tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26877044329083160172024-03-07T21:50:17.752-08:00The Truth About Religionspaillardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02933225151608013213noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2687704432908316017.post-67211922141864614442010-11-28T03:43:00.000-08:002010-11-28T03:43:09.598-08:00Blogger: The Truth About Religions - Template Designer<a href="http://www.blogger.com/template-editor.g?blogID=2687704432908316017">Blogger: The Truth About Religions - Template Designer</a>paillardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02933225151608013213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2687704432908316017.post-48474738057423237502010-11-28T02:48:00.001-08:002010-11-28T03:16:46.463-08:00Churches Established By Eliseo Soriano, Messenger of Members Church of God International, Incorporated<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; "></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cooper Black","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cooper Black","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cooper Black","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">STORY OF ELISEO SORIANO AND HIS CHURCHES<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: windowtext; "> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cooper Black","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">PART 1 – PROLOGUE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br /></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">In May of 1922, frustrated about not being ordained as a minister of the Iglesia Ni Cristo, <b>Teofilo Ora, Januario Ponce </b>and <b>Basilio Santiago </b>gather some members of the INC and led a rebellion against its administration; they failed then to establish their own church named <b>Iglesia Verdadero de Cristo </b>and was registered in <b>Bureau of</b> <b>Trade and Commerce </b>but after several months, they changed their name to <b>Iglesia</b> <b>ng Diyos kay Kristo Hesus.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></b>The same year <b>Nicholas Perez </b>became a member and preacher of this group after he was expelled from the INC for allegedly baptizing several people on <b>Mabacao River, </b>located at <b>Maragondon, Cavite. </b><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He even sent pictures as a proof of the event but later turned out that the people on the picture was not baptized at all and was just there for a picnic.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">In 1928, <b>Nicholas Perez </b>became its General Evangelist and soon seek the leadership of the group but was denied by <b>Teofilo Ora.</b><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In 1931, <b>Nicholas Perez </b>with <b>Avelino Santiago </b>then separated and started their own group and they are known as <b>Iglesia ng Diyos kay Cristo Hesus Haligi at Suhay ng</b> <b>Katotohanan. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></b>But some information from <b>Eliseo Soriano </b>himself came up that <b>Nicholas Perez </b>was already preaching this Church way back 1928 at <b>Pulilan,</b> <b>Bulacan</b>, this is still unclear since at this time <b>Nicholas Perez </b>is still with the <b>Iglesia</b> <b>ng Diyos kay Kristo Hesus. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></b>Some other members of the <b>Teofilo Ora </b>led church, <b>Iglesia ng Diyos kay Kristo Hesus </b>also established and registered their own Churches.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><b>Ponciano Bungay </b>established <b>Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Ibabaw ng Bato </b>in 1932 while <b>Basilio Santiago </b>established <b>Church of God in Christ Jesus </b>in 1949 and <b>Salvador Payawal </b>established <b>Kabanal-banalang Iglesia Ng Diyos.</b><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But it was not until December 10, 1936, that the Church of <b>Nicholas Perez, Iglesia ng</b> <b>Diyos kay Cristo Hesus Haligi at Suhay ng Katotohanan </b>was officially registered to the <b>Bureau of Commerce and Industry</b>. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But in 1954, <b>Avelino Santiago,</b> <b>Nicholas Perez, </b>co-founder of <b>Iglesia ng Diyos kay Cristo Hesus Haligi at</b> <b>Suhay ng Katotohanan </b>left the group and established his own church, <b>Iglesia ng</b> <b>Diyos na Buhay kay Kristo Hesus</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">PART 2 – SORIANO’S MEMBERSHIP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">In 1934, <b>Triunfo Soriano </b>and <b>Catalina Fernando </b>was baptized and became a member of the <b>Nicholas Perez </b>led church, the <b>Iglesia ng Diyos kay Cristo Hesus</b> <b>Haligi at Suhay ng Katotohanan, </b>they are Eliseo F. Soriano’s <b>parents.</b><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Eliseo F. Soriano was born on 1947 and was <b>baptized </b>on April 7, 1964, three (3) days after his 17</span><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">th </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">birthday as member of the <b>Nicholas Perez </b>led church. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He studied the bible from <b>Nicholas Perez </b>and sometime in 1969, he received a title of <b>Minister</b>, making him the only minister in the <b>Iglesia ng Dios kay Kristo Hesus, Haligi at Suhay ng</b> <b>Katotohanan </b>at that time; rumor says that he will become the successor of <b>Nicholas</b> <b>Perez</b>. <b>Nicholas Perez </b>died in 1975.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">PART 3 – SORIANO’S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">After the death of <b>Nicholas Perez</b>, Eliseo Soriano signed on July 11, 1975 the appointment of <b>Levita Gugulan </b>(a woman) to lead the <b>Iglesia ng Dios kay Kristo</b> <b>Hesus, Haligi at Suhay ng Katotohanan </b>as the <b>Church Presiding Minister</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>August 12, 1975, a month after <b>Levita Gugulan’s </b>appointment, he again signed a memorandum stating that anyone who opposes their Church administration will be suspended and expelled.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Four (4) days after 5 members of their church, some preachers were suspended. The next year January 2, 1976, Eliseo Soriano was then appointed by <b>Levita Gugulan</b> as one of their church’s <b>Board of Directors</b>. They were fifteen (15) members of the Board. