Executive Minister Eduardo V. Manalo on Sunday directed the Iglesia ni Cristo to intensify its anti-poverty and socio-civic initiatives, a few days after the inauguration of President Rodrigo R. Duterte, who had called on the country’s sectors to work together to push the country forward.
INC general auditor Glicerio B. Santos Jr. explained that the Church’s move to speed up its regular and continuing outreach programs to needy communities all over the country would dovetail with Duterte’s call for the whole country to support his administration’s efforts to uplift the welfare of the people.
On Sunday the INC organized one of its biggest Lingap Pamamahayag projects this year with the distribution of 100,000 packs of basic goods and the conduct of medical and dental missions in Moriones, Tondo in Manila.
Entertainment was also provided to the residents of Moriones, with shows staged in front of the INC Chapel in the area.
Similar projects will be conducted in all of the INC’s districts all over the world.
Santos stressed that “the President is right; our country’s leaders can help our country best if they have the support and cooperation of the people.”
“Given our Church’s teachings and the resources we are blessed to have, it is only right that we do our fair share to help our countrymen. The Iglesia Ni Cristo, under the leadership of our Executive Minister Eduardo V. Manalo, is ready to help,” said Santos.
In his inaugural address on Thursday, Duterte said at the onset that “no leader, however strong, can succeed at anything of national importance or significance unless he has the support and cooperation of the people he is tasked to lead and sworn to serve.”