Category Archives: Churches

Iglesia ni Cristo

Iglesia ni Cristo, abbreviated as INC; (English: Church of Christ) is an international Christian denomination that originated in the Philippines. It was registered in 1914 by Felix Manalo, who became its first executive minister.

In 2010, the Philippine census by the National Statistics Office found that 2.45 percent of the population in the Philippines are affiliated with the Iglesia ni Cristo, making it the third largest religious denomination in the Philippines after the Roman Catholic Church (80.6%) and Islam (5.6%), respectively. (Source)

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Iglesia ni Cristo

Iglesia ni Cristo, abbreviated as INC; (English: Church of Christ) is an international Christian denomination that originated in the Philippines. It was registered in 1914 by Felix Manalo, who became its first executive minister.

In 2010, the Philippine census by the National Statistics Office found that 2.45 percent of the population in the Philippines are affiliated with the Iglesia ni Cristo, making it the third largest religious denomination in the Philippines after the Roman Catholic Church (80.6%) and Islam (5.6%), respectively. (Source)

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Salcedo’s Hill

The Philippine Independent Church was the first religious order established in the early community. The religious presence was evidenced by the Chapel erected on the highest promontory now known as Salcedo’s Hill. The cross still stand today, the silent witness of the establishment of the now growing town.

“During Holy Week, which usually happens in March or April, Catholic devotees flock by the hundreds to Buntod Hill, a hilltop that’s the former site of the old Iglesia Filipina Independente Church. This is where devout Catholics perform their ritualistic station of the cross. ” (Source)

See also Holy Week Trek

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Iglesia ni Cristo

Iglesia ni Cristo, abbreviated as INC; (English: Church of Christ) is an international Christian denomination that originated in the Philippines. It was registered in 1914 by Felix Manalo, who became its first executive minister.

In 2010, the Philippine census by the National Statistics Office found that 2.45 percent of the population in the Philippines are affiliated with the Iglesia ni Cristo, making it the third largest religious denomination in the Philippines after the Roman Catholic Church (80.6%) and Islam (5.6%), respectively. (Source)

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