Tag: Iglesia ni Cristo

More than 200,000 members of Iglesia ni Cristo, an influential Philippine religious sect, met for rallies Tuesday amid perceived political tension with its once staunch ally President Benigno Aquino.

But Aquino said Tuesday the conservative sect had assured him the rallies were purely religious events leading up to the 100th anniversary of its founding next year.

Eraño “Ka Erdy” Manalo, the executive minister of the largest religious movements in the Philippines, Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC), died last Monday.

Considered to be, theologically, a cult of Christianity Iglesia Ni Cristo is the largest religious movements in the Philippines and the largest independent church in Asia.