Collection of Tweets | Ang Dating Daan Bible Exposition | June 6, 2014

The Ang Dating Daan  Worldwide Bible Exposition was held in various ADD Coordinating Centers in the Philippines.

The event was witnessed in more than 1,300 locations through the use of satellite technologies.

In the web, participants share what they learn during the night through live tweeting. Here are selected tweets to give you an overview of the discussions during the event.

NOW HAPPENING: Ang Dating Daan Worldwide Bible Exposition. Get updates via live feed and tweet using #ADDBibleExpo. pic.twitter.com/njUt1AkPfN
— mcgi.org (@mcgidotorg) June 6, 2014

Don't forget to use the official Hashtag for Ang Dating Daan Bible Exposition " #ADDBibleExpo " Let us make it a habit :D
— Trycya M (@theYCYAproject) June 6, 2014

The technology of hashtags is of great help! Thanks be to God, I could still follow #ADDBibleExpo wherever I am! :D
— Carmina Delas Alas (@IamCarminaDLA) June 6, 2014

On people with suicidal tendencies: "Fear God." #BroEliSoriano #ADDBibleExpo
— Hazel David (@hazeeyski) June 6, 2014

Sobre la idolatría: No se puede comparar la imagen del Dios con la de los demás. Hechos 17:29 Isa 42:8 #hermanoEliSoriano #ADDBibleExpo
— yocel guevarra (@yocelguevarra) June 6, 2014

Ang bulaklak nga hindi makopya sa papel, paano pa ang kaluwalhatian ng Dios sa ginto o pilak? #ADDBibleExpo
— EJAY !! (@EJHARN_07) June 6, 2014

#ADDBibleExpo Suicidal tendencies are dictated by evil. -@BroEliSoriano
— Gabriela Javier (@BeingGab) June 6, 2014

Dios ang magtatakda kung kelan tayo mamamatay. #ADDBibleExpo
— Ako Po Si Janelle (@jrosen29) June 6, 2014

Kung kanino ka nagkasala dun ka dapat humingi ng tawad.Pangunahin na sa Dios #BroEliSoriano #ADDBibleExpo
— Aileen Padulla (@iLhenPadulla22) June 6, 2014

"The right path is the path of the Lord." #ADDBibleExpo
— I Am KhuLotz (@khuloootz) June 6, 2014

The "greedy dogs" in Isa. 56:11 are pastors who can never have enough of gain (Eccl. 5:10) #ADDBibleExpo
— ford codillo (@seandorf) June 6, 2014

When the situation allows you to do good, it is God's perfect time. #ADDBibleExpo
— Jenn Aguilar (@jennariz) June 6, 2014

Lahat ng bagay na nakikita may katapusan #ADDBibleExpo
— Aileen Ravalo (@Atrchy) June 6, 2014

#BroEli: There are churches which do not follow God's commandment on loving the enemy. #ADDBibleExpo
— Brad Ryan (@verybradryan) June 6, 2014

Indeed, the Bible is a very wonderful book. The best and the wisest. #ADDBibleExpo #BroEli
— Elizabeth Borromeo (@bethborromeo) June 6, 2014

Sorceress are real. [Rev 21:8] But don't worry, if you're a child of God. [1 John 5:18] #ADDBibleExpo @HQuizzagan
— kathleen (@normalmadcat) June 6, 2014

Do your soul a favor. Attend the Ang Dating Daan Mass Indroctination this June 9, Monday to learn the doctrines of Christ. #ADDBibleExpo
— Yanna Ferrera (@yanna_ferrera) June 6, 2014

It was a very informative evening. If you haven't attended a Bible Exposition of Ang Dating Daan before, must I say, it is worth a try.

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As Kuya Daniel Razon Turns 30 in Service to God and Humanity, Bro. Eliseo Soriano Leads Thanksgiving to God

Bro. Eliseo Soriano, Presiding Minister of Members Church of God International (MCGI) lead the members of the Church in thanking God for Bro. Daniel’s 30th birthday in the spirit this November 28, 2013.

