
I am one proud Iglesia ni Cristo member!
In the Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared a special holiday on Monday.
It was on July 27, 1914 that INC was officially registered as a pioneering religious organization.
During this time, anti-colonialism movements in the Philippines, often with religious undertones, were the order of the day.
American missionary works were exposing the Filipino culture to many alternatives to Catholicism.
INC’s success is attributed primarily to its leadership-aggressive, materially successful, and indigenous movement.
Its founder Felix Y. Manalo, the man whom the members recognize as the “Messenger of God,” set out to perform his divine mission.
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