More than 10 million Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) members celebrated the 95th year of God's work throughout the world yesterday. After going to Commonwealth to hear what Mrs. Arroyo has to say, my family and I went to Araneta Center.
The scenes are surreal. If you watch this video, people look like ants. This is one of the most phenomenal crowd scenes I've seen in years. The entire Araneta center was filled with people.
The INC is the only Philippine-based religious group with thousands of chapters throughout the world. It started at my birthplace, Punta Santa Ana Manila on July 27, 1914, the day when Austro-Hungarian forces invaded Serbia. INC Founder Felix Ysagun Manalo, a young preacher then, with his wife, Honorata, preached to workers of the AG&P (where my mother used to work also in the 1970's before she transferred to Malayan Insurance). A series of bible studies led to the baptism of the first INC members--fourteen workers of the AG&P.
Now, the INC has growth by leaps and bounds, with affiliate branches called "locales" in different parts of the world. Between 1994-1996, the INC has re-established its links with Jerusalem, the center of the true Christian faith. It has now established different locales in various parts of the globe, even with eccleastical branches in six continents. The work in Israel and Greece is a fulfillment of the biblical prophesy that the true and original church of God would "come back" to its original birthplace.
Why is the INC so successful in establishing the only multinational Filipino organization the world has ever seen? Simple.
It preaches the true message of God---belief in the One True God. This is the original message sent by God's messengers to His true people---believe only in ONE SUPREME GOD who created everything. And belief in this message requires membership to His True Church--the body of Christ.
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