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Christianity is the country's dominant religion, [1] [2] followed by about 89 percent of the population. [3] The 2020 Census reported that 78.8 percent of the population professed Roman Catholicism ; other Christian denominations with a sizable number of adherents include the Iglesia ni Cristo , the Philippine Independent Church , and Seventh ...
Philippine Independent Church (1 C, 6 P) Pages in category "Christian denominations founded in the Philippines" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
In 2020, the Philippine Independent Church had around 1,458,992 adherents (1.4% of the Philippine population). [4] Aglipayans in the Philippines claim to number at least 6 to 8 million members, with most from the northern part of Luzon, especially in the Ilocos Region and in the parts of Visayas like Antique, Iloilo and Guimaras provinces.
The Philippines is ranked as the 5th largest Christian-majority country on Earth in 2010, [note 1] with about 93% of the population being adherents. [1] As of 2019, it was the third largest Catholic country in the world and was one of two predominantly Catholic nations in Asia. [2]
The Iglesia Watawat ng Lahi's doctrine was derived from Roman Catholic teachings and Philippine nationalism as exemplified through the literary works of José Rizal.The organization of the group is composed of two distinct lines; an ecclesiastical group which is composed of the group's religious leaders headed by the "Supreme Bishop", who is a member of the group's Board of Directors; and a ...
Protestantism in the Philippines (9 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Christian denominations in the Philippines" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
The 2015 Philippine census by the Philippine Statistics Authority found that 2.4 percent of the population of 101 million were members of PCEC churches, making it the fourth largest faith group in the Philippines after the Catholic Church (79.5%), Islam (6.0%), and Iglesia ni Cristo; and down from 2.7% in 2010. [3]
The Philippine Independent Church (Filipino: Malayang Simbahan ng Pilipinas; Ilocano: Nawaya a Simbaan ti Filipinas), officially referred to by its Philippine Spanish name Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) and colloquially called the Aglipayan Church, is an independent [e] Christian denomination, in the form of a nationalist church, [f] in ...