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Members Church of God International

The Members Church of God International (Tagalog: Mga Kaanib Iglesia ng Dios Internasyonal ), abbreviated as MCGI, is an international Christian religious organization with headquarters in the Philippines. It is popularly known in the Philippines as Ang Dating Daan (The Old Path; abbreviated as ADD), the title of its flagship radio and television program and the longest-running religious program in the Philippines which was hosted by Eli Soriano, MCGI's "Overall Servant" (former title: "Presiding Minister") until his death in 2021.

In compliance with government regulations, Eli Soriano registered the group with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as Ang Mga Kaanib sa Iglesia ng Dios Kay Kristo Hesus, Haligi at Saligan ng Katotohan, sa Bansang Pilipinas (English: Members of the Church of God in Christ Jesus, Pillar and Ground of Truth in the Philippines). In 2004, its registered name was changed to "Members Church of God International" (Tagalog: Mga Kaanib Iglesia ng Dios Internasyonal ) in line with the church's overseas expansion. The group is known in Hispanophone and Lusophone countries as Miembros de la Iglesia de Dios Internacional and Membros da Igreja de Deus Internacional respectively, shortened as MIDI.

MCGI is not related to the many Church of God groups that descended from the Barney Creek Meeting House revival of the late 19th century in the United States.

History
The Members Church of God International in the Philippines rooted from a similar denomination, the Iglesia ng Dios kay Cristo Jesús, Haligi at Suhay ng Katotohanan (Church of God in Christ Jesus, Pillar and Support of the Truth) which was first headed by Nicolas Antiporda Perez in Pulilan, Bulacan, Philippines in 1928. It started as a small group with less than a hundred believers.

Perez' leadership (1928–1975)
On December 10, 1936, the church was registered with the Philippine government by Perez as Presiding Minister with a Central Office in Natividad St., Pasay (then part of Rizal). Since then, church workers were being sent to nearby provinces around Manila.

Perez led the church from 1928 until the time of his death in May 1975. In 1969, Perez gave Soriano an identification card bearing the "Minister" title. Before Perez died, he did not lay his hands on a successor. After the death of Perez, Soriano outlined the topics being taught to the members, in order for them not to lose hope. The members thought Perez prepared those topics before he died but other workers in the church knew, however, that it was written by Soriano.

On July 11, 1975, members of the Board of Trustees, including Soriano, allowed Levita Gugulan, the Secretary General, to act as "temporary" presiding officer until such time a new presiding officer is elected, in compliance to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). However, Gugulan led the church permanently.

Schism and legal battle
Soriano and other members believe women are not allowed to rule over the church according to the Bible. In their belief that the group formerly led by Perez already went astray in the teachings of God, Soriano left the group led by Gugulan, together with some members who testified that they have heard Perez preach that it is strictly prohibited in the Bible for a woman to rule over the Church of God.

Soriano registered "Mga Kaanib sa Iglesia ng Dios kay Kristo Hesus Haligi at Saligan ng Katotohanan" (Members of the Church of God in Christ Jesus, the Pillar and Ground of Truth) with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Soriano used the word "saligan" (ground or foundation) in reference to the Greek word "ἑδραίωμα" (hedraióma), and not "suhay" (brace), which is used by Gugulan's group.

Gugulan's group filed a petition with the SEC to compel Soriano to change the registered name of his group. During the pendency of the case, Soriano registered "Ang Mga Kaanib sa Iglesia ng Dios Kay Kristo Hesus, Haligi at Saligan ng Katotohanan sa Bansang Pilipinas" to comply with the SEC. In 1996, the SEC En Banc favored Gugulan's petition and it was affirmed by the Court of Appeals in 1999. In December 2001, the Supreme Court First Division denied Soriano's appeal with finality. Pending Supreme Court's decision, Soriano reserved a new corporate name in 1996 containing transliterated Hebrew words and have it finalized in 2004 with the current name.

Soriano's leadership (1977–2021)
In the 1970s, missionary works started and were first in the towns of Pampanga and then, the neighboring provinces of Bulacan, Rizal, Nueva Ecija, Bataan, and Metro Manila. In the last quarter of 1980, the church launched the radio program Ang Dating Daan. Through the local radio station DWWA 1206 kHz, the radio program was heard in many parts of the Philippines. The program became popular because of its unique live question-and-answer portion. In 1983, the program kicked off its national television appearance through IBC Channel 13. Ang Dating Daan as a program in radio made its stint in television through RJTV 29, PTV 4, SBN 21, and now UNTV.

On January 13, 2004, the church registered "Members Church of God International" as its corporate name in the SEC. In the same year, the church tapped GlobeCast for The Old Path (TOP) Channel satellite broadcast in the United States of America and Canada.

On January 7, 2006, the first live Bible exposition in the United States was held in Los Angeles, California. In 2008, Bible Expositions were conducted in the continent of Oceania bringing forth the first congregation in Papua New Guinea. In the same year, congregations were established in Ghana, West Africa as a result of a series of Bible studies in Africa. The early months of 2009 saw the Church introduced in Latin America.

In June 2011, Soriano doles out vitamins, medicines for the congregation.

Razon's leadership (2021–present)
From April 4–10, 2021, the church holds a special event entitled The Legacy Continues. A week-long commemoration with worldwide events for public service and charity programs. A total of 628,567 individuals benefited from the global feeding program across 7,377 locations worldwide. During the event, a total of 2,021 branches of MCGI free stores are already opened from its initial launch. Another total of 1,200 individuals benefited for the mass wish-granting activity for small-scale livelihood grants and free tablets that they can use for online schooling needs.

Organization
The Members Church of God International as an organization is managed by its Central Administration under the Workers Ministry. It is composed of the Overall Servants (Tagalog: Mga Lingkod Pangkalahatan), council of Helpers of the Ministry (Tagalog: Mga Katulong ng Pangangasiwa abbreviated as "KNP") and Church Workers (Tagalog: Mga Manggagawa).

Overall servants
Bro. Eli Soriano was the Overall Servant (Tagalog: Lingkod Pangkalahatan) to the church (formerly called as presiding minister or Tagapangasiwang Pangkalahatan in Tagalog) until February 2021. His deputy, Bro. Daniel Razon is the Assistant Overall Servant (Tagalog: Pangalawang Lingkod Pangkalahatan, formerly called as vice presiding minister or Pangalawang Tagapangasiwang Pangkalahatan in Tagalog).

They supervise the entire organization, implement policies and projects, teach the helpers of the ministry (formerly called as assistants to the administration, ministers-in-charge, abbreviated as "MIC" and officers-in-charge, abbreviated as "OIC") and church workers all the doctrines of Christ and oversee rightful execution of duties and responsibilities assigned to them, including other officials in various church ministries and organizations.

The overall servant prepares the outline of biblical topics (Tagalog: paksa) and preach sermons. A part of it will be delivered and discussed by his deputy. Preaching of biblical topic is done by the Overall Servants, either live or recorded, which is being aired in all locale church congregations. They also personally take time to resolve spiritual and personal problems of members every Thanksgiving gathering, during the consultation period.

Helpers and workers
Helpers of the ministry supervise a church "Division" (Tagalog: Dibisyon) referring to a geographical region in the Philippines or group of countries in a continent such as Asia Oceania. Area Servants (Tagalog: Lingkod Pampook, formerly called as Tagapangasiwang Pampook and abbreviated as "TP") oversee a church "District" (Tagalog: Distrito) referring to one Philippine province. Assigned Church Workers administer various church services such as Prayer Meetings, Worship Services, Indoctrination Sessions, Bible Studies, Bible Expositions, and Thanksgiving in local congregations. They are allowed to communicate official memorandum signed by the Overall Servants and preside over matters and activities concerning the local church. Brethren can personally seek spiritual or personal advice from Workers, who were trained during ministerial classes, in giving Biblical advice and recommendations.

Logo
As required by Philippines agency Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for organizations to have their respective official seal, where every paper submitted to the office must have a dry seal, Bro. Eli Soriano was obliged to create a dry seal for the church. Thus the following symbols explain:
 * The open book represents the Bible;
 * The torch represents the lamp;
 * The cords represent a binding tie, which is the love that exists among the members;
 * The anchor represents the hope that the members have in the Church of God;
 * The big star, which dominates everything in the logo, represents Christ;
 * The four Hebrew characters on the open book, referred to as Tetragrammaton, read (right to left) as Yod, He, Vau, He, and translated in English as YHWH, is the original name of God in Hebrew, written in the Ten Commandments.