In a thanksgiving service of the Church on Saturday, November 23, the international preacher lead the Chruch members in offering thanksgiving to the Lord for Bro. Daniel's three decades of continuance in the Church. Bro. Eli also acknowledged Kuya Daniel’s dedication in taking care of the members.

“I could say [Bro. Daniel] is my true son in faith to God,” says Bro. Eli. He added that Bro. Daniel is his primary help and support in looking after the Church brethren.

The members of Chruch of God flocked the ADD Convention Center at Apalit, Pampanga to offer thanksgiving to God and celebrate the evening with Kuya Daniel. Some of them came to the Philippines from countries abroad to offer thanksgiving with the mass of the members in the country.

Kuya Daniel’s sons Joshua and Aaron also joined him on stage and presented a song for the attendees.

Bro. Daniel who was born in the Church and got baptized at the age of 17, is the Vice Presiding Minister of MCGI. For his part, he underlined his gratitude to the Lord for Bro. Eli who leads the group since his youth.

“Thanks to God for giving us a leader like Bro. Eli who is always zealous in guiding us so we may be rightful to God,” say Bro. Razon.

Bro. Daniel is also the current CEO of UNTV-BMPI, the organization behind the television and radio stations UNTV-37 and UNTV-Radio La Verdad. In his leadership, he turned UNTV into a public service oriented organization with programming and projects geared towards serving the poor and the sick .

Kuya Daniel Razon holding the trophy from Philippine Academy of
Medical Specialists during an episode of Good Morning Kuya.
(Screen capture from youtube.com/untvweb)

Just recently, Bro. Daniel was awarded by the Philippine Academy of Medical Specialists as one of its eight EPIC awardees in recognition of his pioneering free healthcare projects for the poor.

Atty. Regie Tongol (left) accepted the Luminary award from Rappler.com in behalf of
Kuya Daniel during the recognition night of Do More Awards.
(Photo from Rappler.com)

Coinciding his birthday, he was declared by Rappler.com as the Ultimate Luminary on Do More awards — a recognition to honor those who have spearheaded change in the society as well as being an inspiration to others.

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Bro. Eli Extends Bible Exposition for Provincial Jails in Ilocos, Cavite

The inmates from two provincial jails in the Philippines did not let being behind bars hinder their asking Bro. Eliseo Soriano questions about their faith and predicaments in life during the previous Worldwide Bible Exposition held on October 4 this year.

The provincial jails of Ilocos Sur and Cavite communicated with Bro. Soriano via live streaming in real time. Bro. Soriano is the host of the Bible Exposition as well as the Presiding Minister to the Members Church of God International (MCGI).

Bro. Eli reading Bible verses at a Bible Exposition of MCGI.
(Photo embeded from mcgi.org)

In one of the more memorable parts of the Bible Expo, one of the inmates asked Bro. Eli about the salvation offered by God to sinners. Bro. Eli responded by reading a Bible verse, Mark 2:17, with Christ saying: "I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentance."

Explaining the value of repentance to guests from the provincial jails as well as in other parts of the country and the world, the international preacher read verses explaining that even St. Paul was once a sinner and a blasphemer, but was forgiven when he repented.

Citing verses from the books of Hebrews and Matthew, Bro. Eli went on to add that sins could make one's life heavy. But by following Christ, the Lord could give rest to those with heavy burdens.

Before the night was over, Bro. Soriano encouraged the attendees of the Bible exposition to always have hope and be trustful to the Lord despite the difficulties that each one may be facing, emphasizing that "there's no problem bigger than God."

Before proceeding to serve the participants from other remote points of the Bible Exposition, the preacher bade a special farewell to the inmates of the provincial jails. "It's our honor that you are among our guests tonight," says the preacher.

Bro. Eli bades farewell to the inmates of Cavite and also Iloco Sur Provincial Jails
before proceeding on the other venues of the exposition.
This is a tweet coming from @TheOldPathTV twitter handle.

A special place in the religious group headed by Bro. Eli is held for our countrymen who are serving their sentences. MCGI, in partnership with UNTV 37, conducts medical missions and free legal services to different jails in the country.

