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 f he would write a book, it would be
about the greatest leader who ever lived
on earth—our Lord Jesus Christ.
Daniel
Razon finds the hardships, struggles
and sacrifices experienced by Christ
quite remarkable that he wanted to
publish a book about Him to show how any
person can attain perfection through
being selfless—by giving up material
possessions, resources and personal
happiness in view of an unseen promise
of eternal bliss.
Daniel is the second-in-command in the
hierarchy of the Church’s officials and
has already served for more than five
years as the Vice-Presiding Minister of
the Congregation. In spite of the rank,
he is very humble.
Daniel was born on October 11, 1967. He
grew up in an era of the Church of God’s
history when the Congregation was left
unprepared and confused by the untimely
demise of its leader, Brother Nicolas
Perez, as no one was appointed to
replace him. Daniel also witnessed how
the Church was divided into three groups
and Brother Eli stood pat and abided by
the Bible’s teachings to lead the
Congregation with sincerity, dedication
and love.
Growing up from a family who are already
members of the Church of God, Daniel was
taught about Christian living such as
praying to God even about his simplest
wishes, being obedient and respectful to
his parents and showing concern and
goodwill to people.
In 1970, when Daniel was only three
years old, Brother Eli, his uncle, would
ask him to memorize five to ten stanzas
of poems which he would recite before
the Congregation at the former Central
of the Church of God in Pasay City,
Metro Manila.
It was no wonder then that when he
entered school, public speaking became
his cup of tea. He was a regular
contestant to various oratorical
competitions and would sweep major
awards at the whole province of Bulacan.
Brother Eli composed almost all his
award-winning contest pieces. Aside from
poetry, he also enjoyed dissecting and
experimenting with frogs because he also
dreamt of becoming a doctor one day.
By the age of nine, Brother Eli already
trained Daniel to memorize biblical
passages and to deliver a biblical
discourse before the Congregation during
Thanksgiving. His uncle would also let
him discuss the first part of a
religious lesson with the public when
Bro. Eli was holding missionary works at
the province of Pampanga.
When he was about to enter college,
Brother Eli asked Daniel to take up mass
communications because the former would
be pursuing television broadcast. This
prompted Daniel to drop his plan of
taking up Medicine. Instead, he enrolled
in the Mass Communication degree program
of the Centro Escolar University’s (CEU).
In order to sustain the high cost of
education and to be able to finish his
course, Daniel sold banana cues (fried
bananas on stick) to his classmates and
accepted menial jobs such as driving
taxi after classes.
And while most of his classmates in
college were very busy doing
assignments, Daniel was busy directing a
television program, “Ang Dating Daan”
(The Old Path). During the early 1980s,
he, together with Brother Eli and Sister
Luz were just starting broadcast in
television. Daniel would direct the
program and Brother Eli would tackle a
biblical discourse and Sister Luz would
conduct research. It became a routine
for several years for him and Brother
Eli.
Daniel became a Brother-in-Christ on
November 28, 1983 and in his capacity as
a student of broadcast communication, he
joined the Workers’ Ministry and
attended ministerial classes of the
Church of God.
His dedication, perseverance and fear of
God paid off when he became an
Officer-in-Charge of the Metro-Manila
Division, one of the largest divisions
of the Church of God. His election to
the rank of a Vice-Presiding Minister
came when Brother Eli announced before
the Congregation the need to elect a
likely successor, someone who will take
his place when an unexpected or untimely
event happened to him such as death.
Brother Eli would like to prevent a
repeat of what happened to the group led
by Brother Nicolas Perez when the latter
died and no one was publicly announced
to become his successor (Brother Eli
then was given by Brother Perez an
identification card showing Brother
Eli’s appointment as the Church’s first
minister. He would have been the likely
successor if not because of politicking
and bad mouthing waged against him by
some insecure members).
An accomplished radio and television
broadcast journalist, Brother Daniel has
worked with some of the country’s
largest radio stations such as DZBB and
DZMM; and with several television
networks such as ABS-CBN Broadcasting
Corporation, GMA Channel 7 and PTV
Channel 4.
In the Church of God, he directly
oversees the Broadcast Media,
Information Technology and Publication
Ministries. He is also back on air as
co-host of Brother Eli on the Church’s
programs in radio and television.
Brother Daniel co-founded and chairs,
together with Brother Eli, a social and
charity foundation which help feed,
clothe and provide medical assistance to
poor and financially-challenged people.
Indeed, Daniel has experienced a lot,
and sacrificed much to be able to give
not only for his family and the Church
but for many people who call and
approach him for help. He could not
refuse as his heart melts easily at the
sight of some helpless and hopeless
souls. Much of what he had read and had
understood from the Bible, and learned
from his uncle, Brother Eli, he preaches
and practices.
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