Membership
The church keeps a formal number of members but does not openly reveal it. In 2015, the church gained more than 20,000 new members through regular and mass baptisms.

As of 2015, the church has established more than 1,360 congregations in the Philippines and abroad, up from a total of 1,280 locales reported in 2014.

Congregations are grouped geographically by divisions, districts and zones mainly the Philippines, South America, North America, Canada, Asia Oceania, Middle East, Europe, Israel and Africa Division. The official website of the church reported its presence in 46 countries and territories as of 2010.

Since its arrival in South America in 2009, the church saw a growing number of locales in the continent. As of 2015, it reported 237 established locales in Brazil, including those in Curitiba, Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and Florianópolis.

Members not living in accordance with the church's teachings may be excommunicated or expelled, from the church.

Propagation and evangelization efforts
The Members Church of God International believe that an important duty and obligation of the members of the church is to propagate the gospel on earth until the consummation of the ages. Eli Soriano began his nightly town-to-town preaching in the 1970s but eventually realized that his life is not enough to reach the entire Philippines. In the 1980s he decided to use emerging media such as radio and television.

In October 1980, it initially launched the Ang Dating Daan program hosted by Bro. Eli Soriano and Bro. Daniel Razon and later on Philippine television in February 1983. The program is now being broadcast in more than 70 countries, in five languages over terrestrial television, radio, internet and carried by at least seven satellites across the globe.

Currently, the church programs reach in six inhabited continents via TV Verdade, TV La Verdad, The Truth Channel and UNTV using the services of at least seven satellite providers.

Radio broadcast
The 30-minute AM radio program of Ang Dating Daan began in 1980. In 1999, the program is heard nationwide through DZRH, RMN and 100 Radyo Natin stations. Since 2011, the radio program is now on its home station UNTV Radyo La Verdad 1350.

Television broadcast
The program started its television debut in February 1983 on IBC-13. Later, it was transferred to RJTV-29, PTV-4 and SBN-21. In 2004, UNTV-37 became its permanent home. UNTV 37 is a free-to-air network and also carried by major cable networks and direct-to-home providers.

Between 2010 and 2011, the church reached the airwaves of India, Uruguay, Argentina, Bolivia and Portugal by acquiring timeslots in local television channels. To further boost viewership, it acquired a 30-minute slot on Fox Channel which is carried by 50 cable networks in Central America and South America. Later, the church acquired timeslots in Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Guatemala. In 2013, the program was aired in Mexico via Gala TV. It was followed by broadcasts in Dominican Republic, Spain, Equatorial Guinea and soon in Cuba.

The church also founded ADDTV in 2014 and launched it as Truth Channel on September 3, 2017. The channel features Itanong mo kay Soriano. In the same year, the church began its 24/7 free-to-air terrestrial broadcast El Camino Antiguo in El Salvador on Canal 61.

On February 13, 2016, MCGI receives Anak TV seals for its five television programs Truth in Focus, A Song of Praise, KNC Show, Munting Parangarap and Kaagapay approved by Anak TV Foundation.

On March 4, 2022, the church debuts a new program MCGI Cares on UNTV-37 and on social media hosted by Bro. Daniel Razon.

Satellite broadcast
In 2004, the church tapped GlobeCast to air the TOP Channel in United States and Canada via a direct-to-home satellite broadcast through Galaxy 19, Eutelsat Hotbird 13D and Measat which aims to propagate the program to English-speaking countries including Europe and Asia. In 2010, it was aired in the Philippines via Dream Satellite TV. In 2016, TOP Channel was relaunched as The Truth Channel.

On December 26, 2009, the church launched TV Verdade via Star One C2, SES-6 and Thaicom 5. It primarily airs O Caminho Antigo, the Portuguese version of Ang Dating Daan through local free television channels in Brazil. Currently, the program airs in Minas Gerais, the second most populous state in Brazil, Paraná, Cornélio Procópio. In December 2016, TV Verdade HD was launched in high definition (HD) format (1080p) for households in South and Central America and some parts of North America via SES-6.

In July 2012, the church also launched TV La Verdad, its broadcast channel for Spanish-speaking countries airing via SES-6.

Online media
In 1999, the church joined the World Wide Web when it launched a website called angdatingdaan.org with video streaming feature. Its English version went online in 2005 as theoldpath.tv.

From 2001 to 2007, the website Kaanib.NET was an online community and portal that connected the global members.

From 2004 to 2005, the website mybeliever.com was an online news magazine featuring church events with its printed version known as Believer NewsMagazine. The printed features memoirs of 2004 mid-year International Thanksgiving, Daniel S. Razon: the man of steel, MIC: ministers in Christ, a photoquote special edition and the last edition was Happy New Year which recognized Nisan as the start of year in Hebrew calendar.

In 2007, Eliseo Soriano published his official blogsite and another blog in 2014. ControversyX is an expository blog, in five languages, which tackles issues about religion. It has more than 4.5 million page views.

In 2009, the international website of the church went online as mcgi.org.

In 2012, the church's official Facebook page was created.

In 2014, the church introduced the "MCGI Broadcast App."

In October 2020, the MCGI Classified Ads was launched to cater job opportunities available for members.

A short-lived podcast program The Unheard Truth was launched on Google and Spotify until 2021.

Continuing the church propagation in spreading the word of God, MCGI released Digital Bible app on July 1, 2022. The app can be downloaded on both Android and iOS devices for free access of the public.

Print media
The church distributes print and digital materials for free. It publishes the "TOP Magazine", "Believer Newsmagazine" and a newspaper called "Magandang Balita" (English: Good News). Soriano's online blogs are also compiled and printed as "The Blog Magazine".

The church has also been acknowledged by the Philippine Bible Society as a regular donor and major distribution partner of Tagalog Bibles. Copies of full-length Ang Dating Daan episodes are also distributed in DVD format.

Beliefs
The Members Church of God International believes that the Almighty God, the Father sent his begotten Son, Jesus Christ, instrumental in the establishment of the "Church of God", first planted in Jerusalem and preached by the apostles. They believe that gentile nations, including the Philippines, are partakers of the promise of eternal life through belief in Jesus Christ and the gospel and are not authorized by God to establish their own church, but were members associated with the same "body" or the church written in the gospel by accepting it and executing the doctrines written by the apostles. The church's registered name contains descriptive words "ang mga kaanib" in Tagalog or "members" in English to emphasize the group's association today, as members of the "Church of God" that was already established a long time ago.

For them, the church's primary objective, as commanded by Jesus Christ, is to propagate the gospel to all nations until the consummation of the ages, convert sinners to believe and glorify God and to make them qualify for the eternal life in heaven. They believe in God the Father, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy Spirit but they adopt a nontrinitarianism orientation, rejecting the Trinitarian concept that there is "one God in three co-equal persons", which for them is against the Bible. They believe that the Father is greater than all, greater than Jesus Christ as declared by Christ himself. They do not observe customs and traditions which they consider to have pagan origins incompatible with Christianity. Church members prefer to be called and identified as plain "Christians".

God the Father
The Almighty God is also called as "God of Israel" citing, the creator of the universe , with his Son, Jesus Christ. God cannot lie. God is not omniscient (he does not know ahead of time all future human actions and choices), and God is not omnipresent (he created hell but is not there).

The Lord Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is the Father's only Begotten Son (in Romanized Greek: Monogenēs theos) as mentioned in. For them, Christ is the Wonderful, Counselor, a true and Mighty God, Prince of Peace referred in. He is the only savior of mankind and the only way to the kingdom of God in heaven. He is recognized as the Apostle, High Priest and Mediator  of the church. They believe that Christ descended on earth from the bosom of the Father, suffered for the redemption of sin, died on the cross, resurrected after three days, ascended to heaven and sat on the right side of God.

The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the "comforter" citing, sent by the Father and Christ, to give spiritual happiness and to help the brethren in his or her weaknesses, and to console a believer in times of persecution and trials.

