Are you sure that Your source is an Active Member of Iglesia Ni Cristo?
In a Rappler post from December 12, 2022, an alleged member of the Church of Christ (Iglesia Ni Cristo) had a lot of questions about almost everything going on inside and outside the Church.
Here are the Summarized version:
Youth in the Iglesia Ni Cristo (INC) are being asked questions that I cannot get answers for from the Church. My goal is to start a discussion about the continuing crisis in the church that cannot be ignored, and how we can overcome it.
The INC has changed drastically since its centennial in 2014. I have seen congregations becoming smaller and smaller, and even witnessed the loss of a physical Church during the pandemic. We boast of buying churches of dying religions, so how can we afford to lose churches?
Why do we hold Eduardo V. Manalo (EVM) on the same level as Jesus Christ? Why do we hear EVM's name more than Jesus Christ's, the head of the church? Why are we required to stay at the end of service to wish him happy birthday? Does this not encourage the same blind devotion we ridicule?
Why are we obsessed with Guinness World Records? Why do we use Guinness, which can be paid hundreds of thousands of pesos to manufacture new categories, and which is used by dictatorships as vanity projects? Why are we trying to prove ourselves to the world with grand one-time events? Are our regular events like weekly bible studies, monthly evangelical missions, and annual games insufficient to show our unity?
Why is bloc-voting practiced only in the Philippines, from national to local elections? Is it not doctrine to unite in everything, including voting? Do our doctrines change depending on location? Why do we allow EVM to be a government official, and have Marcoleta serve as congressman from 2019-2022? In 2015, we cried "Separation of the Church and State!". The next year, the Church used bloc-Voting to determine representatives of the State.
Why did we not have a dialogue about this instead of excommunicating the accusers? Why do we not weigh the truth of their allegations amidst the revelations of the Church's properties, like their multimillion-peso Boeing aircraft, their off-shore accounts in Aruba, and their weapon arsenal in the central INC compound?
During the Philippine lockdowns, why did we watch recordings of EVM preaching to a crowd who perfectly followed health protocols, while we crammed ourselves in our own congregations? Why do we act for ourselves at the expense of non-members' danger and suffering? Why must we attain our salvation in the next life by making this life hell for others?
Why must we seek approval from the Administration in Manila for even the simplest activity? I recall when we were prevented from joining the community pantry initiative in 2021. Why do we only hear pre-recorded songs in services, not allowing the organist to play live, and allow the recorded singing to drown out our own singing? Are we masking our lack of energy?
I see not love, but only a congregation encouraged to monitor each other's lives lest one of them goes against the Administration. The Church scares them now into maximizing offerings, conversions, and attendance, so they will not be visited, questioned, and guilt-tripped for failing one's duties. I feel no zeal and passion anymore from members.
The so called Member of the INC says he is J. Joaquin grew up in the Iglesia Ni Cristo church (handog). He first worked in the secretariat of his municipality, then in the finance department. You may contact him at renegadedude12345@gmail.com.
Seriously? with that Email Address had the Credebility? Together with Rappler?
What can you say about these?
Read the Article here: https://www.rappler.com/voices/ispeak/opinion-questions-member-iglesia-ni-cristo/
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