Cookie Puno

Arlene Joy C. Puno or Cookie came to know Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior during her college days. In the semester before graduation, she received the call to become a missionary during a retreat, and her life was never the same.

She worked as a Ministry Affairs Coordinator at her home church, after  graduating from college. She then went on several short-term mission trips with Jesus Revolution Now.

In 2009 she pursued a Master’s in Education majoring in Educational Technology at UP Diliman and graduated with Academic Excellence in 2012.

She joined Life-Growth Inc. (LGI) in 2009 and continues her ministry work as its Executive Director. She is also one of the founders of LGI’s prayer arm, WindWatch: A Holy Spirit ministry (2007). In 2020 she was commissioned as one of its pastors.

Last July 1, 2023, she was also ordained as a Deacon of the Global Methodist Church Philippines and is one of the co-founding pastors of Encounter Church.  She is also a Certified Life Coach and CBT practitioner.

Currently, she is also pursuing a Master’s in Leadership from Asbury Theological Seminary.

Cookie and her husband Charles have been happily married since 2012 and have three beautiful children — a daughter named Jordan Caris and two sons  named Zachary Caleb and Christopher Arthur Isaac.