Prayer
Prayer is a basic doctrine in the church. All church gatherings, either spiritual or socio-civic, begin and end with prayers. The church believes that it is a commandment of God to live a prayerful life based on. To encourage its members to pray, the church launched an exclusive 24/7 prayer service website on March 6, 2011, enabling access to continuous singing of praises and hourly community prayer to God. They believe that it is prohibited to pray in public just to be seen. As a discipline, they refrain from showing the act of praying on their television broadcasts, either live or recorded, in public. In November 2013, the church launched a community prayer service on UNTV and Radyo La Verdad 1350 AM. However, only the audio of the community prayer is being aired, to encourage non-brethren to join and participate in praying to God, without necessarily being seen publicly.

Bible
The church believes that only the Bible or the Holy Scriptures, composed of 66 inspired books of the Protestant canon, teaches the full wisdom of God for the salvation of man and that no other books should be used as basis for serving God and Jesus Christ.

The Church of God in the Bible
They believe that God is "calling" those people with determination to serve him, bringing them in his fold, teaching them righteousness after baptism, for their sins to be covered by the priceless blood of Christ poured in Mount Calvary, for the redemption of sin, to make them qualify for life eternal in heaven.

The church mission
The church believes that Jesus Christ delegated the task of preaching the Word of God, on a global scale, to his apostles based on and fulfilling this commandment is their primary objective. The church aims to propagate the gospel on earth until the consummation of the ages. They believe that only the church can teach the wisdom of God for the salvation of mankind citing, and. They believe that this effort is geared towards converting sinners to believe and glorify God.

Baptism
Baptism is a key part in their doctrines. Membership is conferred through immersion baptism of adults. Indoctrination classes are required prior to joining the organization. The classes are composed of nine lessons concerning church doctrines prepared by the Overall Servant, Eliseo Soriano. Indoctrinees must fully accept the doctrines taught during the indoctrination before they can be baptized. The church rejects infant baptism.

Mass baptism
The church conducts a mass baptism at the end of mass indoctination sessions. This event is held at the MCGI Chapel in Apalit, Pampanga, and various MCGI coordinating centers worldwide. It is where listeners who completed the mass indoctrination sessions voluntarily accept the doctrine of the Lord Jesus Christ. The most recent event was officiated on July 5, 2024.

Church services and events
The congregation meets regularly on a daily basis. Gatherings are held in Ang Dating Daan convention centers and monitoring centers, which are typically functional in character, and do not contain religious symbols except for the church logo and reminders for non-members that are prominently displayed.

All gatherings of the church are opened with congregational singing of an opening song, followed by hymns led by the choir and then an opening prayer. After prayer, it follows a reading of chapter or two of the Bible. The subject matter (topic) for most meetings is the same worldwide. After the topic has been delivered, brethren kneel down for closing prayers followed by a doxology and basbas (blessing). When guests or visitors are invited or wish to attend these church gatherings, they are free to stay in their seats.

The members believe that Christians should always attend religious gatherings regularly.

In 2011, a Bible-reading segment was added where a chapter or two of the Bible is being read. Meetings are devoted to the study of a Biblical topic, divided in portions, and will be continued in succeeding meetings.

In March 2020, the presentation of topic reactions was added, where members share what they have learned from the topic of previous gatherings, as part of the doctrine of edifying one another in the Christian love.

Serbisyong kapatiran
In July 2020, Serbisyong kapatiran is launched as online daily gathering of members from Mondays to Fridays at 9:30 p.m. in the Philippines. It is initially broadcast live on an Instagram private account exclusive for brethren access. The program eventually grows and showcases Story of My Faith, Kristiano Drama, video greetings and picture-taking, singing of church hymns and songs and more. The program is now available through the MCGI.TV website and its mobile app version with the option to watch previous episodes. On September 4, 2023, Serbisyong Kapatiran: Ang Pagsasanay was launched.

Serbisyong kapatiran afternoon edition also airs from Mondays to Fridays at 1:00 p.m. (Philippine standard time).

Similar to the Serbisyong kapatiran is the Serbisyong kasangbahay which was luanched on July 18, 2016 when UNTV was rebranded into a global news and rescue company. The latter became to what is now known as Serbisyong bayanihan in April 2020, a new public service program which aims to address the public’s issues and concerns.

Prayer meeting
Prayer meeting is recorded live every Wednesday at 4:30 a.m.(Philippine standard time) as its first batch. To accommodate other members including visitors who cannot attend the live prayer meeting, the gathering is arranged by batches until Friday 12:00 a.m.(Philippine standard time) as its last batch.

Worship service
Worship service is also recorded live every Saturday at 4:30 a.m. (Philippine standard time) as its earlist batch. Like prayer meeting, batches are also arranged afterwards to accommodate members until Sunday at 2:30 p.m. (Philippine standard time) as its last batch. Worship service includes voluntary contributions which is open for members only. Suspended members including guests and visitors are strictly prohibited to participate in monetary contributions.

Once in every quarter, the church combines Prayer Meeting and Worship Service in preparation for a three-day International Thanksgiving of the members.

Weekly Thanksgiving
The church offers a weekly "Thanksgiving of God's People", formerly known as "Thanksgiving to God" (Tagalog: "Pasalamat sa Dios"), which is recorded live every Saturdays at 5:00 p.m. (Philippine standard time). Brethren who have prepared themselves to offer the sacrifice of thanksgiving will be singing songs of praises live on stage at the ADD Convention Center or at the nearest church local (a coordinating center). Like the worship service, a monetary contribution is conducted voluntarily for members only in the form of hain and gugol. A Biblical topic is delivered in full by the overall servants.

To accommodate members who cannot attend the live meeting, they can also attend replay for viewing purposes the recently concluded Thanksgiving on Sundays (two batches, 6:00 a.m and 5:30 p.m. in Philippine standard time), Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays (all at 8:30 a.m. in Philippine standard time).

Quarterly Thanksgiving
Every quarter of each year, the congregation gather for a three-day Special Thanksgiving of God's People in Tagalog, formerly called as "International Thanksgiving to God (ITG)" and "Pasalamat ng Katawan (PNK)". It has a similar format like the weekly thanksgiving except it allows more time for the Biblical topic and the spiritual consultation.

The Quarterly Thanksgiving is broadcast live exclusively which starts on a Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 5:00 p.m. (Philippine standard time) with replays on Monday, Tuesday and Friday at 8:30 a.m. (Philippine standard time).

From April 3–5, 2015, South America hosted the first quarter of the international thanksgiving in Florianopolis, Brazil. Tens of thousands of members gathered together with other venues around the world.

For the year 2024, quarterly thanksgiving are scheduled on the following dates:
 * 1st Quarter: March 22, 23, and 24th
 * 2nd Quarter: July 12, 13, and 14th
 * 3rd Quarter: October 4, 5, and 6th
 * 4th Quarter: December 20, 21, and 22nd

Christian New Year
Instead of celebrating the new year every first day of January of the Gregorian calendar, MCGI celebrates Christian New Year with a special thanksgiving every first day of Nisan, using the Hebrew calendar, which falls between March and April. For the current year, the Christian New Year was celebrated on April 8, 2024.

Lord's supper
The church commemorates annually the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ every 13th of Nisan of the Hebrew calendar. The event usually falls between March and April in the Gregorian calendar. It recounts the greatest love and sacrifice of the Lord for humanity. For the current year, the event was commemorated on April 21, 2024.

Feast dedicated to God
The Fiesta ng Dios (Feast Dedicated to God) or simply Ang Dating Daan People's Day is recently launched by the church on February 24, 2019. Church members and visitors, especially the poor and the disabled, who are the feast's special guests, are treated to free sumptuous meals, entertainment, and fun activities. The celebration aims to spread God's love through the joyous occasion. This event is based in the Bible, referring to Luke 14:13-14 “But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.” making MCGI the first to hold this feast dedicated to God.

On November 24, 2019, MCGI held its second feast event to culminate the celebration of Ang Dating Daan's 39th anniversary on airwaves.

Brethren day
The feast is also called brethren day. The most recent event was on July 11, 2024.

Mass indoctrination
A series of sessions where the doctrines of Jesus Christ are preached to those who are interested to become members of the church, including guests invited by current members. The mass indoctrination consists of 14 sessions being broadcast through social media platforms. Baptism will follow when a person accepts the teachings which is officiated on the 15th session.

