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Iglesia ni Cristo [2] (Tagalog: [ʔɪˈɡlɛːʃɐ nɪ ˈkɾiːsto]; Spanish: Iglesia de Cristo; transl. Church of Christ; abbreviated as INC) is an independent nontrinitarian Christian church founded in 1913 and registered by Felix Manalo in 1914 as a sole religious corporation of the Insular Government of the Philippines.
Felix Manalo (born Félix Ysagun y Manalo; May 10, 1886 – April 12, 1963), also known as Ka Felix, was a Filipino Christian minister who founded Iglesia ni Cristo (INC), a restorationist nontrinitarian Christian denomination in the Philippines officially founded in 1914. [1]
The Iglesia ni Cristo is known for its practice of bloc voting during elections. [1] [2] [3] The INC is known for issuing directives to vote for certain candidates endorsed by the church under the tenet of obedience and the advocacy of a united unit. [1]
The Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) a Philippine-based Christian religion, like other restorationist groups, professes that it is the one church founded by Jesus. Adherents hold that the Iglesia ni Cristo ("Church of Christ" in Tagalog) is the only true church of Jesus Christ as restored through a human instrument (sugo) Felix Manalo. The church ...
Iglesia ni Cristo began in the Philippines and was incorporated by Felix Y. Manalo on July 27, 1914. [100] [101] The church professes to be the reestablishment of the original church founded by Jesus Christ and teaches that the original church was apostatized. It does not teach the doctrine of the Trinity or the divinity of Jesus. [102]
Christianity is the country's dominant religion, [1] [2] followed by about 89 percent of the population. [3] The 2020 Census reported that 78.8 percent of the population professed Roman Catholicism; other Christian denominations with a sizable number of adherents include the Iglesia ni Cristo, the Philippine Independent Church, and Seventh-day ...
After the foundation of the Iglesia Evangelica Metodista en las Islas Filipinas (IEMELIF) by Nicolas V. Zamora, a second major split occurred in the Methodist Church on March 23, 1933. About three years before, Melecio de Armas, a prominent minister had been accused by his colleagues of immorality towards a teenaged girl who was a church member ...
Ang Iglesia ni Cristo, The Message, Pasugo: Ang Tinig ng Iglesia ni Cristo, Ang Pagbubunyag Ang Tamang Daan ( lit. ' The Right Path ' ) is a program produced by the Philippine-based religious organization, Iglesia ni Cristo , and aired over their television stations, Net 25 and Iglesia ni Cristo Television . [ 3 ]