Eduardo V. Manalo

Eduardo Villanueva Manalo (born October 31, 1955, in Quezon City, Philippines) also known as Ka Eduardo is the current Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC).

He is the third generation of the Manalo family to lead the church following his father, the late Eraño G. Manalo, and his grandfather, Felix Y. Manalo.

Eduardo Villanueva Manalo was born on October 31, 1955, in Quezon City to Eraño G. Manalo and Cristina Villanueva.

His name means "guardian"; his grandfather Felix Y. Manalo named him.

He graduated from UP in 1978 and Evangelical College in 1980.

After graduating from EVCO, his first assignment was in the INC's Local Congregation of Cubao in Quezon City.

He was ordained as a minister on May 9, 1980, at the INC house of worship in Tondo, Manila.

After a brief assignment in the Local Congregation of Project 4, Quezon City, he was appointed Assistant Dean of EVCO.

He hosted a religious radio program over DZEC and was one of the first panelists on the TV program, Ang Iglesia ni Cristo.

He was married to Babylyn Ventura on January 2, 1982, whom he met when studying at the University of the Philippines, and had three children.

Manalo completed his high school education at Jose Abad Santos Memorial School in Quezon City.

He then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in philosophy from the University of the Philippines (UP), Diliman.

While pursuing his undergraduate studies, he also enrolled in ministerial studies at the Evangelical College, which later became the New Era University College of Evangelical Ministry (now known as Iglesia ni Cristo School For Ministers).

His administrative capability was further honed as a Coordinator of the Metro Manila Ecclesiastical Districts (at the present, Metro Manila was divided into eight (8) districts) beginning in 1984:

Eduardo Manalo founded the Society of Communicators and Networkers (SCAN) for INC members with a common interest in radio communication to help and assists the community during emergencies.

He also began and maintained a popular Bulletin Board System (BBS) and further developed his programming skills.

He organized the Data and Network Management (DNM) office, which oversaw the computerization of the entire INC Central Office.

He sponsored Internet seminars for ministers in various ecclesiastical districts of the church.

On May 7, 1994, Eduardo V. Manalo assumed his responsibility as Deputy Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo after being elected unanimously by the Church Executive Council at the Central Temple.

As a Deputy Executive Minister, he will be the successor of the Office of the Executive Minister and also has the task to temporarily assume the duties of Executive Minister during the latter's absence.

He was entrusted with the task of registering the INC officially in Rome, Italy, in 1994.

In 1996, along with 11 ministers, he joined the then Executive Minister Eraño G. Manalo in establishing the INC's local congregation in Jerusalem, Israel.

In 1997, he also accompanied on establishing the congregation in Athens, Greece.

Over the months of July to August 1998, he conducted a pastoral visitation to Hawaii and the US in commemoration of the 30th year of the INC in the West.

In an article "RP marks 7th year on the Internet" in the March 2001 edition of the magazine Computerworld Philippines, Filipino information technology enthusiasts recognized Eduardo Manalo as belonging to the "group of pioneers that brought the nation into the Internet Age".

He contributed to the founding of an organization within the INC called The Association of Christians in Information Technology, an organization consisting of INC members in the Information technology field who perform computer-related assistance to the church.

Another major pastoral visitation took place over the months of April to May 2006, to the local congregations in Europe, Middle East, and Asia.

Almost fifteen years (2009-2024) of leadership of the Church since Eduardo V. Manalo assumed the office as the Church's Executive Minister on September 7, 2009, INC has ordained 4,824 ministerial workers to become new ministers [from January 2, 2010, in Templo Central to November 24, 2023, in Deparo (Caloocan North)] with almost 6,000 ministerial students to become future ministers in Iglesia Ni Cristo School For Ministers for Academic Year 2022-2023.

21 New Extensions of the School For Ministers added (14 in the Philippines and 7 abroad).

18 administrative infrastructure projects were inaugurated within thirteen years from the time he assumed his office (September 7, 2009, to March 15, 2022).

In the worldwide, where INC Engineering and Construction Department undertakes the church's construction projects was dedicated, total of 3,898 from September 7, 2009 to September 7, 2023, to spreadout the Dynamic Leadership of Eduardo Manalo (605 new houses of worship dedicated since the Covid-19 pandemic to the present).

The biggest house of worship outside the Philippines can be found in Barcelona, Spain which can accommodate 1,360 worshipers at a time.

On January 2, 2010, he ordained 202 newly ministers at Central Temple to commemorate the 85th birthday of Eraño G. Manalo.

This organization was renamed and became the Association of Computer Technologists and Information Volunteers (ACTIV) on 2012.

INC bought the property from Jehovah's Witnesses and it was dedicated in July 2012.

The most expensive house of worship of the INC can be found in Washington DC.

INC has ordained 29 Head Deacons to become new Bishops assigned in the Locale Congregation [from May 23, 2015 in Las Piñas (Metro Manila South) to January 15, 2023 in Paco (Manila)].

Opened 1,228 new local congregations with 1,434 new extensions being groomed to become local congregations, 63 additional countries and territories reached by the Church, 92 ecclesiastical districts.

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