Dr. Gregorio J. Tingson was born in La Carlota in 1921 and raised in Kabankalan. After World War II interrupted his studies, he went to the U.S. to study theology and worked with the world-renowned American Evangelist Billy Graham in launching Youth for Christ before returning to the Philippines as its director. He helped establish the Good Shepherd Church and founded Fortress College in Kabankalan, which provided basic education and technical-vocational training to help uplift the lives of locals. As a passionate evangelist, he started the Asian Christian Outreach, which led evangelistic crusades, planted churches, and reached people in remote ...