To fully appreciate and understand the meanings of English spiritual songs, Visayan speaking brothers had translated them into Cebuano, one of the so called " lingua franca" in Mindanao.

Heading the group of 15 Cebuano brothers who translated the English spiritual songs into Cebuano dialects was Jun Apatan.

The accompanying photograph shows Julio Oribawan of Tres Marias congregation in White Kulaman, Arakan, Cotabato receiving the Cebuano hymnals last May 12, 2021.

The Cebuano speaking congregations in Mindanao are indeed showing the way to " worshiping God in spirit and in truth," John 4:23-24