The Church has also founded a Prison Ministry, which aims to look after the spiritual needs of our brothers and sisters in prisons. The Prison Ministry conducts Bible studies, prayer meetings, worship services, and other activities geared towards strengthening the faith and giving hope to those behind bars.

Provincial jails are almost always regular guests during the Church’s Bible Expositions. Other remote points that were able to communicate to Bro. Eli include Dubai, Hongkong, Pampanga, Surigao City, and others.

This is in addition to the thousands of coordinating centers that welcomed Church members and visitors alike to watch the event.

Bro. Eli is also the host of Ang Dating Daan (The Old Path), which is celebrating its 33rd Anniversary this month. Ang Dating Daan  is hailed as one of the longest running religious shows in the country.

Ang Dating Daan celebrates its 33rd year of broadcasting.
(Photo grabbed from mcgi.org)

The next Bible Exposition is scheduled tonight, 25 October 2013, at 6:30pm in all Ang Dating Daan coordinating centers in the Philippines and abroad.

Twitter users could also follow @TheOldPathTV and @AngDatingDaanTV to get live updates of the event.

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MCGI Takes Part in Simultaneous Breastfeeding Event Aimed at Protecting Infants' Health

Members Church of God International (MCGI) join hands with the Nurturers of the Earth in launching a simultaneous breastfeeding event on October 24, 2013 in multiple sites in the country to promote the natural way of feeding infants through breastfeeding.

A total of 1,000 sites around the Philippines are to be used as venues for the event to accommodate the thousands of breastfeeding mothers expected to take part of the occasion. The central hub of all locations will be the Marikina Convention Center at Marikina City.

The tagline of the simultaneous breastfeeding is "Sabay-sabay sumuso sa nanay".
MCGI is one of the main partners for the event.

Dr. Elvira L. Henares-Esguerra, Founding Chairperson of Nurturers of the Earth, in an interview by philstar.com  in 2011 underlined the importance of breastfeeding by saying that it should be an “urgent concern of all sectors of society."

She added that "[Breastfeeding] addresses the issues of food security, medicine, economy, ecology, empowerment, love and faith, and everyone should be involved, especially health professionals."

On one hand, Bro. Daniel S. Razon, Vice-Presiding Minister to the MCGI, during a thanksgiving service of the Church encouraged qualified brethren to participate in the event.

"We know the benefits that this activity will give to our children," he said in the vernacular. "[Breastfeeding] is a way to protect them from the illnesses that proliferates in our environment."

The activity coincides with the celebration of the 33rd anniversary of the program The Old Path (Ang Dating Daan), the radio and television religious program hosted by the Presiding Minister to the MCGI, Bro. Eliseo F. Soriano.

Post by Ang Dating Daan.

This is not the first time Dr. Henares-Esguerra spearheaded a simultaneous breastfeeding event. In 2007, they were able to gather 22,500 mother-child pairs in 595 sites to breastfeed all at once, landing them in the Guinness Book of World Records.

This time with the target 1,000 sites for the simultaneous event, it is possible that the previous record set by the same group will be surpassed.

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MCGI's Three-Day International Thanksgiving: Time Too Short, Time Too Long

Time is really relative.

The three-day celebration of the International Thanksgiving to God of the Members Church of God International (MCGI) for the second quarter of the year happened so fast.

The three days wasn't enough to contain the songs of praises, pronouncements of God's greatness, and bible learning taught by the leaders Bro. Eliseo Soriano and Bro. Daniel Razon.

It was a magnificent experience to be in the midst of tens of thousands congregants from all walks of life, from different places of the globe, and from all ages, everyone sharing joy, and great pleasure to thank God.

Brethren at MCGI offering songs of praises at a thanksgiving celebration.
(Photo embedded form mcgi.org)

Time too short

In a span of three days, brethren from the MCGI together with guests offered songs and dance of praises to God. There were songs in Filipino, some in English, even a few were in Spanish and Portuguese languages.

