[2][4] Magalit studied at the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, earning his degree in 1964.
Cirilo Rigos of the UCCP Cosmopolitan Church and opposition leader Jovito Salonga.
[9] Magalit's DBC and Melba Padilla Maggay's Institute for Studies in Asian Church and Culture (ISACC) were the main groups that came together to form Konsensiya ng Febrero Siete (KONFES).
[10] Magalit's essay “Rightful Rule: Romans 13 for the Philippines Today” is noted as an important examination of the People Power Revolution from the perspecgtive of evangelical theology.
[2] In light of his theological scholarship and his ministry leadership, he was chosen as ATS president even without a seminary degree.