The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) was established in Brazil as the Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus.
Theologically it is considered to be a cult of Christianity
The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, theologically a cult of Christianity, is abusing Brazil’s legal system by filing dozens of lawsuits against reporters who investigate the money-hungry church.
Reporters Without Borders today condemned the “harassment” of three journalists and their newspapers by followers of the Brazil-based evangelical Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus – IURD), who have filed dozens of lawsuits against the media.
Human rights organization condemns the wave of civil defamation lawsuits filed by members of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God against journalist Elvira Lobato and her employer, the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo.
The authors of the lawsuits say they were insulted by her investigative report, entitled “Universal turns 30 with a business empire”, published on December 15, 2007.
The Universal Church of God relentlessly sells the fraudulent prosperity gospel to the poor.
Brazil’s Federal Police have reopened their investigation into the purchase of TV network Record by Bishop Edir Macedo, leader of the sect known as the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), local media reported on Friday.
That was the message from a recent Sunday sermon at the new Soweto branch of Brazil’s huge Pentecostal-style Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG).
An Aids patient says senior pastors at the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) in Uganda obtained possession of her car by pretending that they would reverse her health status if she invested in sacrifice.
Consumer alert: The controversial Universal Church of the Kingdom of God Church is coming to Nashville.
One of Namibia’s fastest-growing churches, the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, yesterday turned to the High Court to look for some earthly justice for being referred to as a Satanic sect in a weekly State-owned newspaper.