Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo

Short description: New religious movement leader in the Philippines

Executive Minister
of the Iglesia ni Cristo
Tagapamahalang Pangkalahatan
ng Iglesia ni Cristo

Flag of the Iglesia ni Cristo

File:Executive Minister Brother Eduardo Manalo (cropped).jpg

Incumbent
Eduardo Villanueva Manalo
since September 7, 2009

Seat| INC Central Office[1]
in Quezon City
Term length| No specified limit
(Life tenure)
Formation| 1914
First holder| Felix Y. Manalo
Succession| The Deputy Executive Minister, which is elected by Church Ministers, assumes the post after the Executive Minister's death or resignation.
Deputy| Angelo Eraño V. Manalo[2]

The Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (Filipino: Tagapamahalang Pangkalahatan ng Iglesia ni Cristo) is the primary leader of the Philippine-based Christian new religious movement known as the Iglesia ni Cristo.[3]

There has been three Executive Ministers of the church since the Iglesia's founding in 1914 and all of them came from the Manalo family. The Executive Minister serves a life tenure. The Deputy Executive Minister assumes the duties of Executive Minister during the latter's absence and succeeds him when he (Executive Minister) dies or retires. For example, the current Executive Minister, Eduardo V. Manalo was elected Deputy Executive Minister by the INC District Ministers, also known as the Division Ministers in 1994.[4]

The Executive Minister along with Deputy Executive Minister and 11 other Senior Ministers (The Sanggunian or The Advisory Council of the Church) forms the Church's Central Administration.[5]

## List of Executive Ministers

Order  | Executive Minister  | Birthdate  | Tenure began  | Tenure Ended/

Deathdate

| Tenure lasted  | Elected
(as Deputy Executive Minister)

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1st | 100px  | Felix Y. Manalo  | May 10, 1886  | July 27, 1914  | April 12, 1963[lower-alpha 1] | 48 years, 259 days  | None (inaugural holder)[lower-alpha 3]
2nd | 133x133px  | Eraño G. Manalo  | January 2, 1925  | April 23, 1963  | August 31, 2009  | 46 years, 130 days  | January 28, 1953[4]
3rd | 143x143px  | Eduardo V. Manalo  | October 31, 1955  | September 7, 2009  | Incumbent and alive | 17 years, 38 days  | May 6, 1994[lower-alpha 4]

## Notes

1. ↑ During World War II, Felix Manalo issued a circular which formalized the assumption to duty of Prudencio Vasquez as Executive Minister on June 29, 1942. Justifying the move as acquiescence to the Japanese demand at the time, Manalo would reassume the post after the war ended.[6]
2. ↑ The official name of the Christian Mission established in the Philippines in 1901 is Iglesia Ni Cristo. To distinguish this from the INC founded by Felix Manalo in 1914, the year of establishment was added. Manalo registered the church in 1914 as Iglesia ni Kristo or INK.
3. ↑ On December 25, 1918, coinciding with the fifth (5th) anniversary celebration of the church, Felix Manalo was ordained as a minister by the following bishops and pastors: Alejandro Reyes (IEMELIF), Victoriano Mariano (IEMELIF), Gil Domingo (Iglesia de los Cristianos Filipinos), Guillermo Zarco (Presbyterian Church), Emiliano Quijano (Iglesia ni Cristo 1901)[lower-alpha 2], Nicolas Fajardo (Evangelical Church), Roque Bautista (Evangelical Church).
4. ↑ Took oath on May 7, 1994[4]

## References

1. ↑ Reed, Robert (2001). "The Iglesia Ni Cristo, 1914-2000. From obscure Philippine faith to global belief system". KITLV, Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies 157 (3): 577. Archived from the original on April 2, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402090624/http://www.kitlv-journals.nl/index.php/btlv/article/viewFile/1659/2420.
2. ↑ "Oath-Taking of the Deputy Executive Minister and Pastoral Visitation". https://iglesianicristo.net/oath-taking-of-the-deputy-executive-minister-and-pastoral-visitation/.
3. ↑ Dizon, Nikko (September 8, 2009). "Iglesia leader 'Ka Erdy' Manalo laid to rest". Philippine Daily Inquirer. http://www.inquirer.net/specialreports/eranomanalo/view.php?article=20090908-224140&db=1. Retrieved July 24, 2015. "Also written on the marker (on Eraño Manalo's tomb) were the words: “Tagapamahalang Pangkalahatan ng Iglesia Ni Cristo mula 1963-2009 (Chief Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo from 1963-2009)."
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Iglesia Ni Cristo SF Post Special Supplement". The San Francisco Post. p. 2. http://filampost.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/SF-Post-INC-Centennial-Special-Supplement.pdf. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
5. ↑ Mangahas, Malou; Olarte, Avigail. "'A Most Powerful Union'". Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism. http://pcij.org/stories/2002/inc2.html. Retrieved July 24, 2015.
6. ↑ Pasugo, October 1965

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