Iglesia ni Cristo - University Ave. - Belfast - Religious Buildings Multifarious on Waymarking.com

This former Church of Christ Scientist on University Avenue, behind Queen's University, was sold in 2013 to the Iglesia Ni Cristo, a Filipino religious organisation.

The building was designed by the renowned English architect Clough William-Ellis, best known for the creation of the Italianate village of Portmeirion in Gwynedd, Wales. Designed by Mr William-Ellis, it was completed in 1937.

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

The Iglesia Ni Cristo claims to be the one true church and the restoration of the original church founded by Jesus, and that all other Christian churches are apostates. INC doctrine cites that the official registration of the Church with the Government of the Philippine Islands on July 27, 1914, by Felix Y. Manalo—upheld by its members to be the last messenger of God—was an act of divine providence and the fulfillment of biblical prophecy concerning the reestablishment of the Church of Christ in the Far East concurrent with the coming of the Seventh seal marking the end of days.

By the time of Manalo's death in 1963, the Iglesia ni Cristo had become a nationwide church with 1,250 local chapels and 35 large concrete cathedrals. His son, Eraño G. Manalo, became the next church leader and led a campaign to grow and internationalize the church until his death on August 31, 2009, whereupon his son, Eduardo V. Manalo, succeeded him as 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 organization in the Philippines after the Roman Catholic Church (80.6%) and Islam (5.6%), respectively."

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"An Independent Church

The Iglesia Ni Cristo is an independent Church, not a denomination or sect. It is neither affiliated to any federation of religious bodies nor itself an assembly of smaller religious organizations."

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