The main part of the thanksgiving were the bible studies in which Bro. Eli and Bro. Daniel taught the brethren God's wisdom based on the Holy Scriptures.

Four biblical topics were delivered by Church leaders that inspired and at times awed the brethren. It always is a reminder of hope, encouragement, and motivation for the brethren to continue to do good, stay humble, and be steadfast in faith to God.

Bro. Daniel Razon with his daughter during a thanksgiving celebration to God.
(Photo embedded form mcgi.org)

Three days sure flies by when you are enjoying yourself with joy not of the flesh but of spiritual and divine reasons.


Time too long

After the program, it was announced that the next quarter thanksgiving will be on the last week of September. It will only be eleven weeks from now though it seems to be a long wait for another International Thanksgiving of the Church.

Eleven weeks of waiting for another chance to be in the thick of people all gathered to praise and express their gratitude to the Lord.

But the interval is a chance to apply all things that congregants have learned from the thanksgiving service. Applying what we learn is also an important part of learning biblical teaching as oftentimes pointed out by Bro. Eli.

If God permits, the Thanksgiving of the Body will be offered once again for another three months of God's grace and care.

Until then, may God bless us all!

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MCGI Holds International Thanksgiving to God

Bro. Jason Consigo readied himself for a six-hour trip from Baguio City, where he works as a Metallurgical Engineer, to participate on the three-day International Thanksgiving service of MCGI (Members Church of God International). He talked to his boss for a leave of absence which the latter generously approved.

On Thursday night, he was already at Apalit Pampanga, all set for the three-day service to God from July 5 to 7.

"I went to work Saturday last week so that I'll have a two day leave this week. I'm just happy to be here." he said.

Jason is just one of the thousands of congregants gathered at ADD Convention Center, Apalit Pampanga to attend the  three-day thanksgiving service to God.

MCGI brethren flocking at the ADD Convention Center during the 2nd Quarter
International Thanksgiving to God.
(Photo courtesy of Abel Suing entitled 'People in the House')

According to him, attending the Thanksgiving of the Body (Pasalamat ng Katawan) is such a wonderful experience.

"It is really remarkable when all brethren are standing up, the whole congregation singing, and seeing our leaders singing with us."

When asked about the importance of this event to him, he said that it is the chance to express his gratitude to God. 

"I'm just thankful that I was called to the Church. While I sing praises, so many things that happened in my life flashes back in my mind, all the good things I receive from God. I owe Him everything. "

The first of the three-day celebration was already concluded. God wiling, more songs of praises to God and a lot of biblical wisdom is expected from Bro. Eli and Bro. Daniel for the remaining two days of the International Thanksgiving.

A brief look on the first day

The first of the three-day celebration was filled with a festive atmosphere yet the day passed with peace and calm. 

International Thanksgiving of MCGI during the 1st quarter 2013.
(Photo embedded from mcgi.org)

Solemn songs of praises to God constitutes the early part of the program. The hymns were sang in languages such as Portuguese, Spanish, English, and in Filipino.

After the singing, the opening prayer was led by Bro. Daniel Razon followed by the welcoming remarks of Bro. Eliseo Soriano. He explained the biblical bases of the activities for the thanksgiving service.

"We have undertakings to do as part of our thanksgiving to God, brethren. We have songs of praises, prayers, pronouncement of God's greatness, and each one of this will require time."

(Mayroong mga gampanin sa haing pagpapasalamat mga kapatid. Mayroong pag-awit , mayroong pananalangin, mayroong pagpapahayag ng kadakilaan ng Dios, kaya ang lahat ng gampaning ito ay mangangailangan ng oras. )

Bro. Eli and Bro. Daniel finished two biblical topics for the first day.

Even during breaks, Bro. Eli gave the time for brethren to consult him regarding their questions about faith and verses of the Bible.

As the day ended, Jason meet with his friends who are also brethren in the Church. Some of them he only see during quarterly thanksgiving such as this one.

They chat for a while but they sleep early, all of them just like Jason, anticipating what the remaining two days of the thanksgiving will bring.

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