Schedule
Series of mass indoctrination sessions are ongoing from July 15–August 2, 2024, from Mondays to Fridays at 7:00 p.m. (Philippine standard time).

Topics by session
Each session begins with an instrumental song presentation by the orchestra, opening song number, singing of psalms and hymns led by chorale members and opening prayer led by a servant. After prayer, an opening song presentation followed by an introductory message and greetings by Bro. Daniel Razon then a particular topic which is delivered by Bro. Eli Soriano. Topics by each session are as follows: After the designated topic, the session ends with a closing prayer, singing of doxology and pronouncement of bless or basbas. Usually the duration of these sessions last for about two hours each.
 * Session 1 The church built by God
 * Session 2 Accepting Christ and His words
 * Session 3 Reverence to God
 * Session 4 The right way to pray
 * Session 5 Are your prayers heard
 * Session 6 The why of praying
 * Session 7 How we must treat our fellowmen
 * Session 8 Love for humanity
 * Session 9 What Christian gatherings are like
 * Session 10 The inner man
 * Session 11 Good works and giving
 * Session 12 Reading your heart
 * Session 13 Sins against the Holy Spirit
 * Session 14 True baptism
 * Session 15 (continuation)

Global prayer for humanity
Even before the pandemic, the church was already holding its community prayer. In response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the church launched the Global Prayer for Humanity. It was an initiative by Bro. Eli Soriano where anyone around the world can join to pray to God at the same time. It was started on May 25, 2020, at 9:30 p.m. (Philippine standard time).

Bible exposition
A unique program that gives answers to questions about life, religion and faith. It is presented in many languages broadcast via satellite and in social media platforms.

Bible study
A biblical talk that aims to help people learn the Bible with an assigned topic. It also aims to correct false belief and concepts about the holy scriptures.

Architecture
Currently, the Members Church of God International is present in six inhabited continents of the world with more than 1,360 established local congregations. Convention and coordinating centers serve as places of worship where members congregate themselves.

Convention centers
The 10-hectare Ang Dating Daan (ADD) compound in Apalit, Pampanga is the church's headquarters in the Philippines. It houses the ADD Convention Center where major church gatherings are held and the chapel, a multipurpose venue for the community prayer, indoctrination sessions, prayer meetings and worship services. Other structures inside the compound include the baptistry, administration office, museum, transient home, orphanages, mini-hospital, dormitories for church officers and volunteers, houses for church ministers and workers and school buildings of La Verdad Christian College.

There are also other convention centers located in Batangas, Laguna and Brazil.

Coordinating centers
The church has established more than a 1,360 local congregations. These venues are also called the Ang Dating Daan Coordinating Centers, MCGI Satellite Monitoring Centers or MCGI chapters. It is where the brethren meet to attend church gatherings and host indoctrination sessions. Most of the sites are rented or church-acquired property spaces in urban and rural communities in the Philippines and abroad. These centers are equipped with C-band satellite dish antenna and high-speed broadband connection, these sites are able to receive real-time broadcast feeds emanating from the headquarters. Assigned church workers and officers oversee activities at locale chapters and receive queries regarding membership in the church. In 2012, a mobile coordinating center was launched including livelihood academy. A bus transformed into a cozy venue with roof, chairs, television screen and satellite receiver, can accommodate guests in remote areas during Bible Expositions.

Walk of faith fountain
The church's Walk of Faith water fountain features a series of stone tablets inscribed with the names of heroes of faith and their most well-known acts recorded in the Bible. It was inaugurated on April 30, 2018, after a thanksgiving event.

MCGI Chapel
On May 7, 2019, the church inaugurates two additional facilities inside the MCGI Compound in Apalit, Pampanga: the new Administration Building and the MCGI Chapel and Multi-Purpose Hall.

Functions and ministries
On June 28, 2020, MCGI launched a 24-hour livestream of spiritual and praise songs through YouTube. It aims for members to have easier access to the originally composed songs and hymns that they can listen via the Internet.

In September 2021, the song Kristiano Ako, Kristiano Tayo was posted on Facebook by Sister Arlene Razon. The song is a composition of Bro. Daniel Razon and sung by various singers. It became the theme song of the program MCGI Cares.

Music ministry
MCGI's music ministry leads members in the singing of hymns during church gatherings. Aspiring members of this ministry are given recognition of their talents in music during commencement events called Pagsulong.

Theater ministry
MCGI's theater ministry or teatro kristiano consists of youth members of the church who are focused on the performing arts through dance choreographies. They complement hymns and songs of praise in the church gathering or events.

MCGI symphony orchestra
MCGI has an orchestra of more than 200 musicians. They regularly play during church events including concerts. Musicians play the following instrument families: strings, winds, brass and percussion. The orchestra also includes rhythm instruments.

MCGI music school
It aims to educate people for potential musical talents via virtual class being done by professional music-makers. Programs include voice lessons, and also includes instruments like piano, guitar, violin, drum, flute, cello, clarinet, trumpet and trombone. It offers beginner and intermediate specializations which will last for three months of training.

Servant's ministry
Church members of at least one year tenurity are invited to become part of servant's ministry. These are church workers or manggagawa(encargado) who oversee locale chapters of the church.

Largest gospel choir
On October 12, 2015, Members Church of God International set the Guinness World Record as the "Largest Gospel Choir" in the world, as part of the 35th anniversary celebration of the Ang Dating Daan (The Old Path) religious program in radio and television broadcasting. The official video of the performance was published in The Old Path YouTube channel with 2.4 million views.

Guinness adjudicator Fortuna Burke Melhem witnessed the recital of 8,688 singers at the Smart Araneta Coliseum in Cubao, Quezon City. The Ang Dating Daan Chorale performed a 15-minute medley of original MCGI Christian praise music compositions, entitled "Stand Up," "Praise the Name," "Hallelujah, Amen," and "Enrich the Spirit."

MCGI donated more than three million pesos for people with disabilities (PWD) who were invited as main guests during the event. Beneficiaries were government-accredited charitable institutions and federations for PWDs and more than 1,700 PWD guests and their families.

It surpassed the previous 4,745-singer record achieved by the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) in 2014. However, on May 22, 2016, the INC regained the record with 21,262 singers at the Philippine Arena.

Charities and public services
On August 8, 2010, Philippine media station UNTV recognizes MCGI as its outstanding public service partner during the former's six anniversary celebration. The church is UNTV's partner since 2004 in bringing social service projects to the public.

In Canada, MCGI is recognized for its charitable projects including the blood donation campaign. The church is considered by Canadian Blood Services as one of its national partners that seek to provide free social services more effectively and efficiently for people needing help in Canada.

Medical missions
In 2012, a group of citizens thanks MCGI for medical mission in Macabebe, Pampanga through ADD Foundation, the church's charity institution. On July 12, 2012, the church establishes an infant care center with accreditation from the Philippine's department of social welfare and development (DSWD).

In 2013, the church holds medical missions nationwide. The simultaneous medical mission serves 20,000 indigents who receive free healthcare assistance with partner Rotary Club of the Philippines.

Free store
On March 14, 2021, the church opened its MCGI free store worldwide. The store was originally exclusive for members prior to its global launch. Beneficiaries can choose items or products using coupons with designated number of points.

Dental and optical clinic
On February 6, 2023, the MCGI dental and optical clinic was launched. As of October 2023, two additional units have been added, serving patients from 44 provinces with dental, optical, and medical services, free of charge.

Debates
On March 27, 2005, in a video statement, Eli Soriano (then presiding minister of MCGI) challenges Eraño Manalo (then executive minister of INC) in a one-on-one debate to be broadcast live on Philippine television worldwide. The challenge was also published in The Sunday Times. Manalo's answer to the challenge was for Soriano to debate the pope of the Catholic church (referring to Pope John Paul II at that time) first and to speak in Latin language before he (Manalo) accepts the challenge. Manalo rejected the challenge until his death.

Persecutions
On April 18, 2005, five members were injured during the clash with some INC members inside a fastfood chain located in Apalit, Pampanga.

In 2005, Daniel Razon, then vice-presiding minister was accused of cursing a minister of Iglesia ni Cristo which he denied. The management of GMA Network advised Razon not to get involved with Ang Dating Daan; the latter decided to leave the network due to malicious accusation. He said in a statement, "I would rather lose my job and career than lose my faith and my God!"

