. He is now the senior pastor of Fortune Towne Baptist Church in Bacolod City.*