Filamer Christian University or the FCU is a higher education institution established 1904 by Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Robbins with the help of the American Baptist Foreign Mission Society. The college is located in Roxas City, Capiz, "Filamer" is the combined name of Filipino and American (Fil-Amer) who ventured together in providing Christian education in the Philippines. At the turn of the century, a major historical transition took place in the country. After 300 years of Spanish domination, a new superpower asserted and situated itself in the emerging new world order. The United States took over Spain as a colonial power and with that was the attendant element of education and other aspects (aside from its political stranglehold of its newfound colony). By the early 1900s, Protestant missionaries arrived in the Philippines. By a comity agreement of major Protestant denominations, the Philippine Islands were divided into mission territories.