In 2008, Razon was declared as persona non grata by the Municipal Council of Apalit, Pampanga through Resolution 28, series of 2008.

Notable personalities

 * Jameson Blake – a Filipino-American actor, dancer, and model.
 * Joshua Dionisio – a former Filipino actor.
 * Lou Veloso – a Filipino actor, comedian, director and politician.
 * Nora Aunor – a Filipina actress, recording artist, and film producer.
 * Vivian Velez – a Filipina actress and currently serving as Director General of Film Academy of the Philippines.
 * Zoren Legaspi – a Filipino actor and television director.

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Links/references
Would someone be so kind as to update the links in this article as most appear broken. Thanks. Mbolo 02:36, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Trivia
Please remove the trivia about T. Jagland refering to Mr. Bongo as "Bongo from Kongo" on national television in Norway. The trivia is insulting to Jagland, to Bongo and to Africans and Norweigans. It was not a kind of official statment at all, Jagland did only refer to his stab in the foreign department who joked to him about Bongo rhyming with Kongo, and he did it with a friendly laugh which all the participants in the show joined in with. At once the statement is taken out of this context, it gets political and may give ideas about norweigan foreign department laughs of african politicans and politics. That is not true, and Wikipedia should not spread such ideas, not even as a trivia. --Esalen 12:16, 26 December 2006 (UTC)

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The premise of the Robert Altman movie, OC and Stiggs, was a phone call to President Bongo, in which they describe their summer vacation to him in a series of flashbacks throughout the movie.

source: http://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=1792  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.45.88.143 (talk) 21:12, 13 June 2011 (UTC)

Faults
I have a question why is it that most of the informations that are found in your articles are false? because I am a family member and trust it is full of shit in here

 * Could you explain what's false about it? Everyking 11:41, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

More info
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2646825.stm has some good info if anyone is looking to expand this stub.

The "early life" and "death" sections contradict where he was born. The prior states, "Bongoville" whereas the latter mentions, "Franceville". — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.203.219.86 (talk) 05:39, 10 January 2012 (UTC)

Not democratic
http://www.african-geopolitics.org/show.aspx?ArticleId=3109 is a good counter view. It is also is a citiation for his view that Africa is not ready for democracy.

That's rubbish!84.134.66.67 (talk) 09:17, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

North and South
Just a personal notice of mine, Omar Bongo refers to most of non-African countries as the North and African countries as the South (he's meaning hemispheres). Do most educated Africans like Omar Bongo use this language? Just curious.
 * No, not all educated Africans do, some do not. Note that non-African academicians also quite often use "that language". / Ezeu 22:12, 5 December 2005 (UTC)

NPOV
Why does the current page sounds alot like a flyer from propaganda-r-us? arent this guy supposed to be a womanizer? read it in the papers some time ago...

I deleted the Conclusion, because it was so obviously non neutral. User:Mistico

The "Bongo was the Grand Chancellor of the International Parliament for Safety and Peace, an international organization with a volunteer diplomatic service." this is a Bogus organization lead by an italian mafioso I delete the whole User: antimafia —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.180.19.162 (talk) 20:05, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Why did he convert?
--58.104.11.118 06:26, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

And, when did he convert? 1970 or 1973? The article lists both. Chris 14:37, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Infobox
Could someone add an infobox.--M3rrick 09:25, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Done. --Ezeu 10:17, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

NPOV
The below content removed from the article has way too much propaganda to be NPOV. It should not be included in the article before it is NPOVed.Labongo 14:31, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

History
Youngest child of a big Batéké family of farmers, Omar Bongo was born on the 30th of December 1935 in Lewaï, a town in the province of Haut-Ogooué in the south-east of Gabon.

He did his primary and secondary studies at Brazzaville (Congo) which was in this time the capital of French Equatorial Africa. After his secondary studies, he worked in a post office then entered the military, becoming under-lieutenant and then lieutenant of the air force successively in Brazzaville, Bangui, and Fort Lamy (now called N'djamena).

He came back to his native country, and served in the French army. During his service he was remarkable for his talent, and was put in the secret service of the French army. Step by step, under the protection of the French, he became famous in the big administrations of the country.

His first steps in politics
After the independence of Gabon in 1960, it was near M. Leon Mba, the first president of the Gabonese republic, that the young Albert-Bernard Bongo started his political career. Step by step, he climbed levels in Leon Mba’s administration. He started first in the department of foreign affairs and in 1961, he entered in the cabinet of the head of the state. From this time, he became the man of trust of the president. Indeed, Leon Mba really appreciated his capacity for work, his dynamism, and his audacity. That’s why in 1965, Bongo became minister of information and tourism and in 1966, he was appointed vice-president of the republic. One year later Leon Mba became sick and died, and Bongo became by the same occasion President of the Gabonese Republic according to the Gabonese constitution. He became the youngest president in the world (just 32 years old) on the 28th of September, 1967. His close relationship with France and the ex-president put him firmly in power.

Private life
Before his entry into the political arena, Bongo was married to Josephine Kama. When he gained the presidency, she became the first lady of the Gabonese republic. Josephine Kama was born the 22nd of January, 1945 at Brazzaville (Congo), where she later attended a Roman Catholic school and pursued secretarial studies. She was very liberal and attracted to music, even dreaming to become a famous singer. Her attraction to music was against protocol as a first lady, leading to her 1986 divorce with the Bongo. Afterwards, she began a professional career as a singer and changed her name to Patience Dabany, later achieving moderate fame. She still maintains a friendly relationship with the president.

Following this divorce, Bongo encountered many pressures from the press: He was obliged to find another wife. Consequently, he married Edith Lucie Nguesso, the eldest daughter of the Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Unlike Josephine Kama, she has given governmental protocol a greater level of respect. She was born on the 10th of March 1964, in Brazzaville; she is a holder of the aggregation of doctor. She has been quite active in her role as first lady and built the biggest hospital of the region alongside her assistance to various organisations and structures in the whole country.

Omar Bongo has children from his first and second marriage. He is believed to be a good and exemplary father, who loves his children and respects family tradition.

His men of trust
Like all presidents, Bongo has his men of trust. Native of a minority group ethnic, Bongo associates all the communities in the share of power in order to avoid confusion and civil war. But the key posts of his administration are reserved for his peers. First, the director of his cabinet is his elder daughter Pascaline Bongo Ondimba, the minister of the defence is his first son, Ali Bongo Ondimba. The minister of finance is his son-in-law, Paul Toungui…. And some others of his close friends in the key posts of his administration in order to avoid all forms of betrayals. He is well encircled. One of the secret of his durability. There are two main facts which marked the private life of the president Bongo. First fact, in 1973, he changed his religion, his name and became Muslim. Then, Albert Bernard bongo became El hadj Omar Bongo. Secondly, in 2003-2004, He took the real name of his father. El Hadj Omar Bongo became El Hadj Omar bongo Ondimba. This name was granted to all members of his family.

!== Omar Bongo’s actions ==

Union
As president in an under developed country; his first goal should be the development of the country. Unfortunately, Bongo has chosen to concentrate on selling Gabon's natural resources to the highest bidder, and pocketing the profits while keeping his people in an under-developed state. In the past, most contracts and concessions were given to the French. Over the past thirty years, however, the Chinese have become more and more prominent in the Gabonese economy.

Regional Solidarity within Central Africa
Even in central Africa, he did many things to instaure peace and harmony Bongo’s struggle is to claim Union among people in order to reduce the conflicts in the region.

Project
Since 1967, Omar Bongo is the president of Gabon. One of his main characteristics and way of doing politics is based on the union of his people. Indeed, he succeeds in linking people with many different cultures and behaviours. In fact, Gabon (despite its little population) has lot of different ethnic groups. Bongo knew how to manage these people to live together in the same land without any civil war. Thanks to his concept of Union. As a president in an under developed country; his first goal is the development of the country. According to him, there is three main steps that we should follow in order to reach this development. First, the “Union”. One of the main projects of Bongo was the “Transgabonais”. It is a railroad which is supposed to link all the cities of the country and some states of central Africa. It was one of his difficult and costly project. His dream was to see all the people united. Secondly, building of many facilities, especially in the sector of education and health. For him, these two sectors should be free in Gabon because it is a source of development. In Gabon, thanks to Omar Bongo, schools and hospitals are free. Transportations for students and drugs for old people are also free. There is many scholarships and facilities for young people. All this privileges are under the bank account of Bongo. In last, the main source of development is the “peace”. Gabon under Bongo’s power had never known the war. For him, you can’t do anything without peace and union. It is the basis of the development, and the step number one.

