Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Bacolod City have approved in yesterday’s session the resolution authored by Councilor Caesar Distrito, congratulating and honoring the Inglesia ni Cristo (INC) for its 98th Founding Anniversary today, July 27.
Distrito recalls that the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) was formally established on July 27, 1914, within its first chapel in Punta Santa Ana , and its expansion continued under the stewardship of Felix Ysagun Manalo, which he began establishing congregations throughout the country, including the Visayas and Mindanao. In 1949, the Iglesia built its first central office and official residence at the Executive Minister on Riverside Street, San Juan, Metro Manila. The congregation grew from approximately 85,000 in 1936 to 200,000 in 1954. By 1970, the INC had about 500,000 members and was established in almost every province in the Philippines. When Executive Minister Eraño Manalo assumed the leadership of INC, he began to travel to various congregations, officiating at worship services, and staging religious rallies. Over the next 30 years, the Iglesia established more than 4,000 locals and 100 districts. The Iglesia became the fastest growing church in the Philippines and it expanded to other countries, beginning with the United States, and it has now radio and TV stations operating 24 hours; INC as we had seen. Distrito said, had grown to more than 5,000 congregations in the Philippines and more than 600 abroad. The INC now has local congregations in 89 countries and territories, and its members belonging to 102 nationalities and ethnic groups. With the passing away of its second Executive Minister, the much loved Eraño Manalo, on August 31, 2009, the leadership of the church passed on to his son, Eduardo V. Manalo, who had served as Deputy Executive Minister, and is serving until this present time. In Bacolod City alone, Distrito quantifies, Iglesia ni Cristo has more than 22 locals with tens of thousands of members who had become part of the integral social dimension of the community, contributing so much in the spiritual, economic and social well-being of the entire populace. From the beginning, the INC has continuously extended help not only to the well-being of local townspeople but also to protect the environment through its various humanitarian services and outreach programs, such as its "Lingap sa Mamamayan (Filipino: Care for the People)", offering free medical and dental services, community cleanups and tree planting projects He therefore resolved to congratulate and honor INC on this special occasion, and furnish copies of the resolution to the Central Office of INC, as her district office at the Shopping Center and all their local churches in Bacolod City. The co-authors were Councilors El Cid Familiaran, Em Ang, Al Victor Espino, Mona Dia Jardin, and Jose Carlos Lopez.*
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