Unida Church
{{Distinguish|Evangelical Church of the Philippines|United Evangelical Church of Christ in the Philippines}}
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{{Infobox Christian denomination
| name = United Evangelical Church of Christ
| native_name = Iglesia Evangélica Unida de Cristo
| image = Unida_Church logo.png
| imagewidth = 200px
| caption = Church logo
| polity = Unida
| main_classification = Protestant
| founder = Don Toribio Teodoro
| founded_date = January 3, 1932
| orientation = Evangelicalism
| leader_title = General Superintentent
| leader_name = Rev. Richard Buenaventura
| founded_place = Manila Grand Opera House, Manila, Philippines
| associations = World Communion of Reformed Churches
| congregations = 82 local churches
60 mission churches
| merger = Iglesia Cristiana Trinitaria
Iglesia Evangélica de Atlag
Iglesia Evangélica de los Christianos Filipinos
Iglesia Evangélica Metodista Reformada
La Iglesia de Dios
La Iglesia de Jesu-Cristo, "Jerusalén Nueva"
| separations = Iglesia Unida Ekyumenikal (1995)
| area = Philippines
| language = Filipino and English
| tertiary = 2
- Unida Christian Colleges, Imus, Cavite
- Unida Biblical Seminary, Silang, Cavite
| members = 25,000
}}
The United Evangelical Church of Christ ({{langx|es|Iglesia Evangélica Unida de Cristo}}); commonly the Unida Church, Unida Christian Church or Unida Evangelical Church) is an evangelical Protestant denomination in the Philippines founded in 1932.
History
The Church formed from the merger of six Filipino evangelical groups of Presbyterian and Methodist backgrounds, who met in Manila through the invitation of Don Toribio Teodoro, a layman and industrialist who was a member of the Iglesia Evangélica de los Cristianos Filipinos (Evangelical Church of the Filipino Christians). A church union was declared on 3 January 1932 at the former Manila Grand Opera House.Iglesia Evangelica Unida de Cristo, Manwal ng Manggagawang Unida. 2007
In May 2012, Unida Church celebrated its 80th founding anniversary at the Cuneta Astrodome.
The denomination has since grown to 25,000 members in some 82 congregations and 60 mission churches, with churches concentrated in Metro Manila, Southern Tagalog, Bulacan, and the Bicolandia; several congregations in the Northern Philippines, Visayas and Mindanao; and overseas congregations in Canada, Qatar, and Japan.
The church is a member of the World Communion of Reformed Churches.[http://www.wcrc.ch/node/164 www.wcrc.ch/node/164] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808192417/http://www.wcrc.ch/node/164 |date=2012-08-08 }} The Temple and Main Office, known as the Unida Christian Center, is located in Silang, Cavite, Philippines.
See also
References
{{Christianity in the Philippines}}
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Category:Reformed denominations in the Philippines
Category:Members of the World Communion of Reformed Churches
Category:Evangelicalism in the Philippines