!== Bongo in the international scene ==

Bongo and the “CEMAC” in Central Africa
President since 1967, Bongo becomes the doyen in Africa after the death of Gnassingbe Eyadema (president of Togo). Because of his actions, his power and his experience, bongo is respected in Africa. He is the principal character who intervenes for the stability in central Africa. His mediation between the different protagonists and his influence reduce the extent of the conflict. Indeed, Bongo spent lot of money, energy and time organising meeting, congress in order to stop the crisis in the region. The good sense of his advices are well listened

Omar Bongo Ondimba: The doyen in Africa
In Africa also, Bongo is well respected. From the king of Morocco Mohamed VI to the president of South Africa Thabo Mbeki. The president is always solicited for solving conflict. He knows the continent more than anyone. He intervened in many crises within the continent (Ivory Coast, Togo, Congo, Sudan, Darfur….). Every president needs his advices. He is called the “wise man" of politics in Africa. As soon as you speak about Gabon, you see Bongo and as soon as you speak about presidents in Africa you cannot forget Omar Bongo Ondimba; whatever is good or wrong. That sent us to conclude that the image of Bongo is unavoidable in Africa.

His close relation with France
In addition, beyond Africa, Omar Bongo has good relationship. Especially with France. Bongo knows that his place is due to the support of France. Since the army Bongo maintained good relationship with France. France is the first economic and social partner of Gabon. Bongo is a close friend of Jacques Chirac, the president of France. Being a colony of France, Gabon knows many resemblances in way of doing with France. That’s why 650 French soldiers are permanently took up a position near the presidency at Libreville, and more than 10 000 French residents live in Gabon. France and Gabon are partner for life with Omar Bongo.

Bongo with the rest of the world
Nevertheless, Bongo tends to diversify his contacts. New close relation have started with some countries of Asia especially China. Bongo signed many contracts with China especially in the domain of building facilities and fishing. Bongo frequently received some personalities like Hu Jintao (President of China), George W. Bush (President of the U.S) and some personalities of the World Bank.

President Bongo is the Vice President of the International Parliament for Safety and Peace, an intergovernmental organization based in Italy (see and ).

became President of Gabon in 1967. He was just 31 and the world's youngest president at the time. THIS IS NOT TRUE, AS, AT LEAST, ETIENNE EYADEMA, PRESIDENT OF TOGO, WAS YOUNGER. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.126.164.166 (talk) 06:34, 9 July 2008 (UTC)

Death
"June 8th, 2009 Gabon’s president not dead, prime minister says Posted: 05:57 AM ET (CNN) — Gabon’s President Omar Bongo, Africa’s longest-serving ruler, is not dead, the country’s prime minister said Monday, contradicting reports from Gabonese and French media."

http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/08/gabons-president-not-dead-prime-minister-says/--12.186.52.140 (talk) 10:21, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

 * Reuters is now reporting that President Bongo has passed away:  http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090608/wl_nm/us_spain_gabon_president_1  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.202.248.92 (talk) 15:13, 8 June 2009 (UTC)
 * So are the BBC. ITN has been notified. -- can  dle • wicke  16:43, 8 June 2009 (UTC)

He dead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Littlefatboy (talk • contribs) 00:16, 9 June 2009 (UTC)

"El Hadj"
In the Personal Life section it says he took the name El Hadj Omar Bongo, but at the beginning of the article it has been linked to Hajji, which describes an "honorific title given to a Muslim person who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca". If was just a change of name, the link to the title is misleading. Foo was here (talk) 20:34, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Masonic membership
After his death, Bongo was cited in a large French nespaper as being a member of the Freemasons. He is even described as having been the leader of the Grand Lodge of Gabon. ADM (talk) 12:50, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Style of this article
Reading the section concerning the style of Mr. Bongo's leadership it felt like reading an obituary peppered with some encyclopaedic content. Perhaps its only me but the style of this entry seems way too prosaic and lofty for wikipedia. MarkkuP (talk) 14:32, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

End of presidency
The infobox gives the end of his presidency as 6 May 2009, which is when he delegated presidential powers to the Vice-President, but he continued to hold the title of President until his death on 8 June. Everyking (talk) 21:46, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

Citation style of publishers ?
Are citation publishers linked such as if the London Times is the source should it in the citations be linked or italized?66.74.176.59 (talk) 15:55, 12 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Hi, IP 66+ – If the publisher is a newspaper, then it can be both linked to its Wikipedia article and be placed in italics. Book publishers may be linked, but not placed in italics.  If several citations contain the same publisher's name, then links to their articles is not necessary and might be considered WP:OVERLINKING.  Hope this helps.  Joys! –   Paine Ellsworth   C LIMAX ! 19:05, 12 September 2014 (UTC)

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Talk:Second Coming

most biblical sources irrelevant
most biblical sources at the beginning of the article refer to assension to heaven or the kingdom of god, not the second coming. check them out. unless i don't know of some kind of connection between all those that makes them the same. even if some kind of logic makes the same it has to be addressed. without it, they are logically different things. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.76.99.106 (talk • contribs) 04:10, April 20, 2006

It is relevant because that was when He promised to return.

Imbalanced Representation
Each paragraph outlining basic religious beliefs has at least a sizable paragraph summarizing the beliefs the religious set of ideas, with one exception. May I suggest adding a few summarizing points about the beliefs of the Latter-day Saint beliefs on the second coming, rather than leaving it saying that the Latter-day Saints have many notable distinctive and specific beliefs? Just because there are many differences in Latter-day Saint beliefs and the specificity of those beliefs does not mean that they are not worth summarizing as is done with every other group. I would suggest at least a few points so that readers have some idea of what those distinctions are, not just knowing that there is a distinction. If we're going for brevity, let's be brief across the board and say that each group simply has distinctive beliefs. I would be happy to attempt a Latter-day Saint summary if there is agreement. Thank you.

Islamic contradictions
According to the article: How can Jesus be THE Messiah but also only A prophet? THE puts him above all others while A prophet is just one figure among many. How can Muslims believe that Mary was a virgin while being pregnant with Jesus while denying him the title "son of God"?? If Jesus has no biological father which Christians and Muslims both agree on who else could be the father to Jesus other than God? Clearly if you believe that Mary was a virgin you have to accept God as father and creator of Jesus. 93.206.54.181 (talk) 02:54, 30 November 2022 (UTC)

Link to German article?
The German article Parusie https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parusie lists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parousia as English equivalent, which forwards to Second Coming. There is no path back from Second Coming to Parusie through the language menu. 78.102.93.178 (talk) 10:21, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

Bibleverse link (false?) errors
Would someone with experience with bibleverse please fix these? They are in Second Coming Second Coming as "(Stephanas, Fortunatus and Achaicus,[3] Titus,[4] and Paul the Apostle[5])". The links seem to work OK, but there is a big red "Template:Bibleverse with invalid book" which inhibited me from clicking on the link. Thank you Adakiko (talk) 20:22, 10 October 2023 (UTC)

Islamic view.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_views_on_Jesus%27s_death#cite_note-Reynolds_2009-3 is a good source that the second coming is believed in amongst us Muslims too. It is also found in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_views_on_Jesus%27s_death#:~:text=Unlike%20the%20Christian%20view%20of,Coming%20in%20the%20End%20days.

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Sorry ya'll, I mistook the shotgun round limit in Time Crisis 3 with the round limit in Rainbow 6. Thanks for the correction. TomStar81 03:56, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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Don't bold text unless it has to be something that you need to bring the attention to. I also had to categorize the characters so that I can state out any main protagonists, supporting protagonists, etc. in order to keep up with categorization here in Wikipedia. I am going to watch this article carefully so that editing would be done in a moderate fashion. -- Vesther 19:09, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

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This narrative is waaaay too long and the tone is not right - it needs to be cut down significantly. --Charlesknight 21:28, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

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Album cover of Wire, scanned by User:Slowking Man.

