History
When it came in the Philippines, it was an Assembly of God project for several years. Then because of other higher authorities in the USA, they separated for they wanted an independent government, they wanted to hold their laws which the Assemblies of God don't have and could not hold. COP was founded in the 1950s by Dr. Lester Sumrall.
Cathedral of Praise is currently expanding. In their website, they mentioned their plan to plant 200 churches in 20 years.
- After nearly three decades of building and finishing the construction costs of the 8,000-seat fully air-conditioned state-of-the-art auditorium, the COP complex and congregational facilities continue to expand not only in the main campus but also in key areas of the metro. Each campus provides a spacious, comfortable and technically well-equipped sanctuary to house regular worship services and special ministry events. Aside from the Manila Campus, the COP East Campus over at the Shangri-la Mall in Mandaluyong and the South Campus located at the Bellevue Hotel in Alabang, serve members residing in those areas. In the works are the plans to build for the South Campus its own facilities and a third satellite campus in the North Quezon City area. Meanwhile, over-all maintenance and specific upgrades of portions of the Main Campus are also underway.
Cathedral of Praise have aired in different TV Networks. Cathedral of Praise with David Sumrall started airing at ABS-CBN from year 1986 to 1989. Then it was moved at GMA 7 year 1995 and ended airing at year 2000. Followed by airing at RPN/ Solar Tv the same year to present.
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