In 1927, Dr. Raphael C. Thomas was told to give up making evangelistic trips and concentrate his work solely to the hospital in Jaro.
This Dr. Thomas refused to do, choosing rather to resign from his work with the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society and return to the United States.
World War II brought much devastation to Baptist missionary work in the Philippines, and much reorganization was required.
A Philippine Association of Baptists for World Evangelism was organized in 1957 for the purpose of sending missionaries to Borneo.
Bethel Baptist Hospital is a non-profit institution affiliated with the Association.