Iglesia ni Cristo: from national to global in 40 years.
To our dearest Bro Erano G. Manalo, our prayers are for your continued success as you lead us towards the perfection of our faith. Happy 95th Anniversary po!
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In the late 60s, the Iglesia ni Cristo was in all major cities in the Philippines. Not even one province of the country was left without an Iglesia ni Cristo chapel. Since Bro Erano Manalo, the current executive minister of the Iglesia took over the administration of the church after the death of the messenger of God in these last days, the church gained unprecedented success in all it’s endeavors.
The beginning of the end?
What was thought of as the beginning of the end for the church after the death of Bro Felix Y. Manalo was actually the beginning of a new chapter for the Iglesia ni Cristo. These chapters weret to complement the previous successful chapters under the Last Messenger’s leadership.
From the start, Bro Erano raced on o an ambitious vision, that is to prepare the expansion not only nationally but globally. The vision given to Bro Erano was that of a church expanded throughout the world, reaching every nationality and creed and breaking through boundaries. His first move was to set a permanent seat for the administration of the church. Thus born the Central Administration Complex in Diliman. In the same breath, mass media and communication was expanded and improved and propagated. Currently, broadcast media reaches more people than ever imagined especially with the use of the Internet. People who are otherwise not reached by the preaching of God’s word can now avail of it 24/7.
A global Church
In 1968, Brother Erano established the first congregations in foreign lands when he presided over the worship services in Hawaii, San Francisco and New York. From these three congregations the seeds were planted to what we know as the Global Iglesia. The Iglesia is now in over 92 countries in all the 6 habitable continents, counting among it’s members from almost 102 nationalities. It has congregations in Jerusalem and Rome where the seats of world religions are located. The Church of Christ which was first preached by the Lord Jesus Christ in Jerusalem and propagated to the Gentile nations in Rome by the Apostles, was apostatised and and now has gone full circle. It is now back after 2000 years.
A Beloved Leader, a Beacon of our Hearts.
As much as my parents generation had Bro Felix Y. Manalo as the beacon of light that shone their path, my generation has Bro Erano G Manalo. The current Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo, beloved by his brothers and sisters in the faith, ablest of leaders, our beacon of our hearts. He continues to lead the whole church towards the righteous service of God and the worship of the Lord Jesus.
To our dearest Bro Erano G. Manalo, our prayers are for you continued success as you lead us towards the perfection of our faith. Happy Anniversary po!
Happy anniversary to all
nakikiramay po kami sa pamilya ni Ka Erdy..
Congratulations to all INC members!
Thank for the kudos, however half-hearted it may be.
With regards to the “zoning” you are talking about. That really is not a problem of the Iglesia, similar to when Catholics parade their idols, or El Shaddai’s public exhibition or even Villanueva’s rally, that is the problem of the government. Granted that their numbers, even combined are paltry in comparison. Any group wishing to gather in a public place are to first coordinate with public officials, which the Iglesia did. You seen this before, 20 years ago during the 75th anniversary of the INC. You didn’t learn from your experience. You and others like you belittle the Iglesia ni Cristo all the time, calling it a small sect. When the Iglesia show’s it’s number, and not even it’s total number, you complain because you were inconvenienced. You should have headed the call of government officials and stayed home.
Anyway, it’s only one day. I’m sure you’ll survive.
I respect your right to exercise your faith specially that you are celebrating your church’s anniversary. I would even like to say “kudos” for the strong brotherhood of your religion. However, i hope you could manage your anniversary well with regards to zoning etc. You see, it caused Heavy traffic in areas where you had your celebration. In the SLEX traffic was humongous and unmanageable. Imagine people who got stuck and pestered by the traffic jam, mostly people from work. You got stuck for more than 5-7 hours because buses and other rented mass transportation are scattered all over the main thoroughfare. No parking area was provided for the participants and most just parked their cars and rented buses in areas where it would block the traffic. God is a God of order, right? I hope next time you local kapilya’s and destinado’s and ministro’s would coordinate with the local traffic bureau so that your participants would be provided a secure/safe, orderly and large parking spaces so nobody, including your members would be caught in a traffic where you would not know when you gonna be moving..i mean no offense and i hope you would take this matter objectively…thanks and more power to you.
Hindi maikakaila ang maningning na tagumpay na narating na ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa kasalukuyang panahon. Hindi rin maikakaila na sa lahat ng organisasyong pangrelihiyon, ang Iglesia Ni Cristo lamang ang tanging relihiyon na matatag na nangangalaga sa kapakanan ng kanyang mga kaanib sa buong mundo. Magsaya ang lahat ng mga hinirang. Nalalapit na! Kaunting tiis na lamang! Purihin ang Diyos!
Happy 95th Anniversary to all INC brethrens worldwide!