UNIDA: A CHURCH NAMED BY GOD!

IGLESIA EVANGELICA UNIDA DE CRISTO
A NAME CHOSEN BY GOD

IN 1932, six Filipino indigenous Churches bonded together to form ONE. And with humble Faith, they followed the example of the Disciples, in letting God choose the Name of the new Church. They did what they call Pelotilya, as the first disciples did when faced with the task of choosing the replacement of Judas - the christians drew lots from two people they have separated.

Our forefathers voted and separated three church names and after the prayer of the whole congregation they submitted them to God, and He chose the name IGLESIA EVANGELICA UNIDA DE CRISTO.

But they did not stop there, they also used pelotilya to choose the General Superintendent, General Secretary, General Treasurer, and General Evangelist of the Church. They voted 11 pastors to be members of the Board of Directors. Then they let God choose the Generales who will lead the church.

First the General Superintendent. They ranked the pastors according to the number of votes. The first three names were submitted to Pelotilya. In a straw hat they wrote the three names in three small pieces of paper and they rolled each one. In another straw hat they placed three rolled blank pieces of paper and a special one in which is written the words: “You are the one chosen by God.” It is possible and it had happened that three blanks will be drawn and no one is chosen, in which case the next three names in the ranking will be submitted to pelotilya until God chooses a name.

The process is repeated for General Secretary, General Treasurer, and General Evangelist.

It is our faith that God chose the name of our Church and also have chosen the leaders of the Church since 1932 up to the present.






Dear Unida Internet Travellers,
Good morning, good afternoon, or good evening, wherever you are in this whole wide world.

The response and viewership of our blogsite and youtube channel is awesome. I quote one commenter who said: “It is about time that the world knows about Unida Church.” Amen! We are committed to do this. We are late already but as our old saying goes: “Huli man daw at magaling ay naihahabol din.”

We have started posting videos at youtube and blogsite. To start, we have 11 videos posts about UNIDA CHRISITAN MUSIC and UNIDA CHRISTIAN DANCE and we appreciate those that have already seen them. If you have not yet seen them yet, please do so now here and/or at youtube.

Yesterday, we started a new series about Unida, who we are, what we are yesterday, today, and tomorrow. We start with the spirit that moves Unida which is “KAISANG UNIDA”, which I freely translate to English as “THE POWER OF ONE.” We posted yesterday “The Power of One-1” to be followed today by “The Power of One-2”, to be followed by “Unida History- 1 up to 4. This would translate 17 total video posts. And much later I would like to produce a Christian Telenovela. The only limiting factor in all this is expense but I never let that deter me.

Jokingly, Pastor Masiglat told me that “Dinaramdam niya pero hindi siya puwedeng artista sa telenovela ko.” And I answered that: “Kailangan ko ng balbas-sarado kaya kukunin ko siya.” That is, when he gets home from Abu Dhabi.

And we have made our Bagong Unida Blog almost like a real website but more interactive. More than the videos, we have written articles, commentaries and news from around Unida and the world that you can share with others like the videos. We are now broadcasting from Baclaran Unida Church where I am now the Administrative Pastor. And one day in the future, we will produce a Christian Telenovela that we will broadcast from our blog and youtube channel.

Sharing of the gospel now is more encompassing and worldwide, as I now beg you to forward this news to others so that they too may play our videos and read our articles, commentaries and news and be blessed by them. Matthew 24:14 “And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations;”

If possible, can you share with me some email addresses to whom I can also send refreshers like this? Our links are: http://bagongunida.blogspot.com and www.youtube.com/PastorGalying.

Because Christ lives,
Pastor Galying

In May 20,2007 the Unida Church celebrated 75 years at The Forum of the Philippine International Convention Center. Let us now go down memory lane in the history of the church.


The men's and women's organizations were part of the growth and history of the church.


It is now the turn of the Youth and the Choir to narrate their part in the history of the church.

The Sunday School and Body of Ministers also took part in the growth and life of the church.

It is now time to be ONE. Together, we rise up a united church. With one body, one spirit, one hope and one Lord, we will lift up this land for God alone. KAISANG UNIDA! LET US GO FORTH! THE POWER OF ONE!


At the Unida 75th Anniversary, contemporary songs were sung as gospels.