"Ipaglaban mo nang puspusan ang pananampalataya. Panghawakan mong mabuti ang buhay na walang hanggan, dahil diyan ka tinawag ng Diyos nang ipahayag mo sa harap ng maraming saksi ang iyong pananalig kay Cristo." I Tim. 6:12

December 8, 2009

A brief history of our church


General Information

Official name: Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church Of Christ)
Founder: Jesus Christ
Date of Establishment: 1st century A.D
Place of Establishment: Jerusalem
Date of reemergence after its apostasy: July 27, 1914
Place of reemergence: Philippines
God's messenger in these last days: Bro. Felix Y. Manalo
Past Executive Minister: Bro. Erano G. Manalo
Current Executive Minister: Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo

Historical Firsts

First Locale: Punta, sta. ana, Manila (1914)
First Ecclesiastical District: Pamapnga (1924)
First concrete house of worship: Washington Locale (1946)
A. Maceda St., Sampaloc, Manila
First Locale outside the Philippines: Honolulu, Hawaii (1968)
Maiden issue of Pasugo Magazine: Feb. 1939

Numbers

Countries & territories with congregations: 90
Locale Congregations in the Philippines: 4,353
Local congregation extensions in the Philippines: 391
Ecclesiastical districts in the Philippines: 90
Local congregations and extensions outside the philippines: 1,000
Group worship services outside the philippines: 302
Ecclesiastical districts outside the Philippines: 15

* Bro. Felix Manalo is not the founder of the INC but the mesenger commissioned to preach Christ's Church in these last days. We do not call him Bishop; we prefer to call him Brother. He is also the First executive Minister of the INC in the Philippines. He served the church from 1914 to 1963.
* A locale is roughly the equivalent of a Catholic Parish and is overseen by a resident minister.
* An ecclesiastical district is roughly the equivalent of a Catholic Diocese and is overseen by a supervising minister.

(Pasugo: God's Message April 2003 & Sep 2009 issue)



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