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Earlington Heights station

Earlington Heights station is a Metrorail station in the Liberty City neighborhood of Miami, Florida. This station is located at the intersection of Northwest 21st Avenue and the Airport Expressway (SR 112). The Metrorail Orange Line creation and extension of the metro to Miami International Airport (MIA) began construction from this rail station in May 2009, completed in July 2012. Passenger service between MIA, through Downtown Miami, and to the southern Miami suburb of Kendall opened in Summer 2012.

Station layout

The station has two tracks served by an island platform.

Places of interest

 * Miami International Airport (via the Orange Line)
 * Brownsville
 * Allapattah
 * Historic Miami Jackson High School
 * Earlington Heights Elementary

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Hello, could you take a look at the Chief diversity officer-article? It looks like an ad for Damon A. Williams, and since you made a RfC for that article, I think you could see how we could curb down this one. Regards,Jeff5102 (talk) 11:56, 15 October 2014 (UTC)

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School Certificate (New South Wales)

The School Certificate was a qualification issued by the Board of Studies, typically at the end of Year 10. The successful completion of the School Certificate was a requirement for completion of the Higher School Certificate. The School Certificate was issued for the last time in 2011. It has been replaced with the RoSA (Record of School Achievement)

Tests
To receive the School Certificate, students were required to sit for the School Certificate tests. There were five tests:
 * English-literacy
 * Mathematics
 * Science
 * Australian History, Geography, Civics and Citizenship
 * Computing Skills

Requirements
Each student was required to study English, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography and Australian Civics and Citizenship and Personal Development, Health and Physical Education (PD/H/PE) every year in Years 7-10. Each course was also supposed to include a degree of computer use, so students became familiar with that technology.

At some time during Years 7-10 students must have studied courses in Creative Arts (Visual Arts and Music), Technology and Applied Studies and a Language Other Than English.

The student may also have completed a number of additional studies (electives). These additional studies were required to be completed in a number of hours, as defined by the Board of Studies. A student had a choice of these additional studies according to the courses which were available at their school.

Review and abolition
In his 1997 report "Shaping their future", Professor Barry McGaw was highly critical of the School Certificate. His report noted several deficiencies in the School Certificate, including:

 * The lack of preparedness of many students for Year 11 and 12
 * The apparent lack of challenge posed by Year 10 studies for more able students
 * The ‘low stakes’ nature of the external assessment where students were not accountable for their own individual results
 * Perceptions that the timing of external examinations in the middle of Year 10 has lessened the significance of subsequent Year 10 studies
 * Concerns about a perceived discontinuity between junior and senior secondary school studies.

Professor McGaw recommended that the School Certificate be abolished and replaced, for students leaving school, with a statement of achievement which would include each student’s results on statewide tests in literacy and numeracy as well as school-based results in all courses completed in Year 10.

Despite Professor McGaw's recommendations, the New South Wales government remained committed to the School Certificate, though major changes were made to its structure and timing in order to address some of the concerns listed above.

The disparity between the recommendations of the McGaw report and the actions taken by the New South Wales government led to frequent rumours and press reports of the ultimate abolition of the School Certificate. However, the NSW Government remained committed to the School Certificate for several years. In 2010, the New South Wales Government asked the Board of Studies to review the School Certificate as part of the changes to the school leaving age in New South Wales and also the development of a national curriculum. The NSW Government announced the abolition of the School Certificate after 2011, with students in year 10 that year being the final cohort to sit the external examinations and receive the qualification.

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Allapattah station

Allapattah station is a Metrorail station in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami, Florida.

This station is located near the intersection of Northwest 12th Avenue (State Road 933) and 36 Street/US 27 (SR 25). It was opened to service December 17, 1984. This is the northernmost Metrorail station within the Miami city limits.

Station layout
The station has two tracks served by an island platform.

Places of interest

 * Wynwood and Design District (one mile due east via Metrobus)

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Paul Hausser

Paul Hausser also known as Paul Falk after taking his birth name post war (7 October 1880 – 21 December 1972) was a German general and then a high-ranking commander in the Waffen-SS who played a key role in the post-war efforts by former members of the Waffen-SS to achieve historical and legal rehabilitation.

Hausser served as an officer in the Prussian Army during World War I and attained the rank of general in the inter-war Reichsheer. After retirement, he joined the SS and was instrumental in forming the Waffen-SS. During World War II, he rose to the level of army group commander. He led Waffen-SS troops in the Third Battle of Kharkov, the Battle of Kursk and the Normandy Campaign. Hausser was the highest-ranking officer in the Waffen-SS alongside Sepp Dietrich. Unlike Dietrich, Hausser was a trained staff officer before joining the SS.

After the war he became a founding member and the first spokesperson of HIAG, a lobby group and a revisionist veterans' organisation, founded by former high-ranking Waffen-SS personnel in West Germany in 1951. It campaigned for the restoration of legal and economic rights of the Waffen-SS employing a multi-prong propaganda campaign to achieve its aims.

Hausser wrote two books, arguing the purely military role of the Waffen-SS and advancing the notion that its troops were "soldiers like any other", according to the title of the second book. Under Hausser's leadership, HIAG reshaped the image of the Waffen-SS as a so-called pan-European force that fought honorably and had no part in war crimes or Nazi atrocities. These ahistorical notions have since been discredited by historians.

Early life and military career
Hausser was born on 7 October 1880 in Brandenburg an der Havel into a Prussian military family and entered the army in 1892. In 1899, he graduated from a cadet academy and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the 155th (7th West Prussian) Infantry Regiment. Hausser graduated from the Prussian Military Academy in Berlin in 1911. Hausser married Elisabeth Gerard in 1912; the couple had one daughter who was born in December 1913. They remained married until his death in 1972.

During World War I he served in the German General Staff and in staff roles on the Eastern Front, primarily serving with the 109th Infantry Division between 1916 and 1918. He was promoted to major in 1918 and was retained in the postwar Reichswehr, reaching the rank of Oberst (colonel) by 1927.

Hausser retired from the Reichswehr in 1932 with the rank of Generalleutnant, having filled various appointments including chief of staff of Wehrkreis II (Military District 2) in Stettin, commander of the 10th Infantry Regiment, and deputy commander of the 4th Infantry Division. Hausser joined the right-wing World War I veterans' organization Der Stahlhelm, becoming the head of its Brandenburg-Berlin chapter in 1933. Soon after, the Stahlhelm was incorporated into the Sturmabteilung (SA), and, with the SA's demise, into the SS.

SS career
In November 1934 Hausser was transferred to the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS Dispositional Troops; SS-VT) and assigned to the SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz. He became the Inspector of the SS-VT in 1936. In this role, Hausser was in charge of the troop's military and ideological training but did not have command authority. The decision on deployment of the troops remained in Heinrich Himmler's hands. This aligned with Hitler's intentions to maintain these troops exclusively at his disposal, "neither [a part] of the army, nor of the police", according to Hitler's order of 17 August 1938.

Hausser served during the 1939 invasion of Poland as an observer with the mixed Wehrmacht/SS Panzer Division Kempf. In October 1939 the SS-VT was formed as a motorized infantry division known as the SS-Verfügungs-Division with Hausser in command. He led the division, later renamed 2nd SS Division Das Reich, through the French campaign of 1940 and in the early stages of Operation Barbarossa. For his service in the Soviet Union, Hausser was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross in 1941 and the Oak Leaves in 1943 (he received the Swords for his service in Normandy). He was severely wounded, losing an eye.

After recovering, he commanded the newly formed SS-Panzer Corps (renamed II SS Panzer Corps in June 1943) and against Hitler's explicit orders withdrew his troops from Kharkov to avoid encirclement. He led the 1st, 2nd and 3rd SS divisions during the Battle of Kursk. After Kursk, his Corps was re-formed (substituting the 1st, 2nd and 3rd SS Panzer Divisions with the 9th and 10th SS divisions) and sent to Italy, then to France where he commanded them in the early stages of the Normandy Campaign.

After the death of Friedrich Dollmann, commander of the Seventh Army, Hausser was promoted to its command. During the Falaise encirclement in 1944, Hausser was seriously wounded (shot through the jaw). Hausser was promoted to SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer in August 1944 and subsequently commanded Army Group Oberrhein and later Army Group G until 3 April 1945. On the day he was relieved, Joseph Goebbels wrote, "He has definitely not stood the test." He ended the war on the staff of Field Marshal Albert Kesselring. At the Nuremberg Trials, he claimed that the Waffen-SS only had a military role and denied that it was involved in war crimes and atrocities.

