BCP is the direct result of the mission endeavor of the Baptist General Conference in the United States.
Agnes Erikson was the first BGC missionary to the Philippines, sailing from San Francisco, California on 9 December 1948.
A year later, two missionary families headed by Andrew Nelson and Irwin Bjelland followed, sailing from San Francisco on 30 October 1949 and arriving in Manila on 20 November 1949.
Although, he did not become a pastor upon invitation due to the large family he had to support, he became involved through his profession as a teacher and his farming skills in the conception of the early missionary endeavour."
B-Etta Mayer gave this report of the event: "The six candidates included a promising preacher and his sister.
The creation of the BCP concretised the identity of a national organisation, which developed from a simple organization into a more complex entity.
This necessitated a clarification of role in its relationship with the "mother organization", the BGCPM, resulting in a series of consultations, which gave birth to a partnership.
[1] "At the end of the decade of the 1960s drew nearer, the need to evaluate the relationship between the BCP and the BGC mission became obvious to all concerned.
In the formative stages of the work, the mission had naturally played a leading role, and the Filipino leadership was willing to cooperate and learn.
Phase 3 – was to last 3 years, which BCP leadership would be consolidated in preparation for withdrawal of the BGC Mission participation on the board.
On the negative side, the administrative machinery of the JWP was cumbersome and time consuming for those served on the boards.
This was approved during the 29th Annual Conference (Fourth Biennial Assembly) held at First Baptist Church, Cebu City on April 15–18, 1986.
The new agreement of 1986 featured for the first time all Filipino Board composed of 11 members, 8 of them representing each BCP district.
The partnership between the BCP and the BGCPM resulted in the formulation of church planting strategies in order to reach the common goals of both organizations.
Record shows that BCP fall short of its goal; however, during this 5-year period 3,859 new members were added while the number of churches reached 126 congregations.
Handicapped by the lack of functioning ministries, the program was still implemented through the initiative of local churches, the districts and the national office through the BOT.
Some BCP churches are now involved in cross-cultural missions by sending and supporting 40 missionaries to 12 countries.