INC: Nothing political about medical mission

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The influential Iglesia ni Cristo holds a medical mission for up to 1.6 million. The group insists there's nothing political about it.

MANILA, Philippines – The influential Iglesia ni Cristo holds a medical mission for up to 1.6 million people – large enough to push local governments to cancel classes. READ: INC: We didn’t ask for class suspensions.

The group insists there’s nothing political about it. READ: Huge Iglesia event seen to draw 1.6M.

Paterno Esmaquel files this video blog. (Watch the video blog below.)

(The script of the video blog follows.)

Thousands of Filipinos gather here in Manila for the Iglesia ni Cristo’s medical mission.
It’s part of the Iglesia ni Cristo’s aim – to help the poor and boost its membership.
Its leaders deny speculations that this event is politically motivated.

BRO EDWIL ZABALA
IGLESIA NI CRISTO MINISTER

Wala. Walang bahid pulitika ito. Kung na-obserbahan ninyo ‘yung ginawa namin mula noong magsimula hanggang kanina, maging noong magtapos yung pag-aaral. O kung nakita ninyo ‘yung mga tarpaulins, ‘yung mga banners na nandoon, walang political message talaga.

(This doesn’t have any political color. If you observed what we did from the beginning, until a while ago, until we finished the Bible study, or if you saw the tarpaulins, the banners, there is really no political message.)

In fact, many of the people we met are none members of the Iglesia ni Cristo.

SARAH CORPUZ
PARTICIPANT, INC MEDICAL MISSION

Pinagsikapan ko po, kapatid, na makarating dito para po maano ako sa Diyos. (Ano ang pakay ninyo, ‘yung pamigay o ‘yung pakikinig?) Pakikinig po, hindi po lang ‘yung pamigay.

(I really tried, brother, to come here so I can be closer to God. (What did you really want, the give-aways or the preaching?) The preaching, not just the give-aways.)

MIA GABIETA
PARTICIPANT, INC MEDICAL MISSION

Sabi niya po kasi may parang pagpapahayag nga daw po na magaganap, kaya sumama ako. Parang na-curious lang kung ano ‘yung ginagawa nila.

(He said there will be preaching, so I came. I was curious about what they do.)

They say they came here not only to get medicines and relief goods…
but to listen to the preaching of this 99-year-old church.

Paterno Esmaquel, Rappler, Manila. – Rappler.com

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