Work for U.S. Army Historical Division
Following the war, Hausser participated in the work of the U.S. Army Historical Division, where under the guidance of Franz Halder, German generals wrote World War II operational studies for the U.S. Army, first as POWs and then as employees. In the late 1940s, Hausser authored an operational study on the Seventh Army's response to the Allied Normandy breakout. The study, together with contributions from Rudolf Christoph von Gersdorff, Heinrich Freiherr von Lüttwitz, Wilhelm Fahrmbacher and Heinrich Eberbach, was published in 2004 as Fighting the Breakout: The German Army in Normandy from COBRA to the Falaise Gap.

Leader of Waffen-SS lobby group
From 1950, Hausser was active in HIAG, a revisionist organization and a lobby group of former Waffen-SS members. HIAG began in late 1950 as a loose association of local groups; by October 1951, however, it claimed to embrace 376 local branches across West Germany. In December 1951, Hausser became its first spokesperson.

With the publication of its first periodical in late 1951, HIAG was beginning to draw attention to itself and generate public controversy, including speculation that it was a neo-Nazi organization. In response, Hausser wrote an open letter to the Bundestag denying these accusations and describing the HIAG as an advocacy organisation for former Waffen-SS troops. Hausser asserted that its members rejected all forms of radicalism and were "upstanding citizens".

As part of its lobbying efforts, HIAG attempted to "manipulate historical record or simply to ignore it", according to the historian David C. Large, who studied HIAG in the 1980s. HIAG's rewriting of history included significant multi-prong propaganda efforts, including tendentious periodicals, books and public speeches, along with the publishing house of Munin Verlag, to serve as a platform for its publicity aims. The express aim of Munin Verlag was to publish the "war narratives" of former Waffen-SS members, in cooperation with HIAG.

Memoirs
Paul Hausser's 1953 book Waffen-SS im Einsatz ("Waffen-SS in Action") was the first major work by one of the HIAG leaders. It was published by, owned by a right-wing politician and publisher. A foreword from the former Wehrmacht General Heinz Guderian provided an endorsement for the Waffen-SS troops and referred to them as "the first realization of the European idea".

The book described the growth of Waffen-SS into a multinational force where foreign volunteers fought heroically as a "militant example of the great European idea". Historians have refuted this characterisation, arguing that it was largely Nazi propaganda employed to bolster the ranks of the Waffen-SS with foreign volunteers. The message was later repurposed by HIAG as it sought historical and legal rehabilitation of the force. Waffen-SS in Action was included in the index of objectionable war books maintained by West Germany's Federal Department for Media Harmful to Young Persons. The index was created in the early 1960s to limit the sale of such works to minors due to their chauvinism and glorification of violence.

Hausser later wrote another book, published in 1966 by HIAG's imprint, under the title Soldaten wie andere auch ("Soldiers Like Any Other"). According to the military historian S.P. MacKenzie, the work epitomised how HIAG leaders wanted the Waffen-SS to be remembered, while the historian Charles Sydnor described it as "equally tendentious".

Hausser's books, along with those by other key HIAG members and former Waffen-SS Generals Felix Steiner and Kurt Meyer, have been characterised by the historian Charles Sydnor as the "most important works of [Waffen-SS] apologist literature." These works demanded rehabilitation of the military branch of the Nazi Party and presented Waffen-SS members as both victims and misunderstood heroes.

Historical revisionism
By the mid-1950s, under Hausser's guidance, HIAG attempted to establish a position that separated the Waffen-SS from other SS formations and shifted responsibility for crimes that could not be denied to the Allgemeine-SS (security and police), the SS-Totenkopfverbände (concentration camp organisation, "Death's Head troops") and the Einsatzgruppen (mobile killing units). The Waffen-SS, according to this position, could thus be successfully integrated into the parallel myth of the clean Wehrmacht.

Hausser continued to deny that there was any connection between the Waffen-SS and Nazi atrocities. In 1957, he wrote an open letter in Der Freiwillige, HIAG's official publication, to West Germany's minister of defence, stating that Death's Head troops "merely served as external guards in the concentration camps without the possibility of interfering with the internal procedure". He did not mention that the guards accompanied prisoners on external labor details and that commanders of concentration camps generally came from the Waffen-SS. This apologist position also ignored the fact that the organizational structure of the SS tied the Waffen-SS to the Nazi annihilation machine through transfer of personnel between various SS units and the shifting responsibilities of the units themselves, as they may perform frontline duties at one time and then be reassigned to "pacification actions", the Nazi term for punitive operations in the rear.

The German historian Karsten Wilke, who wrote a book on HIAG, Die "Hilfsgemeinschaft auf Gegenseitigkeit" (HIAG) 1950–1990: Veteranen der Waffen-SS in der Bundesrepublik ("HIAG 1950–1990: Waffen-SS veterans in the Federal Republic"), notes that, by the 1970s, HIAG attained a monopoly on the historical representation of the Waffen-SS. Its recipe was simple and contained just four ingredients:
 * The Waffen-SS was apolitical
 * It was elite
 * It was innocent of all war crimes or Nazi atrocities
 * It was a European army par excellence, the Army of Europe.

Historians dismiss, and even ridicule, HIAG's characterization. The French author Jean-Paul Picaper labels it as a "self-panegyric", while David Clay Large uses the words "extravagant fantasies about [Waffen-SS's] past and future". The historian James M. Diehl describes HIAG's claims of the Waffen-SS being the "fourth branch of the Wehrmacht" as "false", and HIAG's insistence that the force was a precursor to NATO as "even more outrageous".

Hausser's last project within HIAG was the five-hundred page SS picture tome under the nostalgic title Wenn alle Brüder schweigen ("When All Our Brothers Are Silent"); the project was spearheaded by Hausser, along with convicted Nazi war criminal Joachim Peiper, another prominent Waffen-SS figure, as a contributor. The publication was released in 1973.

Hausser died at the age of 92, on 21 December 1972 at Ludwigsburg.

Dates of rank

 * Leutnant: 20 March 1899
 * Oberleutnant: 19 August 1909
 * Hauptmann i.G.: 1 March 1914 (Patent from 1 October 1913)
 * Major: 22 March 1918
 * Oberstleutnant: 1 April 1923 (Patent from 15 November 1922)
 * Oberst: 1 November 1927 (RDA from 1 July 1927)
 * Generalmajor: 1 February 1931
 * Charakter als Generalleutnant: 31 January 1932
 * SA-Standartenführer SAR: 1 March 1934
 * SS-Standartenführer: 15 November 1934 (RDA from 1 November 1934)
 * SS-Oberführer: 1 July 1935
 * SS-Brigadeführer: 22 May 1936
 * SS-Gruppenführer: 1 June 1938
 * Generalleutnant der Waffen-SS: 19 November 1940
 * SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS: 1 October 1941
 * SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer und Generaloberst der Waffen-SS: 1 August 1944

Decorations

 * Iron Cross (1914) 2nd and 1st Class
 * Bavarian Military Merit Order 4th Class with Swords
 * Albert Order 1st Class with Swords
 * Friedrich Order 1st Class with Swords
 * Frederickscross
 * House Order of Hohenzollern
 * Austrian Order of the Iron Crown 3rd Class with war decoration (11 July 1918)
 * Wound Badge in Silver (9 May 1942)
 * Clasp to the Iron Cross (2nd Class & 1st Class)
 * Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords
 * Knight's Cross on 8 August 1941 as commander of SS Division Das Reich
 * Oak Leaves on 28 July 1943 as commanding general of the SS Panzer Corps
 * Swords on 26 August 1944 as commander of the 7th Army

Works
Hausser authored two books:
 * Waffen-SS im Einsatz (Waffen SS in Action), : Göttingen (1953)
 * Soldaten wie andere auch (Soldiers Like Any Other), Munin Verlag: Osnabrück (1966)

Hausser's operational study on the 7th Army is included in the following volume:
 * Fighting the Breakout: The German Army in Normandy from COBRA to the Falaise Gap (contributor) (2004). Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-1-85367-584-3

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