Iglesia Ni Cristo Sets 3 New Guinness World Records

Iglesia ni Cristo Medical Mission

Iglesia ni Cristo broke 3 Guinness world records during a medical-dental mission at the weekend.

Dubbed as "Iglesia ni Cristo International Aid for Humanity," the outreach program was attended by 4,128 individual who benefited from the dental health check, beating the record of 3,377 previously held by India.

It also broke the Guinness world records for the most blood pressure (BP) readings taken in 8 hours and the most number of blood glucose level (BGL) tests conducted in 8 hours.

In total, there were 8,026 BP readings, surpassing the record set by Kuwait Heart Foundation which was 7,203 BP, and 5,270 BGL tests, beating India's 3,573, conducted during the medical mission.

The event was held in Parola, Tondo on Saturday and was graced by Guinness world record’s official adjudicator Tarika Vara who verified and declared the new records. FULL STORY...

Philippine Arena: 'world's largest domed arena' to rise in the Philippines

Korean builder Hanwha Engineering and Construction Corp. has signed a contract with Filipino Christian group Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) to establish the world's largest domed arena in the Philippines, Korea Herald reported Thursday.

A miniature model of the Philippine Arena 

To be called the Philippine Arena, the 50,000-seater indoor performance hall will soon rise at a 74,000-square-meter area near the Philippine Capital, Manila. The ground breaking ceremony was already held this week and was attended by the Hanwha and INC officials.

Ciudad de Victoria in Bulacan, the location of the Philippine Arena

The soon-to-be largest domed arena in the world is expected to be finished in 30 months or by 2014 and will reportedly cost INC a whooping $175 million!

Another Philippine Arena model showing its inside facilities

Philippine Arena is said to be Iglesia ni Cristo's "centennial project" since the Christian organization is going to celebrate its 100th founding anniversary in 2014.

Wow! Will the next Olympic games be held in the Philippines after its completion? Hmmmmm... :D

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RH Bill finds support from Iglesia Ni Cristo and other religious groups

RH Bill finds support from Iglesia Ni Cristo and other religious groups

Iglesia ni Cristo supports RH Bill | Photo courtesy of qoutednews

Influential religious sect Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) has expressed its support for the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) Bill.

According to the letter of Eduardo Manalo, INC executive minister to the committee on population and family relations, “Since modern methods of contraception, by preventing married couples from having any unplanned pregnancies, assist in supporting the Christian principle, we support their use as long as these methods are empirically not abortifacient.”

The group is also against the idea of natural family planning, calling it "unnatural, ineffective and immoral."

“These so-called birth control methods depend upon abstinence on the part of the married couple when the woman is fertile but allows marital relations only when she is not. These methods are not only unnatural and ineffective but they are also immoral, since they contradict the commandments that God has given to married couples,” Manolo added.

The letter further stated that “the Bible instructs married couples not to deprive one another of intimate marital relations for long, extended periods of time; further, any abstinence at all for a married couple is supposed to be with mutual consent of husband and wife and not for purpose of preventing pregnancy.”

Iglesia Ni Cristo has around 6 million members.

Meanwhile, here are the list of the other faith-based groups which are supporting the RH Bill as well. These were enumerated by Bishop Rodrigo Tano, chairman of the Interfaith Partnership for the Promotion of Responsible Parenthoood (IPPRP), to GMANews.tv:

The National Council of Churches in the Philippines;

United Church of Christ of the Philippines;

Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches;

United Methodist Church;

Philippines for Jesus Movement;

Iglesia Filipino Independiente;

Christian and Missionary Alliance Churches of the Philippines;

Seventh-Day Adventist;

Salvation Army;

Catholics for Reproductive Health, and

Episcopal Church of the Philippines.

Below are the said letters of Manalo courtesy of redmeinc (blogspot):


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