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>But on February 21, 1976, he was <b>expelled </b>together with sixteen (16) other members of the <b>Iglesia ng Dios kay Kristo Hesus, Haligi at Suhay ng</b> <b>Katotohanan </b>for inciting rebellion inside their church and teaching doctrines contrary to their beliefs he was the one on top of the list. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Eliseo Soriano states that he firmly believes that a woman has no place to lead a church, in which he contradicted since he’s one of the signatories of the appointment months earlier. He also claimed that he was not expelled but instead he voluntarily left his church. On March 10, 1977, Eliseo Soriano <b>registered </b>his own group thru the help of <b>Fermin</b> <b>Calma</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>They called it the <b>Iglesia ng Dios kay Kristo Hesus, Haligi at Saligan ng</b> <b>Katotohanan</b>. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>This means that since February 1976 to March 1977 he was a <b>colorum</b>, and does not belong to any church organization. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>A year after, (1978) one of his members, <b>Filomeno Hizon </b>left him and separated his church in two (2) groups, <b>Filomeno Hizon </b>established the <b>Mga Mananampalataya sa Iglesia ng</b> <b>Diyos Kay Kristo Hesus, Incorporated </b>and was registered only on June 20, 1984 <b>.</b> <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>While he registered a new Church name on December 31, 1977, it was called <b>Church of</b> <b>God the Father in Christ Jesus the Pillar and Ground of Truth </b>thru the help of <b>Manoling Bacosa </b>but was not able to use it.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-family:"Courier New""><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">PART 4 – SORIANO’S CHURCH/ES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Cooper Black', serif; "><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext; mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">It would look like that Eliseo Soriano just substituted <b>Levita Gugulan’s Suhay </b>to <b>Saligan</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>So on July 16, 1979, a complaint was filed against the group of Eliseo Soriano by his former church leader, <b>Levita Gugulan </b>under SEC Case No. 1774 for using a similar church name, while the case is in progress he managed to register a<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">nother</span> church in January 20, 1980, "<b>Ang mga Kaanib sa Iglesia ng Dios kay Kristo</b> <b>Hesus, Haligi at Saligan ng Katotohanan sa Bansang Pilipinas,</b> <b>Incorporated</b>", SEC Reg. No. 92658.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In May 4, 1988 Eliseo Soriano’s group lost the 1979 case and was ordered by the SEC to change the name of his church to another name not similar to any name already used, this decision was signed by the hearing office <b>James Abugan.</b> <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Eliseo Soriano’s group didn’t bother to appeal the case since he already registered a new one in 1980.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In 1993, <b>Levita Gugulan’s </b>successor <b>Maximino Nieto </b>found out that Eliseo registered another church in 1980 with almost the same name again. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Eliseo Soriano awared of this possibility registered <b>another </b>church, before <b>Maximino Nieto’s</b> group was able to file another complaint against him. It was December 15, 1993, when the <b>Bayan ng Katotohanan Incorporated</b>, SEC Reg. No. 93-005231 was registered </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Courier New'; ">with Eliseo Soriano as Presiding Minister and was refiled on December 17, 1993. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The complaint was then filed by <b>Maximino Nieto </b>to the SEC office the following year in 1994 under SEC Case No. 94-4704, but again while the case still in progress Eliseo Soriano registered <b>another</b> church again and it was the <b>Iglesia ni YHWH at ni YHWSA</b> <b>HMSYH, Inc</b>, SEC Reg. No. 94-000703 in February 21, 1994.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>The 1994 Case against Eliseo Soriano’s church name was released on November 20, 1995.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Eliseo Soriano’s group lost and was ordered again to change its church name not similar or identical to a name already in use, the decision was signed by the hearing office <b>Ysobel Yasay Murillo. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></b>Still wanting the Church name that his mentor established, Eliseo Soriano’s filed an appeal on December 28, 1995 for the November 1995 decision of the 1994 case, but loses the case again after the Associate Justices in Court of Appeals, Manila; <b>Cancio Garcia, Delillah Vidallon Magtolis </b>and <b>Marina</b> <b>Buzon </b>denied his appeal on October 7, 1997. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Appeal after appeal it was finalized in year 2001 by order of the Supreme Court of the Philippines to change its name. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Eliseo Soriano don’t have any choice but to change its name and use the “<b>Bayan ng</b> <b>Katotohanan</b>, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Inc.,”</b> and the <b>Iglesia ni YHWH at ni YHWSA HMSYH </b>as their church name but still claim that they are still the <b>Iglesia ng Dios</b> that <b>Nicholas Perez</b> preaches.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>In January 13, 2004, he decided to register another church<b>, Members</b> <b>Church of God International, Inc</b>., SEC Reg. No. CN2004-00386. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>He also reserved three (3) more church names just to ensure that the dilemma won’t happen again; <b>Mga</b> <b>Kaanib ng Ama at Panginoong Jesus sa Bansang Pilipinas Inc., Member</b> <b>Church of the Living God, </b>and <b>Iglesia ng mga Bunso.</b></span></p></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cooper Black","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Courier New";color:windowtext;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-weight:bold"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace: none"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></p>paillardihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02933225151608013213noreply@blogger.com0